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At IFPA’s Global Produce and Floral Show, mushroom growers shared how they are shifting from raw ingredients to quick-prep meal solutions to capture time-strapped Gen Z and millennial shoppers.
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While simplified tools help fresh produce businesses ditch paper records, show floor discussions at the Global Produce & Floral Show highlight a lingering readiness gap with systems that still can’t connect to share data.
The specialty vegetable supplier aims to boost certified volume and year-round U.S. supply, fueling farm-level investments through Fair Trade Premium growth.
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By tracking temperature history and biological decay from packhouse to distribution center, DeltaTrak’s Fresh IDX enables a “First Expired, First Out” approach that prevents whole-load rejections and recovers critical shelf life for fresh produce.
At the IFPA Global Produce and Floral Show, Fox Packaging’s Victoria Lopez cautioned that growers frequently overlook destination-based EPR laws, risking unexpected state penalties when shipping across state lines.
Brighter Bites has named co-founder Shreela Sharma as its new board chair following founder Lisa Helfman’s departure from the role, alongside publishing a report on its transition to a school-year fiscal calendar.
As climate risks intensify, Bayer Crop Science is shifting the industry’s benchmark from yield per acre to yield per unit of water applied.
Industry expert Julie Krivanek shares why produce companies should ditch comfortable internal promotions for formal succession strategies to build capable executive leadership.
Produce companies at IFPA’s Global Produce and Floral Show share strategies for driving demand and managing severe weather risks.
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