The South Texas Onion Committee is focusing on retail and consumer promotions for Texas 1015 sweet onions this season, with the support of a USDA specialty crop block grant.
Mushrooms remain a Top 10 seller in fresh vegetables and are an important contributor to the success of the produce department, says Anne-Marie Roerink, principal and founder of 210 Analytics.
The company is growing green bell peppers, corn and colored bell peppers in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, with green bell peppers having the biggest increase, says sales representative Marco Serrano.
The California-based avocado producer and value-added fresh purveyor has secured exclusive manufacturing rights for Old El Paso brand fresh guacamole and salsas in the U.S. market.
The Sunions tear-free onion variety returns for the 2022-23 season, promising mild flavor, distinctive crunch and a mild pungency that won’t trigger waterworks when slicing and dicing.
The Vidalia onion season officially kicks off on April 12, and Bland Farms, a Glennville, Ga.-based grower, packer and shipper of sweet onions, is optimistic despite the market’s current challenges.
While all fresh produce is healthy and can boost the immune system to some extent, mushrooms have some unique qualities that can still be promoted during what is hopefully the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Sacrifice: Joseph Sparacio will plant no seed and tend no crops in 2020. Instead, the farmer-patriot has left behind everything he loves to answer the call of duty.
Hurricane Laura slammed into Cameron, La., with winds of 150 m.p.h. at 1 a.m. Central on Aug. 27, leaving coastal areas nearby battered and bringing heavy winds and rains inland.
Who's with me when I say, "I'm pretty tired of cooking!" The problem is that I still crave some of the more time-consuming comforting foods – like mashed potatoes!
Who's with me when I say, "I'm pretty tired of cooking!" The problem is that I still crave some of the more time-consuming comforting foods – like mashed potatoes!
The Food and Drug Administration’s investigation into an outbreak of cyclospora infection from Fresh Express garden salads led the agency to Florida, where the parasite was found in a canal.
The new coronavirus has created trying conditions for mushroom grower-shippers, especially those who do a significant amount of business with foodservice operators.
Checking in on the Idaho-eastern Oregon onion harvest, The Packer’s Tom Karst visited Aug. 12 with Shay Myers, CEO of Parma, Idaho-based Owyhee Produce.
At one point this spring, Jason Turek wasn’t sure if he’d have enough labor to plant any pumpkins. Then he worried that nobody would buy them. Then government stimulus money kicked in, and he began to relax.
More consumers are putting asparagus in their carts. The vegetable was the No. 2 item that shoppers said they tried in the past year that they hadn’t eaten previously.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act against First Fruits Holdings for more than $1 million in unpaid shipments.
Greencastle, Pa.-based Keystone Fruit Marketing Inc. is looking to step into large volumes of rosé red Walla Walla sweet onions this season, said Dan Borer, general manager of Keystone’s Walla Walla, Wash., office.
Customs and Border Production officers in Pharr, Texas, intercepted a commercial load of Mexican onions with $30.5 million worth of suspected methamphetamine in the trailer.
Cases of cyclospora infection linked to Fresh Express salads continue to rise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and Canada is reporting its first cases.
A culinary instructor who created an “escape room” to complement her course in food safety and sanitation has been recognized by the Idaho Potato Commission.
Shay Myers, CEO of Parma, Idaho-based Owyhee Produce, is The Packer’s 2020 Produce Man of the Year.
The Packer “presented” the award in a video presentation during United Fresh LIVE! on June 17.