Strawberries

Dole prepares for new organic fruit demand from Gen Y & Z

Dole Food Co. is working to attract younger generations to the organic produce segment. Dole , one of the first global fruit and vegetable providers to predict the first organic food craze in 2000, is... more »

Naturipe Farms expands, bringing 200+ acres of strawberries into Central Florida

Naturipe Farms, a global berry producer, has expanded its strawberry growing operations into Florida. It now offers more than 200 acres of strawberry fields in Central Florida. The Chavez family of Berry Red Farms in... more »

December to bring 38th Southeast Fruit & Vegetable Expo

The yearly Southeast Vegetable & Fruit Expo is to be in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. The 38th annual meeting is scheduled for Dec. 3-4 at the Embassy Suites Hilton Myrtle Beach Oceanfront Resort. The event,... more »

Hurricane Debby: Florida ag production losses top $93 million

The University of Florida/Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) has released damage estimates from Hurricane Debby. Hurricane Debby struck north Florida in early August. The agricultural production losses Florida experienced due to Hurricane Debby... more »

Fruit, nut exports increase in shadow of U.S. ag export deficit

Though the overall U.S. agricultural trade deficit is increasing, exports of fruits, vegetables and nuts are on the rise and expected to offset losses in other ag export sectors, according to the latest U.S. Department... more »

USDA makes indemnity payments to producers impacted by Hurricane Debby

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is making indemnity payments to producers impacted by hurricane Debby. The USDA announced the counties that have triggered for payment under the Hurricane Insurance Protection-Wind Index (HIP-WI) endorsement for Hurricane... more »

Bee product health tech introduced

Terra Vera, an agtech company, has introduced a product designed to improve bee health. The ApiVera initiative comes in response to the ongoing decline in bee populations, a major concern for growers of many fruit... more »

If strawberries could talk, new AI tool introduced

An Internet tech company asks what companies could do if their strawberries or other fruits and vegetables could talk. Wiliot has introduced WiliBot, a generative AI (GenAI) chatbot that enables natural-language conversations with any ambient... more »