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USApple awards Bronx school with Apples4Ed Grant
The U.S. Apple Association (USApple) has awarded a $5,000 grant to Bronx, New York, school P811X, The Academy for Career and Living Skills, as part ... more »
BC Blueberry Council rebrands its product marketing
Abbotsford, British Colombia-based BC Blueberry Council (BCBC) has just unveiled its new brand – Powered by Nature – with its newly refreshed ... more »
Food irradiation marketed to fresh produce market
Although not used widely throughout the processing industry, food irradiation technology has been around for more than 50 years as a way to kill patho... more »
Del Monte VP to keynote United FreshMKT conference
[caption id="attachment_17045" align="alignright" width="220"] Emanuel Lazopoulos[/caption] A Del Monte Fresh Produce Senior Vice President, Emanue... more »
California Farm Bureau, CPMA express support for NAFTA
At a recent trade panel discussion hosted by the Canadian consulate, both the California Farm Bureau Federation (CFBF) and the Canadian Produce Market... more »
Michigan’s Black Star Farms vineyard celebrates 20th anniversary
This summer, Black Star Farms will celebrate its 20th Anniversary and invite the public to join the festivities. The week-long celebration is sched... more »
TOMRA Food to organize Farm-to-Fork working groups
TOMRA Food is forming cross-industry working groups to accelerate development of digital standards for the food industry, with the first meetings to b... more »
Organic fresh produce a $5 billion industry in 2017
Sales of organic fresh produce items reached almost $5 billion in 2017, an 8 percent increase from the previous year, according to data released by th... more »
Amazon starts grocery delivery from Whole Foods Market
Amazon and Whole Foods Market Feb. 7 announced the introduction of free two-hour delivery of natural and organic products from Whole Foods Market thro... more »
USDA launches ‘MARS,’ a new digital platform for market reporting
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) today announced the launch of a new electronic data platform to del... more »
