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Vidalia onions pack date announced
Vidalia onions will be available starting Friday, April 20, the Georgia Department of Agriculture and the Vidalia Onion Committee recently announced. Grown and hand-cultivated exclusively in 20 southeastern Georgia counties by 80 registered growers and... more »
Concord Foods debuts line of freeze-dried vegetables
Concord Foods recently debuted a new freeze-dried vegetable snack line. The new product line, available for distribution by May 2018, includes flavors such as corn and roasted red pepper with sea salt; sliced beets with... more »
CPMA, California Farm Bureau show 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 Marketing Association (CPMA) reiterated their support for NAFTA and emphasized the importance of... more »
Seedway hires vegetable sales rep
SeedWay has hired Steve Johnson as a vegetable seed sales representative for Ohio, West Virginia, Western Pennslyvania and Western New York. A veteran member of the agriculture industry, Johnson has... more »
TOMRA working groups to discuss food industry digital standards
TOMRA Food is forming cross-industry working groups to accelerate development of digital standards for the food industry, with the first meetings to be held in Q4, 2018. "Thousands of TOMRA Food sorters around the world... more »
Report: Organic fresh produce worth $5 billion in 2017
Sales of organic fresh produce items hit jumped 8 percent, hitting nearly $5 billion in 2017, according to numbers released Thursday by the Organic Produce Network (OPN) and data analysis firm Nielsen. Overall, nearly two... more »
Amazon/Whole Foods start grocery delivery with plans to expand
Amazon and Whole Foods Market Feb. 7 announced the introduction of free two-hour delivery of natural and organic products from Whole Foods Market through Prime Now, with plans to expand across the U.S. in 2018.... more »
‘MARS,’ a new digital platform for market reporting, launched
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) this spring will launch a new electronic data platform to deliver market price information to the commodities industry. The new web-based platform, Market Analysis and Reporting Services (MARS), uses... more »
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