Marketing

Del Monte Fresh Produce exec to keynote United FreshMKT

Del Monte Fresh Produce Senior Vice President, North America, Sales, Marketing and Product Management, Emanuel Lazopoulos will put the spotlight on innovation as keynote speaker at this year’s United... more »

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 »