Strawberries

Markon annual summit attracts foodservice customers

A foodservice cooperative's annual summit attracted customers. Markon Cooperative recently brought some of its customers together at its annual Markon Summit. The three-day event brought together more than 200 representatives from their exclusive member companies... more »

USDA helping growers affected 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 »

NC State research projects awarded funding

North Carolina State University (NCSU) has been awarded nine specialty crop research projects valued at more than $1.16 million. The projects selected are focused on helping specialty crop growers manage disease and adverse weather conditions,... more »

Terra Vera product to help protect bees, crop pollination

AgTech company Terra Vera has introduced a new brand aimed at enhancing bee health. The Albuquerque-based firm’s ApiVera initiative comes in response to the ongoing decline in bee populations, a major concern for growers of... more »

Wish Farms promotes staffer to COO

Wish Farms, a grower and shipper of strawberries, has promoted James Peterson to chief operating officer. Peterson, who joined the company in 2011 as vice president of sales and... more »

New AI tool could help strawberries talk

What could companies do if their strawberries or other fruits and vegetables could talk? That’s a question posed by an Internet tech firm. Tech company Wiliot has introduced WiliBot, a generative AI (GenAI) chatbot that... more »

California strawberry industry marks 10 years of Strawberry Center contributions

California's strawberry industry recently marked contributions made by its industry research facility. The California Strawberry Commission (CSC) and Cal Poly celebrated a decade of research and collaboration at the 10th Anniversary Strawberry Center Field Day... more »

Foxy-The Nunes Co.’s Tom Nunes remembered

Tom Nunes of The Nunes Co. and Foxy, is being mourned. Nunes was 95. He died Aug. 5 in Carmel Valley, California. The Nunes Co. markets its vegetables and leafy greens under the Foxy brand. Nunes'... more »

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