Oxnard-based Mission Produce today announced that it has launched a new website, including a new URL: www.worldsfinestavocados.com. The website ties in with the company’s new trade show booth, which debuted at the recent PMA Fresh Summit in Atlanta, and is a symbol of the company’s global approach to leading the avocado market. …
“Two years accelerate by at pace, nothing stands still,” says Rob Clayton AHDB Potatoes’ Strategy Director. This month the whole potato industry heads again to Harrogate 12 & 13 November, for BP2015. …
The run-away favorite apple of many New Yorkers has been named the official fruit of the 2015 TCS New York City Marathon. …
From small, family farms to large food production companies, food safety is a top priority for the folks who feed our nation and put food on tables around the globe. Participating in programs like USDA’s Good Agricultural Practices (GAP), is one way that farmers and producers of all sizes can demonstrate to buyers that they are adhering to industry food safety standards. By making this program more accessible to businesses of all sizes, USDA is creating opportunities for our nation’s small and mid-sized farmers. …
The “eat local” movement isn’t exactly new. It had become widespread enough by 2007 to make “locavore” the New Oxford American Dictionary’s Word of the Year. That same year marked the first growing season of the Wegmans Organic Farm, founded because the company didn’t think its local suppliers could keep pace with shoppers’ growing appetite for local organics. …
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