Articles by Dole Food Company, Inc.

Once again, the world’s largest provider of fresh fruits and vegetables is sponsoring one of the world’s top destination races in its own backyard, the Big Sur International Marathon. …

Last month the United States Department of Agriculture released its annual Pesticide Data Program Report. Among the USDA findings U.S. food does not pose a safety concern based upon pesticide residues. In light of activist groups annual release of their re-interpretation of the USDA PDP report findings, the Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) urges the media and consumers to read the government report to see firsthand what it actually says. …

BrightFarms has contracts with family-owned markets and supermarket chains that will gross $70 million over the next 10 years. New greenhouses are under construction or will soon be built in Brooklyn (SuperFresh), Oklahoma City (Homeland Stores), St. Paul (Cub Foods), and St. Louis (Schnucks). Lightfoot is negotiating with prospective market partners in Kansas City; Washington, D.C.; and Indianapolis. …

BC Hot House Foods (BCHH) is pleased to announce a new 11 acre greenhouse facility has been added to its portfolio. Armand Vandermeulen of Green Valley Family Farms has built Bakerview Greenhouses in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. This state of the art greenhouse will grow red peppers for the 2013 season with room for further expansion in 2014. …

Silly name. Serious flavor. "That's a beautiful-looking fruit, and a potential game changer in the pear category," thought David Nelley, apple and pear category director for The Oppenheimer Group when he first saw the Papple™ PremP109. Oppy will give this New Zealand-bred cross between a European and Asian pear its commercial debut in North America at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association trade show. …