Produce

Today’s consumers desire to understand the health and nutritional benefits of the produce they buy. That’s why the Produce Traceability Initiative (PTI), an industry-wide effort aimed at creating a quick and efficient traceability process by electronically tracking produce from the farm fields to supermarket shelves, is vital. …

Peaches and Nectarines grown in Wapato, Washington by Pride Packing have been released. …

Braga Fresh Family Farms recently launched a website for its premium Josie’s Organics brand of USDA certified organic vegetables (www.josiesorganics.com). …

Summer is all about spending time outside with your friends and family. Long, warm, relaxing evenings with a refreshing drink and “easy”, tasty food.  It therefore comes as no surprise that the barbecue plays an important role during these summer months.  For many people barbecuing automatically means eating lots of meat and not much else and that is why Nature & More has developed the “ Organic Summer Campaign” highlighting the delights of organic fruits and vegetables. …

Because of a decades-old cold-treatment process designed to prevent infestations by the Mediterranean fruit fly and South American fruit fly and their spread to warmer climates, U.S. rules required certain fruits to enter at cooler northern ports above the 39th parallel. But now a pilot program that began last October means fruit from Peru and Uruguay no longer has to go north to head south again.

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