Produce

The official blog of Indianapolis Fruit Company, The Produce Mom™, has partnered with Sage Fruit for a marketing collaboration: “Put A Cherry On Top!”  The purpose of this collaboration is to encourage consumers to try cherries & educate them on the different varieties. …

South African Summer Citrus was featured last week at several product demonstrations in the military commissaries at the MacDill and Patrick Air Force Bases in Florida along with Oceana Naval Air Station and Quantico Marine Corps Base in Virginia. …

Both the Senate and the House Agriculture Committees have made a strong effort to advance their respective versions of the 2012 Farm Bill. Based on the current information regarding the House moving forward this week with a one-year extension of the 2008 Farm Bill along with disaster assistance, the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance has released the following statement: …

The organic apple and pear harvest has begun in California.  As in past years, the start of the domestic harvest has been greeted with strong demand from the organic market, as retailers vie to promote the freshest organic fruit of the summer. …

QAI (Quality Assurance International), a leading certifier of organic and gluten-free products, has added Quick Response (QR) codes to its certified product certificates as an added layer of security for QAI-certified companies. The QR codes are being added to ensure authenticity and guard against fraudulent certificates, a problem experienced by other certification organizations, which is now being addressed by the National Organic Program. Falsely representing products as certified USDA organic violates the law and federal organic regulations and is punishable by fines. …