Month: May 2013

Roasted Baby Dutch Potatoes are a combination of Melissa’s exclusive signature potato varieties: Baby Dutch Yellow® and Ruby Gold® Potatoes.  They are packaged in a ready-to-heat microwaveable bowl so you can enjoy them warmed up in 3 minutes (or 5 minutes in the stove) or simply enjoy them cold right out of the convenient 12 oz. package. …

Florida watermelon growers get far less notice than their counterparts in citrus and the rapidly expanding blueberry industries, but Florida has consistently ranked among the top three states in watermelon acreage for the past five decades. …

Two years of negotiations between the city and the Hunts Point Terminal Produce Market over a new 30-year lease and a revamped facility have led to a dead end and a lawsuit. The two sides agree on only one point: They are at an impasse. …

The Senate Agriculture Committee approved a farm bill on Tuesday, costing $500 billion over a decade, that would expand the scope of the federally subsidized crop insurance program and modestly trim spending on food stamps for the poor. …

Gearing up for its annual Get Healthy, Give Hope campaign, Produce for Kids has partnered with 13 supermarket grocery store chains across the country to help raise money for local Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® and other local children’s charities. The campaign officially kicks off on May 26, 2013, with the support of more than 30 fruit and vegetable growers representing every major category of fresh produce, and the 24-hour preschool television network Sprout®. …