While Pittsburgh's Produce Terminal Shutters, Other Cities' Markets Are Ramping Up

While the city of Pittsburgh has all but abandoned its terminal's wholesale produce business, San Francisco is reinvesting in its market, seeing the produce exchange as a source of jobs and economic development.

Walmart Campaign Aims To Improve Produce Quality & Sales

The Bentonville, Ark., retailer earlier this year announced it was putting 70,000 associates through a produce training program, including giving them quality guides to help identify the important characteristics. Walmart also has instituted independent weekly checks in more than 3,400 stores and hired produce experts to work with its suppliers.

Bottom Dollar Food Launches 'Freshdown!' Facebook Sweepstakes

September 9, 2013 Bottom Dollar Food

Bottom Dollar Food is excited to announce the launch of its FRESHDOWN! Facebook Sweepstakes, which offers customers the opportunity to win $1,000 in gameday groceries this football season when they shop “fresh.”

Best Butchers & Fishmongers Qualify For Face-Off At FEAST Portland September 21

September 6, 2013 Whole Foods Market

Twenty-two of the most skilled butchers and fishmongers in the nation will duke it out on Saturday, Sept. 21 in the “Best Butcher Competition and Fishmonger Face-Off”– an epic, live battle of sharp minds and sharp knives – for the glory of being crowned best in their craft.

Does The Future Of The Fisheries Rest On Dry Land?

September 6, 2013 Rosemary Westwood, Maclean's

Fancy some Manitoba cod? How about Saskatchewan salmon? The idea of Prairie seafood may seem outlandish, but with soaring demand running headlong into environmental concerns over fish farms, some believe the future of the fisheries industry rests on dry land.