Month: February 2014

March is the beginning of peak artichoke season and Ocean Mist Farms is supporting sales and celebrating the company’s 90th anniversary with multiple activities designed to generate sales and consumer awareness for fresh artichokes. …

The Australians are trying to form a version of the NWPB in their country.  Australians watermelon growers met with NWPB staff at their offices February 25th. The group included those that had been in Savannah for NWA meetings and some ( but not all)  that attended the NWPB meeting. Australians watermelon growers are trying to form a version of the NWPB in their country. …

Stemilt’s premium river valley pear program helped the industry realize huge category increases through the first four months of the season according to the company’s recent analysis of retail scan data from Nielsen Perishables Group. D’Anjou pears were up 24% in volume and nearly 26% in dollar sales year over year according to national composite data from September through December 2013. Other key pear varieties including Red d’Anjou, Bartlett, and Bosc also realized increases in both categories. …

The opportunity for northeast retailers to source the highest-quality produce, fresh-cuts and deli products just got bigger and better. The January 24 opening of RLB Food Distributors’ newly acquired 40,000-square-foot refrigerated facility in Fairfield, NJ, has greatly increased the company’s warehousing capabilities. …

Aquafuchsia Foods Inc. is recalling Aquafuchsia brand alfalfa sprout product from the marketplace due to possible Salmonella contamination. Consumers should not consume the recalled product described below. …