Stemilt Growers is introducing a new cherry, and a third SKU to the cherry category, with the launch of Skylar Rae® brand Tip Top cultivar cherries in select markets beginning this week. Grown and marketed exclusively by Stemilt, the Tip Top cherry cultivar, which goes to market under the Skylar Rae® brand, is a bi-colored cherry with a firm texture and flavor profile that makes it “The sweetest cherry you’ll ever eat™.” …
Produce for Kids® will introduce the new Produce for Kids Club concept, a transactional loyalty program designed to encourage healthy eating for families while increasing sales of fresh fruit and vegetables, to County Market shoppers on June 10. …
On Friday June 5th, the Produce industry lost one of its finest gentlemen, John McAleavey. The longtime Executive Director of the Eastern Produce Council, passed away at his home surrounded by his loving and devoted family. …
Alaska’s salmon industry is ready to get corked by the inability of state lawmakers to pass a budget. More than 20,000 state workers are bracing for 30-day layoff notices, meaning they’ll be off the job when the new fiscal year starts on July 1. The timing couldn’t be worse for Alaska’s salmon managers who are nearing the peak of a season that could set new records.
For centuries, perhaps millennia, the Namgis First Nation fished a wide and glassy river that barrels into the straits separating Vancouver Island from mainland Canada. According to legend, sockeye salmon were so plentiful that the Namgis could simply redirect the river and trap seemingly endless runs of fish in ponds outside their homes. Today, sockeye have all but disappeared from the Nimpkish. But a stone's throw away, a warehouse brims with hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon. …
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