Month: July 2018

Perfect, pristine, palatable. In other words: Stemilt’s Rushing Rivers® pears. The upcoming 2018 Rushing Rivers® pear crop is the season retailers will want to dive head first into to help build their pear category. Stemilt Growers, the long-time pear leader, encourages retailers to get the first Rushing Rivers® pear promotions of the new crop set in place now. …

The Center for Produce Safety Board of Directors elected officers on June 21 directly following the CPS Research Symposium held in Charlotte, North Carolina. Dave Corsi, of Wegmans Food Markets, was voted in as the new board chair and is ready to bring his extensive experience in the produce industry to his new role. …

Tomato industry leaders Lipman Family Farms and NatureSweet are joining forces to better serve customers and quick service restaurants by ensuring year?round premium, high?quality, high?flavor slicing and salad tomatoes. NatureSweet brings to the table years of greenhouse growing expertise, while field grown tomato leader Lipman brings deep experience serving food service customers. …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking comments on a proposal to terminate the marketing order regulating the handling of Irish potatoes grown in designated counties of Virginia and North Carolina. The marketing order was established in 1948 but has been suspended twice since 2011 and is currently not active. …