Fuel Your Summer Travels with Crispy Green’s Healthy, Delicious, Grab-and-Go Crispy Fruit Snacks!

July 5, 2024 Crispy Green

Crispy Fruit crunchy freeze-dried fruit snacks are available in seven delicious flavors: apple, banana, mango, pear, pineapple, strawberry, and tangerine. Plus, Crispy Fruit is made of one simple ingredient: the finest non-GMO fruit. The fruit retains its natural goodness and a crunchy, airy texture with no added sugar. 

BranchOut Food Ships First Production of New, Innovative Products to Nation’s Largest Retailer, Initiating Second of Three Existing Contracts Totaling $8M

July 5, 2024 BranchOut Food Inc.

The dried brussels sprouts, a first-to-market offering, and dried carrot sticks are innovative new products requested by the retailer.

Side Delights Will Showcase Its Organic Potatoes & Onions at the Organic Produce Summit

FSN partners Basin Gold Cooperative of Pasco, WA, and the Masser Family of Companies of Sacramento, PA, will represent the Network at the show. The Organic Produce Summit celebrates the organic produce industry, sharing information about the success and insights of this rapid-growth, multi-billion-dollar food sector.

New Panel to Discuss E-Commerce Opportunities in Organic Produce

July 5, 2024 Organic Produce Summit

This panel will delve into e-commerce opportunities for the produce industry, covering current successes and areas for improvement, including recent trends in direct-to-consumer retail.

USDA Expands Insurance Options for Specialty and Organic Growers

USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is expanding coverage options by allowing enterprise units by organic farming practice, adding enterprise unit eligibility for several crops, and making additional policy updates. This is the first of several announcements this summer, which will include the expansion of the shellfish policy in the Northeast and new coverage for grape growers in the West and beyond. These expansions and other improvements build on other recent RMA efforts to better serve specialty crop producers and reach a broader group of producers.