Ocean Spray CEO recreates viral TikTok, skateboarding to Fleetwood Mac with cranberry juice in hand

The CEO of cranberry company Ocean Spray has responded to TikTok's latest craze: the "Dreams" challenge, in which participants sip cranberry juice as they skateboard to Fleetwood Mac. 

October 08 , 2020

Markon launches recyclable cardboard clamshells for strawberries

The innovative package, designed for its Markon First Crop (MFC) two-pound strawberries, is made with food-grade adhesives and printed with vegetable-based inks.

October 08 , 2020

Fresh-cut fruits sold at Walmart recalled over listeria fears

Country Fresh is now recalling various containers of Freshness Guaranteed-brand cut or sliced apples, grapes, mangos, pineapples and cantaloupe distributed by Walmart.

October 07 , 2020

U.S. table grape storage numbers below previous two seasons

There were 9.3m boxes in storage as of Sept. 30, according to the Western Fruit Report Grape Cold Storage Summary.

October 07 , 2020

Giumarra tests autonomous planes for produce shipments

The Giumarra Companies has announced a joint project with Mountain View, Calif.-based startup Reliable Robotics Corporation to test shipments of produce utilizing autonomous aircraft technology.

October 07 , 2020

Agronometrics in Charts: A snapshot of Peru's previous grape seasons

With Peru's table grape season soon getting underway, we thought we would take a look at the Andean country's previous campaigns in the U.S. market and what could be in store this year.

October 06 , 2020

OZblu breaks own record with world's heaviest blueberry

The record-breaking blueberry is the result of world-renowned plant breeders, Dave and Leasa Mazzardis, who founded the Natures Select breeding program.

October 05 , 2020

Enza Zaden finds high resistance to the devastating tomato virus ToBRFV

The company’s researchers believe this gene is like no other currently known in the field, and offers “high resistance” to ToBRFV, also called tobamo after its genus.

October 05 , 2020

Del Monte Fresh Produce launches e-commerce and same-day delivery in Dallas

Consumers in Dallas can now visit www.myfreshdelmonte.com to place their orders of fresh produce to be conveniently delivered straight to their door, with over 200 SKUs available.

October 02 , 2020

Naturipe Foods expands, strengthens executive team

The newly formed Vitafoods joins Munger Farms to lead Naturipe Foods into the future with an additional estimated volume of 70 million pounds of available product.

October 02 , 2020