The International Fresh Produce Association recently held the first Fresh Impact Tour stop in Salinas, CA, in partnership with host, Taylor Farms. The tours bring IFPA team experts to the industry in their own backyards and facilities.  There are two more tour stops on the calendar right now, with more to come throughout the year.

The upcoming tour stops include:

The Southeast Produce Council has awarded 43 SEPC Member Scholarships worth a total of $64,500 this year. The council said dedication of its members is key.

Wada Farms is a family-owned farming operation that is celebrating its 80th year in business in 2023. What began with 160 acres of potatoes has turned into one of America’s largest grower-shippers-marketers of potatoes, onions and sweet potatoes.

In 2016, Wada Farms added watermelons to its mix and what started as a niche program located in North Carolina has now become a strategic alliance of growers/partners in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, South and North Carolina, Delaware, Michigan, Indiana, Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas.

Jersey Fresh is returning to the famous Jersey Shore this season to provide healthy snack seekers with fresh, local produce and fun Jersey Fresh swag. This has been a great campaign of promotional events allowing consumers from the tri-state area and up and down the East Coast to taste the best Jersey has to offer. The biggest question we get after they try their complimentary giveaway is, “where can I buy more?”

The 2023 Northwest cherry crop has great potential relative to crop volume and fruit size, according to Northwest Cherry Growers. It sees a potential for a crop of 19.9 million 20-pound boxes, a 50 percent increase in crop size as compared to the 13.3 million box crop in 2022

eGrocery sales for April 2023 totaled $8.2 billion, up 0.9 percent versus a year ago. Year-over-year performance varied widely across the three key segments as Delivery sales jumped 20 percent, Pickup dipped 3 percent and Ship-to-Home plunged 19 percent, according to the latest Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey.