Crunch Time Apple Growers, a cooperative of 152 growers throughout New York state, is a leader in the efforts to grow and market two popular apples, SnapDragon and RubyFrost, which are marketed in bulk and various pack styles.

What’s on shoppers’ minds in these not-quite-yet-normal times?

If you think of it like a shopping cart or basket, there’s a lot in there. There are the staples, like sustenance and nutrition. There are probably some novel things, based on a sense of food exploration or discovery. These days, there’s likely to be more items bought on sale, driven by the need or desire to cut costs during inflationary times.

Mark S. Hanks, a long-time executive formerly with DNE World Fruit, died surrounded by his loving family on Wednesday, June 29, just shy of his 72nd birthday.

Mr. Hanks was born on July 2, 1950 in Kilgore, TX, and grew up in Southern California.  He attended UC-Santa Barbara before pursuing his acting and dance career in New York City and Los Angeles. His love for the performing arts took him from being a high school gymnast to dancing with the Joffrey Ballet and acting and performing in the theatre.

The International Fresh Produce Association will participate in the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on Sept. 28 in Washington, DC, as IFPA looks to be part of an effort to eliminate hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030.  The conference comes after IFPA released its Fruit and Vegetable Moonshot, an eight-point plan on a national nutrition strategy, to the White House earlier this year.

Today, the Southeast Produce Council released What’s New? From the Consumer View 2022 in one of two educational sessions at its fall show, Southern Innovations.

A three judge panel of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco affirmed the legality of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to have the authority to recognize and certify growers using hydroponic organic production methods in a ruling issued yesterday.