With the typical summer lull in coast-to-coast produce shipments, truck rates are well below the very high rates experienced at the beginning of this year, but there is expectation that they will start rising again as typical fall demand increases.

California Giant Berry Farms announced its People’s Choice winner and chef finalists of its 2022 Chef Invitational.  

The finalists and their recipes are:   

With so many apple varieties out there, it’s hard for one particular type of apple to stand out, but that is exactly what the Pink Lady has done.

Pink Lady apples are some of the first apples to blossom each year and the last ones to be harvested, but they are worth the wait. They soak up 200 days of sunshine, they have a delicious flavor and a beautiful rosy blush, and as the Pink Lady marks its 25th anniversary in the United States it has become the country’s sixth-most-popular apple.

Bob and Tom Nunes formed the Nunes Co. Inc., in 1976, creating the Foxy brand. Today that consists of marketing and selling fresh produce grown on more than 22,000 acres in California, Arizona, Nevada and Mexico.

Western Growers and S2G Ventures are now accepting applications for the 2022 AgSharks Competition, a unique event where startup companies pitch their innovations in front of a live audience of the world’s largest specialty crop producers to win a $250,000 minimum investment.

In addition to the return to school and busier family schedules for everyone, fall can mean a return to the day-to-day challenges of healthy meal planning.

In response, Dole Food Co. Inc. created 15-Minute-Made Meals, a collection of the produce leader’s often-requested recipes that combine fresh fruit- and vegetable-based ingredients with prep times of 15 minutes or less to deliver easy, healthy and satiating options for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert.