As the calendar flips to March, St. Patrick’s Day brings a lot of green, and not just in decorations and parades! Rio Roses provided some tips to prepare for that pot of gold at the end of your St. Patrick’s Day rainbow.

I consider myself the perfect produce department shopper. The produce manager should roll out the red carpet when he or she sees me approach with my reusable shopping bags in hand.

I buy a lot of produce, and I go shopping at least three days a week, which is a function of working from home for the past 25 years. Grocery shopping is a nice break. Fresh produce is typically about 50 percent of my food buy for what is now a family of three.

Bako Sweet focuses on providing the largest variety of value-added, conveniently packaged sweet potatoes. Since 1944, the Valpredo family has been growing sweet potatoes in the country’s richest soil and the Valpredo Family Farm has perfected the growing and harvesting process.

A team from Bako Sweet will be exhibiting this year at Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Exposure show and is looking forward to connecting with fellow industry peers, customers and new contacts.

Fox Packaging announced the successful elimination of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances from all its flexible packaging options. This milestone reinforces Fox Packaging's commitment to sustainability, environmental responsibility and its partnership with its customers.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has filed an administrative complaint against Northeast Tomato Distributors Inc. for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The company, operating from Pennsylvania, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to five produce sellers in the amount of $219,173 from August 2022 through November 2022.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Watermelon promotions stand to receive a fresh injection of capital in 2025 following a vote by the industry to increase the assessment rate tied to watermelon shipments.