This year Nature Fresh Farms accepted the PC Fresh Product of the Year Award for its Ontario Greenhouse Mixiany Cherry Tomatoes.

The Kroger Family of Cos. and Ocado announced the continued expansion of their partnership with plans to construct an additional Customer Fulfillment Center in the South region, while also collaborating with Ocado on in-store fulfilment capabilities with a planned rollout across Kroger stores, beginning in 2021.

McCartney Produce, a distributor of fresh produce and specialty food products, joined FreshEdge, a family of produce and specialty food companies, further diversifying the group’s combined customer base and increasing its breadth and depth of service offerings in the Midwest and  Southeast.  McCartney joins  a growing family that  includes  Get  Fresh,  Indianapolis  Fruit,  Piazza Produce & Specialty Foods, Garden Cut, CIBUS Fresh, and Papania’s.

The short story is that markets this fall are looking up for the Nogales deal.

Alan Voll said that temperatures in Mexico in November had cooled significantly, slowing production to manageable levels and raising markets.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on three produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry:

As more meals are eaten at home, Albertsons Cos. is lending the home cook a hand with the new flash-frozen Open Nature Savory Skillet Meals.

Open Nature Savory Skillet Meals are ready in minutes using just one pan. Featuring on-trend flavors, restaurant quality presentation and taste, the convenient meals use only high-quality natural ingredients that are free from antibiotics and artificial ingredients, flavors, or colors.