With the holiday season in the rearview mirror, truck supplies are currently sufficient to handle demand for refrigerated commodities, and that should remain the case until produce supplies pick up over the next several months.

"The freight situation is a little quiet right now," Lance Dichter, president of LD Logistics in the Bronx, NY, said in mid-January. "The weather has been cold in California, which has cut down on production. Right now trucks are plentiful and cheap."

School kids across the United States are getting a chance to try unique fruits and vegetables and Frieda's Specialty Produce is playing a role, thanks to two produce wholesalers.

According to a recent snacking study, fresh fruit is not only the top snack food consumed in America, it is also one of the fastest growing.

The study results, conducted by The NPD Group, are not surprising to California's table grape farmers, who have been promoting Grapes from California as the "Original Super Snack" all season and are expected to announce record-breaking shipping numbers at the end of January.

Detroit has always been a “bootstraps” town, and despite some tough times in recent years the city is prepared to move forward with success.

On Jan. 4, 2013, Andrew Mach, a staff writer for NBC News, reported that the homicide rate in the city of Detroit continued a grim upward trend in 2012, hitting its highest peak in nearly two decades, according to city officials.

Curry & Co., a year-round supplier of sweet onions, onions and blueberries, announced that Michael Hively has been named chief financial officer and chief operations officer of the Brooks, OR-based company.

Monte Vista, CO — Using the U.S. Potato Board’s “Five Distinct Potato Seasons” campaign as a matrix, the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee will be reaching out to consumers in 2013 with promotional information that ties potatoes to nurturing in winter, energy and anticipation in spring and outdoorsy fun in the summer.

The USPB’s campaign was developed to reach “Linda,” a composite consumer who represents the board’s target audience (female, 25-54 years with kids under 18 at home) and who accounts for 40 percent of all fresh potato consumption.