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Seven-year curse appears to be over for Philadelphia market

PHILADELPHIA -- After seven years of ups and downs with regard to the prospect of building a new wholesale produce market here, it appears that a viable site has been procured and that groundbreaking will occur as early as this summer.

PBH promotes Theresa Kaufmann

WILMINGTON, DE -- The Produce for Better Health Foundation has announced the appointment of Theresa Kaufmann as its new manager of development.

Richard Guzman spent 27 years selling produce in Los Angeles

Richard Guzman, a salesman at Go-Fresh Produce Inc. on the Los Angeles Wholesale Produce Market for the last seven years and a 27-year veteran of the Los Angeles wholesale produce industry, died of a heart attack in a Los Angeles hospital March 12. He was 49.

INDUSTRY VIEWPOINT: Preserving the garden in the Garden State

As I travel the country representing the New Jersey Farm Bureau and New Jersey's farmers, I'm proud to tell people I'm from the great Garden State of New Jersey. And I too often get jokes about the turnpike and questions about what we grow here amidst our cities and shopping malls.

While it's true that New Jersey is smack-dab between New York and Philadelphia, peppered with suburbs, we also have assets nothing short of remarkable: amazing garden oases, the very reason we are called the Garden State.

1,000 rally to help save NJDA

An estimated 1,000 people descended April 1 on the state capitol in Trenton, NJ, to show their support for the New Jersey Department of Agriculture.

New Jersey Gov. Jon Corzine has proposed eliminating the department, along with the state's Department of Commerce and Department of Personnel, to help close a $2.7 billion budget deficit.

The rally held on a drizzly, overcast day, saw farmers, wholesalers, nursery owners and other agricultural supporters, some riding tractors and others waving signs, in support of the respected state ag department.

Wal-Mart, CDFA and Cal-Giant celebrate locally grown strawberries

ROSEVILLE, CA -- With a massive display of locally grown California strawberries as a backdrop, the California Department of Food & Agriculture joined Wal-Mart and Watsonville, CA-based California Giant Inc. at a special event promoting locally grown California strawberries at the Wal-Mart Supercenter, here, March 26.

The event also focused on the health benefits of strawberries and played up Wal-Mart's partnership with local producers to bring fresh, locally grown strawberries to California customers.

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