With harvest under way throughout the four growing regions, Pear Bureau Northwest said Washington and Oregon’s fresh pear estimate is 16.2 million standard box equivalents, which is on par with the five-year average.

Syracuse, UT-based Onions 52 kicked off its fall onion season in Washington state and Utah. With demand for new crop onions exceedingly high, it has been a busy start to the season.

Labor Day is here, but will increasing food costs put a damper on weekend celebrations? According to recent Category Partners survey research, groceries are the No. 1 segment where consumers have noticed inflation, outpacing even gasoline. A full 92 percent of consumers in August told Category Partners that they are somewhat or extremely concerned about inflation.

Tom Murray, president of the New England Produce Council board, recently named the 2022 NEPC scholarship recipients at the 22nd NEPC Produce, Floral & Food Service Expo Keynote Luncheon.

Sahid Nahim and Willie Armellini of The Bloom Show and Flowers and Cents were joined by Danean Allan of Armellini Logistics and Mike Mooney of Floral Trade Distributors to discuss the logistics of delivering flowers. As an added bonus, they offered advice on working with logistics firms for wholesalers, distributors and supermarkets.

All-America Selections is pleased to announce that entries for the 2023 trials are now being accepted.

Publicity and overall awareness of AAS is at an all-time high. This is a great time for breeders and breeding companies to take advantage of the momentum generated by the additional publicity and availability of AAS winners.