Washington state is responsible for 65 percent of the entire U.S. fresh apple production, and also accounts for more than 95 percent of fresh apple exports from the United States.

The Washington Apple Commission (WAC) is an industry-funded agency of the state of Washington Department of Agriculture and represents all Washington state apple growers.

As it does each year around this time, Red Sun Farms is looking forward to heading to the annual Southeast Produce Council’s Southern Innovations show.

The Tony Vitrano Co., which operates 11 units on the Maryland Wholesale Produce Market in Jessup, MD, has been a big player in the Baltimore region since 1932.

Tony Vitrano, president of the company and named for his grandfather who founded the company, said business in 2024 has been steady and he predicts things will pick up even more now that it’s back-to-school-season.

SUN VALLEY, ID — Following a full day informational sessions, including a Potato PAC session featuring Idaho Gov. Brad Little, attendees of the 96th annual Idaho Grower Shipper Association conference gathered for a cocktail reception, hosted by Union Pacific, CSX and Watco Cos.

John Lennon sings a song entitled Watching the Wheels. It begins with the lyrics: People say I’m crazy doing what I’m doing.

What about you? You’re in the produce business just like I am. Are we crazy doing what we’re doing? Sure, there are times when difficult challenges suddenly rise up and may drive us berserk, but who knows best how to resolve them? We do, because we love what we do, especially when we accomplish good results. It’s a satisfaction we experience with those accomplishments.

Food solutions company SpartanNash launched its annual in-store and online fundraiser through the SpartanNash Foundation, benefiting youth education nonprofit Junior Achievement.