Harris Teeter and Washington Fruit Growers teamed up last month to provide fresh produce to those in need through their Apples in Action campaign. For every pound of Washington Apples purchased at North Carolina Harris Teeter locations June 12-25, Washington Fruit Growers donated a pound of apples to Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture filed an administrative complaint against Peak Seasons Produce LLC for alleged violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. The company, operating from Florida, allegedly failed to make payment promptly to four produce sellers in the amount of $413,737 from February through May 2023.

Hot summer temperatures means good news for fresh fig lovers. Due to the extreme heat, the main harvest of the California fresh fig started a couple weeks earlier than usual, according to the California Fresh Fig Growers Association, and the fruit will be beautiful and plentiful well into the fall.

MONTEREY, CA – The 2024 IFPA Foodservice Conference got off to a strong start July 25, here, drawing hundreds of produce industry members to beautiful downtown Monterey, CA.  

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on 10 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.

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

The Kroger-Albertsons merger, first announced back in October of 2022, continues to get pushed back. The current roadblock is courtesy of the Colorado District Court and Denver District Court Judge Andrew J. Luxen, who granted a temporary injunction. An Aug. 12 hearing on the matter was cancelled as well.