Bolthouse Fresh Foods has been named one of Fast Company’s 2025 Most Innovative Companies, earning a top-10 ranking. This recognition highlights the company’s commitment to transforming the fresh produce industry through disruptive packaging, product innovation and digital engagement — all while staying rooted in its 110-year legacy of quality and sustainability. Well-positioned for the next generation of consumers, Bolthouse Fresh Foods is reimagining how fresh produce and carrot products are grown, packaged, delivered and marketed to meet evolving consumer needs.

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The U.S. Department of Agriculture imposed sanctions on three produce businesses — Breadberry Lakewood, RC Pro Corp. and Indita Produce — 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. 

These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from

Walmart merchants are responsible for sourcing every item customers find on the company's shelves and online. It’s a role that blends strategy, analytics, creativity and relationship management — requiring both big-picture thinking and deep dives into data. In today’s fast-changing retail landscape, Walmart merchants need to move with speed.

Imagine a merchant looking to better understand how to meet growing customer demands. To make informed decisions, they might analyze sales performance across stores, markets, regions and nationally; channel-specific sales (in-store, online, pickup

Hapco Farms launched a carrot program earlier this year in Old Town, FL, and that is now in full swing and producing quality carrots with plenty of volume. 

This new crop, just 30 miles from the company’s operation in O’Brien, FL, has proven to be very successful in its first season, growing medium and jumbos, which are packed on-site under the Fresh from the Start brand as well as under private label.  

“It has been a lot of work getting this new crop going and building our new packing facility, but the crop has exceeded our expectations, and our customers are very happy,” said Eric

J&C Tropicals, a leader in the tropical produce industry, is celebrating 60 years of delivering fresh, high-quality exotic fruits, roots and vegetables to consumers across the nation. More than just distributors, J&C Tropicals serves as trusted tropical produce advisors — thinking like grocers, behaving like health-conscious consumers and helping retailers maximize their fresh tropical produce offerings.

From its humble beginnings in 1965 as a family-owned business focused primarily on growing Boniato, J&C Tropicals now distributes over 70 exceptional tropical fruits, roots and vegetables

High pressure is building out West following weeks of rain, winds and cold temperatures. The high-pressure system is forecast to strengthen and stall over the Southwest through next week. This will bring very warm temperatures (upper 80s to low 90s) to the desert regions and above-average temperatures to Central and Southern California.

The warm temperatures in the southwestern desert regions will increase insect populations as well as heat-related problems (tip/internal burn, seeders, weaker texture) as the season winds down.
In the transition region of Central California (Huron) harvests