RipeLocker announced significant advancements in its collaboration with Gebbers Farms and Chelan Fresh, successfully enhancing the long-term storage and delivery of high-quality cherries for the 2024 season.

After six years of rigorous trials, RipeLocker has overcome the challenges associated with cherry preservation, optimizing harvest timing and storage techniques. The results are remarkable: cherries harvested in mid-July were delivered to a major national retailer in mid-August, where they passed quality control without exceptions.

“Dropping acid levels, pitting, and brown stems make it

Due to the overwhelming need for disaster relief in the wake of Hurricane Helene, the Southeast Produce Council is reaching out to members for donations to Samaritan’s Purse.

Hurricane Helene hit Florida with 140-mile-per-hour gusts, the strongest recorded storm to ever hit the Big Bend region, continuing to wreak havoc as it blew devastating winds through Georgia and the Carolinas, with historic rainfall and flooding in areas in the southern Appalachians.

The storm has left a path of devastation across the Southeast, from the coast of Florida to the mountains of North Carolina, and SEPC is

This October, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Wild About Sprouts is partnering with Susan G. Komen to raise awareness and support the fight against breast cancer.

“We are thrilled to collaborate with Susan G. Komen,” said Stephanie Browder, vice president of marketing at Rä Foods. “Their dedication to fighting breast cancer resonates deeply with Rä Foods commitment to health and longevity. Our co-founders, Dr. Jeff Sholl and Dr. Sue Harlander, started this journey with research into cancer-fighting food compounds. We aim to introduce more people to the range of powerful health

One of the leading high sales item for promoting in the produce department is a perennial flower plant known as asparagus. Yes, if left to keep growing, it will bloom into a greenish white to yellow flower. The edible pieces of the asparagus plant we eat are the spear and tips that are harvested when young and tender. Its healthy nutritional values make it one of the best-selling items, especially for roasting, stir frying and steaming. It is also a good holiday favorite side dish.

Asparagus markets are active. The asparagus fields have been in a transitional phase, which has kept the market

The U.S. Department of Agriculture imposed sanctions on four 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:

• Triple H Produce LLC, operating out of Pharr, TX, for failing to pay a $27,987 award in favor of a Texas seller. As of the issuance date of the reparation order, Heriberto Vlaminck Ley, Rosa Ley Lopez, Hugo Vlaminck Ley and

As Pacific Trellis Fruit marks its 25th anniversary, the company reflects on a quarter-century of delivering premium fresh fruit and leading innovation within the industry. In celebration of this milestone, Pacific Trellis Fruit announced several significant updates for its stone fruit, grape and melon programs, setting the stage for a successful remainder of the year.

Coming off a highly successful imported stone fruit season last year, Pacific Trellis Fruit is introducing three new premium varieties: extra sweet peaches, apricots and cherry plums. These additions complement the company’s