Processing

It’s important for the produce industry to remain attractive to trucking. Without truckers, the produce industry would be, well, sunk....

United Fresh 2012 was a whirlwind of energy, innovation, information and connecting for the 4,500 who attended May 1-3. It was...

USDA recently awarded $40.2 million in value-added producer grants to 298 recipients in 44 states and Puerto Rico. According to USDA, the...

Sanitation is kind of like buying socks — not terribly exciting, but oh-so-necessary.And sanitation will be front and center during...

The goal: extended shelf life of fresh-cut produce. The enemy: ethylene gas produced by ripening fruit and vegetables that causes...

Alessandro Turatti shares a bittersweet story about his great-grandmother. All of her life, he said, she had one wish: to...

Virtually every type of fruit and vegetable has been processed into a value-added product in recent years, as growers and...

It may be true that you can’t fool Mother Nature. But when it comes to sorting machinery for the produce...

The industry collaborative working on updating food safety guidance specific to cantaloupe is holding weekly conference calls instead of trying to...

The produce industry has had its share of food safety challenges in recent years. But it’s not alone. Speaking during...