After research, consumer, and field trials, Goldenberry Farms announced commercial availability of its non-GMO Premium Select Goldenberries.

Hand-picked, and packed on site for peak freshness, the berry is larger and with more flavor than the traditional goldenberries — or cape gooseberries — available today.

Naturipe, a farmer-owned producer and marketer of berries and value-added products, continues its inaugural Summer of Snacking campaign, as fresh raspberries and blackberries enter their late-summer peak season. Naturipe’s Summer of Snacking celebration aims to help customers sell more berries by highlighting the benefits of healthy snacking done right as shoppers continue a busy summer season after a pandemic.

Americans are still snacking in record numbers, so what are some easy ways shoppers can snack healthy and make nutritious choices this month and as we head into fall?

Agrokasa is expected to more than double its blueberry export shipments this season, with a similar increase expected next year.

José Antonio Castro, director of the Lima, Peru-based grower-shipper-exporter of avocados, table grapes and asparagus, told The Produce News that the addition of blueberries several years ago both expands the company’s risk management portfolio and allows for better utilization of its labor force.

With about three-quarters of its annual volume already picked and packed, and running a bit behind 2020 numbers, the California strawberry industry is expecting a strong final quarter allowing volume to surpass last year’s total.

Through the week ended Aug. 21, California had sent close to 150 million trays of fruit to market, which represents about a 4.5 percent decline from the previous year. By the end of the third week of 2020, California’s strawberry growers had marketed more than 157 million trays of fruit on the way to a crop that exceeded 200 million trays.

With many headed back to their classrooms, campuses and cubicles more regularly come fall, Oppy is putting lunchbox favorites from its exclusive collaboration with the Ocean Spray brand on full display in its back-to-school campaign. Oppy, leading grower, marketer and distributor of fresh produce from around the world is presenting its berries, grapes and citrus under the umbrella of the campaign’s positioning line: "The new school way to enjoy Ocean Spray." All items are available now.

North Bay Produce, a grower-owned cooperative in Traverse City, MI, is a year-round berry shipper and has enjoyed success in the category.

“Having the continuity of supply between regions and hemispheres in the fall allows for consistency and stability of product, thus offering a successful berry program to our customers,” said Ryan Lockman, vice president of sales and procurement for the company.