Safety is of main concern for those working on the farms in New Jersey, and the New Jersey Department of Agriculture is committed to ensure that everyone is treated fairly and safely.

The New Jersey Department of Labor and the Department of Community Affairs oversee safety in farm labor housing. This includes inspections of housing facilities, worker conditions and potable water wells.

“The NJDA works with those agencies to communicate their messages with the industry,” said Joe Atchison III, assistant secretary and director of marketing for the NJDA.

Green bean prices are nearing a 10-year high as availability on both coasts is tight, according to ProduceIQ.

“In the West, supply is forecasted to tighten for the next two weeks,” said Mark Campbell, founder and CEO of ProduceIQ. “In the East, Florida’s acreage has been low, and the season is winding down production earlier than anticipated due to intense wet weather throughout the Southeast. Georgia is a couple of weeks out from filling the remaining Eastern supply gap.”

The Southeast Produce Council has waved the green flag to announce a powerful lineup of speakers for upcoming Southern Innovations, Sept. 14-16. Held at the Charlotte Convention Center in Charlotte, NC, this year’s conference will continue to build upon SEPC’s “What’s New?” platform, as SEPC members race to discover the latest innovations within the fresh produce industry.

Ciruli Bros. has launched a new website to better communicate the company’s offerings, availability and core values to its trading partners.

When consumers do their current grocery shopping, they may be taken aback when seeing the lettuce prices. After all they do not know anything about the markets and how prices are established based on crops.

As long-time merchants on the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market, T. M Kovacevich (TMK Produce) operates out of a 2,000-pallet facility and represents some of the world’s finest growers at what it considers the best wholesale produce arena on the planet.

The big news coming out of the company in 2023 is that it is expanding its TMK Local program.