With the cooler weather & shorter days, are you looking for easier ways to prepare meals for your family? Slow-cooked meals are the perfect way to make eating at home effortless. Since greenhouse grown vegetables are available all year round and offer consistent flavor, using them in your slow cooker can give you comforting, healthy dishes when you come home after a long day.

Using secondary displays to shine a spotlight on potatoes is more important than ever in today’s economic climate, advised Kent Beesley, Idaho Potato Commission retail promotion director-West/Canada.

Green Life Farms products can now be purchased at more than 550 Publix locations in Florida. The controlled environment agriculture company recently added 280 Publix stores in the Tampa and Fort Myers vicinity to its list of retail locations; Green Life Farms already serves 270 Publix locations in south Florida. With a total of 13 farms planned in the Southeast, Green Life Farms will continue to expand its sales territory with a variety of retailers as the company grows.

The U.S. online grocery market finished December with $9.1 billion in total sales, up 2.4 percent compared to the previous year, and only 2 percent lower than the record high of $9.3 billion last seen in Q1 of 2021, according to the monthly Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey.

The world of specialty potatoes is shrinking — and that’s a good thing. The smallest specimens of these colorful varieties possess a cuteness factor that restaurants love and home cooks seek out in the produce department, said Robert Schueller, director of public relations at Melissa’s/World Variety Produce.

Ocean Mist Farms expanded its fresh-cut vegetable convenience line as the calendar turned to a new year and health-focused resolutions are top of mind. The line includes nine unique packs of farm fresh vegetables that are sure to complement healthy meals.