The International Fresh Produce Association will participate in the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition, and Health on Sept. 28 in Washington, DC, as IFPA looks to be part of an effort to eliminate hunger and reduce diet-related disease by 2030.  The conference comes after IFPA released its Fruit and Vegetable Moonshot, an eight-point plan on a national nutrition strategy, to the White House earlier this year.

Today, the Southeast Produce Council released What’s New? From the Consumer View 2022 in one of two educational sessions at its fall show, Southern Innovations.

A three judge panel of the U.S. District Court in San Francisco affirmed the legality of the U.S. Department of Agriculture to have the authority to recognize and certify growers using hydroponic organic production methods in a ruling issued yesterday.

Phillips Mushroom Farms has been a leader in growing mushrooms in Kennett Square, PA since 1927, and is known for its stellar reputation.

Echoing the sentiments of basically all the Peruvian importers, Farm Direct Supply General Manager Chris Horrell expects there to be sufficient volume of asparagus from Peru in the U.S. market in October and November to support promotions.

Cold weather in Peru impacted the summer shipments of asparagus for Miami-based Harvest Sensations, but the company is anticipating a return to normal volume for the remainer of this year.