Inflation and COVID-19. It seems neither can be avoided, and they both continue to send grocery shoppers to digital devices.

According to the Brick Meets Click/Mercatus Grocery Shopping Survey fielded July 29-30, online grocery sales for July jumped 17 percent year over year to $7.8 billion.

Avocado exporters in Colombia have met their ambitious expectations concerning their shipments to the U.S. market over the past 12 months, and all indications are that the exponential growth will continue for the upcoming season.

The Quebec Produce Marketing Association will present its annual convention Aug. 18-20 at the Fairmont Le Manoir Richelieu in Charlevoix, marking the 75h anniversary of the prestigious event.

As a West Coast leader in both the sweet and the hot pepper production, Baloian Farms said its chili pepper program will not disappoint — with varieties that range in heat from mild to hot and are always flavorful and always fresh.

The 2022 Farwest Show conference lineup in Portland has seminars for every kind of green industry professional, including growers, breeders, arborists, landscape designers, landscapers, businesspeople, marketers, nursery

With the typical summer lull in coast-to-coast produce shipments, truck rates are well below the very high rates experienced at the beginning of this year, but there is expectation that they will start rising again as typical fall demand increases.