The Eastern Produce Council hosted its 47th annual golf outing June 14 at Fox Hollow Golf Club in Branchburg, NJ.

Following golf and a cocktail hour and dinner, Rich Martin, a member of the EPC’s Golf Committee, recognized the winning team of Raul Millan, Eurice Rojas, Oscar Castro and Johnnie Pandolfino of Vision Import Group, as well as second place team Ed Swartz of Nagoya, Kurt Zuhlke of Produce Packaging and Mark Gartenfeld.

Inflationary pressures, ongoing COVID-19 worries, labor shortages and supply chain issues continue to dominate business discussions. How should produce companies react to these concerns when designing marketing plans or launching new products?

Now that summer has arrived, New York’s deep collection of growers are busy at work, harvesting its finest produce over the next few months.

According to the USDA’s most recent Ag Census, there were 33,438 farms in New York State and 6,866,171 acres in production, with the state being among the top five in grapes, green peas and squash.

The Telly Awards, one of the largest honors for video and television content across all screens, recently announced this year's winners. The New York Apple Association's new commercial featuring New York apple growers won a prestigious bronze Telly award.

The commercial was produced by Rochester, NY-based creative agency Mason Marketing and the New York Apple Association.

As we forge ahead into the latter half of 2022, the buzz words surfacing with Healthy Family Project’s consumer audience are consistent around cost-savings, budget hacks, meal planning, food waste, trust, social impact and local grown. 

2022 has us all looking at new and creative ways to do business and has forced shoppers to look at new ways of shopping on a budget. Not unlike the past two years, but in a different context.

Heartfelt tributes to stellar spuds were just the ticket for higher produce sales during the Idaho Potato Commission’s 31st annual retail display contest.

Retailers across the country took home more than $150,000 in cash and prizes for their winning entries in this year’s Idaho Potato Lovers Display Contest — and IPC reports that test stores with secondary displays of Idaho russets deliver a nearly 10 times growth advantage, while comparison stores with no secondary display achieve an average category growth of only 2.5 percent.