WP Produce and its Desbry Tropical Avocado brand, has completed a major milestone toward its initiatives to increase sustainability in the Dominican Republic.

The New Jersey Department of Agriculture promotes the many varieties of fruits and vegetables grown in New Jersey and encourages consumers to look for Jersey Fresh, bringing awareness to real, locally grown products consumers are seeking.

Northeast potato shipper, Bushwick Commission has announced a packaging redesign for their popular Guarantee label. The new designs will be featured on Bushwick’s full range of potatoes, including red potatoes, russet potatoes and Yukon gold potatoes, as well as their conventional and premium white potato packaging.

Crunch Time Apple Growers, a New York state-based cooperative of 152 member-growers, didn’t take any breaks during its off-season. The 2021 harvest of its two varieties, SnapDragon and RubyFrost, is one of tremendous growth.

The Kroger Co. and Home Chef announced the meal solutions brand reached $1 billion in annual sales. Founded in 2013 by Pat Vihtelic, Home Chef merged with Kroger in 2018. Since then, Kroger and Home Chef have advanced the availability of mealtime shortcuts and solutions, offered new product innovations, and continued to transform how customers approach preparing meals.

The current market forces of global supply chain shortages, transportation availability constraints, and a drastically reduced farm labor market combined with seasonal threats of crop disease are heavily negatively impacting U.S. mushroom production, resulting in the forecast of a significantly reduced mushroom holiday supply capability, the American Mushroom Institute announced.