Onion producers in southern New Mexico are addressing water shortages with changing agricultural practices. “Because the drought has forced a big curtailment in water allotments to farmers in southern New Mexico’s Mesilla Valley, they’ve had to make up that shortfall with groundwater,” said Katie Goetz, public information officer for the New Mexico Department of Agriculture. “That’s intensified the soil’s available salt.

Despite an increased consumer interest in health and nutrition, Americans are still ignoring one of the easiest ways to live a healthier lifestyle: eating their vegetables. However, a recent survey showed hope, finding that millennials (age 18-34) consume more vegetables than any other generation.

ONTARIO, OR — Two prominent names in the Idaho-Eastern Oregon onion industry have joined forces with the announcement of Cameron Skeen’s new position at Murakami Produce Co.

Lineage Logistics LLC, a temperature-controlled warehousing and logistics company backed by Bay Grove Capital LLC, announced June 18 that logistics and transportation veteran W. Gregory Lehmkuhl will become its new chief executive officer, effective mid-July. Current CEO Bill Hendricksen will transition into the role of vice chairman at that time.

Whenever the beginning of summer rolls around and I start to see the first sign of peaches and nectarines arriving in the stores, it always reminds me of my early years of working part-time in the produce department after school.

It has been a sore spot in the industry for many years that fresh produce consumption on a per-capita basis is just not increasing, despite many positive factors including the trend toward healthy eating.

At the United Fresh Produce Association Convention in Chicago in early June, a presentation on consumer trends by the well-known Nielsen Perishables Group seems to contradict that widely held belief.