Freezing weather in California and another decline in projected production in Florida are putting a minor squeeze on the domestic U.S winter citrus deal. Meanwhile, rains in Texas have filled out the Lone Star State crop, which is making up for shorter supplies of smaller oranges on the West Coast.

Citrus growers across Florida dodged a series of bullets in early to mid-January as temperatures repeatedly flirted with the freezing mark as far south as Fort Myers and were predicted to do so throughout the week of Jan. 20.

Opal apples kicked off the season to strong consumer demand. Since the arrival of Opal in late 2013, FirstFruits Marketing, the exclusive marketer of Opal apples, has been increasing awareness and consumer engagement through social media and blogger partnerships.

Along with the rest of the produce industry, the Colorado Potato Administrative Committee was awaiting a final farm bill from Congress later in January, and CPAC Executive Director Jim Ehrlich said a number of items in the bill are of particular interest.

Index Fresh, a grower-owned packing, marketing and shipping company located in Bloomington, CA, has added Bailey DiIoia to its field staff. He will be working with Gary Nichols to serve California's Ventura County growers.

It was the mid-1970s, and like many other young transplanted Midwesterners, the 20-something Earl Herrick was simply enjoying life in San Francisco. He grew up in Ohio but moved west to try something different.

Once upon a time in American culture, nothing was easier than making apple pie.

But somewhere between the creation of the Internet and Tweeting, the simple art was lost.

Riveridge Produce Marketing, Inc., hasn’t given up on the “Millennials” or Generation Y, which involves people born between the early 1980s and the early 2000s.