HOUSTON — With a completely sold-out show floor that drew 2,760 attendees, including 438 buyers, the 10th annual Viva Fresh Expo was a rousing success and a testament to a decade of progress and purpose. Attendees were met with high-energy networking, vendor showcases, product tastings and the many acknowledgments of the growers, retailers and industry leaders whose vision and dedication have built the foundation of Viva Fresh over the past decade.

Get a head start into the new season and discover hundreds of pot and bedding plants in week 18 for Fleuroselect’s Dutch Spring Trials.

How important is the Hunts Point Market to keeping New York City and the Tri-state area fed?

According to Gabriela D’Arrigo, the vice president of marketing and communications for D’Arrigo New York, it is so vital that just describing it to a new customer or someone just curious about the market is not nearly enough.

Procurant has launched an artificial intelligence solution specifically for perishables category management in retail grocery: Procurant Fresh AI. The new solution leverages the company’s extensive expertise in the highly volatile perishables category to reduce costs, streamline decision-making, eliminate complex reporting and deliver accurate insights to executives and frontline users alike.

In a bold move to support U.S. retailers and health-conscious consumers, Caputo & Guest, a leading U.S.-based grower of fresh exotic mushrooms based in Kennet Square, PA, has cut prices across its organic mushroom line.

Early humans ate excessive amounts of organic plant foods to survive. Plants were their main source of food. They gathered and consumed fruit, root vegetables, peas, beans, tubers, seeds, nuts, flowers, legumes, leaves, acorns and water plants.

They also ate wild grain, which they hammered into flour. This organic, plant-based diet provided the necessary nutrition and energy for the early humans in order to carry out their survival lives in those days.