Publix has donated more than 50 million pounds of produce as part of its initiative to support farmers and food banks in the Southeast. Launched in response to farmers being forced to discard produce they could no longer sell due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Publix began purchasing produce directly from impacted farmers and donating it to food banks throughout the company’s operating area.

Legend Produce, a leading grower and marketer of melons, continues to expand its product offerings by working closely with customers, seed breeders and growers alike. The Arizona-based company, together with its partners, conducts over 50 trials per year with the goal of bringing new products to market.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — The Produce for Better Health Foundation returned to Scottsdale after a three-year pandemic-induced hiatus for its annual Consumer Connection conference, drawing organization members and social media influencers to the Valley of the Sun, where a full slate of workshops and networking events were on the agenda.

It's sweet corn time once again and it's looking good. After some cold weather affected the sweet corn crop in Florida, better yields are expected.

Every year, more than eight million tons of plastic waste escapes into the world’s oceans, the equivalent of setting five garbage bags full of trash on every foot of coastline around the globe. What if there was a platform to stop ocean plastic and at the same time help alleviate poverty through a global recycling ecosystem?

That is the ambitious goal of Plastic Bank and its founder David Katz, who will offer a keynote presentation at OPS 2022, Empowering the World to Stop Ocean Plastic.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has imposed sanctions on five produce businesses for failing to meet contractual obligations to the sellers of produce they purchased and failing to pay reparation awards issued under the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act. These sanctions include suspending the businesses’ PACA licenses and barring the principal operators of the businesses from engaging in PACA-licensed business or other activities without approval from USDA.

The following businesses and individuals are currently restricted from operating in the produce industry: