Produce Archive
PMA Gets Fruits, Vegetables Into Math Curriculums
NEWARK, Del. — The Produce Marketing Association is sponsoring a program designed to encourage third and fourth graders to eat more fruits and vegetables while they’re learning math....
Consumer Group Launches Recall Site
WASHINGTON — A consumer advocacy group here has launched a new website informing consumers of product recalls and urging support for vigorous product testing legislation....
Wedge Co-Op to Purchase Gardens of Eagan
MINNEAPOLIS — The Wedge Co-Op, a natural and organic food cooperative here, said it will purchase Gardens of Eagan, an organic farm in Farmington, Minn....
EQUIPPED FOR SAFETY
News of foodborne illness outbreaks and product recalls has led consumer concern about food safety to new highs, but the food industry and equipment manufacturers...
COMMUNITY ROOTS
With its tightly packed bungalows and buzzing commercial strips, Manhattan Beach has a much more approachable feel than many similarly wealthy areas in...
Vidalia Onion Committee Announces Winners of Merchandising Contest
VIDALIA, Ga. — The Vidalia Onion Committee here has announced 10 produce managers from U.S. supermarket retail companies as winners of the Sweet Rewards Merchandising Display Contest held May 1 through June 8...
SAFE HARBOR
It's a tough time to be an FDA inspector. Stung by contamination scandals that have gotten progressively worse as the year has worn on, Chinese exporters...
ARIZONA Born and Bred
As Bashas' celebrates its 75th anniversary, it sees plenty of room to grow its expanding portfolio of store banners without leaving its home state of...
Poll: 9 of 10 Americans Support COOL
YONKERS, N.Y. — A poll suggesting 92% of Americans support country-of-origin labeling on food drew defensive responses from some of the law’s opponents Wednesday. ...
Writing a New Chapter
Don't look now, but Winn-Dixie has some momentum. The results went from pretty bad to pretty good, pretty suddenly, Andrew Wolf, an industry analyst with...
