Tag: lettuce

Green leaf, iceberg, and romaine markets are elevated, though they have started to weaken as supplies increase.

An online panel convened on April 19 by the International Fresh Produce Association to discuss the impatiens necrotic spot virus (INSV) in lettuce revealed some optimism about the level of the disease in 2023.

March inflation reports are inspiring cautious optimism.

Revolution Farms, LLC of Caledonia, Michigan is expanding the voluntary recall announced on April 5, 2023 to include all products sold under the Revolution Farms brand.

Up for the third week, overall produce prices are still technically following typical week #14 trends. Although, the storms that drenched California and filled the Sierras with snow will likely unfold as higher-than-normal produce prices over the next few months.

Revolution Farms of Caledonia, Michigan is voluntarily recalling the listed products packed between 3/3/23 and 3/11/23, because they have the potential to be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people, and others with weakened immune systems.

Colder areas of the Arizona/California desert region are experiencing light lettuce ice this morning after strong, cold winds swept through the area over the past two days.

A limited number of suppliers will begin harvesting iceberg and leaf lettuce crops in the Huron, California region this week.

I enjoy Sylvain Charlebois’ blog on Canadian Grocer. He is a professor in food distribution policy and senior director/AGRI-Food Analytics Lab at Dalhousie University in Nova Scotia.

Mastronardi Produce is launching a new locally-grown greenhouse lettuce line under its Backyard Farms brand that will support growers in Florida and Colorado.