Tag: pears

Fall is in full swing, and fresh Pacific Northwest–grown USA Pears are available now in produce sections from coast to coast.

With harvest underway throughout the four growing regions, Pear Bureau Northwest announces the first official estimate of the 2022-23 fresh pear crop for Washington and Oregon. The industry’s fresh pear estimate is 16.2 million standard box equivalents, which is on par with the five-year average.

Strella, a freshness management company that builds technology to predict produce maturity has announced the launch of its automated quality management platform for retailers.

The organic crop is looking to be up from last year, with most varieties seeing volume increases, says Domex Superfresh Growers.

Overall industry prices are falling quickly into August and will likely continue through the month. That said, the ProduceIQ Index remains at a record high for week #31.

California pear farmers are on track to begin harvest in early July as the season kicks off in the River growing district.

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer advocacy groups, recently announced that CMI Orchards had achieved its first EFI certification.

Bringing top-quality import apples and pears from the world’s most sought-after production regions, Oppy, the leading grower, marketer and distributor of fruits and vegetables sets out to deliver the freshest crop to the North American market at just the right time.

The Aisle of Red Pears display challenge runs through March, with entries due by April 15, and is geared to show off one of the beautiful varieties grown in the Northwest.

The New Zealand apple and pear season is approaching harvest and growers have good reasons to be positive and optimistic about the coming season.