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Expo report: SEPC’s Southern Innovations

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This year's Southern Innovations expo featured about 200 booths for a buyer-heavy 1,400 attendees. Here's what got me to stop and ask, or take a second look.

Are we in for surge pricing at the grocery store?  

- Retail

A pair of lawmakers are raising concerns that grocers could start using electronic shelf labels (ESLs) …

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TOUR: Ocean Mist artichokes field to fork

- Produce with Pamela
I rarely miss an opportunity to get out in the field, so when I was in town for the Organic Produce Summit, I took the family to "work" to see some artichokes.

Searching for the perfect peach…again

- Produce with Pamela
The Peach Truck was originally all about simplifying the distribution system. Working with a distributor is adding additional steps. That’s not the model…right?

Expo Report: Eight new items from the Organic Produce Summit

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Here are eight things that got me to stop by and take a second (or third) look at the Organic Produce Summit in Monterey.

Beaver nuggets get all the press, but Buc-ee’s fruit and vegetable options deserve a nod

- Produce with Pamela
I have no doubt Buc-ee's will have a lot of success outside the Lone Star State.

Peaches are losing at retail. What can we do?

- Produce with Pamela
That perfect, juicy, sweet, ripe peach is something I dream about all winter. I absolutely go feral when the peaches are good. The problem? The peaches at the store often…aren’t good.

Let’s try a Pink Elephant mango

- Produce with Pamela
This mango is grown in Vietnam's Mekong Delta region and, according to the Melissa's website, "offers a sweet taste with delightful floral notes."

Inside GrubMarket: Who is Mike Xu, and what is the company’s vision for a more efficient food system?

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Blue Book's Pamela Riemenschneider joins Mike Xu and Craig Slate on The Fresh CrEd podcast to talk about GrubMarket, and Xu's vision for the food industry.

Seven CPMA show-stoppers

- General News
I saw so many new things on the expo floor at the Canadian Produce Marketing Association Convention & Trade Show in Vancouver that I hate to whittle this post down to just seven.