Tag: strawberries

The hepatitis A attorneys at Marler Clark, a Seattle based law firm, filed lawsuits against Scenic Fruit Company, LLC (berry grower) and Californica Splendor, Inc. (berry distributor), on behalf of Tanna Mosalsky and Ryan Darrow.

Mastronardi Produce, the fourth-generation family-owned business that pioneered high-tech greenhouse strawberries in North America, is bringing its award-winning flavor to the organic greenhouse berry segment.

Nearly 500 strawberry growers, shippers, processors, researchers and agricultural stakeholders gathered on August 3 for the seventh annual Cal Poly Strawberry Center Field Day, the largest research and education event for the California strawberry industry.

While the back-to-school season is usually marked by rejoicing parents and low summer produce prices, extreme weather is forcing some unlikely commodities to pull average prices to a ten-year high.

While maybe not as sensational as the news that Taylor Swift caused a small earthquake in Seattle, gas prices are at an eight-month high. Keep calm. At $3.71, the average fuel price is still more than $1 below the astronomical highs we saw last July.

While the ProduceIQ Index is flat this week, we're seeing strawberry and cucumber prices spike, while lemons are at a 10-year low.

Nature Fresh Farms becomes the only greenhouse producer to grow and market organic, greenhouse grown Strawberries in North America; filling the demand for premium, organically grown Strawberries that offer increased flavor and freshness with their introduction of Nature Fresh Farms Organic Greenhouse Berries.

Produce markets repeat history with a week defined by declining prices. This week marks the beginning of the summer doldrums—a six-week period in which produce prices wilt along with the rest of us in the summer heat.

Based on traceback data gathered during the ongoing investigation of hepatitis A infections linked to frozen organic strawberries imported from Baja California, Mexico; FDA has identified additional firms that may have received potentially contaminated product. FDA has been working with these firms to ensure that any potentially contaminated product is removed from the market.

Images of a blurred, scarlet New York City skyline dominated headlines last week. Due to strong Southbound winds, smoke from Canadian wildfires in Quebec billowed down the Eastern seaboard of the United States.