Tag: strawberries

No amount of rain can spoil our apple season parade.

Global markets plummeted last week in response to August’s U.S. inflation report. Consequently, many Americans may forgo purchasing their favorite pumpkin spice-scented candle this fall, among other optional fall purchases.

Plenty Unlimited Inc. today announced it has secured up to 120 acres of land near Richmond, Virginia, to build the largest, most advanced indoor vertical farm campus in the world.

Driscoll’s has launched its latest digital projects, including its Berry Patch Sensory Wheels and a collection of “Specialty Strawberry Mini Sets” to support the brand’s high-flavor strawberry collection.

Overall produce prices continue to fall as late summer demand struggles to gain momentum. Last week’s Western heat wave damaged a few commodities, but the supply drop was insufficient to counter the general economic malaise.

The Salinas Valley is bracing for another significant heat spike.

In response to a few fairly dramatic price increases, this week’s overall produce index is slowing its dramatic fall.

While there has been no constant rain in the rural sector of Central Mexico, the rainfall that has fallen has been intense and damaging enough to end strawberry production in storm zones, the regional leader of the National Peasant Confederation (CNC) of Guanajuato, Cuauhtémoc Prado Nava, told El Sol de Salamanca.

August is a notoriously slow month for fresh produce. Heat, the end of summer vacation, and the lack of holidays all contribute to weakened demand.