Fresh Cut Magazine

Building Bonduelle
For more than 100 years, the family-owned Bonduelle company has been devoted to one single and unchanging passion: Vegetables. Today, the French-based company is one of the major food processors… » Read more url( /images/sized/images/uploads/fresh-cut/misc/Bonduelle_HomePage_630x214-630x241.jpg ) /index.php/magazine/article/building-bonduelle
Product Partnership
River Ranch Fresh Foods has partnered with Nunhems, a Bayer CropScience subsidiary specializing in vegetable genetics, to create Heritage Blend. This fresh-cut salad blend differentiates itself from every other salad… » Read more url( /images/sized/images/uploads/fresh-cut/misc/heritage_HomePage_630x214-630x241.jpg ) /index.php/magazine/article/product-partnership
State of the industry…
Like most fresh produce categories in grocery stores across the nation, value-added fruits and vegetables took a noticeable dip during the U.S. economic recession. However, frugal-fatigued shoppers are abandoning restrictive… » Read more url( /images/sized/images/uploads/fresh-cut/misc/Graph_HomePage_630x214-630x241.jpg ) /index.php/magazine/article/state-of-the-fresh-cut-industry
Total Package
The five winners of this year's Produce Marketing Association packaging awards all showed that companies can combine convenience, food safety, sustainability and effective marketing when developing consumer packaging. "PMA founded… » Read more url( /images/sized/images/uploads/fresh-cut/misc/cover_HomePage_630x214-630x241.jpg ) /index.php/magazine/article/total-package

Fresh Cut News

USDA issues new rules for school meals

Jan 27, 2012

School meals will have to offer fruits and vegetables to students every day under standards issued by the United States Department of Agriculture on Wednesday. CNN To read more, click here.
USDA unveils new zone map

Jan 27, 2012

USDA released the new version of its Plant Hardiness Zone Map Jan. 25, updating a useful tool for gardeners and researchers for the first time since 1990 with greater accuracy and detail. The new map - jointly developed by USDA's Agricultural Research Service and Oregon… Full Story »
LEASA Industries Co. Inc. recalls alfalfa sprouts

Jan 20, 2012

LEASA Industries Co. Inc. of Miami is recalling 346 cases of LEASA Living Alfalfa Sprouts with use by date 2/1/12 because it has the potential to be contaminated with Salmonella. The alfalfa sprouts were distributed through Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisianna and Mississippi through retail stores… Full Story »
Organic crop insurance cost spoils growth of $27 billion market

Jan 20, 2012

Consumer demand for organic foods has helped Uncle Matt’s Organic Inc. grow from 5 acres of oranges in 1999 to become Florida’s biggest organic-citrus producer. Further expansion is being hampered by the federal crop insurance program designed to help farmers, says the company’s founder, Matt… Full Story »
Chairwoman Stabenow delivers “State of Michigan Agriculture” address

Jan 19, 2012

U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, Chairwoman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry today delivered an address on the "State of Michigan Agriculture" during the Michigan Agri-Business Association's 79th Annual Winter Conference. Chairwoman Stabenow's address focused on the future of Michigan agriculture and her… Full Story »
North American Produce Transportation Working Group releases best practices

Jan 17, 2012

The North American Produce Transportation Working Group (NAPTWG), representing produce transportation stakeholders from associations and industry groups across North America, announced today the availability of the new North American Produce Transportation Guidelines. The document integrates multiple existing transportation guidelines into one best practices document which… Full Story »
Sign up for safety awards

Jan 17, 2012

DuPont Crop Protection has partnered with AgSafe to present the first All Ways Safe Agricultural Safety Awards, which recognize companies and individuals who demonstrate a dedication to protecting agricultural workers in California. "The awards will honor those who have excelled in workplace safety and continue… Full Story »
Valley cantaloupe growers look to regain trust after listeria outbreak

Jan 16, 2012

In the wake of last year's deadly food-borne illness outbreak in cantaloupes, California growers are pushing for a statewide food safety program to regain consumer trust. The state, led by Fresno County, is the nation's leading supplier of cantaloupes and has never been linked to… Full Story »
Obama seeks more power to merge agencies

Jan 13, 2012

President noted to an audience of small business leaders that the bureaucracy included five different entities involved in housing, and more than a dozen agencies that regulate food safety. The Washington Post To read more, click here.
House committee releases listeria report

Jan 12, 2012

The U.S. House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee released a bipartisan staff report Jan. 10 that details the findings from the committee's investigation into the 2011 listeria outbreak in cantaloupes grown and processed at Jensen Farms. The report is based on documents from and… Full Story »