Fresh Cut Magazine

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
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

Fresh Cut News

Patterson Vegetable Co. workers resoundingly reject concessions

Dec 21, 2011

The future of the 65-year-old Patterson Vegetable Co. plant remains unclear after union members overwhelmingly rejected $3.6 million in annual concessions Monday, Dec. 19 that company officials had requested.Union members voted 259 to 5 at the Teamsters Local 948 union hall against proposed pay and… Full Story »
Researchers learn how pathogen causes speck disease

Dec 20, 2011

Researchers have discovered how the structure of a protein allows a certain bacteria to interfere with the tomato plant's immune system, causing bacterial speck disease. PhysOrg.com To read more, click here.
USDA introduces food safety tool

Dec 19, 2011

USDA Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan, along with leaders from food and agriculture organizations, introduced a free online tool for U.S. producers Dec. 15. The tool is designed to help U.S. producers of all sizes achieve Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) harmonized standards and certification. USDA's GAP… Full Story »
La. strawberry crop coming in earlier than usual

Dec 15, 2011

In years past, December was not the month to say a lot about strawberries in Louisiana, but with growers planting newer varieties that produce earlier, it’s becoming the norm. LSU AgCenter area horticulture agent Sandra Benjamin said some growers have been picking berries for nearly… Full Story »
Weather, economy make Southwest Florida farmers grim reapers

Dec 13, 2011

December’s mild weather to date doesn’t reassure farmer Robert Starkweather. He’s still struggling to rebound from a rash of cold snaps last winter that cost him as much as $1.2 million. The first icy blast hit Starkweather’s tomato acreage on SR 82 east of Fort… Full Story »
Fontaine Santé recalls salads over Listeria concerns

Dec 12, 2011

The Canadian Food Inspection Agency is warning the public not to eat several kinds of packaged salads because they may be contaminated with Listeria. The Fontaine Santé Inc. salads have best before dates up to and including Dec. 26, 2011. For the rest of the… Full Story »
CDC declares Listeria outbreak from cantaloupes ‘over’

Dec 10, 2011

The deadly Listeria outbreak from cantaloupes is finally over, the CDC announced Thursday. Health officials presented their "final update" of the nearly five-month long outbreak that sickened 146 people across 28 states. For the full story, click here to visit CBS News.
Chiquita to consolidate corporate headquarters in Charlotte

Nov 30, 2011

Chiquita Brands International, Inc. announced plans to relocate its corporate headquarters to Charlotte, North Carolina, from the company's current location in Cincinnati, Ohio. The relocation will include more than 300 positions currently based in Cincinnati. Chiquita will also consolidate other corporate functions in Charlotte by… Full Story »
Lawsuit targets Colorado cantaloupe grower

Nov 29, 2011

A lawsuit filed on behalf of a Hobbs woman who died in September after eating contaminated fruit says food safety auditors gave a Colorado cantaloupe farm a "superior" rating for safety and quality just weeks before health officials identified it as the source of a… Full Story »
Supercommittee’s failure ends effort to cut farm spending

Nov 23, 2011

The failure of the congressional supercommittee charged with cutting the U.S. federal budget deficit scuttles a plan by the House and Senate agriculture committees to cut $23 billion in spending, panel leaders said. The supercommittee’s “failure to reach a deal on an overall deficit-reduction package… Full Story »