Produce & Floral News Show Daily @ IFPA • Oct. 20, 2023

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ANAHEIM Show PRODUCE Daily & Floral News

OCT. 20, 2023

AN INDEPENDENT PUBLICATION NOT AFFILIATED WITH IFPA

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ERC Expands through Distribution & Foodservice

What It Means to Be New York State Grown & Certified

The Little Potato Company Focused on the Future

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In the thriving world of sweet onions, one name stands out – the OSO Sweet onion – and nobody knows it better than the Hillcrest Produce Company. Its sweet onion program’s journey is a tale of growth, quality and relentless pursuit of perfection.

ERC Produce, (ERC) founded in 1987 and located in San Luis, Arizona, is a family-owned company with growing operations in five different regions of Mexico and a total of 9,200 acres of productive land. The company strives for the highest quality and compliance standards and works to exceed the

An interview with Richard A. Ball, Commissioner of the Department of Agriculture and Markets.

RB: The New York State

Potatoes have a long history, but The Little Potato Company is focused on the future in four ways. First, the company’s core strength is its dedicated potato breeding program, the largest little potato breeding program in the world. It is aimed at perfecting the best-tasting, sustainable potato

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Hillcrest Produce’s OSO Sweet Onion Program

PSD: What is the New York State Grown & Certified program?

APAC Embraces Local Farming, Cutting Waste

New Berry Box from Driscoll’s

Sweeten Your Sales with Bako Sweet

Counter Culture: Freshness at Your Fingertips

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Bakersfield-based Bako Sweet is poised for an exciting year, driven by the mission to boost sweet potato sales for retailers. Thanks to its consumer-centric merchandising and marketing strategies, its retail partners have witnessed impressive sales increases in the past year, with some experiencing

Meet Counter Culture™: a first-of-itskind, fresh reason to gather from the original living herbs grower, North Shore Living® Herbs + Greens. This exciting new product places fresh herbs on every consumer’s counter, right at their fingertips. The sleek,

With a burgeoning population and an ever-increasing demand for food, the Asia-Pacific region faces a critical challenge in the foodservice sector: how to meet the needs of a growing population while safeguarding the environment for future generations. As a result, sustainability

Driscoll’s new 2.5-pound Berry Box provides more sweetness for the whole family! Share more berry moments with extra joy from this larger pack size. Not only is there more to go around, but these berries are sustainably packed to eliminate plastic clamshells while maintaining the high quality of Driscoll’s berries.

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