All United States articles – Page 340
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Florida calls for disaster declaration
Florida governor Charlie Crist has written to the USDA asking it to declare an agricultural disaster following the recent state-wide freeze
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School campaign promotes organics
US Organic Trade Association launches contest for students and teachers to win an organic garden or fully stocked organic vending machine
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Florida braced for crop losses
US state expects to lose a minimum 30 per cent of its winter fruit and vegetable crops after 10 nights of freezing temperatures
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Door closes on Dutch tomato imports
Clearing new rules imposed on tomato shipments to the US could take months, says leading producer association
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Fresh & Easy opens California outlets
The three new stores will bring fresh food at affordable prices to downtown Fresno
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Supervalu returns to Q3 profit
Group bounces back from last year's third quarter loss, but net sales fall amid the challenging economic environment
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Food safety veteran joins PMA team
Johnna Hepner is set to join the PMA as director of food safety and technology in February, it has been announced
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FDA launches online transparency tool
US Food and Drug Administration goes live with 'FDA Basics' in a bid to enhance public understanding of the agency
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Larry Lipman announces retirement
Fresh produce industry veteran ends 50-year association with the Lipman Family of Companies
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Florida assessing citrus freeze damage
Industry could take weeks to calculate overall impact on crops after a further cold snap hit the US state on Monday morning
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Florida avoids widespread citrus losses
Temperatures expected to reach their lowest point yet as growers in the state battle to protect their citrus crops
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Calavo sees sales and profit drop
Avocado grower-marketer hit by smaller cyclical Californian crop during final quarter of 2009, while full-year results show improvement
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Chiquita in shareholder settlement
Multinational reaches 'favourable' agreement regarding four shareholder lawsuits filed in 2007
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Record strawberry crop for California
Aided by warm, dry conditions and some new high-yielding varieties, California growers produced a record strawberry crop in 2009
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Florida handling cold snap
A cold air mass over central Florida was welcomed this week by grapefruit growers, as orange producers further north in the state bemoaned the low temperatures.
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Europe's big freeze set to continue
Snowy and icy conditions likely to continue affecting distribution of goods during the coming days, say reports
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Large navels boost California citrus
Despite fears to the contrary, larger-sized oranges in California have boosted the state's citrus crop and it may eclipse predicted volume
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First-quarter loss for Monsanto
Increased competition in European and Brazilian markets hit sales of Roundup as losses climb to US$19m
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Jeb Bush to speak at United Fresh
Former Florida governor and brother of George W. Bush to deliver keynote address at United Fresh in Las Vegas
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Landec results point to stability
US food technology group sees major improvement in fresh-cut vegetable revenues in second quarter of fiscal 2010