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The Kroger Co. has launched a digital farmers market in Atlanta in partnership with Market Wagon. Developed as an e-commerce marketplace for local farmers and businesses, the service is a digital platform that offers customers a wide range of fresh, local products. The delivery-only service offers a uniquely local assortment of over 1,150 local products by grouping local vendors together, including local farmers, bakeries and food artisans. All items found on Kroger Farmers Market are exclusive ...

Elaine Louise D'Ottavio died Saturday, May 28, surrounded by her family. She was 80 years old and a longtime resident of Vineland. Born Nov. 19, 1941, to William Consalo Sr. and Louise Consalo in Woodbury, NJ, she lived in Glassboro, NJ, for 22 years. She graduated from Glassboro High School in 1959, and later attended the Business School of Pennsylvania.

At the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, we can all agree there’s not much we love more than our farmers and the Jersey Fresh produce they grow. We are certain that every New Jerseyan agrees that Jersey Fresh is best. We have the very best, locally grown tomatoes, blueberries, asparagus, peaches, corn — the list goes on and on.

The Vineland Cooperative Produce Auction opened for the 2022 season on April 27, a typical and normal time, according to the auction’s Carol DeFoor. “We had a cold snap last week,” she told The Produce News on Monday, May 2. “So the opening volume was a little less than might have been expected. “But we have plenty of stuff. Asparagus has come in well. We started with lettuces already, as well as cilantro, parsley, Romaine, red leaf lettuce, green leaf lettuce and Boston. Everything’...

This month, the National Watermelon Promotion Board has launched its largest consumer-focused campaign of the year, Use the Whole Watermelon, aimed at showing the taste, health, economic and sustainable benefits of the full watermelon, inside and out.

Lineage Logistics LLC has acquired Turvo Inc., a leading provider of supply chain management, collaboration and visibility software. Financial terms of the transactions were not disclosed.

Hood River Cherry Co.’s high-elevation cherries are worth the extra effort that comes with growing at elevation. “The cherries just taste better,” said Brad Fowler, co-owner at Hood River Cherry Co., headquartered in Hood River, OR. “But growing cherries this way is not for the faint of heart!”

There’s a lot of energy and excitement this time of year as table grape season ramps up in California. In 2021 California grape growers harvested more than 97 million boxes of table grapes — an estimated crop value of $2.1 billion — per the California Table Grape Commission. Furthermore, those numbers represent 99 percent of all commercially grown grapes in the United States.

Over a quarter century, Krichmar Produce, operating out of Vineland, NJ, has prided itself on providing businesses from Florida to Maine with the finest quality fruits and vegetables, thanks in part to a trucking operation it added to the company 15 years ago. That part of the business continues to increase, even though challenges such as driver shortages, freight costs and lack of trucks plagues many in the industry.

It’s peak berry season on the California Central Coast and production is hitting its stride. Well•Pict's berry quality has been fantastic for strawberries coming out of Watsonville, and the raspberry crop — also starting to produce in Watsonville — will be hitting promotable volumes soon.