In the grocery retail landscape, where shoppers are bombarded with choices, health is proving to be the ultimate differentiator. The rise of the food as medicine movement presents an incredible opportunity for produce departments to move from transactional spaces to transformative ones, places where shoppers can find both nourishment and knowledge. According to the 2024 FMI Food as Medicine Survey, 71 percent of shoppers believe the foods they eat can help improve their overall well-being. Even more compelling, 44 percent of consumers now say they choose where they shop specifically based on

Table grape harvest in California’s San Joaquin Valley started the last week of June for some growers, and reports from the vineyards are positive. The weather has been working in growers’ favor, said Ian LeMay, president and CEO of the California Table Grape Commission, Fresno, with some growers in the southern San Joaquin Valley harvesting in late June.

The Colombia Avocado Board announced the launch of the Avocados From Colombia brand in the United States. The debut comes at a pivotal time for the industry as shipments of Colombian avocados to the U.S. have reached their highest volume to date with 85 million pounds in the first half of 2025 — more than double the previous mid-year record of 41 million pounds set in 2024. The new branding provides a consistent and compelling identity that reflects Colombia’s unique growing regions and celebrates the nearly 80,000 men and women who contribute to the success of the country’s avocado industry.

The Delaware River port system is one of the busiest in the nation, as the region is a major receiving point for goods from around the globe. But it is incumbent on port operators to continually invest in infrastructure improvements to ensure efficiency for existing clients and to attract new business. Christian Holt of Holt Logistics, which services the operators of the Gloucester Marine Terminal and the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, said that several projects are either under way or in the planning stages, which will help keep its facilities state-of-the-art. “Gloucester Terminals will make

With its proximity to major population centers such as New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington, DC, the Delaware River is the top shipping point on the East Coast for all types of goods, including automobiles, steel, perishables and cocoa beans. The Port of Philadelphia, better known as PhilaPort, deftly manages shipping operations for several of the main terminals on the Delaware River, and it continues to invest in the facilities to keep up with the rising demand for its services. In October 2024, PhilaPort unveiled a roadmap for the future titled “PhilaPort Strategic Plan

Tropical activity continues in the Eastern Pacific as Hurricane Flossie weakens and moves offshore near southern Baja over the next few days. Another system is likely to develop into a tropical depression near southwestern Mexico next week. Meanwhile in the Gulf of Mexico another tropical system is anticipated to form off the gulf coast of Florida over the weekend into early next. Regardless of development these potential systems will bring substantial precipitation to southern and central Mexico and the Southeast U.S. into next week. The southwestern and central Mexico regions have already