Tag: cucumbers

Homestead, FL, was directly impacted by Tropical Storm Eta with heavy wind and rain. As a result, Tomatoes, Beans, Cucumbers and Squash, all commodities grown in Homestead, experienced a major jump in price.

Have we found a compromise between shelf life and plastic?

An alternative to traditional polyethylene plastic, this film is an environmentally friendly compostable wrap that breaks down in a household compost without leaving behind microplastics.

Consumer demand for cucumbers remains high as evidenced by the significant volume growth this year compared to prior years.

The cucumber market in 2020 looks very similar to the past two years. It saw a price surge about the time stay-at-home orders began in mid-March, and then prices quickly dropped to a normal level.

In their zeal to cut back on plastic use, some consumers have lost sight of the importance of the controlled atmosphere plastic on English cucumbers in extending shelf life. However, under a new agreement with greenhouse grower Houweling Group, Apeel Sciences promises the same shelf-life extension as plastic with its plant-based coating being used on cucumbers.

To say my sons love cucumbers is putting it lightly. We easily mow through six regular seedless cucumbers a week, so I figured they were the best focus group to try the new Unveiled baby cucumbers from Leamington, Ontario-based NatureFresh Farms.

Economic impact models released by the University of Georgia show potentially “catastrophic” damage to the state’s fresh produce industry under the Trump Administration’s U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement.