This study focused on investigating key issues related to marketing fresh sweet corn through supermarket firms and implications for the New York sweet corn industry. In summer 2002, a survey was conducted with supermarket firms that operate stores in the market area of three Northeast States -...

Per-capita consumption of sauerkraut in the U.S. has exhibited a continuously declining trend since the 1960s and 1970s. Consumption trends in the U.S. food market today are strongly determined by consumers' desire for new and exciting flavors. However, sauerkraut sold in the market nowadays is...

The importance of produce at the retail level in the United States has been recently confirmed by the FreshTrack 2001 study: Supply Chain Management in the Produce Industry. Imports of fresh fruits and vegetables to the United States have been on the rise as they play an important role in...

Much of the success of the produce industry relies on a carefully choreographed supply chain. Planting the perfect varieties, harvesting at the peak of ripeness, packing in customized cartons, transporting fresh produce thousands of miles, and merchandising, marketing and promoting it at just...

Production and processing of head cabbage has a significant economic importance for New York State agriculture. New York produces about one-fourth of the total U.S. head cabbage output, with 79 percent destined to the fresh market. In the U.S., New York is the number one producer of fresh head...

In this Extension Bulletin, operating and financial records for 2001 from 45 New York greenhouse businesses are summarized and analyzed. Greenhouse products represented among the sample firms included outdoor bedding and garden plants, indoor potted plants and others (propagative materials). The...