Stone fruit like peaches and cherries are a hallmark of summer menus. Here are tips and recipes to get the most out of them while they're still in season.
Tag Archives Fruit
Welcome to stone fruit season
Whether you like them sweet or savoury, it’s time to enjoy seasonal peaches, nectarines and cherries
Tour puts fruit farms to the forefront
Two fruit farms showcased two different business models during June 5 tour
Manitoba’s U-Picks, commercial fruit farms, biodiversity and farm management on display during Prairie Fruit Growers Association Farm Tour June 5.
Oat starch for less food waste
One researcher hopes a protective coating made of oat starch can be used to extend fruit and veggie shelf life
Glacier FarmMedia — Fruit and vegetables make up a lot of the food that Canadians throw away. Of all household food items that end up in the trash, vegetables represent 30 per cent of total food waste by weight, while fruits come in at 15 per cent, according to anti-food waste website LoveFoodHateWaste.ca. The site,
Major U.S. peach producer files for bankruptcy to pursue sale
Setbacks have included salmonella, fires, heavy debts
New York | Reuters — Prima, a private-equity backed farmer that is the largest producer of peaches and other stone fruit in North America, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in Delaware on Friday. The company, owned by private equity firm Paine Schwartz Partners, has about $679 million in debt, and plans to sell its
Orange juice prices near all-time high as storm hits Florida
Crop was already expected to be small
New York | Reuters — Orange juice prices at the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) rose more than three per cent on Wednesday, heading back toward an all-time high hit earlier this month, as storm Idalia slammed parts of main U.S. orange producer Florida. Contracts for frozen concentrated orange juice (FCOJ) at ICE hit a high of
Enormous Dauphin greenhouse opens for tomato production
In its initial phase, Vermillion Growers will supply 10 million pounds of tomatoes to the Prairie market
Within weeks, 10 acres of tomatoes will be growing in a Dauphin greenhouse, destined for distribution all over the Prairies. “It’s a little bit surreal, because we’ve been at it for such a long time, but at the same time, we’re all so ready,” said Maria Deschauer, managing director of Vermillion Growers. Why it matters:
Local haskap growers launch national event
Haskap Berry Days aims to educate the public about the crop and will run July 3-9
Haskap berries will have their national moment in the spotlight this July, and a couple of local growers are spearheading the effort. Trena and Wayne Zacharias of West St. Paul have taken the lead on establishing Canada’s first national Haskap Berry Days. The event is designed to educate the public on the berry, which is
Hurricane Ian to worsen bleak outlook for U.S. orange juice industry
New York | Reuters — Hurricane Ian is likely to have worsened what was already expected to be the smallest U.S. orange crop in 55 years after it blasted through a large fruit producing area when it passed through Florida this week, flooding farms and causing oranges to drop from trees. Precise information on losses
Musings from the berry patch
The mind wanders as the berry pail slowly fills
Compared to last year’s drought-driven berry bust, this summer has been a great turnaround for berry pickers. Across the province, people are filling pails with these tasty, versatile wild delights. I’ve been a berry picker ever since childhood. These days, picking berries not only fills the larder, but helps to connect me to my family
Produce prices spike in flood-hit Pakistan as food crisis looms
Flooding wrecks crops, hampers logistics
Lahore | Reuters — Vegetable and fruit prices have soared in markets across Pakistan as devastating rains ruin crops and disrupt supplies, an early sign of how the worst floods in decades are creating food shortages at a time of financial crisis. Pakistan’s 220 million people are already facing rampant inflation, with consumer prices up
Cyber-Savvy Farmer
