September 2006
- Adding Produce to WIC
- Chlorine Alternatives Chlorine is the most common sanitizer used in fresh-cut fruit and vegetable production. It is an effective sanitizer that has its advantages, but fresh-cut processors are finding new ways to use older chemicals to ensure a safe food supply.
- Fresh Focus: Ethnic Population, College Students Spur Organic Growth
- Fresh-Cut Research Conveniently packaged fresh-cut fruits and vegetables are showing up in more and more consumer markets. Ready-to-eat sliced apples, for example, are now being offered by fast-food chains and school cafeterias. With high fiber and low calorie content, precut produce provides busy consumers with healthful options on the go.
- Sweet Spuds George Wooten, president of Wayne E. Bailey Produce Company, had the idea for fresh-cut sweet potatoes more than 10 years ago, but it wasn’t until this year that products started coming off the line of George Foods.
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