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Jennifer Strailey

As editorial director for The Packer and Produce Market Guide, Jennifer Strailey provides the news and insights that growers, packers and shippers rely on to advance the fresh produce supply chain. Her leadership is rooted in an integrated understanding of food systems, bridging the gap between field-level production realities and evolving retail trends. Jennifer reports on global supply chain logistics and policy issues, including tariffs and trade. By analyzing the industry from farm to retail, she provides the foresight to navigate a volatile marketplace and stay ahead of the trends shaping the future of fresh food.

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Best known for its Vulcan next-generation, intra-row weeder and precision cultivator, FarmWise announced plans last month to “wind down” operations by April 1 due to lack of funding.
The Salinas, Calif.-based AI and computer vision weeding technology company is restructuring its business, CEO Tjarko Leifer told The Packer on March 14.
The short answer is beekeepers, researchers, scientists and a multi-organizational working group that includes Project Apis m., the American Beekeeping Federation and the American Honey Producers Association don’t know — yet.
A nationwide survey of beekeepers has revealed catastrophic honeybee colony losses across the U.S., with commercial operations reporting an average loss of 62% between June 2024 and February 2025.
The Summer Swell tomato will be distributed through New York City-based produce wholesaler distributor S. Katzman Produce and available at grocery stores in the New York metropolitan area beginning April 2023.
In support of National Pollinator Week 2022, the retailer introduced four new regionally specific guides to help its agricultural suppliers to protect and promote pollinators.
The new Organic Transition Initiative is aimed at helping to build new and better markets as well as streams of income for farmers and producers.