Harvesting Wisdom: Margin, Waste and the Art of Produce
Managing a profitable produce department is no easy feat. It’s not just displaying beautiful fruits and veggies and watching them sell. Produce work moves fast. Things change by the hour, and the pace means mistakes large and small happen. The key to success? Carefully managing margin so sales make up for inevitable waste—but that’s a whole lot easier said than done.
Come for the fresh seafood, stay for the zingy salads at Pal's
Take a Trip to Hayden Island for Seafood and a Side of Picturesque Views
Start Spring Off Right
Hit the refresh button with new merchandising, revived promo strategies and a lineup of specialty items that show off the full glory and bounty of the season. Go ahead, have a spring fling with fresh finds from Northwest growers and beyond.
Organically Grown Company (OGC) Introduces Plastic-Free Net Bags
Can fruits and veggies finally ditch the plastic net bag? Organically Grown Company (OGC) is piloting a sustainable breakthrough: plastic-free mesh bags made from beechwood fibers.
Organically Grown Company wins award, gains traction with its plastic-free net bags
Learn about this innovation in produce—recyclable, compostable bags made from cellulosic yarn derived from beechwood trees grown in FSC-certified forests.
Raab-O-Rama
This time of year, lots of folks get excited about spring flowers like tulips and daffodils. But those that love seasonal eating would likely rather receive a bouquet of tasty raab, especially because it’s only available for a brief window each spring.
Import Pear Toolkit
It may be springtime in our neck of the woods, but folks in Argentina are getting ready for fall, and that means it’s time for exceptional import pears. OGC sources organic pears from Argentina during months when the Northwest options have dwindled, and the California crop is still months away.
‘Quat Spot
With citrus season in full swing, kumquats are available in volume to bring zesty flavor to dishes, drinks and snack time. Mandarinquats and Centennial, Meiwa and Nagami kumquats are all small, bright orange fruits that can be eaten whole. The aromatic peel is the sweetest part, and its flavor helps offset the tartness of the juice inside.
OGC is a 2026 Natural Products Expo West NEXTY Award Winner!
Organically Grown Company's Ladybug Brand® Zero-Plastic Net Bag won a NEXTY Award in the Packaged Produce category!
Purple Sprouting Broccoli marks the shift to spring
Unlike the green broccoli we know (and some of us love), purple sprouting broccoli looks a little like a carnival crop, producing a smaller, flattish main head and numerous side shoots. The cold temperature brings out the sweetness and the side shoots are particularly tender. Think of it as green broccoli’s younger, flashier sibling.
Build a Produce Pot o’ Gold
Eaters celebrate St. Paddy’s Day with some important produce items, and the gold and rainbows of the holiday create fun merchandising opportunities.
U.S. Food Waste Pact Report Shows Less Food Being Wasted In Retail and Foodservice Sectors
A new report from the U.S. Food Waste Pact (Pact), a collaborative initiative of 30 food businesses across the country led by nonprofits ReFED and World Wildlife Fund, shows reductions in the amount of food being wasted nationwide by grocery retail and foodservice companies in 2024 compared to 2023. The results are good news for the food system, as it tries to address its 60-million-ton food waste problem.
Creating Shared Prosperity Through Business: Meet Four of the 2026 MO 100 Top Impact CEOs
The MO 100 CEOs represent businesses from across the U.S., as well as Canada, the Netherlands, Singapore, and Belgium. Their companies span all sizes and sectors, ranging from banking and technology to consumer and industrial products, food and agriculture, and healthcare. What unites them is the determination and fortitude to lead with mission and values in the forefront, even in the face of challenges and uncertainty.
Kolo Kai Organic Farm Raises Remarkable Rhizomes
The freshest and juiciest of these roots come exclusively to OGC from Kolo Kai Organic Farm on the North Shore of Kauai and have become a cult favorite at grocery stores and juice bars up and down the West Coast.
Squeeze Something Great from this Season’s Citrus
As shoppers continue to fill their carts with their favorite citrus fruits to fuel their feel-good new year routines, now’s the perfect time to encourage them to explore citrus’s full potential by breaking out the juicer. From familiar favorites like oranges and grapefruits to more specialty varietal citrus, there are plenty of terrific flavors to squeeze out of the season right now—and infinite ways to use that delicious juice.
An OGC Update from the 2026 SFAPPT Gathering
Stewardship in Action: How Trust Ownership Guides Organically Grown Company Forward
Tap Into Organic Trends Now
Once a niche, organic produce has become a core retail category.
UNETE, OGC Mission Fund Recipient, Helps Some of the Most Vulnerable People in Our Communities
NOWIA UNETE, Center for Farm Worker Advocacy supports some of the most vulnerable people in our communities by providing interpretation services, offering humanitarian assistance and helping them access essential resources like the Oregon Health Plan. In total, UNETE helps well over 5,000 people every year.