Most of the fresh fruit, coffee, and fish Americans consume are shipped from overseas from countries like Peru, Chile, and ...

Philadelphia’s seaport imports more fresh fruit than any other port in the United States. That cargo is about to get more ...

One serving of dried fruit provides much of the same vitamins and minerals as its fresh equivalent. It also supplies a healthy dose of dietary fiber and polyphenols (plant compounds that act as ...

“By the time so-called fresh food reaches the supermarket, then gets to us and we consume it, there can be quite a time lag,” he says. Fruit and vegetables start to lose nutrients as soon as ...