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Produce Grower Stat of the week

Stat of the Week: CEA growers have embraced the snacking message

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From Produce Grower magazine 

According to The Power of Produce 2025 report from FMI, The Food Industry Association, fruit drove 95% of dollar gains, while vegetables underperformed. Fruit added $2.8 billion in sales in 2025, with berries accounting for 32% of the new dollars. Representing 25% of all fruit sales, berry volume rose 7% year-over-year. While the report does not distinguish between field-grown and CEA-grown crops, these stats should register for indoor-grown producers.

When it comes to snacking, fresh fruit is prioritized over traditional snacks by 77% of financially secure consumers, compared with 55% of those who are struggling financially. CEA growers have embraced the snacking message with tomatoes (such as Lil’Ones from Wholesum), “midi bell” peppers (such as Prism from PanAmerican Seed) and mini cucumbers (such as Pop Its from Sunset).

Weighing sourcing location, time savings, production attributes and sustainable packaging, locally grown items have the highest draw to get people to spend a little more. And for CEA, the local story is often genuine and authentic in ways that field-grown and imported produce can’t match.

Read more from the report in Produce Grower’s May/June Cover Story.

The Packer-- Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable

Inside Ontario’s Billion-Dollar Greenhouse Surge

Written by From The Packer - By Jennifer Strailey on . Posted in Blog.

By Jennifer Strailey for The Packer

From a concentrated hub in southwestern Ontario, the majority of Canada’s greenhouse growers are strategically located within a 24-hour drive of more than half the U.S. population — positioning the province, not just as a local producer, but as a year-round vegetable garden of North America.

Ontario Greenhouse Vegetable Growers represents a network of more than 170 of these growers, who specialize in tomatoes, cucumbers and peppers and contribute some $2.5 billion to the province’s gross domestic product each year. Production is spread across 4,500 acres, about 80% of which is concentrated in Kingsville and Leamington.

“In recent years, the sector has enjoyed an average annual growth rate of 7%, and projections suggest expansion could continue at roughly 5% per year until 2033, provided ongoing support from government policies and strong partnerships with local municipalities,” says Richard Lee, executive director of OGVG. “The sector’s impressive expansion has been propelled by robust demand from the U.S., driving sustained growth over the past decade.”

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