''The Packer'' is a newspaper and website covering the fresh produce industry. Its readers are primarily retail and foodservice buyers of fresh produce. It is published in

Lenexa Lenexa is a city in Johnson County, Kansas, United States. It is one of four principal cities of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area and 9th most populated city of Kansas. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 57,434. It is th ...

Kansas Kansas () is a state in the Midwestern United States. Its capital is Topeka, and its largest city is Wichita. Kansas is a landlocked state bordered by Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the ...

. On a weekly basis in its print publication and throughout the day on its website, ''The Packer'' covers fresh

fruit In botany, a fruit is the seed-bearing structure in flowering plants that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which flowering plants (also known as angiosperms) disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particu ...

and

vegetable Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, ...

production and distribution throughout

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere and almost entirely within the Western Hemisphere. It is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South America and the Car ...

. ''The Packer'' also covers international fresh produce news relating to imported and exported products. ''The Packer'' reports information on topics such as nutrition, legislation and distribution. ''The Packer'' began publication of weekly produce industry news in 1893. In recent years, ''The Packer'' and its website have been finalists for the Jesse H. Neal Award, honoring the best business publications.

Farm Journal ''Farm Journal'' is a United States agricultural trade magazine that was established in 1877, and is the leading United States farm magazine. History Wilmer Atkinson founded the publication in Philadelphia in March 1877 as a small eight-page mont ...

Media acquired ''The Packer'' and other agriculture publications from Vance Publishing in December 2015.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Packer Websites about food and drink Newspapers established in 1893 1893 establishments in Kansas

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