''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,

Kansas Kansas ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Nebraska to the north; Missouri to the east; Oklahoma to the south; and Colorado to the west. Kansas is named a ...

. 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 (angiosperms) that is formed from the ovary after flowering. Fruits are the means by which angiosperms disseminate their seeds. Edible fruits in particular have long propaga ...

and

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

production and distribution throughout

North America North America is a continent in the Northern Hemisphere, Northern and Western Hemisphere, Western hemispheres. North America is bordered to the north by the Arctic Ocean, to the east by the Atlantic Ocean, to the southeast by South Ameri ...

. ''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 mo ...

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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