Produce generally refers to fresh fruits and vegetables intended to be eaten by humans, although other food products such as dairy products or nuts are sometimes included.[1][2][3][4]
In supermarkets, the term is also used to refer to the section of the store where fruit and vegetables are kept. Produce is the main product sold by greengrocers (UK, Australia) and farmers' markets. The term is widely and commonly used in the U.S. and Canada, but is not typically used outside the agricultural sector in other English-speaking countries.
- ^ "produce, noun". Merriam-Webster Dictionary. 2024-09-02. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
2: agricultural products and especially fresh fruits and vegetables as distinguished from grain and other staple crops
- ^ "Standards for the Growing, Harvesting, Packing, and Holding of Produce for Human Consumption". Federal Register. 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
the Food and Drug Administration...is establishing science-based minimum standards for the safe growing, harvesting, packing, and holding of produce, meaning fruits and vegetables grown for human consumption.
- ^ "produce". Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Retrieved 2024-09-08.
food or other things that have been grown or produced on a farm to be sold
- ^ "produce, noun". Oxford English Dictionary.
4. Agricultural and natural products collectively, as opposed to manufactured goods.