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USDA, California offer $30M in food supply infrastructure grants
USDA, California offer $30M in food supply infrastructure grants

The grants — also available in Nebraska and Rhode Island — aim to bolster the processing, aggregation and distribution of agricultural products in the states.

Is climate-smart agriculture poised for a breakout year?
Is climate-smart agriculture poised for a breakout year?

Ag experts and producers are sharing how they sift through the hype and find practical ways to move the needle.

Harris Teeter, Virginia Produce Company raise funds for ag scholarships
Harris Teeter, Virginia Produce Company raise funds for ag scholarships

The Matthews, N.C.-based grocer partnered with Virginia Produce to support students pursuing careers in production agriculture.

$72.9M in grant funding available through USDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program
$72.9M in grant funding available through USDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program

More than $70 million will be distributed this year to winning applications from the USDA's Specialty Crop Block Grant Program.

To-Jo Mushrooms Inc., Avondale, Pa., makes its compost for mushroom production.
Pa. mushroom industry awarded grant to study environmental use of compost

The Pennsylvania mushroom industry won a grant from Gov. Tom Wolf’s administration to study how to better use the spent compost from growing mushrooms.

The USDA Farm to School program is designed to help farmers and increase fresh, local food in schools, childcare centers and summer-meal sites.
USDA offers $12.1 million in record Farm to School grant awards

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is giving $12.1 million in Farm to School grants — the most awarded since the annual program began in 2013.

California governor’s budget includes funds to fight HLB

Gov. Jerry Brown’s 2018-19 budget includes $12.5 million from the general fund dedicated to fighting huanglongbing.

Eastern Produce Council offers scholarship
Eastern Produce Council offers scholarship

The Eastern Produce Council, Short Hills, N.J., are offering the $5,000 James and Theresa Nolan Family Foundation Scholarship for the fourth year.

Foundation receives donation from leadership council
Foundation receives donation from leadership council

The Natividad Medical Foundation received more than $260,000 donation for hospital services and medical equipment from The Agricultural Leadership Council.

Read to Me Project announces literacy festival
Read to Me Project announces literacy festival

The Read to Me Project's second Salinas Valley Grows Readers literacy festival is April 30 in Salinas, Calif.

USDA offers $60 million in specialty crop grants
USDA offers $60 million in specialty crop grants

More than $60 million in specialty crop block grants are being offered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

Bee Sweet pledges $1.5 Million to Cal Poly plant pathology lab
Bee Sweet pledges $1.5 Million to Cal Poly plant pathology lab

Bee Sweet Citrus owners Jim and Michelle Marderosian have pledged $1.5 million to help fund a new plant pathology lab at the J.G. Boswell Agricultural Technology Center at Cal Poly's College of Agriculture, Food a

Western Growers grants three scholarships
Western Growers grants three scholarships

Western Growers, Irvine, Calif., awarded scholarships to agriculture startups AgVoice, Food Origin and Wexus Technologies.

Tour de Fresh sponsorships available
Tour de Fresh sponsorships available

The annual Tour de Fresh cycling event is back for the fourth year.

Supervalu Foundation announces $1 million donation
Supervalu Foundation announces $1 million donation

Eden Prairie, Minn.-based Supervalu Foundation plans to donate $1 million to nonprofits that provide hunger relief.

Mann Packing continues "Go Red For Women" campaign support
Mann Packing continues "Go Red For Women" campaign support

Salinas, Calif-based Mann Packing continues to support the American Heart Association's Go Red For Women campaign.

California Giant Berry Farms helps literacy program
California Giant Berry Farms helps literacy program

Watsonville, Calif.-based California Giant Berry Farms is providing funding to help literacy efforts for Hispanic families in Salinas and south Monterey County.

Dole and Homeland Stores donate salad bars
Dole and Homeland Stores donate salad bars

Dole Food Co. and Homeland Stores, an Oklahoma-based grocery retailer, partnered together to increase healthy food options in schools by donating salad bars to two Oklahoma City public schools.

Sunripe Certified Brands donates to Whole Kids Foundation
Sunripe Certified Brands donates to Whole Kids Foundation

To support the Whole Kids Foundation mission, Sunripe Certified Brands has donated $5,000 to the organization.

Shuman Produce donates onions
Shuman Produce donates onions

Shuman Produce is donating 2,602 pounds of its RealSweet Peruvian sweet onions to Farm Share Florida through the #ShareTheSweetSpirit campaign.

Lakeside Organic sponsors Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau
Lakeside Organic sponsors Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau

Lakeside Organic Gardens is the Centennial Sponsor for the Santa Cruz County Farm Bureau, donating $50,000 to the non-profit organization to mark its 100th anniversary.

D'Arrigo donates to Paws of War
D'Arrigo donates to Paws of War

D'Arrigo Brothers of New York donated $15,000 to Paws of War to provide three trained service dogs to combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

California Table Grapes awards grants
California Table Grapes awards grants

The California Table Grape Commission awarded $42,000 worth of grants to schools in California's San Joaquin and Coachella valleys through the Innovation in Teaching Education Grant Program.

New York state offers specialty crop grants
New York state offers specialty crop grants

The New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets is offering up to $600,000 under the Specialty Crop Block Grant program.

NatureSweet this year enters its fifth year of supporting the Susan G. Komen organization and plans this year to donate to the nonprofit $100,000, says Lori Castillo, NatureSweet's senior brand manager.
Breast Cancer Awareness business updates

Read how produce companies are supporting breast cancer awareness and research.

(From left) Will Martins, JOH; John Saidnawey, JOH; Gerry Castignetti, JOH and George Coleman, CVS Health compete on Kids 360's Pan-Mass Challenge team during the Aug. 8-9 bike-a-thon.
Kids 360 raises $30,000 for cancer

JOH's charity Kids 360 participated in the 37th annual Pan-Mass Challenge, raising more than $30,000 for Pan-Mass Challenge's donation to the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.

Taylor Farms, Golden State Foods donate backpacks, supplies
Taylor Farms, Golden State Foods donate backpacks, supplies

Taylor Farms and Golden State Foods have provided backpacks filled with school supplies to every registered first grader at four elementary schools in Salinas, Calif.

Cultivating Change grant program to open Sept. 1
Cultivating Change grant program to open Sept. 1

Registration for the Cultivating Change local farm grant program will open Sept. 1.

National Potato Council awards research scholarship
National Potato Council awards research scholarship

The National Potato Council awarded a $10,000 annual scholarship to University of Wisconsin-Madison doctoral student Justin Clements.

Mann Packing launches university scholarship
Mann Packing launches university scholarship

Mann Packing Co. will fund a $10,000 scholarship for each of the next five years at the College of Business at California State University Monterey Bay.

Lipman provides school supplies for 1,200 southwest Florida children
Lipman provides school supplies for 1,200 southwest Florida children

Lipman Family Farms has helped some of southwest Florida's needy children by giving them school supplies.

California Giant raises $30,000 for donations
California Giant raises $30,000 for donations

California Giant Berry Farms held its 10th annual summer barbeque, serving 650 pounds of skirt steak to more than 1,000 people.

Produce industry raises more than $200k for research hospital
Produce industry raises more than $200k for research hospital

The Anaheim, Calif.-based Fresh Produce & Floral Council featured research hospital City of Hope, Duarte, Calif., at a recent membership luncheon.

Companies, associations join to feed the hungry through Giving Day
Companies, associations join to feed the hungry through Giving Day

Western Growers is marking its first decade of its transportation program and celebrating the anniversary by helping feed America's hungry through a "Giving Day."

After the Harvest gains partners, wins award
After the Harvest gains partners, wins award

A Kansas City, Mo.-based nonprofit that gets fresh produce to people in need has reached a milestone and inked new partnerships with area groups.