California pear growers are expected to begin harvest in the River growing district July 15 with bartlett and red bartlett being the first varieties to harvest this year.
Operating in 62 countries and supporting more than 7.5 million farmers and workers, the global nonprofit aims to reach 100 million by 2030 by propelling the adoption of regenerative agriculture and driving large-scale landscape transformation.
The commission says an operational work plan requires the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service to provide direct inspection of all harvesting and packing of hass avocados for export to the U.S.
Retailers will have the opportunity to taste Zespri’s top-selling organic SunGold and green kiwifruit during the Organic Produce Summit in Monterey, Calif., July 10-11, at booth No. 713.
Eric Regnier, formerly ZAG’s vice president of operations, will help lead the company’s initiatives in managed IT, cybersecurity and data analytics for the agriculture sector.
An organic industry watchdog has released a white paper outlining how what it describes as uninspected organic imports have driven U.S. farmers out of lucrative markets.
