The newly launched hub is a statewide collaboration to strengthen Arizona’s $30 billion agriculture industry through resilient and sustainable farming practices.
The nonprofit workforce development and certification organization says millions in worker bonuses, expanded trainings and new board members strengthened its impact across the fresh produce industry.
The Lakeland, Fla.-based grocer is supporting a coral comeback with Force Blue by installing a field nursery of coral-decorated “trees” in the Florida Keys.
This is the first offering for the grower, marketer and distributor of fresh fruit since its integration with Dole Diversified North America in October.
The state’s Hidalgo County quarantine now contains 223.3 acres of commercial citrus and the state’s Cameron County quarantine includes 970.6 acres of commercial citrus.
The National Council of Agricultural Employers says the state’s Farm Laborers Fair Labor Practices Act strips American farmers and ranchers of their First Amendment rights.
