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The Wonderful Agriculture Career Prep program’s 90 graduates celebrated their accomplishments as the inaugural class in the program.
The University of Arkansas has released a new nectarine, Effie, named for a long-time university employee.
With the U.S. Department of Agriculture proclaiming September as National Mushroom Month, the Mushroom Council is promoting bowls as a meal option from breakfast to dinner.
(UPDATED, Aug. 16) The California lemon market isn’t backing down from $50 cartons in mid-August, and tight supplies could exist well into September and even October.
The United Fresh Produce Association has scheduled a number of food safety education events.
Fresh Express, whose salads were pulled from about 3,000 McDonald’s restaurants after they were linked to a cyclospora outbreak, has a panel of food safety and industry experts to study the parasites.
SUN VALLEY, Idaho — University of Idaho researchers are working with Walmart to look at the reasons behind rejected or downgraded potato loads at the chain’s distribution centers.
Potato grower-shipper group RPE is kicking off a new crop with new offerings of its fingerling Party Potatoes, under the Old Oak Farms brand.
Don’t blush, but Honeybear Brands’ First Kiss apples are appearing in stores.
The Alliance for Food and Farming and Markon Cooperative are using on-farm education to dispel food myths and misinformation about fresh fruits and vegetables.
A study commissioned by California’s Citrus Research Board has calculated the annual statewide costs for new regulations on growers to be $203 million statewide.
The Produce Traceability Initiative Leadership Council met recently to put a new spotlight on voluntary adoption of PTI standards.
Following a federal agency’s positive test for Listeria monocytogenes, a Canadian greenhouse grower has recalled two microgreens products.
Berry grower-marketer Wish Farms’ new headquarters in Plant City, Fla., won’t be your average office and warehouse/packing facility.
Wada Farms Marketing Group, Idaho Falls, Idaho, is bolstering its organic potato offerings through an exclusive partnership with Genesis Organics.
Environment-friendly recyclable packaging used by A&A Organic Farms, Watsonville, Calif., is getting recognition.
SweeTango apple growers are enlisting big names in promoting the apple this season, with Katie Couric and others using podcasts, YouTube, social media and other platforms to reach consumers.
Local food is maintaining its strong appeal in the Twin Cities, but tight and expensive labor make it a challenging business environment for growers.
California’s cherry season has been light on volume this year, but Stemilt Growers is encouraging retailers to take advantage of quality cherries over the next couple weeks.
Greenhouse grower-shipper Village Farms International is extending an exclusive growing partnership with a Mexican company, boosting supplies of tomatoes, peppers and cucumbers.
A survey of California dried plum (prune) growers puts the 2018 crop at 80,000 tons, down 24% from last season’s 105,000 tons.
U.S. senators from both parties from citrus-producing states are asking the Senate Agriculture Committee to include $125 million in the farm bill for citrus greening research.
The Hass Avocado Board continues to chart the success of the fruit with another positive quarter, in which Easter, Cinco de Mayo and Memorial Day holidays saw growth in dollar sales and volume moved.
Vidalia onion grower Bland Farms, Glennville, Ga., is celebrating 70 years of farming.
Compac has a new laboratory designed to be deployed directly to fields and orchards, packed with the latest in analytical sensor technologies from parent company Tomra.
Western Growers is again seeking proposals from ag-tech startups who can compete for a minimum of $250,000 in investment capital through the 2018 AgSharks Competition.
California’s pomegranate crop is expected to be down again this year, but growers say ample promotable volume should be available.
Black Gold Farms has started harvesting red and yellow potatoes in the Red River Valley.
This is one Thanksgiving-themed meal that won’t have you making post-holiday diet plans.
The debate over weed killers containing glyphosate continues to be issue in Germany.