At the fourth annual NYC AgTech Week Conference, attendees can tour farms and attend panel discussions, workshops and networking events hosted by the NYC Agriculture Collective.
Spun off from DowDupont on June 1, Corteva Agriscience now aims to play a bigger role in the fresh produce industry by putting a greater focus on the consumer and looking for opportunities in the vegetable seed business.
Oakland, Calif.-based vertical farm operator Crop One Holdings won the Best Innovation in Indoor Farming Award at the 2019 Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture conference in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
California summer fruit suppliers are anticipating a brisk May-August season in 2019, with plenty of supplies to fill orders. That is, once it gets going.
BROOKLYN, N.Y. — Danielle Gould is excited about biodiversity because you don’t even have to care about sustainability to like it — biodiversity just tastes delicious, she said.
Netherlands-based JASA Packaging Solutions has added a location in Virginia because its new Sleever machine is finding traction in meeting the trend to replace plastic with paper packaging.
Buying about $200 million in packaging materials annually, Driscoll’s is actively pursuing options to introduce more environmentally friendly packaging options for its berries, one top executive says.
Fourteen U.S. farms won a collective $85,100 from the Cultivating Change Local Farm Grant Program for improving the safety, efficiency or sustainability of their operations.
The California apple crop isn't big, but growers promote their crop with gusto during their short marketing window, from early August into early September.
Most California summer fruit commodities will start shipping a bit later than last year’s unusually early kickoff date, but water was plentiful this season following a multi-year drought, so quality should be good, gr