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The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) hosted its fourth “Facts, Not Fear” Produce Safety Media Tour for registered dietitians, health and nutrition writers and bloggers featuring crops in the Pacific Northwest.

The multi-month normalization of grocery shopping patterns came to a halt in August.

The number of agricultural producers who purchase crop insurance for their specialty and organic crops continues to climb.

Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has decided it will be unable to put on Fresh Summit 2021 scheduled for October 28-30 in New Orleans, Louisiana, due to the impacts of Hurricane Ida and Tropical Storm Nicholas.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention just reported another sad fact about obesity.

From an organic mushroom farm to an innovative food company, Leep Foods continues to grow outside the produce department.

Western Growers (WG) and S2G Ventures are now accepting applications for the 2021 AgSharks Competition.

Empire State Development (ESD) and Cornell University’s Center for Regional Economic Advancement has announced the 20 finalists for year three of Grow-NY.

Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., will keynote the Sept. 22 general session breakfast at the United Fresh 2021 Washington Conference in Washington, D.C.

Goldies Onions, the only no-tears, no-onion-breath onion, which was introduced to consumers in 2020, captured three awards in the most-recent National Agricultural Marketing Association.