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Suppliers report sales of organic garlic trending upward and becoming an increasingly important piece of their business.

Driven by growing consumer demand for ready-to-eat avocados, ripening operations are moving closer to retail hubs to ensure consistency, efficiency and less retail shrink.

Engineers have developed a virtual reality system that creates real-time 3D virtual replicates of greenhouses, enabling older farmers, individuals with disabilities and agricultural students to intuitively monitor plant health.

With consumer demand outstripping domestic availability, Rodale Institute’s new “10 Million Acre Solution” aims to scale U.S. organic farmland through research, training and a new $24 million innovation hub.

The Food and Drug Administration posted that it was confident that shredded iceberg lettuce from Taylor Farms locations in central Mexico is behind illnesses associated with Yum Brands’ Taco Bell restaurants in Michigan and four other states.

NCAE’s John Hollay discusses the fallout of the SCOTUS ruling on Haitian and Syrian immigrants, urging Congress to pass the Securing Agricultural Workforce Act.

The sweeping legislative package targets rapid corporate consolidation in the agriculture sector while forcing major food companies to provide fair wages and safer working conditions.

Deerpoint Group has tapped the agricultural executive as its first chief revenue officer to oversee the expansion of its automated irrigation and crop nutrition technology into new regional markets across the U.S.