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Consumers this winter are facing the seasonal blahs coupled with the effects of the global pandemic.

Pure Green Farms is running a 2-week long social media contest on Facebook and Instagram, where consumers can enter to win a year’s supply of lettuce.

Katrina Pitts and August Alderman will join the Organic Trade Association as the organization’s first Diversity & Entrepreneurship Program fellows.

In a (very) superficial review on the legendary playwright William Shakespeare, I read this: “In a tragedy, when good is destroyed with evil, the loss is known as a ‘tragic waste.’”

The bottom line is this … Fill in the blank, right?

In this video, we chat with two new editors, Melissa Treolo and Ed Boling, and we cover the Global Organic Produce Expo (GOPEX) and retail shortages.

In what could be the first move of its kind for a massive retailer, Walmart is investing in an indoor vertical leafy greens grower: Plenty Unlimited Inc., based in South San Francisco.

Fresh carrots have been a mainstay at retail: They’re grown year-round, have a relatively low sticker price, are familiar and hardy for shipping.

“Our partnership with Gordon Food Service, combined with our modular, smart-farm platform, means we can rapidly deploy new indoor farms in strategically located cities like Kenosha,” the Square Roots CEO said.

The USDA announced Feb. 18 that its avocado inspection program in Michoacan, Mexico has restarted and avocado exports to the U.S. have resumed.