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President Trump has added $1 billion to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program and extended it beyond the end of October.

With nearly one in six restaurants closed, the National Restaurant Association is lobbying Congress for more relief from the devastation to foodservice demand caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

The CCOF Foundation is helping organic farmers affected by California wildfires.

The International Banana Convention 2020 will be an online event for the first time because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Wisconsin cranberry crop is looking good.

Key Technology has hired Marco Azzaretti as director of marketing.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has approved up to $14 billion more in direct payments to growers affected by price declines from the COVID-19 pandemic.

The International Association for Food Protection’s annual meeting will be a virtual event this year.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded 50 companies a total of $856.56 million in the third round of Farmers to Families Food Box Program.

Frank Yiannas said the COVID-19 pandemic reinforced the necessity of public-private partnerships and confirmed the value of creating more digital-based record-keeping for the food system.