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The Center for Produce Safety has announced 13 new research awards at about $2.6 million.

Pro*Act is asking growers to apply for $85,000 in Cultivating Change grants.

As leafy greens growers in Arizona and California widen buffer zones between their fields and cattle operations, a web seminar seeks to inform growers about how livestock facilities are managed.

With just two shipping weekends before Halloween, there is an abundant amount of pumpkins to be sold.

If you were an apple, what kind of apple would you be?

It has been a record-setting fall for the California table grape industry.

The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has adopted the changes made by its Arizona counterpart in the wake of an E. coli outbreak linked to romaine lettuce grown in Arizona — with one exception.

Thanks to a record number of exhibitors on the Fresh Summit expo floor — more than 1,200 — food banks in Florida serving hurricane victims and others are receiving more than 250,000 pounds of fresh produce.

Florida citrus is slowly trying to fight its way through the devastation of Citrus Greening and some ideas are working.

Greenhouse grower Red Sun Farms, Kingsville, Ontario, will be growing next-generation OZblu blueberries at its Mexico facilities, which promise to deliver a firmer, crunchier and more flavorful berry.