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Fruit and vegetable growers in Washington state are urging the state to prioritize vaccinations for all farmworkers.

With a 90-10 vote, the U.S. Senate passed an amendment that calls for a direct restaurant relief fund, now part of President Joe Biden’s $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan.

At the most basic level, we are all ready to travel and attend in-person industry events.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with federal partners to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is making available a web seminar about farmworker vaccinations.

The Emergency Food Assistance Program — a federal nutrition program run by the USDA Food & Nutrition Service — has decided to expand TEFAP to include a presorted, prepackaged fresh produce box, the agency said.

Washington state’s leading agricultural groups say Gov. Inslee has a double standard for farmers and their vaccinated workers.

Top produce industry executives will consider what the post-COVID-19 future holds in the United Fresh Produce Association’s Reimagine Conversations track Top-to-Top Retail-Foodservice Dialogues for Success.

Frontline essential food and agricultural workers should be a high priority population to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.