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This is the season where plants release pollen and, as a consequence, some of our body’s release antibodies and histamine into the bloodstream—the main agents of allergic reactions.

Hurricane-related flooding caused some loss of harvested sweet potato acreage last year for Wynne, Ark.-based Matthews Ridgeview Farms, but the company expects a better season for 2019.

Kingsville, Ontario-based Mastronardi Produce and Morehead, Ky.-based AppHarvest are partnering to build a sustainable, high-tech 60-acre greenhouse in Morehead.

The Washington State Department of Agriculture has approved Best Sanitizers Inc.’s Alpet D2 Quat-Free Surface Sanitizer for use by organic food processors.

The Packer and Farm Star Living partner to deliver new content to produce industry and consumer audiences.

Cherry, grape, cranberry and tree nut producers are among U.S. growers who will receive direct payments from the U.S. Department of Agriculture this year to offset damage caused by retaliatory tariffs.

After more than 35 years in the produce industry, Terry Humfeld, the Cranberry Institute’s executive director based in Avondale, Pa., is retiring at the end of 2019.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is restricting four companies from operating in the produce industry for Perishable Agricultural Act violations.

Ridge Spring, S.C.-based Titan Farms is ready to kick off another season of South Carolina peaches this week, ahead of Memorial Day celebrations.

California Giant Berry Farms has chosen the chefs who will participate in its second-annual Chef Invitational competition.