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Nature knows best for California pear growers.

Awe Sum Organics, Santa Cruz, Calif., will be starting its Mexican table grape program in mid-May.

California farms, ranches and agricultural business will lose between $5.9 billion and $8.6 billion in 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a study commissioned by ag groups.

Marketing the spring harvest and stored produce of the Carolinas isn’t the same game these days.

In the Carolinas, spring and summer produce is an edible rainbow. And the harvest is looking good, growers say.

There should be no gap between old crop and new crop sweet potato shipments in Arkansas, one leading marketer reports.

As the 2020 California table grape season kicks off, the Fresno-based California Table Grape Commission has compiled a health info sheet that touts the health benefits of California table grapes.

The Packer’s Tom Karst visited June 9 with Scott Horsfall, CEO of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement about the group’s food safety efforts.

Growers were reporting good quality on California strawberries as the season passed the halfway point in early July.

A study has found that a compound found in grapes is associated with a 48% decrease in risk of Alzheimer dementia.