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Produce companies should not back off marketing or advertising efforts now.

A program that donates boxes of fresh produce to health care facilities for employees to take home is gaining steam as it enters its third month.

With up to $2.1 billion for specialty crop producers at stake, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has provided the first details of the Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program direct payment plan.

Credit and financial services company Farm Credit is offering a web seminar featuring produce growers who will talk about the pandemic’s effects on their companies.

Never mind.

No good deed goes unpunished.

Liability protection for employers and business owners is being sought by Senate Republicans in the next coronavirus assistance bill.

Has the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program made a difference in fresh produce market conditions?

New England Produce Council has canceled the 21st NEPC Produce Floral & Food Service Expo due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

With the Farmers to Families Food Box Program underway across the country, companies are busy packing and sending fresh produce to food banks.