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Salix Fruits shipped more than 40,000 pallets of fruit in 2020, a growth of 100%, with with increases in citrus and apples, the main products of Salix´s supply.

The Equitable Food Initiative has a web page with resources that growers/shippers can use to educate farm workers on the coronavirus vaccine.

More help is on the way.

In a recently completed survey by the IMPACT Center at Washington State University. Washington State farm family’s direct compliance outlays to manage COVID-10 were roughly $2,532 per month.

Fresh Innovations California, LLC hosts COVID-19 vaccine clinic at corporate headquarters for employees and local community

Foodlink has purchased 3.6 million pounds of surplus food from New York farmers since the beginning of the Nourish New York program.

Washington state’s leading agricultural groups are appealing to Gov. Inslee to repeal recently renewed Covid-19 emergency rules for farm workers using temporary housing.

The California Fresh Fruit Association reacted to Governor Gavin Newsom’s “$100 Billion California Comeback Plan”, which will allocate a portion of funding to support the food and agricultural industry.

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.