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AeroFarms, the Newark, N.J.-based indoor aeroponic grower of greens and microgreens, has been named as one of Time magazine’s 100 Best Inventions.

U.S. potato growers shipped 34% more fresh potatoes to Canada from July through September, but they were not destined to be sold as fresh, according to a quarterly report from Potatoes USA.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has reversed a decision that would have barred a man from the industry due to Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act violations.

A state audit of the Florida Department of Citrus gives the group’s contract procurement and management process a clean bill of health.

A partnership between two Ontario greenhouse growers, Jim DiMenna of Red Sun Farms, and Jeremy Capussi of JC Fresh, is building a 27-acre greenhouse in Kingsville, Ontario.

UPDATED: The Food and Drug Administration is investigating an eight-state outbreak of E. coli.

Consumers are making their way to the produce department to find beverages to serve a purpose — whether it’s to improve their health or just to enjoy.

The Food and Drug Administration is extending the deadline for comments on the agency’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety campaign.

(UPDATED, 2 p.m.) New restrictions have been placed on tomato and pepper trade to protect U.S. crops from the prevent the introduction of tomato brown rugose fruit virus.