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New programs and efforts are on the way to bring financial assistance to farmers, ranchers and producers who felt the impact of COVID-19 market disruptions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced.

Tanimura & Antle is proud to share that by April, over 4,000 employees will have received the COVID-19 vaccine throughout its operating locations in California, Arizona and Tennessee.

Last week, Christopher Ranch partnered with public health officials from Santa Clara County to bring 1,000 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to Gilroy, the Garlic Capital of the World.

Superfresh Growers hosted the first Superfresh Vaccine Clinic on Tuesday, March 23, 2021.

One year after making its first COVID-19 relief delivery to the Houston Food Bank, MountainKing has now shipped more than 1.6 million pounds of fresh potatoes to the non-profit organization.

Engaging all elements of a produce organization proved to be the most useful way to navigate the uncharted waters of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Following appeals by Washington state’s leading agricultural groups, state regulators said fully vaccinated farmworkers do not have to wear a mask or socially distance at work or in congregate housing facilities.

Richard “RJ” Durante chatted on his cell phone while riding in the cab of the Nardella Produce truck from the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market to deliver to Pie Lady Café in Moorestown, N.J.

The U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has revised its National Emphasis Program (NEP) for COVID-19.

The National Grocers Association applauds the decision this week by the Labor Department to drop its effort to implement burdensome and unnecessary emergency workplace COVID standards.