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The COVID-19 pandemic is yesterday’s news. Unfortunately, it also is the reality today and for many tomorrows, according to panelists at the Dec. 16 Produce Marketing Association’s Virtual Town Hall.

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.

At the most basic level, we are all ready to travel and attend in-person industry events.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is working with federal partners to contain the COVID-19 pandemic.

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The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is making available a web seminar about farmworker vaccinations.

More funding for food production and distribution are among the priorities in the third COVID-19 relief package, agreed upon by U.S. Congressional leaders and the White House less than a week before Christmas.

Replicating its Salinas Valley program, the Grower Shipper Association of Central California has established a COVID-19 training prevention program in Yuma, Ariz.

For the quarter ending Oct. 31, lower avocado prices hurt overall sales and profits for Santa Paula, Calif.-based Calavo Growers Inc.