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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.

With a high percentage of farmworkers vaccinated, Washington state agricultural groups are waiting on the state to update its costly COVID-19-related housing regulations.

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.

Washington state’s leading agricultural groups say Gov. Inslee has a double standard for farmers and their vaccinated workers.

Top produce industry executives will consider what the post-COVID-19 future holds in the United Fresh Produce Association’s Reimagine Conversations track Top-to-Top Retail-Foodservice Dialogues for Success.

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.