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The Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the outbreak in fresh-cut and whole cantaloupe is now over. The outbreak sickened more than 407 people in the U.S.

The Arlington, Va.-based organization said the MyPlate National Strategic Partnership named it a champion, which is the partnership’s highest level of recognition.

The organization has planned a social media campaign and additional recognition of scholars and volunteers.

The University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences shares the keys to the state’s strawberry success.

Against a backdrop of corporate consolidation, Michoacán’s small-scale avocado farmers tend to receive a disproportionately small share of the profits generated by the sale of their product.

Joanna Carraway is the 2013 winner of the Tomorrow’s Top Producer Horizon Award.