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Rachel Laenen continues her family’s nearly 160-year farming legacy, navigating sustainability, consumer trends and potential trade challenges in California’s Ventura County.

Tariff whiplash is consuming the commodity markets — and the possible impact is stirring up quite the debate. At present, President Trump says he’s sticking to his plan to impose additional tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China starting April 2.

Scheduled for the March 27 event are a ribbon cutting and remarks, as well as tours of the plant, food samples and giveaways.

Users can identify products that can support health goals and add ingredients to their shopping carts from the association’s Diabetes Food Hub recipes found in the Instacart experience.

The agency has imposed sanctions on produce operations in Florida, New Jersey, Texas, Georgia, Arizona for violations of the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act.

C&S Wholesale Grocers, which had agreed to acquire nearly 600 stores as part of the deal, claims Kroger refused to pay a $125 million termination fee.

Thanks to maturing orchards and expanded production, the country seeks to increase its market share by exporting more than 130 million pounds to the U.S. during its spring and summer season.

A collaboration with the American Diabetes Association simplifies healthier shopping with expert nutrition guidance, product recommendations and shoppable recipes to inform and guide consumers, Instacart says.

Rising wages have made an already complicated — but critical — guestworker program almost too costly to participate, forcing growers to leave the industry or relocate production outside the U.S.

The partnership seeks to explore new strategies for optimizing crop performance.