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New Jersey vegetable producer James Abma Jr., Wyckoff, is New Jersey’s 2019 Outstanding Young Farmer.

Gleaning produce for charitable organizations is one of several ways that employees of NatureFresh Farms gave to charities in Ontario, Canada, and Ohio, where it has production.

With the Safe Food for Canadians Act and the Safe Food for Canadian Regulations going into effect in January, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency has published an overview of requirements for fresh fruit and vegetables.

Looking at the evolution of consumer demand and growing organic supply, industry veteran Steve Lutz will deliver a keynote address Feb. 1 at the Global Organic Produce Expo in Hollywood, Fla.

Samuel Strock, long-time president of Chelsea, Mass.-based S. Strock & Co., died Dec. 5.

Running from Jan. 1 to Feb. 28, the New York Apple Association is again hosting the New York Big Apple Salad Contest.

Manatee County Commissioner Vanessa Baugh has been elected to a third consecutive one-year term as chairwoman of the Manatee County Port Authority.

In its search for answers in the E. coli foodborne illness outbreak linked to romaine, the Food and Drug Administration put a tighter focus on Adam Bros. Farm in mid-December.

On one of my first trips to Chile, I will never forget driving up to a farm and asking the grower who was with me what the meaning of a large sign posted next to the gate entrance was.

Drawing praise from some quarters and criticism from others, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has published the disclosure standard for bioengineered foods.