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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.
COVID-19 did nothing to subtract from banana demand, industry leaders say. In fact, the pandemic may have helped boost demand.
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The Center for Food Safety and Applied Nutrition is making available a web seminar about farmworker vaccinations.
The Emergency Food Assistance Program — a federal nutrition program run by the USDA Food & Nutrition Service — has decided to expand TEFAP to include a presorted, prepackaged fresh produce box, the agency said.
No one saw COVID-19 coming, and the disruptions it has created in the produce industry were profound.
Washington state’s leading agricultural groups say Gov. Inslee has a double standard for farmers and their vaccinated workers.
Severe pallet shortages are inflicting a widespread effect on the produce industry — including the availability of produce to consumers.
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.
This year could see relatively calm waters after the great stormy ocean of 2020, when some produce companies drowned and others kept treading water while the fortunate ones soared high on a wave of retail.
In view of ever-changing disease prevention guidance, effective communication during the COVID-19 pandemic was needed more than ever before.
With 70% of adults in New York having received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said June 15 the state was ready to “return to life as we know it.”
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.
Late Thursday afternoon, Lori Kelley, received a phone call from AgroFresh Solutions, Inc.
A near-double digit gain in potato retail sales wasn’t enough to offset a decline in foodservice sales during the 2019-20 marketing year.
The first-ever digital Potato Expo is on tap for Jan. 5-7 and the event has plenty to offer the industry, National Potato Council leaders say.
Frontline essential food and agricultural workers should be a high priority population to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, according to a panel advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
It’s like a holiday gift your mom gets (somewhat) right: United Fresh’s Tom Stenzel explains the key wins for the produce industry in the December COVID-19 relief package — and some of the losses.
The Quebec Produce Marketing Association has new research to reveal at a webinar that’s free and open to everyone.
The COVID-19 pandemic closed a few doors and opened a few windows for Texas produce operators.
Since May, faith-based organizations have distributed more than 12 million food boxes to families in need through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Farmers to Families Food Box Program.
The USDA and FDA continue to be confident in the safety of the food available to American consumers and exported to international customers.
The COVID-19 pandemic created higher costs and higher stress for Ontario greenhouse growers.
D’Arrigo California, with the Grower-Shipper Association of Central California and Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, hosted a drive-through vaccination clinic for Monterey County residents ages 65 and over.
The USDA is seeking comments regarding the development, coordination and implementation of grant programs related to coronavirus relief.
The USDA seeks comments on the development, coordination, and implementation of a food purchase and distribution program intended to provide additional aid to nonprofits serving Americans in need of nutrition assistance.