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  • Neogen develops quick test for salmonella

    May 8, 2012

    Lansing, Mich.-based Neogen Corporation has developed a quick and easy test system to detect pathogen DNA in food and environmental samples. Neogen's ANSR for salmonella, introduced at last week's joint gathering of the Food Marketing Institute, American Meat Institute, United Fresh and National Association of… Full Story »

  • Crescent Fruit & Vegetable Farms launches new website

    May 7, 2012

    Crescent Fruit & Vegetable, a year-round grower and distributor of watermelons and onions, announces the launch of their new website designed specifically with today’s fresh produce consumers in mind.   The website, www.moonlitfarms.com, shares the name of Crescent Fruit & Vegetable’s consumer brand and delivers… Full Story »

  • Yakima Valley’s asparagus season leans on skilled cutters

    May 7, 2012

    Across the Yakima Valley, farmers say the same thing: It's hard to perfect the art of cutting asparagus, and the workers who return year after year are an invaluable resource. Asparagus season started in mid-April and will run through mid- to late June.   It's… Full Story »

  • Campbell’s Soup, Blackstone to bid on Bolthouse Farms

    May 7, 2012

    Campbell Soup Co. and Blackstone Group LP (BX) made bids for natural juice maker WM Bolthouse Farms Inc., according to people with knowledge of the matter. First-round offers, which were due April 27, also came from other private-equity firms, said one of the people, who… Full Story »

  • New slate of officers for California Leafy Greens

    May 4, 2012

    Ryan Talley of Talley Farms has taken over as chairman of the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA), replacing Jamie Strachan, Growers Express LLC, who has served as chairman for the past two years. The LGMA, created in 2007 as a model food safety program… Full Story »

  • Women farmers who are making bank in agritourism

    May 2, 2012

    Often it's farm women who are first to recognize the opportunity inherent in what is sometimes called agritourism or agritainment. Forbes Click here to read more.  

  • 2012 Farm Bill to support farmers’ markets

    May 1, 2012

    If every Michigan household spent $10 more a year at a local farmers' market, it would pump $40 million into Michigan agriculture, U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow told the Rotary Club of Kalamazoo on Monday. Stabenow, who chairs the Senate Agriculture Committee, said farmers' markets are… Full Story »

  • Colorado cantaloupe farmers face uncertain future

    Apr 30, 2012

      Last fall, a listeria outbreak in cantaloupes traced to a southeastern Colorado farm killed thirty people and sickened dozens more in 28 states. The economic fallout from the tragedy has also been far reaching. Farms from Colorado to California closed and workers were laid off as… Full Story »

  • FDA announces Alfa Sprouts recall

    Apr 27, 2012

    Alfa Sprouts, Inc. of Honeoye Falls, N.Y., is recalling approximately 100 pounds of Springwater Sprouts brand organic alfalfa sprouts and bulk three-pound clover sprouts because they may be contaminated with listeria, the FDA has announced. The contamination was discovered after sampling under the USDA Microbiological… Full Story »

  • Rocky Ford cantaloupe growers mobilize to ensure safety, rebuild confidence

    Apr 27, 2012

    Cantaloupe growers in Rocky Ford, Colo., have formed an association, trademarked the Rocky Ford Cantaloupe name and are signing on to best practices and twice-yearly audits in an effort to instill public confidence and avoid possible incidents of contamination. Even though last fall's deadly listeria… Full Story »

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