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Legislation addresses disruption in food chain

U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced on May 5 legislation to address disruptions in the food supply chain caused by the coronavirus pandemic and directly connect farms to food... more »

Produce industry veteran Carl Ream dies

Carl Vincent Ream, 64, a resident of Naples, Florida for the past 22 years, died Thursday, April 30, 2020 in Naples. Ream, a veteran in the produce industry brought... more »

Great Lakes Vegetable Producer’s Network debuts on Wednesdays

There is an extended inter-university group of researchers and Extension personnel who are hosting a live weekly roundtable discussion during the growing season for commercial vegetable producers in the Great Lakes and Midwest region. It’s... more »

New York State IPM program to be led by Alejandro Calixto

Beginning May 16, Alejandro Calixto takes over as director of New York State Integrated Pest Management following the retirement of Jennifer Grant. Calixto brings experience with the Land Grant system and mission, having prior extension... more »

California farms hit hard by COVID-19 impact, survey results indicate

Lost markets and lost off-farm income related to the COVID-19 pandemic have proven doubly difficult for many California farmers and ranchers, according to a survey by the California Farm Bureau Federation. More than half of... more »

USDA official J. Scott Angle to lead UF/IFAS

The University of Florida has named J. Scott Angle, director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, to lead the university’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) into the... more »

Report: Coronavirus creates glut for Georgia vegetable growers

Cows are munching down zucchini, yellow squash and cabbage that Southern Valley Fruit and Vegetable farms grew and picked for restaurants and other institutions. According to a May 3 story in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution (AJC),... more »

California food bank benefits from farms’ produce at reasonable rate

In one of the first agreements of its kind between California producers and a county food bank, two farms will begin providing, at a reasonable rate, produce to the Alameda County Community Food Bank, allowing... more »