Southeast

Lipman partners with local family-operated farms in support of economy

As the need to support local farmers and small businesses grows throughout the U.S., Immokalee, Florida-based Lipman Family Farms honors its ongoing commitment to foster partnerships with family-operated farms through its Lipman Local program. The... more »

Alternative markets taking shape in Florida with Extension connections

Thanks to some creative thinking among Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences and University of Florida UF/IFAS Extension agents and community partners throughout the state, alternatives to organic, green and farmers markets are creating business traction on behalf... more »

University of Georgia shares guidelines for ag operations under COVID-19

Farmers and food processors take routine steps to reduce the likelihood of foodborne pathogens, like Salmonella and E. coli, contacting our food and causing illness. The procedures that our food industry takes on a daily... 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 »

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 »

Servicemen, veterans linked to Mississippi ag jobs with FARM Corps

Mississippi State University Extension is helping U.S. Rep. Trent Kelly, R-Tupelo, and other partners in launching a new FARM Corps program to connect furloughed or unemployed veterans and members of the National Guard, Reserve and... more »

USDA destroying flowers to eradicate Ralstonia bacteria

Federal officials are working with greenhouses in 39 states to destroy infected pink geraniums and prevent an invasive bacterium from infecting vegetable crops. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently confirmed a Ralstonia... more »