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MarketMaker can help growers locate opportunities
Growers and other industry representatives can now tap into a national electronic marketing tool for buying and selling locally produced foods.The National Food MarketMaker Program is being touted as a virtual supply chain to help... more »
Kass to deliver keynote address at the Washington Public Policy Conference
Sam Kass, executive director of Let's Move!, senior nutrition policy advisor and assistant chef at the White House, will highlight the important role fresh produce plays in Let's Move! as keynote speaker at the United... more »
Tacking health care costs onto California farm produce
Farm labor contractors across California, the nation's biggest agricultural engine, are increasingly nervous about a provision of the Affordable Care Act that will require hundreds of thousands of field workers to be covered by health... more »
CSA, farmers’ markets keep Ohio farm afloat
When Brian and Kelly Helser – owners of Paige's Produce in Stoutsville, Ohio – first looked into hosting their own Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program, they had a hard time believing anyone would pay up... more »
Farm rallies to rebuild after tornado devastation
After pouring every ounce of energy into building a flourishing agritoursim business near Oklahoma's largest city, owner Glenn Orr and his family never counted on it all being shredded to pieces in just a few... more »
Robots to revolutionize farming, ease labor woes
On a windy morning in California's Salinas Valley, a tractor pulled a wheeled, metal contraption over rows of budding iceberg lettuce plants. Engineers from Silicon Valley tinkered with the software on a laptop to ensure... more »
Shortage of farm workers to pick California strawberries
It is peak season for strawberries, but there is a shortage of farm workers to pick them. Growers say that's tied to the contentious battle over immigration reform and tighter borders.Buscas trabajo? Looking for work?... more »
Guatemalan valley visit unveils unique watering system
The Valley of Almolonga in Guatemala is staggeringly gorgeous. Especially to a vegetable grower: an irregular checkerboard of small fields, all verdantly green, framed on both sides by the steep, mist-whispered mountains as the valley... more »
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