Vegetables

International ag innovation supported by US-signed statement

A joint statement of support for policies that enable agricultural innovation, including genome editing, has been signed by the United States and 12 other countries. The International Statement on Agricultural Applications of Precision Biotechnology was... more »

LGMA issues response to FDA update on E. coli outbreak findings

Scott Horsfall, CEO of the California Leafy Green Products Handler Marketing Agreement (LGMA), presented this response after FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb issued a statement Nov. 2 on findings from the romaine lettuce E. coli O157:H7... more »

Findings from romaine lettuce E. coli outbreak; FDA’s plans

Earlier this year, the U.S. experienced the largest E. coli O157:H7 outbreak the country has seen in the last decade, leaving hundreds sick and claiming the lives of five people who consumed contaminated romaine lettuce. FDA Commissioner... more »

Resources help veterans find extended service

Some American military veterans struggle to find a new mission after their service in the armed forces ends, but advocates and policymakers are encouraging them to try agriculture. Adam Ingrao, an agricultural entomologist for Michigan... more »

California grower taps talents, resources to find success

Javier Zamora came to the United States from Mexico when he was 20 years old. He lived in the Redondo Beach area near Los Angeles. Most people around him at the time came from different... more »

AGTools launches online tool for growers

AGTools (www.Ag.Tools) has launched a brand-new online tool providing growers with hard data in real time to food supply chain stakeholders, helping to improve their bottom line. AGTools offers over 40 million real-time and historical... more »

BrightFarms salads to appear in Walmart

BrightFarms' locally-grown packaged salads will soon be sold at select Walmart stores in stores in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia. Grown in BrightFarms’ Wilmington, Ohio greenhouse, the packaged salads will be available to Walmart shoppers... more »

Researching, teaching, growing, Homefield Farm operates seamlessly

Virginia Tech senior Riley Golski doesn’t look at the dining hall’s green beans the same way he did as a freshman. A geography major at the university who grew up in Norfolk, he had no... more »