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New business development manager for EFI is Michael Lacey

Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, has added produce industry veteran Michael Lacey to the position of business development manag... more

Portable paper-based tool used to detect fecal contamination

Mohit Verma, with Purdue University, is leading efforts to develop a low-cost portable paper-based tool that can produce results of potential mammalian fecal contamination in about an hour.Having this information quickly could help producers make in... more

Organic Produce Summit to look at organics in era of inflation

“Organics in an Era of Inflation and Changing Consumer Behavior” will be the subject of the fourth educational session at the upcoming Organic Produce Summit 2022, featuring an exclusive sales analysis of organic fresh produce sales through the f... more

Charges brought in forced labor of Mexican agricultural H-2A workers’ case

A woman in Florida pleaded guilty on April 6 to a federal racketeering conspiracy that victimized Mexican agricultural workers admitted into the United States under the H-2A temporary visa program. Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the... more

Weed science webinar series offered

The USDA Agricultural Research Service and the Weed Science Society of America are co-hosting 10 webinars on weed science and research. Presentations are being given by ARS weed science research experts. The webinars will occur every Tuesday fro... more

Reducing tillage on small farms: mulch-based systems

This past year, I attended several talks where small growers were using practices where little, or no tillage was done. This eliminated or reduced the need for power equipment. In these growing systems, permanent growing areas are created, and crops... more

‘Mitigating Heat Stress and Increasing Productivity’ webinar set by NCAE

The National Council of Agricultural Employers has announced the next installment of its educational webinar series, “Mitigating Heat Stress and Increasing Productivity.” “In anticipation of climbing temperatures later this spring and into ... more