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UGA finds healthy school lunches benefit children’s health
School lunches have come a long way from square pizza and fish sticks, and students across the board are benefiting from improved nutritional standards in the cafeteria.
Idaho Potato Commission adds regional promotion director
Matt Zapczynski is the Idaho Potato Commission's (IPC) new retail promotion director for the Northeast/Midwest. The Philadelphia native says his food industry career started by accident during college in Pennsylvania when he took a part-time deli ... more
Pennsylvania group highlights asparagus variety
The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society's (PHS) 2024 Gold Medal Plant winners, includes a high-yielding asparagus variety. Asparagus officinalis ‘Millennium’ is a stem vegetable that produces uniform, tight tipped, tender spears with excellent ... more
ZAG IT review boosts cybersecurity
ZAG Technical Services (ZAG) has released a new service offering promoting cybersecurity strength that is more accessible to growers and shippers. Based in San Jose, California, ZAG is a consulting firm specializing in information technology, cybe... more
Vegetable Growers News seeks reader feedback
Vegetable growers, what are your biggest concerns right now?
Foundation names Colby Pereira Ag Woman of the Year
Braga Fresh's Colby Pereira has received the Grower-Shipper Foundation Agricultural Woman of the Year Award. The award honors women's unique leadership qualities in the agricultural industry in California's Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito coun... more
First Michigan vegetable report for 2024 released
As Michigan’s vegetable growers gear up for the 2024 growing season, they face unusual challenges stemming from the warmest winter on record, according to the first weekly report from Michigan State University Extension.