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Brighter Bites, Houston Food Bank ensure local families receive fresh produce

Brighter Bites, a nonprofit organization that delivers fresh fruits and vegetables directly into families’ hands, will continue partnering with the Houston Food Bank, its most critical and longest-standing Houston-area partner, to help serve famil... more

Emergency COVID-19 regulations face lawsuit from Washington groups

Leading agriculture groups in Washington state announced Feb. 2 they are taking legal action against the sate of Washington over recently renewed emergency COVID-19 regulations they say are ill-conceived, increase health risks to essential farm worke... more

Timorex Act organic biofungicide is now registered throughout Mexico

STK bio-ag technologies, Israel’s innovative leader in botanical-based organic and hybrid solutions for sustainable agriculture and aquaculture, announces that Timorex Act organic biofungicide is now registered throughout Mexico, with Syngenta as t... more

UC’s Mitchell receives No-Till Innovator Research & Education award

Jeffrey Mitchell, University of California Cooperative Extension specialist, received the No-Till Innovator Research & Education award for his commitment to the advancement of no-till farming systems. Mitchell, who is based at Kearney Agricult... more

Barman named UCCE IPM advisor in Imperial County, California

Apurba Barman joined University of California Cooperative Extension as low desert integrated pest management advisor on Jan. 11. He will be headquartered at the UCCE Imperial County office, which adjoins the UC Desert Research and Extension Center in... more

Pollinator Protection Plan Update announced by New York state

The New York State Departments of Agriculture and Markets, Environmental Conservation (DEC), and New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation (OPRHP) announced Feb. 1 the 2020 Pollinator Protection Plan Update.. The 2020 Po... more

Sweet potato meeting held to discuss research, updates

After what has been called an average crop year, the annual meeting of the Louisiana Sweet Potato Association provided a better outlook. Those in the industry were given a sneak peek at some potential new varieties as well as ways to improve growi... more