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United Fresh Innovation Award finalists demonstrate Innovation
United Fresh this week announces 36 new products as finalists for the United Fresh Produce Association’s 2018 Innovation Awards. This year’s fina... READ MORE »
Farm bill alliance members outline priorities in Washington, D.C.
Members of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA), a national coalition of more than 120 specialty crop organizations, will take their message ... READ MORE »
2018 Farm Bill advances from House Ag Committee
The House Agriculture Committee on April 18 marked up HR2, the 2018 Farm Bill, and sent it to the full U.S. House of Representatives for consideration... READ MORE »
Priorities listed by Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance
The Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance (SCFBA), a national coalition of more than 120 specialty crop organizations, has announced its 2018 farm bill pr... READ MORE »
Todd Greiner Farms expands asparagus production, packaging plant
Todd Greiner Farms Packing, an asparagus grower, packer and shipper based in Hart, Michigan is expanding its production and packaging plans for the 20... READ MORE »
Cornell’s Michael Dickson, breeder of orange cauliflower, dies
[caption id="attachment_14069" align="alignright" width="209"] Michael Dickson[/caption] Michael Hugh Dickson, professor emeritus in the Horticultu... READ MORE »
Concord Foods debuts line of freeze-dried vegetables
Concord Foods recently debuted a new freeze-dried vegetable snack line. The new product line, available for distribution by May 2018, includes flav... READ MORE »
3 states produced 76 percent of U.S. veggies in 2017
Just three states account for 76 percent of the country’s vegetable production value during 2017, according to numbers released recently by the USDA... READ MORE »
Free Farmers Market Legal Toolkit available
The Center for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law School, Farmers Market Coalition (FMC), and Northeast Organic Farming Association of... READ MORE »
Whiteflies threaten Georgia crops
The destructive gnat-size whiteflies that have overrun farmers across south Georgia this year aren’t new to the state. But the pests are particul... READ MORE »
