COVID-19
Florida Seasonal Crop COVID-19 Impact Assessment released
Florida Agriculture Commissioner Nicole “Nikki” Fried and the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services (FDACS) released on April 20 the Florida Seasonal Crop COVID-19 Impact Assessment, a new report providing data on crop losses... more »
Single-digit sales for fruit while fresh vegetable sales accelerate
The week of April 12 marked the year’s earlier Easter as well as the sixth week of the coronavirus-related grocery shopping patterns. Since the onset of coronavirus in the United States, grocery retailing conditions have been... more »
Personal protection equipment hard to come by for farmworkers
While most Californians are staying home to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus, California farmers, farmworkers and other agricultural professionals are out in the fields and packing houses working to produce food. [caption id=""... more »
Organic Produce Summit 2020 canceled due to COVID-19
"Based on the ongoing monitoring of health advisories, and recent statements by the governor of California related to large gatherings, we have determined in order to protect the health, safety, and well-being of all Organic... more »
Producers’ mental health a concern for farmer co-ops
The National Council of Farmer Cooperatives sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue on April 20 praising the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic and urging him to broaden that... more »
‘Very limited’ describes $2.7B in specialty crops aid
It was announced April 17 that some $2.7 billion in financial support will be targeted to the fruit and vegetable industry in response to the overwhelming losses from the COVID-19 emergency. That support is divided... more »
Up to $3B of agricultural products to be bought by USDA
As part of the April 17 announcement of a $19 billion Coronavirus Farm Assistance Program, USDA on April 19 announced that it is exercising authority under the Families First Coronavirus Response Act to purchase and distribute... more »
Breaking: $19 billion food assistance program includes farm relief
U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced April 17 the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP). This new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) program will take several actions to assist farmers, ranchers, and consumers in response... more »
Department of Labor sets $91.8M to assist migrant, seasonal farm workers
The U.S. Department of Labor announced April 13 the availability of up to $91.8 million in grant funding to support the economic stability of farmworkers through the National Farmworker Jobs Program. Overseen by the department’s... more »
Operational changes seen as Washington state farmers’ markets open
The Proctor Farmers' Market in Tacoma, Washington, was supposed to open for the season almost a month ago. When it didn’t, Scott Gruber, president of the market’s board and a longtime vendor who has depended... more »
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