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Brighter Bites partners with food bank, Lipman Family Farms to share produce

Brighter Bites, a nonprofit organization that delivers fresh fruits, vegetables and nutrition education resources directly to families, partnered with Harry Chapin Food Bank and Lipman Family Farms to ensure southwest Florida families continue to rec... more

United Fresh announces return to in-person Washington conference

Members of the produce industry will join together to make their voices heard at the United Fresh 2021 Annual Washington Conference taking place Sept. 20-22 in person at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, D.C. “After a year of virtual events, we’r... more

Pandemic Assistance for Producers includes aid for specialty crop entities

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced June 15 additional aid to agricultural producers and businesses as part of the USDA Pandemic Assistance for Producers initiative. The funding includes $700 million in Pandemic Response and Safety Gr... more

Ontario fruit and vegetable growers refute reports of poor worker housing

Ontario’s fruit and vegetable growers are pushing back on recent allegations of poor housing standards and lax inspections around employer-provided housing for seasonal agricultural workers. Workers who come to Ontario through the Seasonal Agric... more

Signify and Fragaria Innova succeed in growing strawberries with LED

Signify, a lighting company, has worked together with Fragaria Innova to develop specific light recipes for strawberries, resulting in a steady production pattern with high yield, and good quality strawberries in wintertime. The joint research o... more

Michigan blueberry orchard and facilities purchased

Gladstone Land Corp. announced June 10 that it has acquired 930 gross acres of farmland, including approximately 480 acres of blueberry bushes, and support facilities located in Paw Paw, Michigan, for $13.3 million. The facilities include a 23,000... more

Sweetgreen co-founders keynote presenters at Organic Produce Summit 2021

Nicolas Jammet and Jonathan Neman, co-founders and co-CEOs of nationally acclaimed fast causal restaurant chain sweetgreen, have been confirmed as the first of two keynote presenters at the fifth annual Organic Produce Summit, this September in Monte... more