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United Fresh volunteer leadership groups to remain through 2021

With the recent decision of the Board of Directors and endorsement of the membership to combine with the Produce Marketing Association to form a new association in 2022, the current United Fresh Board of Directors, market segment boards and expert ad... more

Yara to host global launch event for Agoro Carbon Alliance

Yara, a crop nutrition solutions provider, will officially introduce the Agro Carbon Alliance during a global launch event on June 8 at 9 a.m. CDT (10 a.m. EDT). The Agoro Carbon Alliance is Yara's new global business created to decarbonize the fa... more

New York Apple Association gears up for upcoming season

As the New York Apple Association ramps up its retail and foodservice promotional plans for this coming fall harvest, it has added to its retail and foodservice team. Corey Woodward, a fresh fruit and vegetable veteran, joins the association as ac... more

Fungal biologists fighting peach tree-killing pathogen

Many a Coloradan looks forward to that first, juicy bite of a Palisade peach every summer. Demand for the famous Western Slope fruit never runs dry, but the state’s $40 million peach industry is under increasing threat from an insidious pathogen th... more

Grape genetics research reveals what makes the perfect flower

Your favorite vintage wines and table grapes exist thanks to a genetic exchange so rare that it’s only happened twice in nature in the last 6 million years. And since the domestication of the grapevine 8,000 years ago, breeding has continued to be ... more

Produce Safety Alliance adds Midwest Regional Extension Associate

Laurie George joined the Produce Safety Alliance May 17 as the Midwest Regional Extension Associate. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="162"] Laurie George[/caption] George received her Master of Science degree and Ph.D. in Plant, Soils a... more

North Carolina Extension educates farmworkers on vaccinations

To educate North Carolina farmworkers about vaccination, and especially COVID-19 vaccination, NC State Extension is offering a new program called Get Informed and Decide or, in Spanish, Me Informo y Decido. The program is part of Cooperative Exte... more