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Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Conference Feb. 24-25

The Colorado Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association (CFVGA) will hold its sixth annual conference Feb. 24-25, 2020, at the Renaissance Denver Stapleton Hotel. Kicking off the conference will be John Cravens, Yercic Label, addressing the latest in ... more

SVG Ventures picks Thrive Australia Challenge winners, invests in startups

SVG Ventures-Thrive, a global agrifood innovation and investment platform based in Silicon Valley, announced Feb. 18 its entry into the Australian market with a view to establishing a headquarters and hub for SVG-Thrive in Melbourne and its intention... more

All you need to know about the International Strawberry Symposium

Over 300 scientific presentations (148 oral papers and 172 posters), a thousand or so industry professionals expected from all over the world and a major novelty during the central day of Macfrut 2020, when the topic of nursery certification will be ... more

American Frozen Food Institute rolls out marketing program for members

As the American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) looks to enhance its value proposition with members, it has redesigned its sponsorship programs under a single umbrella called the AFFI Member Marketing Program. This high-value brand awareness program... more

Okanagan Specialty Fruits launches new foodservice web portal

Summerland, British Columbia, Canada-based Okanagan Specialty Fruits (OSF), the pioneering agricultural company behind the development and commercialization of the nonbrowning Arctic apple released their new foodservice web portal ton Feb. 18. The ... more

CCOF releases plan to use organic farming to cut California greenhouse emissions

California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF) is releasing a plan to use organic farming to reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions and combat climate change. Three decades of peer-reviewed science backs up the policy solutions laid out in th... more

USDA funded $287.7M toward research projects on automation, mechanization

At $64.7 billion, specialty crops comprised one-third of U.S. crop receipts and one-sixth of receipts for all agricultural products in 2017. Many specialty crops are labor-intensive in production, harvesting, or processing. For example, harvest often... more