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IFPA seeks growers for climate-smart pilot project
International Fresh Produce Association’s BB #:378962 climate-smart production pilot is ready to start as soon as produce companies sign up....
Specialty crops and soil conservation
WIRED has recently posted an informative article on greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. “Agriculture is a big source of emissions,”...
ProduceIQ: Farms need drying out after Hurricane Idalia; expect a gap this fall
Hurricane Idalia dropped significant rain in Georgia and throughout the Southeast. Although Idaia made landfall in Florida as a Category...
Toyota steps into growing produce
Toyota has gotten into growing strawberries and cherry tomatoes. Two of the auto maker’s plants in Japan have set up...
Hurricane Hilary aftermath: 25 million boxes of California table grapes lost
August 31, 2023 Fresno, CA – Hurricane Hilary delivered wind and rain to many of California’s table grape vineyards at...
Groundwater grievances
The New York Times has run some features this week on groundwater depletion in the United States. Their central message...
EPA issues new, and final, WOTUS rules
Debates about exactly what constitute “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) for regulatory purposes will probably never end, and maybe...
The stalled offensive against meat
Like Mr. Putin’s effort in Ukraine, the great offensive against meat has stalled. Alicia Kennedy’s new book No Meat Required...
Food stamp spending fuels inflation, group says
With the farm bill set to expire at the end of September, Congress will be under pressure to pass something...
Mexican truckers delay strike
Mexican truckers have postponed the strike that had been planned for this morning, on the grounds that the federal government...
ProduceIQ: California grapes tell Hilary, ‘Don’t rain on our parade’
In case you avoided the internet all weekend, the tropics are ablaze with activity. Storms on the West and East...
Mexican truckers to strike tomorrow
It’s not the first time, and it’s very unlikely to be the last. At 8 a.m. Central time on Tuesday,...
A warm welcome for FDA’s human foods administrator
Blame my odd sense of humor. When I see the words “human foods,” I think of the product that is...
AI sorts crops from weeds
The big money in American agriculture is in the major commodities such as corn, soybeans, and wheat. It would make...
Perfectly Good Food: a book review
Everyone hates food waste, but nobody does anything about it. That’s not completely fair. The culinary sister team of Margaret...
GMO corn and the fresh produce trade
The ongoing dispute between the U.S. and Mexico over the latter’s restrictions on imports of genetically modified (GM) corn does...
ProduceIQ: Relentless wind and rain pound Southern California
For the first time in 84 years, a tropical storm has hit Southern California. Hurricane Hilary struck the coast of...
The cost of growing romaine hearts
How much does it cost to grow an acre of romaine hearts in the nation’s salad bowl? A new study...
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