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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....

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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,”...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 1 minute read

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...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Groundwater grievances

The New York Times has run some features this week on groundwater depletion in the United States. Their central message...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 2 minute read

Mexican truckers delay strike

Mexican truckers have postponed the strike that had been planned for this morning, on the grounds that the federal government...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 5 minute read

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,...

2 years ago 2 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 4 minute read

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...

2 years ago 3 minute read

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