analysis

As a stupendous rainy season moves toward its end for California, some have been attempting to measure the costs of...

The adverse effect wage rates (AEWR) recently issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) are facing a legislative challenge. The...

The produce industry always dreads the release of the Environmental Working Group’s annual Dirty Dozen, as part of its Shopper’s...

I have been calling for detaching federal food safety functions from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and creating a...

Mysterious alchemical transformations are taking place every day in our refrigerators. Unseen to us. After all, you are never around...

Spring has sprung, but the cold weather missed its exit cue. A cold front is sweeping the U.S. early this...

Some statistics are hard to believe. But that doesn’t mean they’re not true. Here’s one that hit me: households receiving...

Is this headline a lie? “Potato wart not detected in 2022 national survey.” Potato wart not detected in 2022 national...

The astonishing amounts of water dumped on California by a series of atmospheric rivers have been national news for weeks...

The federal H-2A guestworker program is widely loathed by agricultural interests. One reason is the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR)....

International Fresh Produce Association’s (IFPA) BB #:378962 chief food safety and regulatory officer, Dr. Jennifer McEntire, will step away from her role...

Breaking news: For the first time in what feels like years, California has a critical shortage of umbrellas. As if...

Wegovy. It sounds like the name of a loathsome delicacy from some exotic land. Or one of those wacky new...

It has come to the attention of many that a number of vertical farming operations are failing. A recent article...

In honor of International Women’s Day on March 8, I decided to interview Janice Honigberg, president of Sun Belle, Inc.,...

Our era may see a shift in public nutrition policy like the one launched against cigarette smoking in the 1960s....

SEPC’s Southern Exposure boomed once again. The days of COVID shutdown are seemingly a distant memory as several thousand movers...

World exports of tropical fruits are expected to have dropped 5 percent in 2022, according to a recent report by...