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Prescription produce is on a mission to reshape healthcare by proactively addressing diseases like heart disease and diabetes through dietary...

“There is something about border crossings that breeds insanity in politicians,” writes “Schumpeter,” a columnist, in the December 16 issue...

Higher levels of fruit and vegetable consumption are associated with increases in brain matter, according to a new study out...

In 2016, California enacted Assembly Bill (AB) 1066, which removed exemptions from overtime pay requirements for agricultural workers. Up to...

There is vertical, and then there is vertical. This enigmatic utterance reflects some differences—and possibly shakeouts—in the world of vertical...

The latest salvo in the war over the proposed merger between retail giants Kroger and Albertson has been fired by...

As most people in the industry know, fresh produce consumption among Americans is not exactly satisfactory. You can scan this...

Winter is coming, and produce markets are alight with the holiday spirit. Supply is strong for commodities beginning their winter...

My father was a U.S. sailor in China in the 1930s, in the days when our nation had gunboats patrolling...

I’ve never cared for Starbucks. When its first store opened in San Francisco in 1992, I bought a pound of...

Turmeric, the bright orange-yellow tuber that, in its dried form, is essential to curry powder, has joined the list of...

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrádor (aka AMLO) has announced another rise in the Mexican minimum wage: 20 percent, as...

Recalls of contaminated cantaloupe have dominated produce industry news over the past week. I decided to check in about the...

The desert is ramping up production, and produce prices are here to tell the story. In line with historical trends...

More than once in this column, I have made fun of agriculture’s approach of “telling our story” as a way...

The precision agriculture business Netafim has partnered with Vermillion Growers to build the first large-scale vegetable greenhouse in Manitoba, Canada....

Canadian consumers are already besieged by high food prices. Now the government is pushing to implement a plastics ban without...

The political outlook for 2024 and beyond was the subject of a Virtual Town Hall sponsored by the International Fresh...