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IFPA urges Congress to tackle labor, regulatory, and economic crises in produce

WASHINGTON, Feb. 26, 2025 – The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) BB #:378962 today urged Congress to take bipartisan action...

1 month ago 5 minute read

IFPA leader to testify at Senate Ag Committee meeting

Bret Erickson, senior vice president of business affairs at J&D Produce Inc. BB #:124521, Edinburg, TX, will testify on behalf...

1 month ago 1 minute read

The Farm(workers) Bill: It’s about much more than farms

The Farm Bill is often thought of as a policy that solely impacts farmers, but its implications go much further,...

5 months ago 5 minute read

It’s a labor issue not immigration

WASHINGTON, DC – One of the produce industry’s most pressing needs is a legal, stable workforce. For decades, that’s been...

10 months ago 4 minute read

A new feel for this year’s IFPA Washington Conference

For long-time attendees of International Fresh Produce Association’s BB #:378962 Washington Conference, the 2024 edition should feel new in several...

10 months ago 3 minute read

Farm bill update: House ag committee passes its version

The U.S. House of Representatives Agriculture Committee passed its version of the farm bill on May 23. The Republican-led committee’s...

10 months ago 4 minute read

IFPA’s statement after Congressional WIC funding vote

WASHINGTON (March 6, 2024) – The International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) BB #:378962, the largest and most diverse international association...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Independent grocers ask Congress to oppose SNAP restrictions

Washington, D.C., Feb. 21, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The National Grocers Association (NGA) BB #:163424, the trade association representing the...

1 year ago 2 minute read

IFPA calls for member action to demand wage relief

January 25, 2024 Washington, DC – International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 has announced support for the Supporting Farm Operations...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Congressional letter reflects angst over AEWR

A letter sent to Congress on January 11 urging a freeze on increases in the adverse effect wage rate (AEWR)...

1 year ago 4 minute read

House members send bipartisan letter requesting H-2A visa guestworker wage freeze

Washington, January 11, 2024 — Today, Congressman Bill Huizenga (R-MI) was joined by 74 of his colleagues on a bipartisan...

1 year ago 8 minute read

Legislators hit at Kroger-Albertsons merger

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

1 year ago 3 minute read

Farm bill could be pushed back to 2025

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

1 year ago 4 minute read

A look at IFPA as lobbyist

Mollie Van Lieu of the International Fresh Produce Association (IFPA) BB #:378962 has coauthored an op-ed piece for U.S. News...

1 year ago 4 minute read

Looking beyond the immigration stalemate

The British weekly The Economist is one of the world’s most influential news magazines. Despite its manifest oddities, it is...

1 year ago 3 minute read

Produce procurement act: past and present

People in the industry may find something familiar in the Fresh Produce Procurement Act introduced in Congress last week. That’s...

2 years ago 3 minute read

Fresh Produce Procurement Reform Act introduced in Congress

September 20, 2023 – Washington, D.C. – International Fresh Produce Association BB #:378962 is applauding Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and...

2 years ago 3 minute read

What’s at stake at the Washington Conference

While it’s not an election year, there is plenty for the produce industry to influence in the nation’s capital. The...

2 years ago 3 minute read
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