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Produce “prescriptions,” which provide vouchers to low-income people for purchasing fruits and vegetables, work, according to a new study published...

Hurricane Lee, a powerful storm, is on the Atlantic horizon. Forecasters are still uncertain if the storm will stay offshore....

Health Reporter has released its state-by-state ranking of nutritional well-being across the United States. I thought it would be interesting...

Everybody knows and regrets that many fruits and vegetables begin to spoil after harvest, but why do they? A research...

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

The murderous summer has drawn new attention to heat safety for farmworkers. “Occupational heat-related mortality is 35 times higher among...

The California fresh fruit industry – like so many commodities in the Central Valley – has contended with a season...

WIRED has recently posted an informative article on greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture. “Agriculture is a big source of emissions,”...

Hurricane Idalia dropped significant rain in Georgia and throughout the Southeast. Although Idaia made landfall in Florida as a Category...

Toyota has gotten into growing strawberries and cherry tomatoes. Two of the auto maker’s plants in Japan have set up...

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

Debates about exactly what constitute “waters of the United States” (WOTUS) for regulatory purposes will probably never end, and maybe...

Like Mr. Putin’s effort in Ukraine, the great offensive against meat has stalled. Alicia Kennedy’s new book No Meat Required...

Agribusiness owners thinking of selling their company—whether to explore new endeavors or enjoy more leisure time—often look to family members,...

With the farm bill set to expire at the end of September, Congress will be under pressure to pass something...

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

In case you avoided the internet all weekend, the tropics are ablaze with activity. Storms on the West and East...

Blame my odd sense of humor. When I see the words “human foods,” I think of the product that is...