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About 85 million Americans are abiding triple-digit temperatures across the U.S. Unfortunately for growers, much of the heat is also...

The Mexican peso has soared in value relative to the U.S. dollar over the past year—24 percent. On July 14,...

Pamela reports from a crowded Organic Produce Summit expo floor, where new products, new growing techniques and CEA made news....

My bathroom scale died on me after 25 years of good service, so I went to Target a couple of...

Inflation in the U.S. slowed in June to its lowest levels in more than two years. The Labor Department reports...

Tomatoes have become unaffordable for many in India, even though they are a mainstay of the nation’s superb cuisine. Usually...

“The world wants Hass,” a man in the avocado business once told me. Yes, it does. If the explosive growth...

For those committed to living a green lifestyle, now there’s an option to continue that once you’re done living.  A...

Agribusiness has seen an increased concentration in the number of participating businesses over the past 30 years, according to a...

By Richard Smoley There are apps for everything these days. Including preventing food waste. In a July 5 press release,...

Produce markets repeat history with a week defined by declining prices. This week marks the beginning of the summer doldrums—a...

At this point, one can exasperatedly wonder what it will take to make the Farm Workforce Modification Act (FWMA) into...

“Forever chemicals”— it’s an expression we’re hearing more and more of these days. They are more accurately known as poly-...

Apparently, in response to last month’s audacity to be, on average, one of the coolest Junes in the last few...

Although they do not meet with universal approval, genetically modified organism (GMO) crops are a permanent part of the agricultural...

In following the produce industry, I’ve always been impressed by the large number of family businesses and the commitment that...

The adverse effect wage rate (AEWR) is one of many features that make the H-2A guestworker program unpopular with growers....

We’ve been hearing a lot about shrink and its prevention, as with Walgreen’s supposedly shrink proof store. What is shrink,...