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Cool weather tightens domestic supply and ups overall produce prices. For the second week in a row, a winter storm...

My family and I are Americans, so it logically follows that we are food faddists. Our cupboards reveal our sorties...

Many have observed the resemblance of certain fruits and vegetables to the private parts of human beings, and some have...

USDA’s Pesticide Data Program has just released its report for calendar year 2021. The PDP surveys pesticide residues in food...

Greg and Pamela lament the lack of progress on labor reform from Congress this week, but there’s plenty to celebrate...

When I think of the cuisine of America’s heartland, I think of an old-time home-cooked meal: pot roast or chicken,...

With the holidays fast approaching, I thought I would offer my Christmas Wish List for the produce industry. At the...

The produce industry did not get what it wanted for Christmas. What it wanted: passage of the Farm Workforce Modernization...

What’s the most popular grocery chain in the United States? 7-Eleven BB #:105528, according to a recent YouGov poll. The...

Christmas came a bit early for Florida manatees this year. Florida Fish and Wildlife is continuing its program to save...

I can’t help of thinking of some scene in one of those old CBS rural sitcoms. A bunch of guys...

A bipartisan compromise bill for immigration reform appears dead, according to news reports, but a separate, smaller farm worker bill...

The numbers of workers employed on fresh fruit and vegetable farms declined from 2019 to 2021, according to a study...

I remember meeting Don Christopher, the garlic mogul, once. But it was only a handshake 35 years ago. Christopher died...

As we explore the future of farming in this online series, I’m replaying in my mind the field tours I’ve...

The biggest news in the industry this fall is the staggering price hike in vegetables that was recorded in November....

Despite the blizzard warnings in effect for many places in the U.S. this week, we still have a little more...

I don’t remember the first time I heard someone in agriculture say that “we should be telling our story,” but...