The Produce Reporter Week in Review – September 15, 2023

Get Pamela’s on-the-ground coverage from SEPC’s Southern Innovation in Charlotte, and Greg has just returned from a few days at the IFPA Washington Conference, where the farm bill...

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September 15, 2023

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – September 15, 2023

Get Pamela’s on-the-ground coverage from SEPC’s Southern Innovation in Charlotte, and Greg has just returned from a few days at the IFPA Washington Conference, where the farm bill and produce prescriptions were hot topics.

SEPC releases What’s New? consumer research at Southern Innovations

Store Check: Lowes Foods, Harrisburg, NC

IFPA releases produce prescriptions video for medical community

Produce prescriptions work

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