Category: Food Safety
Tips to prepare for filing taxes
Tax season is here and it’s time for producers to file taxes for their operations. To help navigate the challenges of tax filing, USDA has partnered with experts to provide tips and resources for taxes related to USDA programs.
Produce Traceability Initiative adds FSMA guidance
The Produce Traceability Initiative has updated its website to include traceability information related to the Food Traceability List.
California workforce summit extends discount registration deadline
AgSafe workforce summit, labor, agricultural safety, farm managers, supervisors, labor contractors, ACTIVATE24,
AI boosts inspection capabilities
Neolithics, an artificial intelligence (AI) agritech company, is launching Neolithics Light, an automated, portable produce inspection system.
USDA reminds specialty crop growers on-farm food safety expenses application deadline
USDA Food Safety Certification for Specialty Crops program assistance U.S. Department of Agriculture on-farm food safety program expenses
Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention includes organics
Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, North American Strawberry Growers Association, State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, Maryland State Horticultural Society, New Jersey State Horticultural Society, Virginia State Horticultural Society, Penn State, University of Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Extension
$3.5 million grant aids organic growers in food safety efforts
The University of Rhode Island and The Organic Center, along with co-investigators from three other universities, were recently awarded a $3.5 million USDA Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) grant to help reduce food safety barriers for organic specialty crop growers.
EFI fills staff positions
Equitable Food Initiative EFI farmworkers
USDA initiative to improve specialty crops, organic competitiveness
USDA Specialty Crops Competitiveness Initiative U.S. Department of Agriculture Specialty Crop Research Initiative
SE Regional growers conference registration opens
Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference Georgia Fruit & Vegetable Growers Association Georgia Peach Council
USDA extends specialty crop grants deadline
USDA Specialty Crop Multi-State Program
The Organic Center to research food safety, climate, pest issues
The USDA’s Organic Agriculture Research and Extension Initiative (OREI) research program is awarding The Organic Center almost $900,000 for four new projects.
Longtime apple leader Lee Showalter plans to retire
Lee Showalter, a longtime apple industry advocate, fruit grower and Rice Fruit Company’s grower services manager for more than 13 years, plans to retire at the end of the year.
LGMA adds Western Growers’ food safety data sharing initiative
LGMA Western Growers California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement GreenLink data sharing food safety
Traceability solution offered by iFoodDS, IBM
IFoodDS and IBM are collaborating on a tech-enabled traceability solution to help companies across the food supply chain address the FDA’s Food Traceability Rule.