Vegetables
Valent BioSciences highlights sustainability projects
Valent BioSciences LLC dedicated a new prairie park and solar field adjacent to its manufacturing facility in Osage, Iowa. The company also opened ... more »
Humble Hands Harvest supports new growers
Hannah Breckbill of Humble Hands Harvest in Decorah, Iowa, produces about 30 types of vegetables, fruit, nuts and grass-finished lamb on 22 acres. ... more »
Summer brings organic production levels up
More organic fruit and vegetable production is coming online in the Eastern U.S. with the start of summer, according to the Organic Produce Network's ... more »
Longtime Little Bear Produce employee dies
Yvonne Morales, a longtime Little Bear Produce employee, died on June 20. She was 70. Morales, who joined the Edinburg, Texas, grower and shipper o... more »
Farm Robotics Challenge winners named
A robot designed to reduce farmworker injuries and streamline harvest took the top prize in the Farm Robotics Challenge 2023. The challenge spotlig... more »
Fresh Produce Association challenges Florida tomato growers
The Fresh Produce Association of the Americas (FPAA) is challenging Florida growers’ calls to end the 2019 Tomato Suspension Agreement. On June 1... more »
California organic fruit in full swing, vegetables heat up across U.S.
Organic fruit from California is plentiful, with strawberries, stone fruit, cherries and mandarins with good availability and organic greens and lettu... more »
GrubMarket supports organic initiative with CCOF partnership
GrubMarket has formed a multi-year partnership with California Certified Organic Farmers (CCOF), a nonprofit organization that advances organic agricu... more »
