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NIFA forum highlights importance of ongoing organic research
The USDA’s National Institute for Food and Agriculture held a listening session Nov 2. to collect feedback on the organization’s role and research... more »
Botanical Solution Inc. wins award for best new biopesticide
Botanical Solution Inc. has won the Crop Science Award for best new biological product (biopesticide) for its plant-based fungicide Quillibrium. [c... more »
GroPro expands in California and Florida
Due to growing demand, GroPro is pleased to announce the expansion of its storage, manufacturing and packaging facilities in the USA. GroPro, an in... more »
UC Davis to use $6.2 million grant to help protect strawberries from disease
The federal government is awarding $6.2 million to the University of California, Davis to study how to use breeding and genetic information to protect... more »
California farm begins shipping Valencia oranges earlier than last year
California-based A&A Organic Farms has begun shipping organic early Valencia oranges from Mexico about two months earlier than last year. “Be... more »
USDA program allocating $300 million to boost organic farming
A federal program designed to support new and existing organic farmers aims to ease a process growers can find daunting and downright “scary,” acc... more »
Biofriendly expands greenhouse emissions product distribution in Eastern Europe
Biofriendly, an environmental education and technology company, has expanded its Green Plus energy transition fuel into more markets in Eastern Europe... more »
Tuskegee University to use $2 million in grants to advance organic agriculture
Tuskegee University will use a $1 million award from the Foundation for Food & Agriculture Research to create an endowment advancing organic agric... more »
CJ Biomaterials Inc. and NatureWorks join forces on sustainable materials solutions
CJ Biomaterials Inc., a division of South Korea-based CJ CheilJedang and leading producer of polyhydroxyalkanoate, and NatureWorks, an advanced materi... more »
AgroFresh to distribute biological fungicide through new partnership
AgroFresh Solutions Inc., a global leader in postharvest freshness solutions, and Ceradis Crop Protection B.V., a global developer of environmentally ... more »
USDA appoints Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee members
The reappointed and newly appointed members will serve two-year terms beginning immediately and ending in October 2024. Newly appointed members are: ... more »
PepsiCo grants 14 business projects funding to address agriculture challenges
PepsiCo announced its global agriculture accelerator, the Positive Agriculture Outcomes (PAO) Fund, is granting 14 business projects across 11 countri... more »
