The U.S. Food and Drug Administration will be collecting leafy green samples from mid-September through October 2022. Multi-disciplinary experts will be looking at the sanitary design of harvest equipment and how field production and processing…

The California Department of Food and Agriculture reports that farmers produced $51.1 billion of agricultural products in 2021. That’s up 3.6 per cent from the previous year. The statistic is a significant achievement in the face of record-breaking…

A big purple tomato promises to fight cancer and heart disease. The product of gene editing by Norfolk Plant Sciences in the U.K., it’s now been green-lighted by the United States Department of Agriculture, allowing seeds to be planted in 2023.

The Pear Bureau Northwest estimates the 2022-23 fresh crop to be 16.2 million standard box equivalents. Harvest will pick up in early to mid-September for Bosc, Green and Red Anjou varieties.

After years of lobbying the Food and Agriculture Organization, the World Potato Congress has announced success for an International Potato Day. The first one will be held May 30, 2024.