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A leading berry producer and an innovator in indoor food production are joining together to produce strawberries in a controlled environment.

A major trade association is taking steps to recognize the efforts of school lunch programs that encourage fruit and vegetable consumption in their meals.

Jovan Djordjevic has joined the UC Davis Seed Biotechnology Center as the new education director and Ocean Mist Farms has hired Jesse Lopez as commodity account manager.

Some big 2021 unknowns persist, including how COVID-19 will continue to disrupt markets and demand, whether government payments will continue to be robust and whether or not U.S. farmers can pivot to gathering more of their income from the marketplace.

Hemp industry stakeholders are pushing for regulatory certainty as one of the crop's chief byproducts gains in popularity and interest from a curious consumer base. 

A new effort from the World Resources Institute is designed to identify dishes with a lower carbon footprint on restaurant menus.

USDA sets Oct. 30 signup deadline for disaster aid * USDA works to speed farm payment processing

ARB held one of the first discussions on implementing the governor’s ban on gas and diesel vehicles.

Expanding carbon offsets in ag * A microgrid for ag * Perdue told to make reimbursement * Ag groups lay out priorities for Biden, Trump * New incentives for soil health