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Upward Farms names vice president of operations
Upward Farms, an organic vertical farming company, has named seasoned supply chain and operations leader Andrew Howell as vice president of operations... continue reading »
US extends full-vaccination requirements for H-2A guestworkers
The Department of Homeland Security announced April 21 that it is extending requirements that non-citizens are fully vaccinated upon entering the U.S.... continue reading »
California Farm Bureau, UC to survey labor impacts
From the Industrial Revolution to the Great Recession, labor markets and the nature of employment itself have been greatly altered during periods of b... continue reading »
Agriculture robotics event coming to Fresno in 2022
FIRA USA, an agriculture robotics event, is coming to Fresno, California, in October 2022. The event is designed to bring together specialty crop g... continue reading »
Square Roots continues Midwest expansion
Square Roots, a technology company in indoor farming, and Gordon Food Service, one of the largest food distributors in North America, have opened a ne... continue reading »
Food safety gets smarter
Driven by ever-strict safety regulations and the need for traceability across the supply chain, food manufacturers are increasingly turning to inspect... continue reading »
Pure Green Farms takes indoor-outdoor approach to leafy greens
Another year passes, and with it, a steady stream of news about greenhouses and other controlled environment agriculture (CEA) operations opening in t... continue reading »
Labor shortages at root of shipping, trucking mandates further issues
On Jan. 6, 2022, there were a record 105 shipping vessels anchored or loitering off the coast of Southern California waiting for openings to dock at t... continue reading »
Solutions to cleaning drain valves
Drain valves comprise up to 20% of all valves in a typical processing plant. However, cleaning them is costly, difficult and time-consuming due to lon... continue reading »
Ocean Mist Farms names director of farming
Ocean Mist Farms, a fourth-generation grower-shipper located in Castroville, California, has promoted Bobby Bellew to director of farming. In his new ... continue reading »
