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F&S Produce buys shuttered New Jersey plant
F&S Produce, which supplies fresh-cut fruits and vegetables, has purchased the former General Mills Progresso Soup plant in Vineland, New Jersey.�... continue reading »
FMI, Nielsen partner for digitally engaged consumers program
Food Marketing Institute (FMI) and Nielsen have formed an analytic alliance to uncover comprehensive insights on the “Digitally Engaged Food Shopp... continue reading »
Packaging advances extend veggie freshness
Eva Almenar, with MSU’s School of Packaging, focused on onions, one of the highest-volume vegetables sold worldwide. Her team’s results, featured ... continue reading »
USDA announces funding for nanotechnology research
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an investment of more than $5.2 million to support nanotechnology research at 11 universities. The univers... continue reading »
Vegetable surfaces can contribute to foodborne illness
Foodborne illness outbreaks do more than make us sick. Not only can the U.S. economy suffer as a result of reduced worker productivity, particular sec... continue reading »
Agricutlure Secretary Vilsack announces US-Cuba ag agreement
While in Cuba, Secretary Vilsack announced that USDA will allow the 22 industry-funded Research and Promotion Programs and 18 Marketing Order organiza... continue reading »
Western Growers donates $1 million to safety research
Western Growers (WG) announced it's $1 million donation to the Center for Produce Safety (CPS) to advance food safety research and develop ready-to-... continue reading »
Report: Organic product sales in the U.S. up 72 percent since 2008
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released the results of the 2014 Organic Survey, which shows th... continue reading »
New York supports food processing technology with $600,000 in funding
New York State Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R-54th Dist., announced $600,000 in state funds to bring a new food processing technology to Cornell’s New Yo... continue reading »
New wash developed for sanitizing fresh produce
An Agricultural Research Service scientist in Pennsylvania has developed a sanitizing wash formulated with natural compounds that could reduce the n... continue reading »
