Grimmway Farms has brought on Keri Morrelli as the new product innovation and development director and the Produce for Better Health Foundation has selected Matt Middleton as its new chairman of the board.

Grimmway to leave CA? * Ross calls for legal status * Newsom adds more climate action * Farm groups appeal for PPE, testing

Grimmway Farms may be following through on a threat to leave California due to the high cost of farming in the state.

As students return to classrooms — or return to distance learning — the school lunch program is operating under unprecedented uncertainty, which is set to trickle down to commodities such as dairy and produce that rely on the lunch trays to carry a good portion of their demand. 

Rosie Cornelius announces retirement and Jeff Huckaby is named the Organic Trade Association’s Organic Farmer of the Year.

Fraud, regulatory hurdles and the transition period from conventional to organic farming all present unique challenges for the growing organic industry, but one of its biggest problems is one also faced by conventional agriculture: a lack of enough workers.