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USDA Invests $138M To Assist Agricultural Producers With Climate-Smart Land Conservation Easements
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will invest about $138 million of financial assistance from President Biden’s Inflation Reduction Act — the largest climate investment in history — in 138 new climate-smart conservation easements, through which farmers and ranchers are conserving wetlands,...
Fighting For Food Security – Wish Farms And Publix Super Markets Collaborate For Good Cause
Plant City, FL based berry grower-shipper Wish Farms is proud to announce a collaboration with Publix Super Markets and the Food Bank of Central & Eastern North Carolina. Volunteers from Wish Farms, Publix, and the Food Bank were on hand to distribute fresh produce and present a $10,000 check...
Candystore.com Ranks The Worst Easter Candy Of 2024
Easter morning is like hitting the jackpot for kids, with baskets full of candy that make it feel almost as cool as Christmas. But, heads up—choosing the right candies is key because not everything that was awesome last year still holds up. Check out our 2024 Easter Candy Guide. We've got the...
Apply For The 2024 SEPC Member Scholarship — Deadline April 26, 2024!
Education is one of the key foundations of the SEPC’s mission. Recipients of the SEPC Member Scholarship will each receive $1,500 towards their educational goals for the upcoming school year. Qualified applicants are required to have a parent or grandparent who is a corporate member of the SEPC...
The Highly Anticipated FMI Power Of Produce 2024 Launches At SEPC’s Southern Exposure
The Southeast Produce Council (SEPC) is excited to announce the unveiling of the highly anticipated FMI – Food Industry Association’s Power of Produce 2024 at our Southern Exposure education session on Friday, March 8, 2024. The Power of Produce 2024 is authored by 210 Analytics and made possible...
Scientists ID Sorghum Genes That May Increase Biomass For Biofuel Production
Feature Image: Brookhaven Lab Biologist Meng Xie (L) and postdoctoral fellow Dimiru Tadesse with sorghum plants like those used in this study. Note that these plants are flowering, unlike those the scientists engineered to delay flowering indefinitely to maximize their accumulation of biomass....
Citizen Science Project Leads Volunteers To Healthier Lifestyles
Citizen scientists help researchers collect valid data. But University of Florida scientists wanted to know how citizen-science projects change the volunteers. In a newly published study, a project involving urban gardening led participants to adopt healthier lifestyles. For the study, Catherine...
Faye Westfall Catches Up With Visionary John Shuman
No surprise, John Shuman Made Time To Chat...Head to the center of the Vidalia Growing region in southeast Georgia and you'll find the headquarters of family owned Shuman Farms, a leading grower and shipper of sweet onions. I finally caught up with John Shuman who is one busy guy, especially right...
Avoiding Foodborne Illness – Refridgerating Lettuce Decreases E. Coli Contamination, Researchers Say
Leafy green vegetables are important sources of dietary fiber and nutrients, but they can harbor harmful pathogens. In particular, lettuce has often been involved in outbreaks of foodborne illness across the U.S. A new study from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign examines factors that...