Warmer temperatures signal that spring is here and in full bloom, and if there is one meal that celebrates the flavors of spring it is brunch. What’s not to love about brunch anyway? It combines the best of both breakfast and lunch and invites us to slow down and...
Bigger, more bountiful, better flavor, pest, drought and cold resistant - precision breeding is transforming the fruits and vegetables farmers bring to our tables. Here, we take a look at three distinct programs and their efforts to help farmers feed the world.Florida...
Dr. Marion Nestle is a renowned nutrition professor at NYU and Cornell. She follows-up on food industry funded research to present a clearer picture of the results and their trustability. Do the claims the industry makes actually hold up under review? Keep an eye on...
As professionals encouraging people to enjoy more fruits and vegetables, we all know vegetables can be a bit more of a challenge than fruit. Here are some of my best tips for helping people make vegetables taste so good that they’ll actually want to eat them!How To...
Across the globe, people are increasingly turning to greenhouses and indoor vertical farms to grow commodities. The systems use far less land than conventional farms, thereby drastically reducing some environmental impacts, University of Florida researchers say. They...
Research shows that eating more fruits and vegetables is important not just for physical health, but also for mental health. This extends to feeling great about caring for the earth by understanding the sustainability story of choosing fruits and vegetables first....
Total container trade up 18.5 percent, rail volumes up 22 percent; rail dwell time is less than one day on imports, delivering supply chain velocity.The Georgia Ports Authority handled 436,000 twenty-foot equivalent container units in March, for an increase of 18.5...
As winter fades into memory, FoodTrients, the premier food, health, and wellness website, welcomes the vibrant resurgence of spring with open arms and a palate primed for the season's freshest offerings. While today’s food markets may offer a semblance of year-round...
Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller provided an update on the confirmed presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) found in diagnostic samples from dairy operations in Texas and Kansas. Diagnostic samples of unpasteurized milk from affected cattle...
Research made possible by $650,000 USDA-NIFA grantA team of agricultural economists from the Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station was awarded $650,000 by the National Institute of Food and Agriculture to study women farmers in the Southeast. “Part of it is that we...
