A Fruitful 2021 Awaits Apples

A Fruitful 2021 Awaits Apples

Apples are ready for their year in the limelight. As if healthy-eating resolutions weren’t going to boost early demand for the original superfood, the United Nations gave it another lift by announcing 2021 as the International Year of Fruits and Vegetables. This comes...
Barley Beyond the Brew

Barley Beyond the Brew

EverGrain, an ingredient startup backed by beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev, launched two barley-based products that bring new life to spent brewing grains.    As they say, one person’s trash is another person’s treasure. With sustainability in mind,...
USDA’s Cross-Country Move Conundrum

USDA’s Cross-Country Move Conundrum

It was controversial then. It is controversial now. In 2019, you likely remember when two arms of the USDA, the Economic Research Service (ERS) and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA), were moved out of Washington, D.C. to Kansas City. The move was...
A Berry Careful Growing Season

A Berry Careful Growing Season

There’s a fine line between the risk & reward of a promising strawberry season in Florida. And with the potential of losing millions of dollars of crop, growers are on high alert to cold spells in the Sunshine State like they were the last week of December. But...