Are we ready for continuing record-breaking warm temperatures and their consequences? According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), March this year was the warmest since records began to be compiled in 1895....More

Most businesses want to catch the latest trend — but Eberhard Müller tries his best to stay several laps ahead of any wildly popular fad. By the time something reaches that stage, it has become a ho-hum yawner to the chefs who are his top customers....More

Since late 2010, desiring to monitor nutrient levels in Florida waters, the EPA has sought to implement its proposed “Water Quality Standards for the State of Florida’s Lakes and Flowing Waters.”...More

Sixty years ago, Victor Guzman came to the fertile muck fields of western Palm Beach County with a clear but broad mission. Then a newly minted University of Florida assistant horticulturist assigned to the Everglades Research and Education Center at Belle Glade, he was directed to find ways to help Glades vegetable growers, however he could....More

The tug-of-war over finite water resources is only becoming more intense. Agriculture must have its portion for irrigation, while industry and municipalities must have theirs....More

Students in Alabama’s public school system could start feasting on locally grown products during their lunch breaks, pending the adoption of new legislation that would benefit the state’s farmers.

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Shoppers across the country crave Georgia’s signature sweet onions, but sometimes they want that sweetness in a smaller package....More

The Alabama Farmers Federation reminds farmers they must begin using the federal E-Verify program for new employees beginning April 1, as required by Alabama’s new immigration law.

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Farm leaders from the Southeast appeared recently before a Congressional Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement to offer their views on improving guestworker programs and insuring a steady workforce for their states’ farmers....More

While the phase-out of methyl bromide has been challenging for many vegetable producers, researchers have been working diligently to come up with effective alternatives, and there is success to report....More

At a press event Feb. 15 at BioFach Germany, European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos for the European Union's (EU) Agriculture and Rural Development and Deputy Secretary Kathleen Merrigan of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, announced the signing of an organic equivalence arrangement between the world's two largest markets for organic food....More

Forget what you thought you knew about supermarkets. How Americans buy food is changing, says Phil Lempert, the self-styled “Supermarket Guru,” a food industry analyst who runs a website by the same name....More