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Hurricane Dorian: Florida Tomato Council reschedules conference

An abridged version of Florida’s 44th Tomato Conference, canceled due to Hurricane Dorian’s approach in the Atlantic, has been rescheduled for Oct. 2-3 in a new location.

Sep 05, 2019 by Amy Sowder #Southeast (U.S.), #Florida, #Tomatoes, #Produce (General), #Hurricane, #Produce Crops

EFI certifies Rouge River Farms’ U.S. operations

Rouge River Farms, a sweet corn grower in Florida, Georgia, Virginia and Ontario, has all of its U.S. operations certified by the Equitable Food Initiative.

Sep 03, 2019 by Amy Sowder #Southeast (U.S.), #Produce Crops, #Sustainability, #Sweet Corn

Farmers of the Year include Georgia, Florida produce growers

Georgia peach grower Robert Dickey III and Florida vegetable grower Charles Obern have been named 2019 Farmers of the Year by Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo.

Jul 30, 2019 by Chris Koger #Produce Crops, #Southeast (U.S.), #Organics, #Peaches, #Florida, #Georgia, #POLICY

Wish Farms ready to promote Southeastern blackberries

Berry grower Wish Farms, Plant City, Fla., sees a lively season for southeast blackberries.

May 09, 2019 by Chris Koger #Produce Crops, #Blackberries, #Southeast (U.S.)

The case for food as medicine grows stronger

ORLANDO, Fla. — There’s never been a better time to highlight the inherent health benefits of fresh produce in marketing strategies: Food is medicine, and the science keeps backing it up.

Mar 11, 2019 by asowder #Produce (General), #Florida, #Southeast (U.S.), #SEPC

Tattooed leadership expert captures the crowd at GOPEX

Todd Dewett captured the crowd from the start.

Feb 03, 2019 by Amy Sowder #Produce (General), #Southeast (U.S.), #Florida, #Organics

Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference growers move forward

After a tough year for the southeastern produce industry, more than 3,400 of those growers and packers started the new year afresh at the Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference in Savannah, Ga.

Jan 24, 2019 by Amy Sowder #Produce Crops, #Southeast (U.S.), #USDA