Produce Program News Today

With House Republicans pushing for significant cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, several House Agriculture Committee members urged additional support and funding to strengthen SNAP within the farm bill reauthorization during a Feb. 14 hearing with USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack.

PLATTSBURGH — Despite the rainy and smoky summer, the Plattsburgh Farmers’ and Crafters’ Market has stayed busy.

Vermont farmers facing back-to-back weather events this growing season, including damaging floods last week and even unexpected frosts in May, are looking to Congress for some help.

Vermont farmers facing back-to-back weather events this growing season, including damaging floods last week and even unexpected frosts in May, are looking to Congress for some help.

Vermont farmers facing back-to-back weather events this growing season, including damaging floods last week and even unexpected frosts in May, are looking to Congress for some help.

During the American Frozen Food Institute’s (AFFI) Government Action Summit on May 9-10, leaders and executives in the frozen food industry met with Congressional representatives and staff to discuss the potential reorganization of the FDA’s food division and promote the passage of the Supporting All Healthy Options When Purchasing Produce (SHOPP) Act.

Kristen Tool, a Lanesborough farmer, started a produce delivery program for seniors to respond to supply gaps during the pandemic. Now that fears of the virus have subsided, the program

Heres where people displaced by Siskiyou County fires can get short- and long-term assistance.

The Canadian Produce Marketing Association announced the participants for the 2022 Passion for Produce Program in Montreal.

University of Illinois Extension efforts add 64,000 pounds of fresh produce to central Illinois tables.