An immigration law in Florida that went into effect July 1 is already exacerbating the state's previously challenging labor situation, especially for the agricultural and construction industries.

The law — SB 1718 — includes a $1,000 per day fine for employers who repeatedly fail to verify employment eligibility and makes it a felony for unauthorized people to knowingly use a false identification to obtain employment. Non-compliant businesses are also at risk for the suspension of all licenses until the noncompliance is resolved.

California Giant Berry Farms named Steven Halliday of Gordon Food Service as the winner of the 2023 Chef Invitational. Halliday won the title of California Giant Berry Farms’ Top Chef with his dish: red Thai berry chicken curry with blueberry lemon rice.

In addition to the prestigious title of Top Chef, the chef semi-finalists had the chance to win the People’s Choice vote. The website received an overwhelming response to this voting option, crowning Chef David McGurn as the People’s Choice Chef with his recipe, congee with brulee berries and quick berry pickles.

SpartanNash recently achieved a significant milestone in its collaboration with technology company Flashfood. In its first three years, the company and the app-based marketplace have successfully diverted an impressive 1 million pounds of food waste and saved families $1.9 million on their groceries.

Reducing food waste and providing affordable access to nutrition are key elements of SpartanNash's environmental, social and governance strategy, which aims to promote healthy lives and well-being for all.

Much has changed at D’Arrigo New York over its 75-year history of serving the New York City area’s produce needs.

Back at its founding, the company could get by offering a basic assortment of fruits and vegetables to fulfill the needs of its customers. Today, D’Arrigo New York, a privately-held company that operates out of the Hunts Point Market in The Bronx, needs to focus on the demands of more than 1,500 retail and foodservice customers and dozens and dozens of different ethnic groups in order to stay ahead of the curve in the diverse and vibrant metro New York marketplace.

Greenhouse grown vegetables are grown indoors in an ideal, perfectly controlled environment. This means that they are available year-round and have consistent quality and taste.

In April, New York state hit a big number in its increasing effort to protect dwindling farmland.

The question is whether what the state government is doing, and what many other states are also trying to accomplish, is enough to reverse a trend that is seeing much of the nation’s farmland in jeopardy of being sold and turned into something else.