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Edible Garden Advances Sustainable Produce Category With Patented Greenhouse Technology and Zero-Waste Inspired Mandate

The company’s proprietary farming management software system monitors plants 24/7 along with all supply chain variables to optimize growth, traceability and food miles.

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Plenty Secures $140M in Series D Financing Round

To date, Plenty has raised over $500 million, making it the leader in sustainable, indoor vertical farming.

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Driscoll’s and Plenty Agree to Grow Strawberries Indoors

Together, the two companies will work to bring flavorful strawberry varieties to market, leveraging the benefits of a controlled growing environment while also creating opportunity for berry expansion.

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Emerging Technologies

NIFA Invests Over $7 Million in Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Other Cyberinformatics Research

U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)

National Institute of Food and Agriculture has awarded 12 grants totaling over $7 million to initiate research on big data analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, and predictive technologies.

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Waste Reduction

Preservation Tech is Key to Eliminating Food Loss and Waste

Food loss and waste currently causes an estimated $1 trillion in economic losses globally each year.

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Pork Industry Makes Gains in Sustainability

As America’s pig farmers continue to fight back from the negative impact of COVID-19 and the ups and downs of markets and bad weather.

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Impact and Corporate Investors Catalyze $4.4M for the Reduction of Pesticides to Meet Demand for Sustainable Farming Practices

Kubota Corporation

Pests destroy approximately 14% of all annual crop production each year.

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Outbreak of Cyclospora Infections Linked to Bagged Salad Mix

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CDC, public health and regulatory officials in several states, and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration icon (FDA) are investigating a multistate outbreak of Cyclospora infections linked to bagged salad mix.

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Pacific Trellis Fruit / Dulcinea Farms Joins The Movement to Build The World’s Safest Food Supply Chain Adopting The Free iTrade Traceability Campaign

Data from a yearlong pilot with a major industry buyer showed that suppliers adopting iTrade traceability increased their trading volumes by an average of 55 percent in just 12 months.

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PMA launches the Essentials of Produce Safety

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The Produce Marketing Association (PMA) has announced the launch of its e-learning certificate course Essentials of Produce Safety, an entirely online, affordable and in-depth program covering the key challenges and best practices in produce safety.

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Software Solutions

How Video Surveillance Helps Tighten Physical Security at Grower-Packer-Shipper Facilities

After installation, the packing facility now has access controls at all doors and access points, along with physical security cameras for surveillance.

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Emerging Technologies

Kvarøy Arctic to Use IBM Blockchain to Trace Norwegian-Farmed Salmon to North American Stores

Kvarøy Arctic will enable corporate buyers, including select restaurants and Whole Foods Market stores in the United States and Canada to scan a QR code, which will provide a provenance history for the Arctic salmon and the feed it was raised on.

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