The University of California, Davis is leading an effort to establish the California Center for Food Safety, to help make food safety education more accessible to growers across the state. The new center is working with Extension and non-governmental organizations like the Community Alliance with Family Farmers to reach farmers of all sizes and types […]

The Shared Kitchen Toolkit provides best practices, expert insights, and practical tools for shared kitchen operators, to help kitchens thrive. This newly updated 2nd Edition replaces the 2017 original and reflects the latest industry trends, challenges, and solutions, making it the most comprehensive guide available for launching, managing, and growing a shared kitchen. The resource […]

National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA) announced that its members passed an action item at the nonprofit organization’s Winter Policy Conference, supporting the United Nations’ resolution declaring 2026 as the International Year of the Woman Farmer. The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution in May 2024, declaring 2026 as the International Year of […]

American Farmland Trust (AFT) and Sol Systems announced an agrivoltaic initiative aimed at growing Kernza® perennial grain under solar panels at the Eldorado Phase II project in Illinois. The partners aim to advance agrivoltaics by demonstrating the viability of Kernza grown under solar panels and exhibit how American farmland can support both clean energy generation […]

Students for Stewardship, an ecology-based community service organization at Clemson University, has developed a food forest on campus, reports The Tiger. With funding from local agricultural projects and more than 1,000 hours of student work, the group created Hunnicutt Food Forest, where they will plant a variety of edible, medicinal, and native plants this spring […]