Sarah Frey, founder and CEO of Frey Farms, has been appointed a member of the National Agriculture Campaign Advisory Council (NCAC) for Congressman Glenn Thompson, US House Committee on Agriculture Chair.

The report shared that food and agriculture industries and their suppliers contribute over $8.6 trillion to the U.S. economy.

Produce grower-shipper NatureSweet has launched a pilot program, ‘Unleashing Your Power,’ to provide education to agricultural workers.

Mintec Ltd. has acquired AgriBriefing, a business publisher and provider of market information to stakeholders in the poultry, egg, meat, seafood, plant protein and related segments of the food industry.

The Meat Science and Animal Biologics Discovery (MSABD) program at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences will host a Meat Snacks Short Course from Feb. 7-9.

US farmers received 4.5% more for their goods in November than in October, the US Department of Agriculture said in its latest Agricultural Prices report. 

Hardy County, W. Va.-based poultry farm Oak Tree Farm recently upgraded its property by installing nearly 1,400 solar panels.

FAS is distributing the funds through the Market Access Program (MAP) and the Foreign Market Development (FMD) Program.

Perfect choices may not exist as the food and beverage industry strives to operate more sustainably.

“Sustainability is a driving force both of our purpose and our growth strategy,” said Juan R. Luciano chairman, chief executive officer and president of ADM, in an Oct. 25 conference call with analysts to discuss the company’s third-quarter financial performance.