An organic industry watchdog contends the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has quietly allowed a flood of hydroponically-produced fruits and vegetables, largely imported, to be illegally labeled and sold as "organic." This produce is ...
Tags: Cornucopia Institute, USDA
For a lot of U.S. farmers, a relevant number may have passed unnoticed this year. The USDA reveals that China imported a volume of 84,000 tons of sorghum in 2011/2012. Just two years later, during the 2013/2014, the Asian giant imported 3.4 ...
Tags: Sorghum, US growers
Tesco has signed a five-year deal with Spain-based AMC Group for the supply of citrus fruit. Under the five-year deal, AMT Fruit, a business dedicated to Tesco has been created. AMT Fruit Ltd will supply lemons, limes, satsumas, ...
Plains Cotton Growers (PCG) informed that cotton in the United States is considered some of the least contaminated in the world market. To maintain that reputation, growers and ginners are encouraged to employ techniques that avoid foreign ...
Tags: PCG, cotton, free cotton, NCC, textile