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Groundwater regulation: The ins and outs

- Analysis
The New York Times article on water conservation in California’s Pajaro Valley, which I discussed in a previous column, is worth more discussion

Produce stars in Best Diet rankings 

- Analysis
This week, U.S. News & World Report released its 2024 rankings of Best Diets, and fruits and vegetables emerge as the star.

Groundwater issues highlight bigger problems

- Analysis
The New York Times is no doubt aiming for a Pulitzer with its multi-article series on groundwater use in America.

ProduceIQ: Wake up, sleeping giant

- Featured
Although the rest of the world is so over 2023, we have a few more observations from the peanut gallery to digest.

Looking forward and back

- Produce Blueprints
As the start of 2024 races into focus, this is both a season of thanksgiving for what’s been accomplished and a season of hope for what’s to come.

The 2024 forecast for the international fresh produce supply network

- Analysis
Sometimes the longer you look back, the clearer the future can seem. Several issues seem set to dominate the produce agenda in 2024.

Blinken, AMLO meet on immigration

- Analysis
“Significant,” “important” progress was made in discussions on immigration between Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) and U.S. secretary of state Antony Blinken yesterday.

When vegetables get caught up in politics

- Analysis
“There’s only one thing men’s rights activists hate more than women, minorities, and using preferred pronouns, and that’s ingesting anything besides red meat,” writes The Onion. It “asked right-wing men why they refuse to eat vegetables, and this is what they said.”

The Produce Reporter Week in Review – December 28, 2023

- Analysis
Ahead of the new year, Pamela and Greg break down her top five trends for 2024, which ones will have staying power and which will disappear like a forgotten Tik Tok video.

Two pesticide reversals for EPA

- Analysis
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reversed course on chlorpyrifos, a pesticide used on a number of food and feed crops, including fruits and vegetables.