avocados

California is expected to produce 270 million pounds of avocados this year, down nearly 12% from preseason estimates. USDA’s Economic Research Service reports organic trade reached $3.4 billion in 2021.

California avocado growers are expected to harvest more than 300 million pounds this season. State and federal officials have killed tens of thousands of broiler chickens and turkeys.

Avocados from California are smaller this year and the seasonal harvest is expected to be down by as much as 30% in total pounds.

With California’s wildfire season beginning to intensify, farm groups say they're looking for solutions to a lack of N95 respirators.

Sales of bagged avocados have taken off since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, and suppliers of Peruvian fruit say there’s a couple of reasons why.

Avocados have attracted new crowds in the past year, as the No. 1 fruit item that consumers say they’ve tried in the past year for the first time.

Trump administration are touting China's commitments so far in implementing the phase one trade deal with the U.S., even as the coronavirus has strained relations between the countries.

Certified farmers’ markets are now defined as an essential service for distribution of food supplies. Many of the markets were temporarily closed, have now reopened.

The National Pork Producers Council is calling Impossible Foods' naming of its plant-based products designed to mimic real pork a brazen violation of labeling law.

While consumers' holiday food costs continue to decline, American food producers' incomes have dropped dramatically in recent years.