Christopher Ranch, the Gilroy, CA- based company that is the leading garlic producer in the United States, has significantly increased its California production of organic garlic and the firm is now selling only garlic grown in the United States in the Christopher Ranch label.

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In 1972, organic grower Carlos Cortes partnered with a client and brought the first commercially grown organic bananas to the United States. Twenty-eight years later, Cortes’ daughter and her husband, Mayra and Manuel Velazquez de León, started Organics Unlimited with the mission of providing premium quality organic bananas and other tropical fruit to the United States. 

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With diversity a major topic in the United States, “Eat Global … Cook Local” was the theme of the Fourth Annual Food Lab Conference at Stony Brook Southampton. The conference, held on September 14-15, sought to explore the role of immigration, assimilation and acceptance in community food systems; the influence of culture and heritage on the foods we eat today; the power food has in bringing communities together; and the effect of different methods and processes in large-scale food production.

By Jenn LaVardera, MS RD

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Certified Crop Advisors and Pesticide Crop Advisors will have an opportunity to earn training and educational credit through a series of educational sessions at the upcoming Organic Grower Summit (OGS).

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1. Organto Launches Year-Round Organic Avocado Farm
2. Former Whole Foods Board Chairman Joins Concentric 
3. Elliot Coleman, Famous Author & Researcher, Shares His Organic Farming Experience
4. The Climate Change Mitigation Potential of Organic Agriculture
5. Sustainability More Than A Buzz Word For Organic Companies

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