TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Department of Agriculture today announced the overall winner of the 2022 #JerseyFreshisBest social media photo contest as Kimberly English, a professional artist in Salem County who uses her artwork to advocate for farmers and young farmer education. The winning photo featured a shot of a sunset in the background […]

RICHMOND, Va. — AeroFarms held a ribbon cutting today to officially begin operations in a nearly 140,000 square-foot indoor farming facility. The state-of-the-art facility will employ more than 158 employees and supply flavorful, safe, indoor-grown lettuces and specialty leafy greens to major retailers throughout the Mid-Atlantic. The new facility is located in Cane Creek Centre, […]

BROOKLYN, N.Y. — NY MilkLaunch, a dairy-based product innovation accelerator focused on fueling demand for dairy among Gen-Z consumers in New York State, has selected SPYLT as the winner of its second annual competition. SPYLT has been awarded $150,000 worth of support to scale its product in the market. Eight expert judges from top organizations […]

ALBANY — Governor Kathy Hochul announced that Every Body Eat was named as the $1 million grand prize winner of round three of the Grow-NY food innovation and agriculture technology business competition, which is focused on enhancing the emerging food, beverage and agriculture innovation cluster in Central New York, the Finger Lakes, and the Southern Tier. […]

CENTENNIAL, Colo. — The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) is pleased to announce that Carrie Behlke is the winner of the 8th annual National Anthem Contest, sponsored by Norbrook. Behlke will sing the National Anthem at the 2021 Cattle Industry Convention in Nashville, Tenn., during the Opening General Session on Aug. 10, as well as […]