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Leveraging the company’s 20-year history of pioneering online grocery delivery of fresh, expertly sourced, high-quality food, FreshDirect’s expert team of food, wine and spirit specialists curated the annual list which forecasts up-and-coming products, ingredients, and influences.

The Southeast Produce Council has just announced an exceptional lineup of speakers for upcoming Southern Exposure: Produce – The Final Frontier. Blasting off March 3-5, 2022, at the Swan & Dolphin Resort in Orlando, Florida, this year’s conference will encompass SEPC Chairman Tim Graas’ platform – Inspiring Innovation Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow.

Consumers can expect food prices to continue to rise. Canada's Food Price Report 2023 predicts a 5% to 7% food price increase in 2023, with the most substantial increases in vegetables, dairy, and meat.

It seems as though members of congress are trying to ensure their place on Santa’s nice list.

Rubicon Technologies, Inc. (“Rubicon” or the “Company”), a leading digital marketplace for waste and recycling and provider of innovative software-based products for businesses and governments worldwide, today announced that it has signed an extended, three-year agreement with Sweetgreen, Inc. (“sweetgreen”), the mission-driven restaurant brand serving healthy food at scale, to continue to help expand sweetgreen’s waste diversion efforts, and provide enhanced account management as the company’s lead partner for waste, recycling, and composting services.

Uber Freight, a leading logistics platform and partner for shippers and carriers, and Aurora Innovation, a leading autonomous vehicle company, have announced the expansion of their autonomous pilot with a new commercial lane between Fort Worth and El Paso. The 600-mile lane across Texas launched in October and is supporting Uber Freight customers as they prepare for the 2022 holiday season.

The board of directors of Equitable Foods Initiative, the multi-stakeholder workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farm workers, retailers and consumer groups, has named Pete Donlon as a new board member.

Santa Maria and Oxnard, California have received 0.50”- 0.75” of rain over the past 24 hours. Another storm is forecast for tonight December 2 through Sunday December 4.

Both the Senate and House of Representatives have approved a measure enforcing the Biden administration’s agreement to settle the rail strike.