Farmers Markets generate nearly $3.16 million in sales
Delaware farmers’ markets recorded nearly $3.16 million in sales in 2021.
It was the second-highest sales year on record for Delaware’s farmers’ markets.
A return...
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Analysis: Mountaire Selbyville workers get benefits boost after union is voted out
Poultry processor Mountaire has rolled out enhanced benefits after the United Food and Commercial Workers local was voted out of the company's only unionized...
Mountaire Selbyville employees vote to remove union
Mountaire employees who are members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 27 union voted to remove the union Thursday.
The mail-in ballots were...
Corteva dives into farm gaming
Good afternoon,
It turns out that there is more to down on agricultural gaming than Farmville.
Over the weekend, the Farming Simulator World Championship was held....
$2 million in federal seed funding going to state food system program
A $2 million investment in seed funding will establish the First State Integrated Food System Program.
This new program, which will be developed by the Delaware...
Kenny Family Shoprites mark 25th anniversary
Kenny Family ShopRite Stores of Delaware (Delaware Supermarkets Inc.) marked its 25th year in business with a Mural Ribbon-Cutting event earlier this month at their...
DC group files suit against Georgetown chicken waste to biogas plant
Washington, D.C.-based Food and Water Watch has filed a lawsuit that seeks a judicial review of a renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Sussex...
State announces program calling for a new tree for every Delawarean
On Tuesday, Gov.John Carney launched a new program that aims to plant a tree for every Delawarean as part of the state’s efforts to...
Mountaire announces union decertification vote
According to the National Labor Relations Board, employees at Mountaire’s Selbyville processing plant will get the chance to vote on keeping United Food and...
Canadian fertilizer company executive named Corteva’s CEO
Chuck Magro was appointed as Corteva's new CEO, effective Nov. 1. He will also join Corteva’s Board of Directors.
Magro previously served as CEO of...
Update: Monsanto successor Bayer says AG’s lawsuit appears to be ‘without merit’
Delaware Attorney General Kathy Jennings filed a lawsuit this week against Monsanto and two corporate spinoffs.
The lawsuit seeks to recover damages and cleanup costs...
Deadline nears for joining Delmarva Chicken Assn. electric buying group
Delmarva Chicken Association invited new and current members who are Delmarva Power customers to join its next Electric Buying Group, with a deadline to...
Carney signs Clean Water bill
Gov. John Carney Thursday signed into law House Bill 200, the Clean Water for Delaware Act.
HB 200, sponsored by House Majority Leader Valerie Longhurst,...
Artesian now treating wastewater from Allen Harim’s Harbeson plant
Artesian Wastewater Management, Inc. is now treating wastewater from Allen Harim, allowing full operation of Artesian’s Sussex Regional Recharge Facility (SRRF).
It follows the settlement...
Cecil County preserves another 236 acres of farmland
An additional 236 acres of prime agricultural land is now permanently protected in Cecil County through the Maryland Agricultural Land Preservation Foundation.
The property, owned...
The Warehouse marks launch of clean energy, vertical farming education initiative
Community leaders gathered this week at The Warehouse in Wilmington to welcome three new clean energy technologies as part of the Energize The Warehouse...
Corteva commits to greenhouse gas reduction
Corteva, Inc. announced its intention to become a more carbon-efficient business. In its inaugural 2020 Sustainability Report, the company detailed a commitment to set “science-based...
Colonial pipeline cyberattack leading to spike in oil prices
Delaware and Maryland drivers are seeing pain at the pump as with gas price averages increasing at least seven cents in many areas, Wilmington-based AAA...
Poultry processor Allen Harim agrees to sewage plant order, $150,000-plus fine
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control announced the signing of a conciliation order with Allen Harim Foods, LLC. DNREC also levied...
