The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will conduct a referendum April 3-May 1, 2023, on proposed amendments to the federal marketing order regulating the handling of oranges, grapefruit, tangerines, and pummelos grown in Florida.

Notice of the referendum was published in the Federal Register on Jan. 18, 2023.

Over one hundred sixty-five thousand (165,000) students in two hundred and seventy-nine schools in Hawaii will benefit from the Local Food to Schools co-operative grant. This grant project links three USDA programs “The Local Food for Schools Cooperative program” (LFS), “Bringing the Farm to School Producer Training” (BTFP), and the “Team Nutrition School Meal Recipe Development Project “(TNR).