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New ways to finance farming is the key to unlocking stability to produce fruits and vegetables. Capital is the fuel that enables all industries to stabilize and grow. Yet fresh produce—one of our most important industries ensuring the health and well-being of billions of people around—has traditionally been starved of this fuel.

The policy change will be carried out over 15 years, with the retirement age for men raised to 63 years, and for women to 55 or 58 years depending on their jobs. Starting next year, China will raise its retirement age for workers, which is now among the youngest in the world’s major economies, in an effort to address its shrinking population and aging work force.

Harris’s pro-oil comment during the debate surprised supporters and opponents alike. Even as she promoted her efforts to boost clean energy, Vice President Kamala Harris said in Tuesday’s debate that the Biden-Harris administration has overseen “the largest increase in domestic oil production in history because of an approach that recognizes that we cannot over rely on foreign oil.”The comment by Harris, a longtime climate hawk who backed the original Green New Deal, surprised supporters and opponents alike — and conflicted with frequent boasts by Harris and President Joe Biden that they are champions in the fight to slow global warming.

Still holding out for a reason to attend Fast Company’s Innovation Festival? Here are 10. We’re just days away from the start of our 10th annual Innovation Festival, which takes over New York City September 16-19. The week is jam-packed with insightful panels, interactive Fast Tracks, informative workshops, premiere dinners at some of the city’s buzziest restaurants, and, of course, dynamic one-on-one conversations with our 10 Most Innovative People of the Last 10 Years.

For his part, Trump dismissed Swift’s Tuesday night endorsement of Harris, saying he was “not a Taylor fan.” Global pop star Taylor Swift’s support for Kamala Harris may have boosted the Democratic vice president’s hopes of attracting young voters, but the question remains: Will the celebrity endorsement make a difference on Election Day?

Many of the tariffs will go into effect on Sept. 27. The Biden administration on Friday locked in steep tariff hikes on Chinese imports, including a 100% duty on electric vehicles, to strengthen protections for strategic domestic industries from China’s state-driven excess production capacity.