Leafy Greens
Student Hopes to Grow His Career, and Lettuce, Hydroponically
Josh Scott is a University of Arizona entrepreneurial student and mechanical engineer who wants to be a lettuce farmer. Arizona Daily Star more »
Urban Growers go High-tech to Feed City Dwellers
Terry Fujimoto sees the future of agriculture in the exposed roots of the leafy greens he and his students grow in thin streams of water at a campus greenhouse. San Francisco Chronicle more »
IR-4 Continues to Generate Herbicide Registration Data
Registering an herbicide for use on a specialty crop is a long, involved process. A federally funded program, the Interregional Research Project Number 4 (IR-4), has been shepherding that process since 1963. IR-4's mission is... more »
Partnerships Help New Mexico Farm
The Mesilla Valley Maze and Lyles Family Farms is a rarity in New Mexico: A farm that's open to the public. Unlike other parts of the country, where farm markets, pumpkin patches, corn mazes and... more »
Containment System is Totally Tubular for Organic Growers
When drought, weeds and contaminated topsoil conspired to kill Tom Buehrle's wildflower garden, he came up with an idea he thinks has the potential to revolutionize the organic vegetable industry. It started with a piece... more »
Ohio Tour Highlights Buurma Family Vegetable Farm
A few weeks ago, I took part in the North American Strawberry Growers Association's (NASGA) summer tour in Ohio. Bus tours might be the best way to explore a state's rural countryside and see how... more »
Ensuring Food Safety Carries High Price Tag
If it wanted to, the leafy greens industry could zap away Escherichia coli O157:H7 with a quick dose of irradiation. The Herald more »
Luna Circle Farm Keeps its Owner Busy
On the road toward a master's degree in accounting, Tricia Bross took a detour and arrived at a somewhat different destination. Now a grower and marketer of organic vegetables and herbs from her small Wisconsin... more »
California Water Crisis Threatens its Fruit and Vegetables
Ron Jacobsma, general manager of the Friant Water Authority, called it a "double whammy" on California's water supply: A record drought that started last year and shows no sign of stopping, and a court-ordered reduction... more »
Going High-tech may Zap Some Germs off Produce
Could food producers literally squeeze the salmonella out of a jalapeno? Or zap the E. coli from lettuce without it going limp? baltimoresun.com more »