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Boston’s Little Leaf Farms plans 10 acres under glass

A fast-expanding leafy greens operation outside Boston is another example of how consumers buying local are supporting new regional growers of leafy greens. Thirty-five miles west of Boston, Little Leaf Farms this spring celebrated doubling its gr... more

Smith served vegetable council with distinction, confidence

Dave Smith retired as executive director of the Michigan Vegetable Council (MVC) on March 31, 2018. Greg Bird was selected as his successor and the MVC’s office was moved to Mason, Michigan. Dave was recognized during the 2018 Great Lakes Fruit, V... more

FarmWise unveils autonomous vegetable weeder

Agriculture technology startup FarmWise has unveiled an autonomous vegetable weeder it says can help growers reduce their herbicide use as well as reliance on labor. The FarmWise machine drives over rows, detects weeds in the soil, cuts their root... more

UGA urges growers, ag workers to fight pepper weevil

Pepper weevils are such a threat to Georgia’s pepper crop that University of Georgia vegetable entomologist David Riley said Georgia farmers and agricultural workers should immediately kill any weevils found on fruit, equipment or clothes. This ye... more

UC Davis builds $1.5M irrigation for agricultural field research

UC Davis recently boosted its agricultural research capabilities with major irrigation infrastructure improvements on 300 acres just west of Highway 113. The upgrades include five miles of new underground PVC piping, a pumping and filtering station a... more

Pocono Organics market to target NASCAR fans, ski tourists

Many a farm owner has sought to turn a local produce market into an agritourism destination. A rarer story is the entrepreneur who already owns a major tourism destination and is now seeking to add to it an organic farm and large produce market. A... more

A Q&A with Mike Stuart of the Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association

You could say he started at the bottom and worked his way up. More than 40 years ago, before Florida Fruit & Vegetable Association (FFVA) CEO Mike Stuart started working for specialty crop growers, he was a produce merchandiser at a grocery st... more