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Veggie diagnostics: The latest on nematodes, tillage and herbicide injury
Identifying alternate hosts for nematodes, using shallow tillage to reduce weed pressure and correctly identifying herbicide injury are important topics for vegetable growers.
Irradiation an option for vegetable processing, food safety
Food irradiation technology has been around for more than 50 years to kill pathogens, although it’s not used widely throughout the processing industry.
Great Lakes EXPO speakers to cover labor environment
At this year’s Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable & Farm Market EXPO, several sessions will focus on the agri-labor market.
Here’s a preview of what you can expect from those sessions.
The do’s and don’ts of selling in public markets
Public markets are great places to sell specialty crops, but they come with their own challenges.
Author describes the economy, ecology of small farm decision-making
Michael Madison shares what’s worked for him over the last 30 years in a new book from Chelsea Publishing: “Fruitful Labor: The Ecology, Economy, and Practice of a Family Farm.”
Best in the Midwest: Centennial farm excels in open-field tomato growing
The family farm has roughly 2,400 acres under cultivation, and tomato plantings make up less than 10 percent of the farm’s total area. But it was excellence in open-field tomato growing that was recently recognized by its processor, Red Gold.
Farmers’ markets can grow with VegU approach
The USDA Farmers Market on the National Mall is a “living laboratory” for farmers market operations across the country.
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