50th Anniversary
Farming memories: Barb Radewald worked in Michigan vegetable industry for decades
Barbara Radewald was a “city girl” who married a farmer, grew to love agriculture and the people who practiced it and ended up becoming a leader in the vegetable-growing industry. Now 83 and retired, she says... more »
Farm labor harder to find than it was 50 years ago
Five decades ago, there was a sea change in the world of agricultural labor – and ag employers are still feeling the ripples today. It started in 1960, when CBS aired “Harvest of Shame.” The... more »
Vegetable Growers News turns 50
Vegetable Growers News is celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2016, and after looking through five decades of old issues, I am amazed at how much the industry has changed – and at the same time,... more »
National farm women’s organization has seeds in Michigan
After growing up on the family farm in Coloma, Michigan, Kim Schmuhl went away to college to become a teacher. She returned with a teaching certificate – and a realization that she didn’t want to... more »
50 years later: Number of farms has dwindled, yields have increased
According to the U.S. Census of Agriculture, there were 131,653 U.S. farms growing vegetables (excluding “Irish” potatoes and sweet potatoes) on about 3.3 million acres in 1964. Forty-eight years later, there were 72,045 farms growing... more »