Midwest

Registration set for 2021 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Virtual School

Registration is now open for the 2021 Southern Illinois Fruit and Vegetable Virtual School scheduled for Feb. 10, starting at 8.m. Register here. Once you have registered, you will receive an email with the link... more »

Specialty Crop Webinar Series offered by Ohio State University Extension

Ohio State University Extension in Warren County is offering a webinar series as a replacement for the 2021 Southern Ohio Specialty Crop Conference that was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Website Address for Registration: https://warren.osu.edu... more »

Living Greens Farm expands its market reach in Midwest

Living Greens Farm (LGF), the largest vertical, indoor aeroponic farm in the US that provides year-round fresh salads, salad kits, microgreens and herbs, announced the addition of significant new retail distribution of its products in the... more »

Midwestern organic growers’ interest in day-neutral strawberries surveyed

Researchers are asking the upper Midwest’s organic growers about their interest in growing day-neutral strawberries. Unlike strawberries that produce a burst of fruit for a few weeks – in the upper Midwest, it’s late June –... more »

Purdue Extension offers vegetable farming webinar series

Vegetable farmers are invited to attend the Purdue Extension Vegetable Farming Webinar series sponsored by the Indiana Horticultural Conference and Expo. The series will be held virtually 2-4 p.m. (ET) on Feb. 3, 10, 17 and 24. Experts... more »

Professor receives NASA Early Career award to help astronauts grow vegetables

When in space, astronauts typically eat dehydrated, nutrient-dense food, but when it comes to longer space missions, that can become a problem as they’ll eventually lack nutrients from fresh vegetables. However, one chemical and biomolecular engineering professor... more »

Jamie Zmitko-Somers new ag development division director in Michigan

Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development Director Gary McDowell announced Jan. 12 the selection of Jamie Zmitko-Somers as the department’s new Agriculture Development Division Director effective Monday, Jan. 25. “Anybody who has had the... more »

Glen Tellock to retire from Lakeside Foods; Joe Yanda promoted to CEO

Glen Tellock, president and chief executive officer of Manitowoc, Wisconsin-based Lakeside Foods Inc., has announced his intention to retire later this year. Succeeding him will be Joe Yanda, current chief operating officer. “After five years... more »