Strawberries
Wish Farms takes advantage of Florida strawberry season
Wish Farms, national produce grower, shipper and year-round supplier of strawberries, announced that Florida’s strawberry season is off to a good start. This season, Wish Farms is focusing on flavor and the consumer eating experience, expanding... more »
Quebec berry growers tout innovative approaches
One of the leading horticulture researchers in Canada hosted a farm stop during the North American Strawberry Growers Association’s (NASGA) summer tour. Grower Andre Gosselin, a professor of horticulture at Laval University in Quebec City,... more »
Florida scientists: Strawberries are not genetically engineered
University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences researchers want the public to know that they do not use genetic engineering to breed commercial strawberries; in fact, commercially grown strawberries worldwide do not use... more »
Luna fungicide receives label expansion
Luna fungicide is now approved for use on a wider range of fruit, tree nut and vegetable crops in California. “This label expansion offers key fungicide options to horticulture growers in California,” said Bayer Product Manager Joel... more »
Vertical Designs receives permit to build vertical strawberry farm
Vertical Designs has received permits to build a vertical farm producing strawberries under the license agreement with Affinor Growers. Construction will begin in early 2017 and currently in the process of finalizing purchase orders required to... more »
Strawberry production systems thrive in Quebec
Strawberry production on Île d’Orléans, an island near Quebec City, Canada, was on full display in mid-August during the North American Strawberry Growers Association’s (NASGA) Summer Tour. Île d’Orléans is known as the “Garden of... more »
Hurricane Matthew disrupts North Carolina strawberry planting
I have been talking this morning with several very large producers in Eastern NC, and the decision they’ve made is to “hold up” on punching plant holes, and delay all planting until this weather system... more »
Pesticide predicament for California’s strawberry growers
The powerful fumigant methyl bromide will be retired from California’s strawberry fields at the end of this year after more than 20 years of fierce debate over its effects and alternatives. According to new research... more »
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