Tomatoes/Peppers
Conference Takes Agriculture High Tech
Social networking. DNA testing. Digital information management. What do these have to do with raising tomatoes? DemocratandChronicle.com Click here to read the rest of the story. more »
Local Farmer Experiments with Growing Indoors
The fourth generation farmer in Hastings is part of an experiment with the University of Florida. He is commercially growing tomatoes in a 6,000 square foot greenhouse. First Coast News Click here to read the... more »
Berks Farmers Say Market for Heirloom Vegetable Varieties Is Fertile Ground
James Weaver is a trendsetter. Long before heirloom vegetables became popular, the Maxatawny Township farmer was growing tomatoes and peppers saved from seeds passed down for generations. Reading Eagle Click here to read the rest... more »
Growers Getting Desperate in California Water Crisis
Like a lot of growers on the western side of California's San Joaquin Valley, Joe Del Bosque has had to cut back on his plantings. Water shortages forced him to fallow roughly half his 2,300... more »
New Charges Filed in Tomato Industry Fraud Case
Another former SK Foods executive has been charged in Sacramento federal court, the latest expansion of a sprawling case of fraud, bribery and price fixing in the tomato-processing industry. The Sacramento Bee Click here to... more »
Work Never Stops at Heritage Prairie Farm
By now, most of us have picked the last tomatoes from our gardens, uprooted the shriveled zucchini vines and canned that last jar of peach jam. Chicago Daily Herald Click here to read the rest... more »
Syngenta Seeds Opens Pasco Facility
More than 100 Syngenta Seeds Inc. employees and community leaders gathered Oct. 28 at the company's Pasco, Wash., vegetable seed processing facility to celebrate its grand opening. The Pasco facility is located on approximately 40... more »
Mhonpaj’s Garden
It's a long way from the tropical highlands of Southeast Asia to the temperate prairie of central Minnesota. But while the physical climate is a lot frostier in Minnesota, the political climate has been warmer... more »