Vegetables
Peri & Sons Farms receives Sustainably Grown certification
Peri & Sons Farms announced it has recently become the first domestic,... more »
Study: Growing produce in high tunnels reduces losses, extends shelf life
Kansas State University researchers are nearly halfway through a four-year project to learn more about improving the freshness and shelf life of locally-grown produce. Researchers have found produce grown in high... more »
Northeast Small Fruit IPM Working Group publishes strawberry PMSP
The Northeast Small Fruit IPM Working Group has released an updated Pest Management Strategic Plan (PMSP) for strawberry in the northeast. Prior to the 2014 Strawberry PMSP meeting, members of the Northeast Small Fruit IPM Working... more »
New cases in salmonella outbreak linked to imported cucumbers
New cases of illness related to a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to imported cucumbers are still being recorded, according to an update from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Fifty more ill people and two... more »
Project sharpens interest in benefits of vegetable grafting
A sharp focus on the future of vegetable plant grafting is enabling growers, researchers and industry affiliates to map strategy for an expansion of the promising technology in the United States. Those efforts were on... more »
Dole packaged salads linked to listeria outbreak
Dole has stopped all production at its processing facility in Springfield, Ohio, after being linked to a listeria outbreak. Packaged salads produced at the processing facility are the likely source of the outbreak, according to... more »
Price of cauliflower triples in Canada
The price of cauliflower has tripled in Canada, due to problems at home and abroad. Around this time last year, a head of cauliflower could be bought for $2.50 Canadian. Now you can find... more »
Georgia eggplant producers can decrease irrigation usage
Eggplant producers should consider decreasing their current irrigation usage, according to University of Georgia research horticulturist Juan Carlos Díaz-Pérez. Doing so saves water and money. On the UGA campus in Tifton, Georgia, Díaz-Pérez is researching... more »
