Vegetables
A kraut company reinvents itself for the 21st century
Sauerkraut may not be sexy, but it’s got staying power. GLK Foods is proof of that. The company set out to corner the sauerkraut market when it made the strategic choice to grow and become... more »
PMA Impact Awards honor produce packaging
Seventy-one submissions from 57 companies vied for five 2015 Produce Marketing Association (PMA) Impact Awards: Excellence in Packaging. Winners of the 2015 Impact Award announced at the Friday general session of PMA Fresh Summit in... more »
AgMRC, MarketMaker plan food mapping tool, resources
Finding food-related businesses and related educational information on a single website will soon get a lot easier. Thanks to collaboration between the Agricultural Marketing Resource Center (AgMRC) and MarketMaker, an interactive mapping tool and enterprise-specific... more »
New guide offers bee identification, conservation tips
“Bees of the Great Lakes Region and Wildflowers to Support Them” is a new Michigan State University Extension publication that provides an overview of the diverse community of wild and managed bees across the Great Lakes region.... more »
Schopf brothers’ love of scaring people pays off
Jim Schopf has always loved scaring people. As kids, he and his brother Gene would make straw tunnels in the barn. They’d invite friends to crawl through the tunnels and find ways to frighten them.... more »
LGMA launches hand washing app
The California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement has launched an app, available on iTunes for iPhone and iPad, designed to help train field workers on how to properly wash their hands while on the job. “Handwashing... more »
Penn State plans third annual BioControls School
Penn State University Extension is sponsoring the third annual BioControls School Nov. 5-6 at Lancaster Farm and Home Center in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Effective biological control of insects, mites and diseases is now both practical and... more »
New vegetable research center aims to rebuild Texas produce industry
The Rio Grande Valley Vegetable Research and Education Building, part of the Texas A&M AgriLife Research and Extension Center at Weslaco, was dedicated today toward helping Texas regain its dominance of the vegetable production industry.... more »
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