Smart strategies for healthier crops
Virginia Tech’s Doug Higgins to lead disease management sessions at 2025 Great Lakes EXPO During the 2025 Great Lakes Fruit, Vegetable and Farm Market EXPO, Doug Higgins, assistant professor... more »
Full Belly Farm balances the practical with the ecological
Diversification and sustainable growing practices are key elements in the recipe of success for Full Belly Farm, which grows a large mix of fruit, vegetables and nuts in California’s picturesque Capay Valley west of Sacramento.... more »
Bedner Growers: Popular South Florida agritourism, farm market destination
Agritourism and farm markets have helped Bedner Growers survive and expand as a South Florida vegetable growing operation in its fifth generation. Based in Boynton Beach, Florida, the Bedners grow a variety of vegetables, including... more »
UF sweet corn researcher awarded prestigious academic honor
University of Florida (UF) horticultural sciences’ Marcio Resende has received a distinguished academic appointment. Resende, an Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) assistant professor of corn and potato... more »
From seed to store
When Banny Oakes started a produce stand in South Florida in the 1930s, he likely could not have foreseen that his no-frills business would grow into the largest independently owned agribusiness in the region. Under... more »
Idaho Gold: Soil health big focus of women-owned sweet corn seed grower
Favorable growing conditions, including climate, altitude, degree days, and water, support longer seasons for crop production at Chris Gross Farms in southwest Idaho. The woman-owned and -operated farm grows sweet corn seed and other crops... more »
Chicago farm market’s success
Goebbert’s Farm, a northwest Chicago suburb farm market operation, has been selling fruits and vegetables since 1948. Goebbert’s Farm, based in South Barrington, Illinois, sells a large variety of fruit and vegetables, including cabbage, cucumbers,... more »
GFVGA leader Charles Hall dies
Charles Hall, the former executive director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA), has died. Hall, 74, died Jan. 20. Hall was GFVGA’s executive director since the association was organized in 1996. Though... more »
Improving soil health focus of Organic Grower Summit session
Regenerative agriculture practices align with organic standards, emphasizing climate-friendly practices and soil health. In 1985, a decade or so after he started farming, Scott Park realized something had to change. “We started realizing that our... more »
Illinois Foundation Seeds expands reach, acquires Del Monte’s sweet corn genetics
Illinois Foundation Seeds, Inc. (IFSI) has acquired the sweet corn genetics portfolio from Del Monte Foods, expanding its global services in vegetable processing. The acquisition supports IFSI’s growth strategy, while advancing innovations in sweet corn... more »
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