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Student plant breeders tweak new variety of jalapeno popper pepper
Student plant breeders at UC Davis are getting closer to releasing a new variety of jalapeño pepper designed to elevate a popular appetizer dish. Nearly 10 years ago, students launched a project to breed a pepper with the taste and texture of a jala... more
Sweet potatoes: Proper curing improves quality, shelf life
Sweet potatoes are not very sweet when they are initially harvested, Shaun Francis, Extension horticulture specialist for the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, said. Farmers should cure their sweet potato crop for a period of time to enhance the ... more
FreshEdge’s Michigan footprint expanded by Vine Line deal
Vine Line, a fresh produce distributor located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Vine Line operates out of a 67,147-square-foot state-of-the-art facility built in 2013. The addition expands FreshEdge’s footprint further into Michigan and provides space... more
Proterra Ag Inc. launches, introduces HYPERroots product
Proterra Ag Inc. formally launched Oct. 12 its new company that exists to achieve the impossible in sustainable agriculture. With expertise in farming, bioscience and engineering, Proterra Ag invents technology and bring to market products that red... more
Sweet corn yield gain over 80 years leaves room for improvement
New research from the University of Illinois shows sweet corn, when planted at high densities, has steadily increased in yield since the 1930s. The historical view underscores the importance of planting modern density-tolerant hybrids at their opti... more
Houston, we have a pepper
Recently, the four chile pepper plants growing aboard the International Space Station in the Advanced Plant Habitat (APH) bore fruit – several peppers, in fact. Peppers developed from flowers that bloomed in the Advanced Plant Habitat on ... more
Leadership team advisory group part of EFI’s board of directors
Equitable Food Initiative, the workforce development and certification organization that partners with growers, farmworkers, retailers and consumer groups, has announced the formation of its leadership team advisory group as a standing committee of E... more