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My Top Ten changes for retailers in 2012
Over the last few weeks, I have read various articles and blogs on the changes we can expect over the next 12 months. Very few of those reports have b... READ MORE »
U.S., Europe reach organic agreement
The European Union and the United States recently announced that beginning June 1, organic products certified in Europe or in the United States may be... READ MORE »
Drip irrigation frees up more land for Idaho growers
Onion growers are continuing to increase their reliance on drip irrigation in southwest Idaho, according to Mike Thornton, the superintendent of the S... READ MORE »
Genome sequencing furthers knowledge of pathogen
The various species of bacteria in the genus enterobacter may be painfully familiar to you. Enterobacter cloacae, the best known of the genus, is a ca... READ MORE »
SNAP transactions can make growers more money
If you're a retail farmer you should consider accepting SNAP purchases. It's a simple, inexpensive way to potentially increase your sales.That sentenc... READ MORE »
Listeria hysteria
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), there were 29 reported deaths from last fall's listeria outbreak. As of November, C... READ MORE »
Prison labor works for Colorado growers
With talk of farm-labor shortages across the country, can prisoners fill in the gap?Earlier this year, officials in Georgia and Alabama suggested usin... READ MORE »
Penn State helps build Philadelphia high tunnels
The Department of Horticulture at Penn State University and Philadelphia County Cooperative Extension, through funding supplied by two USDA Specialty ... READ MORE »
E-Verify contributes to labor shortages across the country
Congress hadn't passed mandatory E-Verify as of late October, but the threat that it might do so lingered over the country's fields and orchards for m... READ MORE »
Mechanization, imports might solve worker problem
The value of California's fruit, nut and vegetable crops was $20 billion in 2009, almost 60 percent of the state's farm sales of $35 billion. Californ... READ MORE »
