Search Results for: Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
Virtual format planned for 2021 Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention
The 2021 Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention will be held virtually during the week of Feb. 8, 2021. Normally over 2,400 fruit, vegetable... READ MORE »
Hort prof named to federal committee on minority growers
Elsa Sánchez, professor of horticultural systems management in Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences, has been appointed to serve on the U... READ MORE »
Ernest L. Bergman dies in Pennsylvania
Ernest L. Bergman of State College, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association life member and Penn State University Professor Emeritus... READ MORE »
Director of Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station steps down
Gary Thompson, associate dean for research and graduate education and director of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Experiment Station in Penn State's ... READ MORE »
National Association of County Ag Agents Hall of Fame cites Hamilton
George Hamilton is more used to dealing with outbreaks of insects and crop disease than with an outbreak of a pandemic. Hamilton, a field speciali... READ MORE »
2020 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention Jan. 28-30
About 2,200 fruit and vegetable growers and other industry persons from throughout the mid-Atlantic region and beyond will be gathering at the Hershey... READ MORE »
Active Pennsylvania grower Tim Weiser dies at 69
Timothy Lee Weiser, age 69, of York Springs, died Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019, at his home. He was born Aug. 14, 1950, in Carlisle, the son of the late M. E... READ MORE »
Vegetable pathology professor receives Excellence in Extension Award
Beth Gugino, professor of vegetable pathology in the Department of Plant Pathology and Environmental Microbiology in Penn State’s College of Agri... READ MORE »
Pennsylvania vegetable group loses life member Jack Grace
Jonathan “Jack” Grace, a Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association (PVGA) life Member, died May 17 at the age of 82 after a five-year battle with... READ MORE »
Wet season challenges growers in eastern US
Growers from Wisconsin to Pennsylvania are hoping for sun this summer after rainy days during 2018 led to trouble with plant disease and lower yields.... READ MORE »
