Search Results for: Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association
First commercial tomato variety released by Penn State
The first commercially released variety resulting from Majid Foolad's tomato breeding program at Penn State University is being released by Johnny's S... READ MORE »
Penn State launches FSMA information website
Penn State Extension recently launched a new Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) information website and will be organizing several FSMA educational... READ MORE »
2017 Mid-Atlantic Convention set for Jan. 31-Feb. 2
The 2017 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention will be held Jan. 31 to Feb. 2 at the Hershey Lodge and Convention Center in Hershey, Pennsylvani... READ MORE »
MAFVC engages Spanish-speaking farm workers, farmers
Since 2009, Penn State Extension has hosted a full-day session at the Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention (MAFVC), taught completely in Spanis... READ MORE »
Better tomato nutrition for improved packouts
Producing the greatest quantity of the highest quality tomatoes (peppers too) requires careful attention to production details.Packable tomato yields ... READ MORE »
Managing bacterial spot in tomato
Bacterial spot is becoming an increasingly devastating disease of tomato in the mid-Atlantic region. Not only can the pathogen directly damage the fru... READ MORE »
Orzolek stepping down from Penn State duties
After more than three decades as a professor of vegetable crops at Pennsylvania State University, Mike Orzolek has retired.Not that he'll stop complet... READ MORE »
New president wants to strengthen grower, buyer connections
Drawing on his own experience, the new president of the Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association plans to use his new position to help the state's v... READ MORE »
Amos Funk Dies
Amos H. Funk, a farm preservationist of national stature, died Sunday at Lancaster Regional Medical Center. A Lancaster resident, he formerly lived in... READ MORE »
Southwest Florida’s Worden Farm manages challenges
Land stewardship and mentoring other growers is an important part of operations at Worden Farm. Owners Chris and Eva Worden, who started the business ... READ MORE »
