Strawberries
Pennsylvania Leads Nation in Rescuing Farmland
It wasn't Jane Gordon Fletcher's fault she got rich. Over the years since her birth in 1901, the value of the family farm near Malvern, Penn., just kept rising as people pressure from Philadelphia, 24... more »
FDA Releases Final Rule on Nutrition Labeling
If an apple a day keeps the doctor away, perhaps we should eat a bigger apple. That seems to be a conclusion American consumers have reached. One of the most noticeable changes in the Food... more »
Oklahoma Farm Shows Kids How Things Grow
Search the Internet with the phrase "starting a farm" and you'll be given 37 million pieces of advice. Weeding out the good advice from the bad and the practical from the impossible seems as though... more »
Life’s Simple Pleasures Get Harder to Derive
Writing about fruit and vegetables is, for me, made doubly satisfying because I try to practice some of what I preach. I have a large garden and a small collection of fruit trees, and I... more »
Funding Cutbacks Force North Carolina Extension To Be Creative
This is the third story in a series about the future of Extension. Mary Helen Ferguson just got a job as a county agent with North Carolina Cooperative Extension. It's the first step in her... more »
Cloned Food Products? We Just Call Them Potatoes
As the new year began, FDA proclaimed that products such as meat and milk from cloned animals are safe for human consumption. A person with a science-based education might wonder why anyone would think such... more »
Agritainment Requires Patience, Personality And People Skills
Before you decide to specialize in agritainment, you need to ask yourself one question: Do I have the personality for it? Patience and self-control are the two most important qualities you need when dealing with... more »
Going to Strawberry Fields
It's the final stretch for the Sturdivant family's first strawberry growing season. The Daily Tar Heel more »
Bountiful Crop Expected for New Strawberry Season
Tax season is also strawberry season in Georgia, and this year, growers expect a bountiful supply. The Gainesville Times more »
Strawberry Growers Gather at Food Safety Summit in Monterey
At a time when E. coli contamination is a concern for just about everyone, suggestions were flying at the Food Safety Summit for strawberry growers on Tuesday. Santa Cruz Sentinel more »
Current Issue
Shifting labor landscape: Actions spark optimism for long-term reform
Rodent attack: How growers can battle rat, squirrel, gopher damage
Optimization of row covers in organic systems: Mesotunnels and muskmelons
Hydroponic farming: Great Lakes Growers’ sustainable lettuce growing
GLEXPO: From research to real-word solutions
Owyhee’s Idaho-Oregon onion, asparagus legacy
Fresh Views: Sustainability helps farming
Protecting the plate: Why sound science must guide nation’s health policy
Farm Market & Agritourism: Improving your farm market performance
Ag Labor Review: A light at the end of the tunnel
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