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Search for Taste Leads to Rediscovering Old Tomato Varieties
Heirloom tomatoes aren't just "the old kind" like your folks grew in the garden when you were really young. They may be old, but many are unfamiliar to you or anybody you know. They could... 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 »
Local Farmer Trying Different Methods of Growing Veggies
Mike Burnette of Burnette's Farms can't stand a watered-down tomato. The Clanton Advertiser more »
Tomato Growers See Bright Spot
California processing-tomato growers, after suffering years of low prices and two consecutive seasons of crop-damaging weather, find their prospects a bit brighter this year. Recordnet.com more »
UI Study Finds Two Vegetables Team Up on Cancer
Broccoli and tomatoes have shown cancer-fighting qualities in a number of studies, but a new University of Illinois study indicates that they work even better together in curtailing the growth of prostate cancer. The News-Gazette more »
Fresh Vegetable Harvested Acreage Up 2 Percent
The prospective area for harvest of 11 selected fresh-market vegetables during the winter quarter is forecast at 183,900 acres, according to USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service. This is 2 percent above 2005 and 3 percent... more »
Haygrove Tunnels Winners Announced
Haygrove Tunnels and Great American Publishing (The Fruit Growers News and The Vegetable Growers News) combined efforts to kick off Haygrove's North American advertising campaign by giving away a pair of one-half-acre tunnels. Growers entered... more »
Florida Tomato Pickers, Taco Bell Reach Agreement
In what they called a precedent-setting move, fast-food industry leader Taco Bell Corp., a division of Yum! Brands, agreed to work with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers (CIW) – a farm worker organization – to... more »
SCALA Fungicide Gains EPA Registration
SCALA fungicide has been registered by the EPA. With this registration, fruit, nut, vegetable and grape growers throughout the United States have a new fungicide that provides a high level of preventative control against a... more »
