Producers and Farms

33+ min ago   (755+ words) Sustainability work in our industry has never suffered from a lack of effort. What it has lacked is a common structure, a shared way to talk about progress, compare approaches and place to start. That is the gap the Global…...

6+ hour, 43+ min ago   (320+ words) The Central government has banned the use of paraquat dichloride, a herbicide for summer green gram (moong dal), following which the Madhya Pradesh state government issued an order to this effect on Thursday. Madhya Pradesh agriculture department director Umashankar Bhargava…...

23+ hour, 22+ min ago   (656+ words) HortNZ chief executive Kate Scott says the changes would help secure New Zealand’s food production future and grow export value. She says growers need practical, durable settings that have broad political support and give the certainty needed for long-term investment....

6+ hour, 37+ min ago   (131+ words) BUCKS COUNTY, PA — Thanks to its customers, Owowcow will be donating $6,000 to local fruit tree farmers who continue to recover after being hit hard by a late freeze that devastated their crops earlier this year. Throughout the summer, the Bucks…...

13+ hour, 44+ min ago   (681+ words) People remember moments, flavors and traditions. Fruits and vegetables have the unique ability to connect all three. Seasonality is often synonymous with freshness, flavor and availability, but people experience it as something else entirely: hot mulled cider while walking through…...

15+ hour, 16+ min ago   (274+ words) A longstanding Dutchess County nonprofit runs a thriving CSA program and donates thousands of pounds of farm-fresh produce to needy neighbors every year. Steps from the classrooms and dorms of Vassar College, on 15 acres of fertile, reawakened farmland that was…...

19+ hour, 48+ min ago   (19+ words) FOX 29 Philadelphia Drew Checks out the Pine Barrens Cranberry Farm....

23+ hour, 46+ min ago   (406+ words) Deccan Herald Srinagar: With rain, gusty winds and possible hail forecast in Kashmir, apple growers are stepping up harvesting efforts, hiring additional labour and extending working hours to gather the remaining crop before weather conditions deteriorate.In apple-growing areas, the…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (378+ words) Sometimes an odd-looking squash or other vegetable shows up in the backyard garden. There a few explanations for that. Vegetables Not True to Type Seeds saved from hybrid cultivars will not "come true" (resemble "mom") when planted out the following…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (677+ words) The Eastern and Southern Africa Small-scale Farmers’ Forum (ESAFF) Uganda will host the second National Agroecology Festival in Soroti City. The festival, from October 15–16, will bring together farmers, policymakers, researchers and development partners to discuss sustainable farming, food security and…...