Title Image: Pictured here on his Carroll, Ohio farm in 2022, is soil health and cover cropping pioneer David Brandt, who passed away on May 21, 202,3 from injuries sustained in a vehicular accident. Credit: Joe Dickie, Understanding AG On May 21, 2023, the world lost...
Title Image: Credit - Tyler Jones, UF/IFAS Luminous yellow squash, bright red turnips and blooming artichokes are just a few of the crops that were grown this spring in the Horticultural Sciences Teaching Garden, an experiential learning garden for students. The...
American Farmland Trust (AFT) has named Sam Smidt as National Director of Land Use and Protection Research to develop and implement the organization’s land use protection research agenda. Among his duties, Smidt will lead the Land Use and Protection Research...
The Canadian Produce Marketing Association (CPMA) is pleased to announce Colin Chapdelaine as the 2023-2024 CPMA Chair following his appointment during the Board Meeting held concurrently with the 2023 CPMA Convention and Trade Show. Colin brings to this role broad...
TITLE IMAGE: Target spot of tomatoes in the field at the UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center. Courtesy, Edgar Sierra, UF/IFAS. University of Florida researchers may have found the key to developing tomatoes that can resist a catastrophic disease....
In April of 2018, we first reported that China was buying up U.S. farmland at an alarming rate — from investments of $300 million annually in 2009 to more than $3 billion per year in 2016. By the end of that year, China owned more than 1300 U.S. agricultural, forestry...
Rabobank recently published its World Avocado Trade Map, charting global avocado production, consumption, and trade. In the next few years, avocado trade will continue to grow, but the market will be more competitive, forcing operators to be not only more efficient,...
Been to a restaurant lately? If you have, you have probably seen a “Small Plates” section on the menu. But, have you ever tried to make one? The Complete Small Plates Cookbook by America's Test Kitchen not only gives you recipes, but lessons regarding the different...
TITLE IMAGE: Because the Splenda® Stevia Farm is fully, vertically integrated, Splenda can oversee every step of stevia production, from crop propagation to extraction of sweet glycosides (sugars) from the leaves. Photo Credit: Splenda® Stevia FarmSplenda’s unique...
Ocean Mist Farms, the leading grower and marketer of fresh artichokes in North America, announces the launch of its annual spring promotion conveying the health and nutrition benefits and accolades of their famous Gold Standard artichokes. The Gold Standard Giveaway...
