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November 30, 2025
On Nov. 12, President Donald Trump signed the Congressional bill that will fund the U.S. government into the new year, ending an unprecedented 42-day ...
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by Kelsi Devolve 
November 30, 2025
Over the past few years, there’s been a lot of uncertainty when it comes to the environment. With droughts, floods, fires, heat waves and other extrem...
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by Courtney Llewellyn 
November 30, 2025
Not all scientific research is done in a sterile lab setting or in carefully planted test plots. Some of it is done on plates, with forks and knives. ...
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by Courtney Llewellyn 
November 30, 2025
The American palate is ever expanding, and that’s thanks in large part to the wide variety of immigrants who now call the U.S. home. In bringing the f...
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by Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
November 30, 2025
“The only way to have insect- and disease-free boxwoods is to use Buxus plasticus,” Joe Boggs joked. (Only a plastic boxwood – Buxus taxonomically – c...
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by Enrico Villamaino 
November 30, 2025
Here’s a topic that’s as colorful as it is crucial for nursery production: the potential of colored shade materials to control hydrangea growth. Dr. E...
Courtney Llewellyn 
May 1, 2026
Russell Wallack of Breadtree Farms and Brian Caldwell of Hemlock Grove Farm discussed commercial organic chestnut production, marketing and processing...
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by Sonja Heyck-Merlin 
May 1, 2026
Alby and Heather Brandon own and operate Brandon Family Farm in West Kingston, RI. It’s a certified organic diversified vegetable farm with about 15 a...
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by Kelsi Devolve 
May 1, 2026
The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers hosted a webinar recently focusing on flower growers interested in expanding their business by selling...
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by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant 
May 1, 2026
While helping develop a farmers market in Skowhegan, Maine, in 2007, Amber Lambke discovered a perplexing problem: many producers’ value-added product...