Chris Blanchard says that food safety matters. “With fresh vegetables, we are the last step before product actually goes in somebody’s mouth,” said Blanchard. “Much of what we produce, the customers are taking home and either minimally processing it (washing and slicing) or putting it straight in th...

Retired Cornell Cooperative Extension Berry and Small Fruit Specialist, Steven McKay, owner of Micosta Enterprises, is making a difference for berry and small fruit producers in the Hudson Valley and surrounding area. “We’re value-added in a big way!” attests McKay. McKay purchases berries and small...

The Lewis B. Rome Commons at the University of Conn, in Storrs, CT was the site of the Sustainable Landscape Conference. This conference was designed for the landscape and horticultural professionals and given the diversity of the target groups it is certain that everyone came away with very useful ...

How does a plant pest whose existence was not chronicled before 1858 in England, cross the Atlantic Ocean 158 years later to land on a farm in Lancaster County, PA? That is the travel history of the allium Leaf Miner. This pest, native to Poland and Germany, first spread across Europe into Turkey, R...

The Rhode Island Fruit Growers’ Association held its annual dinner and business meeting March 23, 2016 at the RI Farm Bureau offices in West Greenwich, RI. Dr. Angela Myracle from the University of Maine’s School of Food and Agriculture presented research she has done on the health benefits of vario...

In areas with large populations of particular ethnic groups, the demand for the fresh vegetables typically used in their cuisine can be huge. These customers are looking for sources of fresh, traditional vegetables they are familiar with and know how to prepare. Do your homework before you plant, th...

Recently the UConn Extension team of Jude Boucher, Extension Educator and Joan Allen, Assistant Extension Educator serving as plant pathologist, presented informative sessions designed to bring growers up to speed regarding the latest in control measures against the wide range of pests. The common s...

by Emma Garrison, Bilingual Agricultural Safety Educator, The New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health Each year, more and more farm owners welcome eager and curious visitors onto their farms. The nation’s agritourism industry has grown significantly in recent years, mostly in response t...

Pawpaws, the country’s largest edible native fruit species, are gaining in popularity with consumers, and if your CSA or local farm market needs something different to appeal to customers, pawpaws may just be the ticket. Pawpaws are a local delicacy. They store only two to three days at room tempera...