Griffin Greenhouse Supplies and Tom Marting, the director of sustainable solutions at the HC Companies , recently hosted a webinar discussing the new plastic regulations in the industry. Marting is described as an expert in understanding what’s happening in the world of plastics and the regulations ...

Antimicrobial resistance is one of the major concerns in human and veterinary medicine today. A variety of agricultural activities may contribute to this issue, especially when wastewater is used for agricultural irrigation. Dr. Daniel Ashworth, research soil scientist with USDA-ARS, has been resear...

Agricultural activities can be dangerous if safety is not taken seriously. As the weather becomes nicer, farms will be offering activities for families of all ages to attend. The Childhood Agricultural Safety Network (CASN) recently hosted a webinar to discuss the importance of keeping families safe...

Hello, farm family! Last week, a couple farmers were sharing their feelings about spraying chemicals on their apples when one exclaimed, “It doesn’t matter! It has to be done.” That broke my heart. Behind that statement I heard “I’ll do whatever is best for the crop, because that’s what good farmers...

GARLAND, NC – Billy Augustine looked around one of the high tunnel grow complexes on his farm in Bladen County in eastern North Carolina, surveying three acres’ worth of romaine lettuce. “Who else’s got green produce in North Carolina in early February?” he asked. Augustine is under 40 and already a...

The manner in which people seek for and purchase what they want has forever changed, noted John Kennedy, speaker, author and strategist of BoomerWrangle LLC . The COVID shutdowns accelerated everything. But the way people shop now is not a replacement for human interaction. Leading a session at the ...

The bane of any grower’s work outdoors, from planting to germination to growth to harvest, is weeds. They can be rather determined when it comes to competing for light, water, space and nutrients. There are people out there who focus solely on how to manage them. Jared Hoyle, Ph.D., a turf and ornam...

“I’m sure that when you started farming, you were really excited to also become social media managers, right?” Erika Tebbens opened her joint marketing session at the 2024 Great Lakes Expo to laughs around the room. Tebbens is the director of impact for Taste the Local Difference , a local food mark...

Everything moving forward needs a source of power to do so. For growers raising a variety of vegetables, Ben Phillips of MSU Extension thinks broccoli “pulls the train.” This is true because growers can plant early it early and harvest it late with successive plantings. “This leads to a quest to pro...