Growing fruit successfully relies upon harvesting good quality fruit. MidAtlantic Women In Agriculture presented “What is Fruit Quality?” as a recent webinar, featuring Dr. Macarena Farcuh, assistant professor and Extension specialist with the Department of Plant Sciences and Landscape Architecture,...

Thanks to Instagram, TikTok and Facebook, certain varieties of plants can become wildly popular. Find the right audience, and a particular rose, sunflower, fern or fiddle leaf fig can suddenly become the “it” plant, the must-have for trend-focused customers. The virality is real for these quick-grow...

For 27 seasons, Clear Brook Farm has grown and thrived in Shaftsbury, VT, becoming a local fixture and a model of organic farming. Andrew Knafel, owner and operator of Clear Brook and a native of Irvington, NY, learned the tricks of the trade while working for years at Walker Farm in Putney, VT. In ...

Suzanne Wainwright-Evans is a horticultural entomologist and owner of Buglady Consulting. She specializes in using biological controls as part of an IPM program. In a webinar sponsored by UConn Extension, UConn IPM and USDA, Wainwright-Evans discussed new biocontrol products and practices for greenh...

Over the years I’ve had the privilege of working with many different size vegetable operations in many different regions of the country. I was always amazed at the variety of equipment and tools found on these different operations. Growers are certainly very resourceful in modifying equipment to fit...

Merchants are expressing concern over disruptions in the supply chain and subsequently having enough product for their customers. While this situation presents a problem for both producers and consumers, it favors direct marketers who are adaptable to a rapidly changing sales environment. The time i...

By now, many growers know someone growing hemp or have considered looking into the crop themselves. CBD products have proliferated the market and researchers are continuing to find new uses for all parts of the plant. Research continues to be the key in helping to build hemp back up as a legitimate ...

When Suzanne Stokoe left the family farm for college, she had no plans to return. “I went to school for biology, worked at a research facility then became a veterinary technician,” said Suzanne. “About 21 years ago, the dirt in my blood came back. I returned to the farm and started the pumpkin patch...

“Brussels sprouts have become more popular in the last 10 years,” said University of New Hampshire (UNH) Extension Fruit and Vegetable Production Field Specialist Heather Bryant. Her recent presentation was the last in the UNH webinar series “North Country Lunch and Learn.” “When I was a kid, Brusse...