American Vegetable Grower

Cover Story

'Good To Great'

All the employees at Oregon’s Gray Farms buy into a popular business book’s key concepts.

Features

Growers Misled

Organic growers, including the nation’s largest, unknowingly used synthetic fertilizer.

Setting High Standards

Spinach consumption hasn’t yet rebounded to levels prior to the September 2006 E. coli outbreak, but food safety practices are better than ever.

Emerging Menace

Tomato growers need a multi-pronged strategy to battle tomato spotted wilt virus.

Plastics And Planting

Learn the basics about plastic mulch, field preparation, and planting equipment.

Crop Protection 2009: Fungicides

AVG bring you the latest fungicide offerings and label change information.

Managing Spider Mites

Stop spider mites from damaging strawberry crops with these tested management practices.

Moving Forward

Scholarship winners hold the future of ag in their hands.

Fertilizer Industry Unites

The Organic Fertilizer Association of California seeks to advocate, regulate the industry.

Organic's Holy Grail

Company hopes to have an organic weed control product on the market in two years.

Resolving Conflicts

An online book can help growers deal with disputes.

Preserving Pumpkins

Squash bugs may be the cause of yellow vine that is wreaking havoc on a number of cucurbits, including squash, pumpkin, and melon.

Gettin' A Gator

A Michigan fruit and vegetable grower takes home the big prize from the Great Lakes Expo.

Fighting Downy Mildew

Learn to forecast and manage this important pest.

Columns

Nurture Your Bottom Line

Want some good news that may feed your bottom line? Demand for fruits and vegetables is expected to increase.

Need The Steak To Sell The Sizzle

I’ve written extensively about food safety, and most times when I ask growers about irradiation, they dismiss it out of hand.

Postharvest Hints: Non-Destructive Evaluation Of Vegetable Quality

Produce quality and quality retention during storage, transportation, and retailing is critical to successfully market fresh vegetables.

Potato Pointers: In With The New: Zebra Chip

It's not often that we come across a new disease of potatoes.

Departments

New For You

Anti-theft device and soil pH meter.

Environmental Monitoring

Onset introduces wireless sensors that transmit air temperature and soil moisture data to computers several miles away.