Leighton Rice: A Passion For Horticulture

Tackling tough issues impacting ag while striving to create efficiencies on the farm are just two reasons the Torreys are the recipients of American Vegetable Grower’s annual Grower Achievement Award.

An orchard’s hilly terrain might offer runners plenty of challenges, but hosting a run on a working farm offers a unique set of challenges for an orchard.

The Washington Apple Education Foundation (WAEF) recently recognized its scholarship recipients at the 8th Annual WAEF Scholarship Celebration […]

Communication is the cornerstone of any successful agri-relationship.

The Affordable Care Act (ACA and a.k.a., “Obamacare”) implementation continues to lurch forward. With such large, game-changing legislation, […]

Brent Barnhart says farming is what he always wanted to do. The owner of Country Creek Produce Farm […]

  Farming in California in many ways resembles growing crops in Florida. But there also plenty of differences, […]

Agriculture-themed event aims to attract the ‘agri-curious folk.’

Sometimes I am amazed at how little people outside the world of agriculture know about where their food […]

BUCKEYE-Woodland Learning Urban Farm, located in Cleveland, OH, produces a variety of vegetable crops, including tomatoes and peppers, […]

The May issue of American/Western Fruit Grower featured the launch of our GenNext Growers program (www.GenNextGrowers.com), which is […]

Recently, we introduced the GenNext Growers initiative and some of the fresh faces from around the Sunshine Sate […]

The May issue of American Fruit Grower and Western Fruit Grower featured the launch of our GenNext Growers […]

The California Department of Food and Agriculture will discuss opportunities for beginning farmers and ranchers at its upcoming […]

The headline above may seem a little odd, but I’m going to guess that it piqued your interest. […]

The average age of the American grower is fast approaching 60. As fewer young people are entering the […]

In the almost 13 years that I’ve been involved with American/Western Fruit Grower, I have had the chance […]

Despite the many misconceptions the general public may have about farming, there is one notion that holds true: […]

It is the strengths of the King brothers of Freedom Farms in Pennsylvania, who are the subject of […]