Leafy Vegetables
Every year much of the vegetable growing world descends on the North West of the Netherlands to visit […]
Hollandia Produce, a Southern California lettuce grower/packer/shipper, is really into being green. Really green. “Green lettuce grown in […]
In an effort to provide a resource on leafy greens food safety for a wide range of audiences, […]
A simple and inexpensive device to wash leafy produce may provide a convenient way for small farmers to […]
Besides the traditional chlorine wash, produce companies have for years sought a better way to clean lettuces and […]
Misionero Vegetables and Seminis Vegetable Seeds are teaming up to bring consumers Frescada, a new U.S.-grown lettuce that […]
As part of its strategic plan for 2012 and beyond, the California Leafy Greens Marketing Agreement (LGMA) has […]
EPA accepted an expanded label for Dithane F-45 that allows vegetable growers to use the fungicide for control […]
Identification In addition to cabbage, cauliflower, broccoli, collards, mustards, and other brassicas are commonly infected. Alternaria also can […]
Identification The first symptom noticed is usually wilting of the outer leaves. Infected plants have sunken, reddish-brown lesions […]
To understand Eazyleaf, the new range of lettuce varieties from Enza Zaden, you first have to understand that […]
The future is now, and mechanized harvesting is the way of the future. Just ask someone involved in […]
The USDA Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is requesting comment on the creation of a voluntary National Leafy Green […]
Learn how to identify, the survival and spread, as well as management methods for this disease.
In an effort to control economic losses to California and Arizona’s vital lettuce industry, scientists are being challenged […]
A USDA-funded project at the University of Arizona is designed to increase the safety and quality of organic […]
Building on a good thing and making it better is not as easy as it sounds. One wrong […]
It probably doesn’t come as a surprise to most vegetable growers, especially those who grow leafy greens, that many […]
The fresh produce industry certainly doesn’t need any more bad publicity. We’ve seen too many headlines and we’ve […]