Leafy Vegetables
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 […]
Not long after the E. coli outbreak in bagged spinach in 2006, California and Arizona each came up with […]
Last month, USDA announced the dates and locations of seven hearings related to a proposed national marketing agreement […]
The first seed treatment insecticide for small-seeded vegetables has received EPA approval. From Syngenta Seed Care, the treatment […]
The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) has released three new leaf lettuce breeding lines with resistance to corky root. […]
A proponent group of agricultural associations representing the U.S. leafy greens industry sent a letter to USDA formally […]
Seven new iceberg lettuce breeding lines with resistance to bacterial leaf spot (BLS) have been released by USDA-Agricultural […]
Green leaf lettuce is a favorite of both salad lovers and destructive leafminers, also known as Liriomyza langei. […]
Ramy Colfer hates to think what life would be like without the syrphid fly. An agricultural researcher who […]
Bella Verdi Farms founder Darrell Joseph may not have had a wealth of information about microgreens when he […]
Since the 2006 E. coli outbreak in spinach last year, the spotlight has been on growers and what […]
You like home cookin’? Me too. That’s partly because whoever’s doing the cooking knows your family’s likes and […]