Changes to plastics use on the horizon
“We all heard growing up plastics were the future.”
That’s how Tom Marting, director of sustainable solutions (more…)
Verifying the value of on-farm trials
Have you ever wondered about on-farm trials? Louis Longchamps, assistant professor of digital agronomy at Cornell University, (more…)
Pollinators: Why we need them & how to protect them
Pollinators are essential to the lifecycle of most flowering plants, and they play a role in improving the quality of crop yields (more…)
Cultivating Thoughts: Growing New Farmers
Lately I’ve been thinking about those that till the land and produce the crops that feed our population. When I was actively involved (more…)
Engagement is key to the industry’s financial future
The take-home message that Matt Mika, vice president of advocacy and government affairs at AmericanHort, gave to the hundreds (more…)
Growing skills at Cape Abilities Farm
Nestled off busy Route 6 in Dennis, MA, is Cape Abilities Farm. As a part of the Cape Abilities nonprofit organization, the farm is one (more…)
Protect your harvest by monitoring for listeria
There’s a lot of focus on keeping plants healthy – and keeping pests away – while they’re growing, but there are dangers post-harvest as (more…)
Working to create the best Fraser fir
During his Ph.D. work at Ohio State University, Justin Whitehill witnessed the devastation caused by the emerald ash borer and (more…)
Sunnycrest Farm: Where everyone is family
There’s a balance everyone must find between doing too much and not doing enough. Sunnycrest Farm in Londonderry, NH, is a great (more…)
Cultivate horticulturally happy trees to prevent decline
Dr. Kari Peter, Penn State tree fruit pathologist, has seen trees in apple orchards declining over the past 10 years. These declines have (more…)
Preparing your land for extreme weather
Over the past few years, farmers in the Northeast have experienced both ends of the rain spectrum: too much and too little. Much of the (more…)
Next is now: Atlas Greenhouse partners with Rovero
For as long as growers have been seeding, germinating and propagating plants indoors, they’ve been doing their best to give their plants (more…)
Chasing Christmas tree traits
While rapid genetic improvements have been made in livestock and numerous plant species, the most elusive and positive traits (more…)
Letting little soldiers convert organic matter
Normally, the process of converting organic waste into organic matter (OM) is a slow and often unseen one. Organisms as large as (more…)
Bringing agriculture to the classroom with School to Farm Days
A study from the Innovation Center for U.S Dairy states 7% of adult Americans (16 million people) believe chocolate milk comes from (more…)
