…control. Container growing is best. All parts of the peppergrass plant are edible including the roots, though most people just harvest the leaves. Listen to Cathy Isom’s This Land of…
USDA Launches Loan Guarantee Program to Create More Market Opportunities, Promote Competition and Strengthen America’s Food Supply Chain
…in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community facilities such as schools, public safety and health care; and high-speed internet access in rural, tribal and high-poverty…
Add This Nutritional Powerhouse to Your Garden
…harvest in partial shade, especially if that shade happens in the mid-day heat. Listen to Cathy Isom’s This Land of Ours program here. Add This Nutritional Powerhouse to Your Garden…
Proposed Changes to FSMA’s Produce Safety Rule
…the changes address subpart E of the Produce Safety Rule. Adjustments would be made to certain pre-harvest agricultural water requirements. Proposed changes include a requirement for farms to manage their…
Farm City Newsday Thursday, 12-02-21
…update on the pace of this year’s cotton harvest, and a deep dive into the events of the upcoming Almond Conference. Tune in to the show for these news stories,…
California Walnut Board Supports Industry Growth During Record Crop Year
…varietal, UC Wolfskill, in hopes of finding more desirable traits such as a late leafing, early harvesting Chandler-like variety. The CWB Grades and Standards Committee approved 11 post-harvest research projects,…
Almond Matters: Staying Ahead of Problems with Preemergence Programs
…for water or nutrients. It also helps the soil to warm up quicker. It’s just the best way to start off for a good almond harvest,” Pawlak explained. Listen to…
USDA Begins Accepting Applications for $1.15 Billion in Loans and Grants
…of Americans in rural areas. This assistance supports infrastructure improvements; business development; housing; community facilities such as schools, public safety and health care; and high-speed internet access in rural, Tribal…
Promotable California Table Grape Volume Continues Through December
…other key export markets, according to Kathleen Nave, president of the California Table Grape Commission. Noting that harvest is still underway in some areas, Nave said that in a typical…
Growing the Unusual and Delicious Pink Lemonade Blueberry
…finally aging to a darker pink. Ready-to-harvest clusters may still be green on the undersides. Planted in the right condition, blueberry ‘Pink Lemonade’ shrubs are fairly pest-free. However, they should…
Turning This Year’s Apple Harvest into a Tasty Beverage
How to turn this year’s apple harvest into a tasty, refreshing beverage. That’s coming up on This Land of Ours. Pinterest Using all of the apples from your harvest can…
Farm City Newsday Wednesday, 11-10-21
…harvest, and a report on industry members’ message to the House Ag Committee regarding supply chain challenges. Tune in to the show for these news stories, interviews, recipes, features and…
Easy to Grow Nutritious, Tasty, Vegetable
…threat of frost is passed and the soil starts to warm. Add a few more green bean plants every two weeks to stagger the harvest, and you’ll be able to…
Launching Agriculture Innovation Mission for Climate
…AIM for Climate has already begun to bear fruit, garnering an “early harvest” of $4 billion in increased investment in climate-smart agriculture and food systems innovation. Climate-smart agriculture is an…