High Tunnels Extends the Growers Market Opportunity

Randall Weiseman February 16, 2010 Florida, Specialty Crops, USDA-NRCS, Vegetables

As the market for locally grown produce continues to grow, Ken Morgan, Program Specialist with the Florida Natural Resources Conservation Service, says USDA is continuing their efforts in assisting farmers in meeting the demand.

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Five-Year Strategy for Fruit Flies Announced
The U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (USDA APHIS) has released its Fruit Fly Exclusion and Detection Program Strategy. The plan covers the period of 2024 to 2028. The agency called the document “a unified roadmap” for protecting American agriculture from the threat of invasive fruit flies. USDA APHIS worked with […]
Finger Lime Field Day Draws Mostly Non-Citrus Crowd
Only a few Florida commercial citrus growers were on hand for an April 24 finger lime field day at the Citrus Research and Education Center (CREC) in Lake Alfred. Most of the more than 40 attendees did not own citrus groves, and about half were women — definitely not the standard crowd for a CREC […]

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