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Purdue Extension Encourages Practices for Safe and Effective Vegetable Production

Specialty crop growers face difficulties with insects, diseases, and weeds. They may have unique growing scenarios with greenhouses, fields, and high tunnels. Crops vary in nutrient requirements, ...
USA Today

Want to be an organic vegetable farmer? This program is growing the workforce.

Cradling a bucket of freshly picked basil, Laura Seleski referenced a common refrain among farmers: It takes a lot of calories to produce the calories people consume. After five years growing produce ...
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Focus on Small-Scale Vegetable Farming: Field Demonstrations Build Capacity for Use of Cover Crops, Reduced Tillage

Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

Want to be an organic vegetable farmer? This Wisconsin program is growing the workforce

Cradling a bucket of freshly picked basil, Laura Seleski referenced a common refrain among farmers: It takes a lot of calories to produce the calories people consume. After five years growing produce ...