Category: farm market

Fruit Growers News | December 2023

Farm Market & Agritourism: Revolutionize customer relationships

Business are changing in the rapidly evolving digital landscape. Learn how farm market businesses can better connect with their customers.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Nov 24, 2023

Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention to include strawberry growers group

Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention, North American Strawberry Growers Association, State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Vegetable Growers Association, Maryland State Horticultural Society, New Jersey State Horticultural Society, Virginia State Horticultural Society, Penn State, University of Maryland, Rutgers, Virginia Tech, Extension

INDUSTRY NEWS | Nov 02, 2023

USDA programs support local produce

The USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service has awarded more than $32 million for 98 grant projects to expand and strengthen local and regional food systems and increase the availability of locally grown agricultural products.

INDUSTRY NEWS | Oct 26, 2023

Inaugural Michigan AgriTourism Summit scheduled for May

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Fruit Growers News | September 2023

Advancing crop management at Great Lakes EXPO

Fruit Growers News | September 2023

Great Lakes EXPO: Emerging technology in the Ag industry

Fruit Growers News | August 2023

Texas Hill Country peach grower limits pests, conserves water

Clean groves, meticulous weeding and minimal spraying of harsh chemicals help Fisher & Wieser’s Das Peach Haus (F&W) remain a successful Texas peach grower.

Fruit Growers News | July 2023

Farm Market & Agritourism: You can benefit from consumer trends, too

A handful of Extension educators with the Food, Family and Health unit contacted me and asked if I could connect them with some farmers market managers.

Fruit Growers News | May 2023

Seven takeaways from benchmark survey of markets

Penn State Extension’s Farm Markets team works with a Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) grant from the USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS).

INDUSTRY NEWS | Feb 16, 2023

Apple packing, selling spotlighted in Mid-Atlantic convention bus tour

Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention

Fruit Growers News | January 2023

2022 Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under 40 recognized

Fruit Growers News | January 2023

EXPO bus tour: Beyond the cookies and cider

Fruit Growers News | January 2023

Storytelling can end commodity farming

INDUSTRY NEWS | Dec 13, 2022

EXPO bus tour: Beyond the cookies and cider

Fruit Growers News | November 2022

Best crop management practices for apple growers

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