Strawberries
EFI launches Pollinator Week toolkit
Equitable Food Initiative (EFI) celebrated Pollinator Week by launching a free toolkit with educational resources, downloadable graphics and actionable tips to raise awareness and assist with supporting pollinator populations. A toolkit focused specifically on pollinators... more »
Five state coalition demands USDA AEWR transparency
Five states and 30 grower and produce organizations have organized to press the USDA on how it calculates the Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR), which determines minimum wages under the H-2A agricultural guest-worker program. The... more »
New University of Florida strawberries better at resisting chilli thrips
New University of Florida (UF) research has found two strawberry varieties that show less harm from chilli thrips. The finding comes through research funded in part by the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture... more »
California Berry Cultivars expands variety portfolio
California Berry Cultivars LLC has commercially released two new strawberry varieties. Castaic and Alhambra are “breakthrough additions” to CBC's established varieties Adelanto, Belvedere and Alturas, creating the industry's “most comprehensive portfolio addressing critical production challenges,”... more »
Wish Farms builds a legacy through organic fruit production and innovation
For more than a century, Wish Farms has evolved from a New York City brokerage into an international berry grower, shipper, and marketer. Based in Plant City, Florida, the family-owned company has built its reputation... more »
Stevenson’s Strawberries
Stevenson’s Strawberries began with one acre and almost five decades later is one of the most popular strawberry and pumpkin farms in Wayne, Maine, now growing 130 acres. It was back in the late 1970s... more »
Breaking berry boundaries: NC State improves raspberries
North Carolina tops the U.S. in growing sweet potatoes as well as producing poultry and eggs, and is second nationally in turkeys, trout and Christmas trees, third for cucumbers and hogs, and is in the... more »
Georgia association leader Charles Hall dies
Charles Hall, the former executive director of the Georgia Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association (GFVGA), has died. Hall, 74, died Jan. 20. Hall was GFVGA’s executive director since the association was organized in 1996. Though... more »
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