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Rodale Institute to hold Organic Field Day on July 23 in Pennsylvania
Rodale Institute, a supporter of regenerative organic agriculture, is set to hold its annual Organic Field Day on July 23 from 8:30 a.m.to 3:30 p.m. The Field Day is located at Rodale Institute’s 333-acre experimental farm in Kutztown, Pennsylvania... more
Allied Grape Growers, CAWG release legal analysis on 2020 winegrape rejections
A report released July 8 by Allied Grape Growers and the California Association of Winegrape Growers analyzes various grape transactions in 2020 that resulted in rejections or severe price discounts due to alleged quality problems associated with wil... more
Viticulture Field Day scheduled for July 29 in Washington state
The 2021 Washington State University/Washington State Grape Society Viticulture Field Day will be held July 29 as an in-person event. The field day will be held from 3 p.m.- 6 p.m. PDT at the Washington State University (WSU) Prosser IAREC �... more
Partners launch Regenerative Organic Research & Education Center
In the land just outside of Parma, Italy, 6 acres are dedicated to a carbon-neutral village, which includes office space, labs, a scientific garden, a bistro and more. This may sound like an ideal getaway, but for the Davines Group, an international ... more
Beekeepers report high colony loss rates, no clear improvement
Beekeepers across the United States lost 45.5% of their managed honeybee colonies from April 2020 to April 2021, according to preliminary results of the 15th annual nationwide survey conducted by the nonprofit Bee Informed Partnership. These losse... more
Study eyes rootstock vigor responses to varied influences in Ambrosia apple trees
In recent years, awareness has been raised around the benefits of diversifying rootstocks, in order to enhance tree health and sustain apple fruit production under the influence of climate change. However, performances of many rootstocks under stress... more
Students use drones to measure soil moisture levels for research project
Three Virginia Tech seniors researched how drones could identify soil moisture for a class project in School of Plant and Environmental Sciences Professor Kang Xia’s Monitoring and Analysis of the Environment course. Matt Darrah, Grady Hesse, an... more
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