Search Results for: Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention
Tad Kuntz is recognized with Pennsylvania Grower of the Year Award
Orchardist Tad Kuntz has received the Grower of the Year Award from the State Horticultural Association of Pennsylvania. For 30 years, Kuntz has be... READ MORE »
OSU professor shares benefits of controlled-environment berries
Substrate-based strawberry production under controlled environment (greenhouse, high tunnels) is a fast-growing sector in North America. Along with... READ MORE »
Cider contest win good news for Brown’s Orchard
Winning a regional cider contest was a bittersweet cap to the growing year for Brown’s Orchards and Farm Market. The Brown family grows on 216 ac... READ MORE »
Take hold of managing liability on agritourism farms
Agritainment operators need to do everything they can to minimize farm safety risks, manage liability, mitigate financial risk through enterprise budg... READ MORE »
Anatomy of a new pest battle
FGN assistant editor Gary Pullano is blogging from the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Fruit & Vegetable Convention in Hershey, Pennsylvania. The manager of Pe... READ MORE »
Labeling a controversy
Gary Pullano, Fruit Growers News Assistant Editor, is providing blog coverage of the 2015 Mid-Atlantic Fruit and Vegetable Convention. Blizzard condi... READ MORE »
Pruning is more science than art these days
FGN recently asked Jim Schupp, an associate professor of pomology at Penn State University, and Peter Hirst, a professor of horticulture at Purdue Uni... READ MORE »
Researchers seeking strategies for the brown marmorated stink bug
The brown marmorated stink bug (BMSB) is a severe economic threat to fruit and vegetable growers, especially in the mid-Atlantic states where it first... READ MORE »
Jerry Frecon retires from New Jersey Extension duties
After 30 years of helping New Jersey fruit growers, Jerome Frecon has retired from Rutgers Cooperative Extension. His last day was Dec. 31. “You... READ MORE »
An ‘old dog’ teaches growers new tricks
Readers of FGN are undoubtedly familiar with Paul Friday – if not from his peaches, then from his farm market columns that reflect on his 52 yea... READ MORE »
