USDA Also Announces Additional Investments in Research and Consumer Education WASHINGTON, May 30, 2024 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced today the signing of a formal agreement with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Food…
The University of Florida IFAS (UF/IFAS) Extension and FreshLearn have released a major update to the popular and free BackPocketGrower.org website. Designers Paul Fisher and Maria Kinslow (UF/IFAS) and Bruce MacKay (FreshLearn) encourage growers to link to this web app…
GreenTech Amsterdam 2024 is the global horticulture tradeshow which inspires the market about the latest trends and developments on topics like data, energy transition, a tasty & healthy horticulture and from farm to pharmacy. More than 500 exhibitors, around 12,000 attendees, over 80 knowledge sessions and topnotch innovations…
Flower season comes once a year for Wasabi Japonica, but…. What if we control that process? Why people love wasabi Wasabi has enormous health benefits. It’s good for your heart, and for your liver, it even helps regenerate your hair.…
“The greatest threat to our planet is the belief that someone else will save it.” Robert Swan, OBE, Historian and Explorer. We need farming, but what kind of farming do we need? Everywhere you look, farmers, environmentalists, activists, businesses, celebrities,…
Specialty crops like heirloom tomatoes, which have not been bred for commercial controlled environment production, require more attention to detail in regards to how they are grown. Photo by Timothy Vollmer, Cornell Coop. Ext. If you are considering growing specialty…
Zenith Global’s Vertical Farming World Congress is the highest level and most significant dedicated industry event of the year. Bringing together vertical farming operators, investors, suppliers and customers, the 5th annual event in Frankfurt will assemble key industry leaders from…
Lion’s Mane Hericium erinaceus Can you believe this white ‘pom pom’ like fungus has properties that regrow nerves? This has been proven in several peer reviewed studies. Remarkably, this mushroom can grow larger than a baseball in under two months…
CEA Summit East 2024 is now accepting abstracts for the Graduate Student Research Poster Competition to be held as part of the October 1-2, 2024, edition at the Institute For Advanced Learning and Research (IALR) Conference Center in Danville, Virginia. CEA Summit…
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is seeking nominations for four positions on the Federal Advisory Committee for Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production. USDA will accept nominations until July 7, 2024. The 12-member Committee, which first convened in March 2022,…
