In early November, the National Organics Standards Board will meet in Jacksonville, FL, and on its agenda are proposals that will move the ball forward toward declaring hydroponics and other greenhouse-type growing methods as ineligible to receive organic certification from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Observers think the series of proposals have a fairly good ...
Twenty-five years ago, BioWorks Inc. was on the leading edge of the crop input market with an environmentally-friendly, biologically-based crop protection tools for the agricultural industry. Today, the landscape is far more crowded with some of the biggest companies in the ag chemical world participating in that sector. But BioWorks continues to thrive with a ...
Western Growers will serve as the “Ag Technology” sponsor for the Organic Grower Summit (OGS), which will hold its inaugural event in December in Monterey. As the Ag Technology sponsor, Western Growers has coordinated the attendance of technology companies as exhibitors, and helped facilitate elements of the technology area of the event. The first ever ...
It’s a very simple concept, but it can have a huge impact on business decisions when executed properly. For more than 100 years, Blue Book Services has been the leader in providing credit and marketing information for the fresh fruit and vegetable industry. By synthesizing financial and rating information, Blue Book has continuously provided credit ...