Fight fast food
Fruit growers need to take on the processed-food industry in the same way that people challenged the tobacco industry a
First Bite
Tom Van Well checks the rooting of CG.202 rootstocks at Waimea Nursery in Nelson Good Fruit Grower is
Enough bees despite losses
Despite widespread declines in honeybees over the past winter, supplies of hives for pollinating tree fruits in the Pacific Northwest
Growers want antidumping changes
British Columbia fruit growers are spearheading an initiative to help prevent Washington State orchardists from dumping cheap apples and cherries
Transition now to new pest controls
An Esteem-intoxicated obliquebanded leafroller larva showing deformities to its external body structures. This article is the second in a series
Measuring the soil's charge
The use of soil electrical conductivity mapping by orchardists and vineyardists is still considered to be in the "early adopter"
How soil EC works
To illustrate how soil electrical conductivity works, Craig Walters uses a science experiment from high school. "Remember in high school
Inoculating the soil
As interest grows in reducing the use of chemical fertilizers and synthetic pesticides, producers are now paying more attention to
Making compost on the farm
Compost is not hard to make on the farm once the basics of composting are understood, says Dr. Lynne Carpenter-Boggs.
Does weed control pay?
There are many techniques that growers can use to reduce their expense for weed control. Weeds can impact vineyards in