April 2002
James Weaver, from Meadow View Farm in Berks County, Pennsylvania hosts a Hot Pepper Field Day on the weekend after Labor Day. Visitors can select from 200 varieties of hot peppers. (Photo courtesy of Cross Country Nurseries)

New Jersey Business Grows
with Hot Peppers by Mail Order
Cross Country Nurseries has found a marketing niche by capitalizing on America’s shift to spicier foods and interest in hot peppers. The Rosemont, N.J. business sells chile and sweet pepper plants by mail order worldwide.

Mister Red Hot Chile Pepper
Pennsylvania grower specializes with 200 varieties of hot peppers

Florida Grower Diversifies in Spite of Water, Development Pressures
Central Florida growers are facing the same problems as their counterparts throughout the United States: increasing urbanization and regulations on pesticide usage as well as price competition from global markets.

Tomato Field Trials Help Calf. Growers Evaluate
California experienced some extreme fluctuations in weather this past growing season and some unexpected bouts of phytophthora in the northern part of the San Joaquin Valley.

Cornell’s Hydroponic Lettuce
Facility Provides Prototype
Gusty winter winds and mountains of drifting snow are common on the Cornell University campus. Floating islands of bright green lettuce basking in the warm, golden glow of high-pressure sodium lights radiating are not.

Marketplace of Ideas
Organic Systems Deserve More Research Dollars

Organic Grower Speaks Out
Growers Respond to Challenges
of Bt Sweet Corn Production

Question of the Month
What new things are you trying to stay profitable?

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