December 2002

Going Ethnic Growers turning to niche varieties Shunkyo radish, photo courtesy of Johnny’s Selected Seeds

Going Ethnic: Growers turning to niche varieties
As many fruit and vegetable growers move away from selling wholesale, they seek out niches that work for them.

New York Twilight Meeting
Shows Results of Various Trials
In early October, CDVP of the Cornell Cooperative Extension hosted their fall twilight meeting to discuss preliminary results of various trials that were conducted at the Valatie Research Farm in Valatie, N.Y.

Some Good Choices Available
for Fall Raspberries in Michigan
Primocane-fruiting raspberries produce fruit in the fall on the ends of the one year-old ‘primocanes’.

Naturally Grown New Option to Organic Program
Many small growers and direct marketers have elected not to participate in the new national organic program because of the overwhelming paperwork.

Farmers’ Markets Help Revitalize
New Orleans’ Downtown Core
The City of New Orleans has rediscovered its rural connections with the establishment of the Crescent City Farmers’ Market in the mid 1990s.

Marketplace of Ideas

In New Ag Economy,
Cooperation Upstages Competition

U.S. Trade Rep Proposes Tariff-free
World Trade by 2015