July 2003

Changes in immigration laws could help ensure a better supply of workers and reduce federal guest worker wage rates. Click here to read the story.

Shared Commercial Kitchens Add
Value to Growers’ Produce

Katherine Kelly hates to see good produce go to waste. The small vegetable grower from Full Circle Farm in Kansas City, Kan. knew she wanted to process her extra produce, but it wasn’t cost effective to start up her own commercial kitchen.

Florida Researchers Conduct
Nationwide Sweet Corn Survey

Although virtually all sweet corn is consumed during the summer months, a group of growers in Florida, Georgia and Alabama hope to change that.

South Florida Grower Fills Ethnic Vegetable Niche

With his location in Southwest Florida in the middle of the southern tip, Chuck Obern plants every week for six weeks and is able to get three crops off the same land.

Oomen’s Family Farm Builds on Long Tradition

Tom and Rick Oomen learned to farm from their father, and now they’re passing that skill onto their own kids.

Overdue Reform: Proposed Changes to H2A Program
Could Help Produce Growers

Farmers tired of competing for illegal workers and H2A paperwork delays could see some reform of immigration and labor laws later this year.

Marketplace of Ideas

Staff Writer Combines Love of
Agriculture and Writing

Farm’s Experience Shows Estate Taxes
Cause Problems for Many

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