Tag Archives: agriculture
Agritourism Website Focuses on Safety
With the growing popularity of taking the family to visit corn mazes, pumpkin patches and other agricultural attractions, it’s increasingly important for agritourism farmers to keep visitors safe. A new, interactive Web guide to help farmers improve safety is available … Continue reading
How Sustainable is Our Food Supply?
Access to adequate amounts of healthy food is one of the most important things that differentiate thriving regions from those that are faltering. Security to our food supply is therefore of the utmost importance to almost every nation in the … Continue reading
MOST AMERICANS ARE CONFIDENT ABOUT SAFETY OF U.S. FOOD SUPPLY
Are you confident about the safety of our food? The International Food Information Council’s 2012 Food & Health Survey reveals that most Americans (78 percent) are “somewhat confident” or “very confident” in the safety of the food and beverages that … Continue reading
Potato Industry Ponders Possible Bumper Crop
This year’s potato crop could be substantially larger than 2011’s—up to 41 million hundredweight more bags harvested—according to Jerry Wright, president/CEO of United Potato Growers of America. Wright and 30 others in the industry participated in a meeting on Tuesday … Continue reading
Lavender Thrives on Local Farm
It might seem strange to realize that agriculture includes growing flowers, but our lavender farm is definitely a farm and we have a growing business (pun intended). We (myself, son Bryan, and daughter-in-law Cindy) planted our first lavender plants … Continue reading