3/19/19: The Foundation for Food and Agriculture Research (FFAR) is now accepting pre-proposals for the 2019 Seeding Solutions funding opportunity through April 19, 2019. FFAR is looking to fund innovative…
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3/14/19: Every year, more and more Mexican produce comes from greenhouse agriculture. Between 2017 and 2018, Mexican greenhouse produce acreage increased from 9,083 to 57,454. Greenhouses can increase yield and place heating,…
3/14/19: The North Central IPM Center’s monthly newsletter, The Central Issue, is now up and running. To get news, articles, and IPM coverage in your inbox every month, subscribe here.
3/8/19: A bill was recently introduced in California to safeguard children from exposure to the highly toxic pesticide, chlorpyrifos. California State Senator, Maria Elena Durazo, introduced “Protect Children from Brain-Damaging…
3/7/19: Canadian farm managers and agricultural researchers are interested in finding new ways to prevent residual pesticides from entering the environment and contaminating water, and biobeds are showing promise as…
2/28/19: Environmental Defense Fund (EDF), along with over ten other organizations launched a new crowdsourced web platform, the Supply Chain Solutions Center, to help sustainability professionals mitigate the environmental impact…
2/22/19: Huanglongbing, also known as Citrus Greening Disease, is a problem for many citrus growers. The Organic Center recently published Combatting Citrus Greening in Organic Systems: A Grower’s Guide, a 24-page reference…
2/22/19: The Savanna Institute is launching a Midwestern Agroforestry Farmer Apprenticeship Program beginning in summer 2019. Apprentices will spend 10 weeks working with an agroforestry farmer, with part- to full-time employment throughout…
2/11/19: The Trump administration has persuaded the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to reconsider its August decision ordering the Environmental Protection Agency to ban the widely-used pesticide chlorpyrifos,…
2/6/19: The Crop Profile database, created and maintained by the Canadian government’s Pest Management Center, offers high level production overviews for 38 different crops, now including peach and pear. You can…