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WNC 2025 Winter Vegetable Conference Registration Is Open

12/16/2024 - Mark your calendars for the annual Winter Vegetable Conference and NC Tomato Growers Meeting. It will be held at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Asheville on February 19-2025. Last year we…

tomatoes and green peppers displayed in baskets

Organic & Small-Farm Presentations at Winter Vegetable Conference-Asheville

1/23/2024 - The Winter Vegetable Conference held at the Crowne Plaza Resort in Asheville every year is a long-running event sponsored by the NC Tomato Growers Association with program development and…

field of certified organic cucurbits

Organic Food Sales Continue to Increase

5/17/2023 - We are in the process of hiring a new vegetable researcher/extension specialist/teacher in our department. During the course of the interviews, the question about the status of organic…

milk oats growing in a mountain field

USDA Has Funds to Help Cover Organic Certification Costs

8/18/2021 - The USDA announced that they have funds available to help cover organic certification costs for organic farmers and handlers."Producers can be reimbursed for expenses made between October…

people looking at organic tomato studies in the field

Our Organic Tomato Project Makes the News!

11/25/2019 - The new funding for the multi-state Tomato Organic Management Initiative (TOMI) research and extension project was announced in the Southeast Farm Press over the weekend. We are excited…

organic carrots in field

Growing Organic Produce for the Wholesale Market

6/6/2019 - There is a whole new "crop" of organic growers out there asking questions about what markets are best to grow for. Many of them gravitate towards direct marketing at farmers' markets and…

Field of Echinacea plants

A Visit to the Gaia Herb Farm

2/1/2019 - (Reviewed 8/28/2024) Gaia Herb Farm is a well known company in western North Carolina. They have a large farm and processing facility in Brevard in Transylvania Company. They also have…

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Results From Two Years of Organic Cucurbit Trials in Western NC

11/11/2022 - This project is complete. Reports, papers, and varieties developed from this study can be found on the eOrganic page devoted to this project.This article was written by Dr. Luping Qu,…

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Can You Mix Serenade With Copper? Organic Farmers Want to Know

8/17/2022 - Update. We have several more products in our "organic toolbox" now than we did eight years ago, but Serenade and copper are still important ones that we use. (Still receiving comments on…

weeds in organic crop planting

Acetic Acid (Vinegar) as an Herbicide

5/12/2023 - We still get many hits on this post, so be sure to check the updates at the end.8/13/2013 - I was having a discussion with a colleague about organic agriculture the other day and the…