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tomatoes growing in a high tunnel with a woman pointing to them

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…

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…

Cover of the 2021 Southeastern Vegetable Crop Handbook

2021 Southeastern Vegetable Crop Handbook Now Available!

1/6/2021 - The new Southeastern Vegetable Crop Handbook is now available online. Extension vegetable specialists across the Southeast come together annually to update this handbook. We had to do it…

broccoli head in a hand

The WNC Winter Vegetable Conference Goes Virtual!

SAVE THE DATES: FEBRUARY 24 AND 25, 2021 *REGISTRATION OPEN*12/15/2020 - The tradition of the Winter Vegetable Conference and the North Carolina Tomato Growers Association Annual Meeting will…

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…

Cover for the 2026 Southeastern Vegetable Crop Handbook with colorful pictures of vegetable insects and pests

Commercial Vegetables

Southeastern Vegetable Production Handbook View the book online and/or download the pdfOrder a physical copy of the 2026 book:2026 Southeastern U.S. Vegetable Crop HandbookISBN…

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New Southeastern Project to Enhance Organic Farming Funded by $2M Grant From USDA/NIFA

5/11/2022 - This project is now complete. Dr. Kokoasse Kpomblekou continues to lead organic research and extension projects in Alabama.The College of Agriculture, Environment and Nutrition Sciences…

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…

Field day participants looking at varieties

WNC Organic Participatory Broccoli Variety Screening Trial

10/13/2022 - This post remains for archival purposes. The full report for the project can be read on the Organic Farming Research Foundation website.2/27/2013 - Do you want to know which varieties…

several flats of tomato transplants ready for planting

Are You Selling Transplants This Year? Do You Know the Rules?

Tomato transplants we grew for heirloom tomato trials9/6/2022 - I wrote this post almost twelve years ago, but it is still relevant and all the links still work!3/31/2010 - This past week I've talked…