She explained that vendors must produce 80 percent of what they sell at their booths and that vendors are selected to ensure a good variety of products are available. The wooden floor creaks and the air is thick with the smells of potting soil and garden products. This is the fourth year owners Jim and Linda Rosselot have held the open-air market for locally produced food and goods. The Rosselots said this year's market will have locally-grown organic vegetables, locally raised meats and...

Last April 18-20, 32 farmers participated in a workshop-seminar on the rudiments of business farming. The vegetable trading center was part of Alcalas agricultural development program for farmers to do away with middlemen who usually buy goods at low prices but sell them at high prices in Manila. They then signed a contract growing scheme agreement in which all their produce will be purchased by the Sentrong Pamilihan. Proceso Alcala, had its soft opening in May last year but...

Mr Prasad said the two-day training was for sugar cane farmers who were new to vegetable farming and needed to learn efficient methods of vegetable production. CANE farmers in Ba went through a training program yesterday to help them do off-season vegetable production for the export market. Mr Prasad said some farmers had produced excellent crops by applying special techniques for off-season production, such as using raised plant beds, planting under a green house and using stakes for tomatoes.

Even things like collard greens, turnip greens and mustard greens, staples for truck crops and backyard gardens, are in demand nationally. City folks don t grow their own greens, but since dietitians have touted the health benefits of greens so widely, there is more demand for them, Nagel said. Now companies are once again interested in developing a commercial-size vegetable industry in the southeast, and Mississippi is one of the areas they are looking at. Nagel urged any Mississippi...

The Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament has adopted a report on the reform of the EU regime for fruits and vegetables which included a proposal to establish a new European fund to face the serious market crisis of this sector and an increase up to 37. The Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament has adopted a report on the reform of the EU regime for fruits and vegetables which included a proposal to establish a new European fund to face the serious market crisis of...