There are better places in the market, but those are where you will find the sellers of tomatoes, brinjals, cauliflower, cabbage, all the usual vegetables. What she sells are the gavti or desi vegetables, the lesser regarded local vegetables, mostly native to this region and grown on a small scale in villages or, in some cases, foraged from the wild. They change with the season: sometimes she has bright orange pumpkin flowers, sometimes the creeper with thick fleshy leaves that is called...

The purpose of the advisory committee is to examine the full spectrum of issues the fruit and vegetable industry faces and offer the secretary of agriculture advice on how USDA can tailor its programs to better meet the industry's needs. The Secretary of Agriculture will appoint up to 25 representatives from the country's fruit and vegetable industry to serve two-year terms. The exchange of views and information between the industry and government is intended to improve understanding of...

On top of it, most of the farmers here don't qualify for federal farm subsidies, which Congress awards primarily to growers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and other commodity crops in the Midwest and South. It is one of the nation's largest fruit and vegetable trading houses that connect local growers with commercial buyers from as far as Florida, Chicago and Canada and did $60 million in business last year. Courier News Online - Conventional growers feel the pinch. It costs the typical...

The bulk of crop subsidies go to growers of corn, soybeans, wheat, cotton and other commodity crops in the Midwest and South, they say, leaving out Garden State fruit and vegetable growers. The state's congressional delegation is part of a broad effort to overhaul the way food is grown by promoting locally harvested produce, boost investment in organic agriculture, prevent Congress from sending the majority of grower subsidies to other states and ramp up land conservation spending. Find...

By Jerry Kammer COPLEY NEWS SERVICE June 30, 2007 WASHINGTON As agricultural lobbyist Craig Regelbrugge sorted through the rubble of Thursday's collapse of immigration legislation in the Senate, he clung to hope that his industry could salvage its effort to ensure itself a work force to harvest fruits and vegetables. By Jerry Kammer COPLEY NEWS SERVICE June 30, 2007 WASHINGTON As agricultural lobbyist Craig Regelbrugge sorted through the rubble of Thursday's collapse of immigration...