Southeast
Georgia growers encouraged to apply for Organic Transition Initiative
Sign-up for the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Organic Transition Initiative is available in Georgia through the Environmental Quality Incentives ... more »
UGA Extension, CAES partner with Georgia Organics to support state growers
What began as a grassroots growers cooperative in the 1970s has become one of the Southeast’s most prestigious member-supported nonprofit farming or... more »
Free course digs into organic soil health
The Organic Farming Research Foundation is offering a free, self-directed course dealing with organic soil health principles. Soil Health Strategie... more »
Biotech company to conduct independent plant health research at N.C. PSI
The North Carolina Plant Sciences Initiative, a global hub for plant science innovation, is collaborating with agricultural biotech company Oerth Bio ... more »
Defying the cold: How 2 N.C. farmers defend their crops against frost
Phyllis Walsh grows produce year-round as the owner of DabHar Farm in south-central North Carolina. Selling at the Waxhaw farmers market near Charlott... more »
Growth spurt: New state-of-the-art greenhouse to power microgreens operation
Robbie McClam has an odd idea of retirement. After a successful career in architecture and development, McClam found his attention drawn back to the a... more »
Organic topics on agenda at Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference
Organic farming topics played a key role in the 2023 Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference, held Jan. 5-8 at the Savannah Convention Cen... more »
Clemson researchers work to improve organic sweet potato production in SC
Organic farming continues to become more popular but offers South Carolina sweet potato farmers fewer options for controlling costly weeds and nematod... more »
