All of the markets will sell farm-fresh fruits, vegetable, meats, cheese and baked goods, and several locations also will offer flowers, small gifts and gardening items. Five farmers markets opening next week. Five farmers markets will begin operation next week in the city of Pittsburgh. Another three will debut next month in Mount Washington, Bloomfield and the West End. The schedule is as follows: Carrick (Carrick Shopping Center, Brownsville Road and Parkfield Street): Wednesdays...

Even things like collard greens, turnip greens and mustard greens, staples for truck crops and backyard gardens, are in demand nationally. City folks dont 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 scientists also want to bring the research back home to Australia to see if market gardeners and farmers would be interested in growing the unusual vegetables. The aim is to give Vietnamese women farmers a bigger role in vegetable production by educating them about the marketing value of these foods and in doing so, aim to reduce poverty. A spiny cucumber known as gak fruit, a leafy vegetable called pennywort and wild gingers and cardamons are just some of the vegetables being...

Faced with drought and the likelihood of higher food prices, it is time for state and local government to protect the urban fringe farms that supply our cities and towns with fresh produce and to recognise the value of food production in urban gardens. Advertisement A further tactic in Canberras attempt to wrest control of water from the states, the prospect of higher prices for fruit and vegetables as production falls, in a region that produces something like a third of the countrys food,...

While small kerfuffles have broken out in some communities over the encroachment of legitimate crafts and schlock into traditional agricultural venues, many markets, at least in Sonoma County, strive mightily to stay true to their mission of supporting small farmers by providing a place to sell what they grow. Not just a place to pick up some fresh asparagus or vegetable starts for the spring garden, farmers markets have become mini-bazaars, featuring prepared treats like Thai spring rolls...

Kessler: 'Food safety system is broken' May 2: As former FDA Commissioner David Kessler decries the current food safety system, NBC's Tom Costello reports that as many as three million chickens and six thousand pigs fed tainted food may have already been eaten by Americans. Kessler: 'Food safety system is broken' May 2: As former FDA Commissioner David Kessler decries the current food safety system, NBC's Tom Costello reports that as many as three million chickens and six thousand pigs fed...

Pawin Talerngsri, director for Agriculture and Environment at the Department of Trade Negotiations, says in a research paper that although farm output accounts for a small proportion of the nation's gross domestic product, the sector employs a majority of people. Pawin Talerngsri, director for Agriculture and Environment at the Department of Trade Negotiations, says in a research paper that although farm output accounts for a small proportion of the nation's gross domestic product, the...

Most groups supporting the industry were generally pleased with the plan, which targets nearly $5 billion to support specialty crop producers by increasing nutrition in food assistance programs including school meals through the purchase of fruits and vegetables, funding specialty crop research, fighting trade barriers, and expanding export markets. Most groups supporting the industry were generally pleased with the plan, which targets nearly $5 billion to support specialty crop producers...

A technological breakthrough in growing and processing is needed to increase Viet Nam s fruit and vegetable export, economists have said. To earn 600-700 million USD in 2010 and 1 billion USD in 2015 from exporting fruit and vegetables, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) has adjusted the national programme on developing production and exports of fruit and vegetables, in which more attention will be paid to improving technology. To earn 600-700 million USD in 2010 and...