It's not a broccoli plant, even though its little buds look exactly like broccoli florets. And it's not just another vegetable like collard greens, even though it's sometimes served that way. You'll find it cooked in the deli case of many Italian delis and markets and raw in the produce sections of many supermarkets. It's actually a relative of the turnip and cabbage families, prized not for its floret-looking flowers but for its leaves' and stems' pungent bitterness. It doesn't need to...

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.

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,...

An explosion in greenhouse-grown vegetables, led by Southwestern Ontario farmers, can be traced to changing consumer demand for more year-round fresh produce. Statistics Canada, in its latest agriculture census reported yesterday, underlined the growth in greenhouse-produced vegetables. More than 80 per cent of Ontario's greenhouse vegetable production is concentrated in the southwest, with half the total area dedicated to about 25 varieties of tomatoes. Victoria Day! Get all your...

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...

Managing Director of Opex Agro Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Onex Subasinghe told the Opex Agro Dealer Convention in Colombo last week that farmers scattered across the country will be able to reap a bumper crop harvest with the introduction of new fertiliser that will boost production. Managing Director of Opex Agro Holdings (Pvt) Ltd, Onex Subasinghe told the Opex Agro Dealer Convention in Colombo last week that farmers scattered across the country will be able to reap a bumper crop harvest with...

And even though it s early in the growing season, consumers can expect to find a wide variety of locally grown fruits and vegetables, including asparagus and rhubarb. The market will be open every Saturday morning until October 27th at Trail Station Park.

Researchers at the University of Warwick have found that the standard British cooking habit of boiling vegetables severely damages the anticancer properties of many Brassica vegetables such as broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage. However before this research it was not known how the glucosinolates and isothiocyanates were influenced by storage and cooking of Brassica vegetables. The researchers, Prof Paul Thornalley from Warwick Medical School at the University of...

However before this research it was not known how the glucosinolates and isothiocyanates were influenced by storage and cooking of Brassica vegetables. The researchers, Prof Paul Thornalley from Warwick Medical School at the University of Warwick and Dr Lijiang Song from the University of Warwick s Department of Chemistry bought Brassica vegetables, (broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cauliflower and green cabbage) from a local store and transported them to the laboratory within 30 minutes of...