Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack today announced the creation of the Foundation for Food and Agricultural Research (FFAR) and the appointment of a 15-member board of directors.

CropKing adds additional dates and locations for its popular two-day Grower Workshop.

New SHS Griffin 2014/2015 catalog includes the entire spring vegetative assortment from Syngenta Flowers-GoldFisch Vegetative.

A seminar entitled Using New Technologies to Optimize the Greenhouse Environment for Efficiency and Increased Profitibility will be one of the highlights at the 2014 Farwest Trade Show, held August 21 to 22 in Portland, Ore.

Urban farming pioneer Bright Farms is attempting to crowdfund what it hopes will be the “world’s most productive urban farm,” in Washington, D.C.

All-America Selections announces six new edibles as its first six winners for the 2015 gardening season.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the USDA is providing $9.7 million in emergency water assistance to 73,000 residents in 11 California counties experiencing the driest year on record.

Watch for the 2014 Pennsylvania Poinsettia Trials, coming to Dan Schantz Farm and Greenhouses on November 13, 2014.

AmericanHort announced at Cultivate’14 this week a pledge to support the Horticultural Research Institute with a gift of $100,000. The national horticulture association is committing $50,000 and will match up to another $50,000 in gifts from other individuals and companies for a total contribution of $100,000.

Practical Software Solutions and Green Market Systems join forces at Cultivate ’14 to integrate DemandLink and Grower Vertical for Sage ERP.

The Dummen Group received MPS-ABC (environmental) and MPS-GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) certification at the MPS booth at Cultivate’14 on Sunday, July 13. The company also announced it will not use neonicotinoid pesticides for spring annuals production.

Date: Saturday, July 12 10:45 am – 11:30 am Location: Ballroom 2 Speakers: Joseph Bischoff, PhD, Lin Schmale […]

The founders of BloomNation are changing the way flowers are sold online by focusing on customer experience and florists’ autonomy.