Bottom Line No. 6

In this issue: Stop & Shop will be closing some stores in the Northeast focusing on reducing costs and prices to consumers. Consumers currently prefer fresh produce with longer shelf-lives and cabbage is having its moment! Learn about rice and honeyberry production – two new emerging crops for the region. Food safety investments tend to pay-off, especially if you have third party audits. Use NYS Business Express to identify what you need to start or expand a new venture and upcoming programs.

Start Scouting Those Cucumbers NOW!

by Chuck Bornt, 6/27/22 Those of you that are frequent readers of vegetable newsletters know that over the last bunch of years, we have been battling a new strain or “clades” of Cucurbit Downy Mildew.  In the past, we would see it occasionally, but these new clade types have become annual occurrences especially in cucumbers Read More…