USU IPM Winter Webinar
Our vegetable Winter Webinar No. 3 is coming up! It will be covering Biological Pest Control for Vegetable Crops and will be 45 minutes long…
Unique Carrot Collection Looking For a New Home
The largest Carrot-Art Collection in the world is looking for a new home. For over 40 years, artist Jeff Chiplis of Cleveland, Ohio, has cultivated…
The Original Carrot Color: Orange or Purple?
By Jaimee Bruce Most people would associate carrots with the color orange and would never dream of seeing this root vegetable in another color. What…
Largest Greek Salad: Petros Lambrinidis breaks Guinness World Records record
MOSCOW, Russia — Petros Lambrinidis, a Greek chef from Crete, managed to create a gigantic 20-tonne salad with the help of over 1,000 volunteers in…
Carrot Park opens in Ohakune
Two years in the making, the park sees Ohakune’s famous giant carrot joined by a cartoon carrot, as well as a swede, potato, and Brussels…
Bayer clinches Monsanto with improved $66 billion bid
By Greg Roumeliotis and Ludwig Burger German drug and crop chemical maker Bayer clinched a $66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto on Wednesday,…
How robots will revolutionize farming
By Brian Halweil Earlier this summer, I took a dive into the world of small farm machines that will soon be crawling farm fields near you. In…
Governments Invest in Vegetable Research to Improve Yields and Grow New Crops in Manitoba
The Canada and Manitoba governments have invested more than $210,000 in a new vegetable research site near Winkler, focused on improving yields, developing new varieties…
VIDEO: Could carrot pulp revolutionize food industry?
Once considered waste, researchers have found that carrot pulp has all the benefits of fiber but without the side effects. “No bloating, no intestinal problems,…
24 Amazing Benefits Of Carrots For Skin And Health
Few Facts About Carrots: Carrots are basically root vegetables belonging to the Apeaceae or Umbelliferrous family, which also includes parsley, parsnip, dill, cumin, etc. A carrot plant has green…
