by Hugh Lyu

Fall is a good time for perennial weed management in wild blueberry fields.

In the fall, perennial plants translocate carbohydrates to their rhizomes and roots. And herbicides get transported to those structures during the carbohydrate translocation process, which improves their efficacy.

by Dan Woolley

The Wild Blueberry Producers Association of Nova Scotia (WBPANS) recently held its first field day since 2019 and the disruption of COVID-19. About 120 people showed up at John Cameron’s blueberry receiving station in East River Saint Marys, Pictou County, on July 19.

by George Fullerton

July is the height of the strawberry U-pick season at Walker’s Strawberry Farm just downstream from Berwick, N.B., on the Millstream River. But the farm offers much more than strawberries throughout the year. The Walker family also produces raspberries, vegetables, beef, meat chickens, and eggs.

by Emily Leeson

P.E.I.’s own Dr. Christine Noronha has been named one of the 2022 Influential Women in Canadian Agriculture. The honour, bestowed by Annex Business Media, recognizes Noronha’s accomplishments made throughout her 20-plus-year career as an entomologist with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC).

by Carissa Geddes

As consumers, we’re constantly told what we should and shouldn’t eat. For example, we’re told to increase our intake of fruits and vegetables, limit sodium, and avoid excess saturated fat.