Entries by Cathy Svejkovsky

Battling Borers in Organic Apple Production

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By Guy Ames, NCAT Horticulturist Organic apple production in the Southeast U.S. has many challenges and controlling trunk borers is one of the most serious. Left unchallenged, borers can kill young apple trees before they ever get started bearing fruit. And older trees are not immune from the ravages of these pests either. In the […]

Improving Seed Viability and Germination

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Vegetable growers are hustling to start seeds in order to have transplants ready to go in to the ground once the soil has warmed up and dried out.
By Andy Pressman
NCAT Northeast Regional Director

Episode 128. Direct Marketing Meat with Dave and Jenny Scott, Part 1

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This episode is the first of an occasional ATTRA Voices from the Field series on direct marketing meat. Linda Coffey, a livestock specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA sustainable-agriculture program, follows up on a listener’s question by interviewing fellow NCAT ATTRA livestock specialist Dave Scott and his wife, Jenny, about their direct-marketing meat business, Montana Highland Lamb. […]

Episode 129. Direct Marketing Meat with Dave and Jenny Scott, Part 2: Processing

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Today’s episode is the second in an ATTRA Voices from the Field ongoing series on Direct Marketing Meat. Linda Coffey, a livestock specialist with NCAT’s ATTRA sustainable-agriculture program, follows up on a listener’s question by interviewing her colleague, NCAT ATTRA Livestock Specialist Dave Scott and his wife and partner, Jenny, about their direct-marketing meat business, […]