Tag Archive for: Fruit

Unsprayed Carman grapes

Grapes in High Tunnels Can Greatly Reduce Pesticide Use and Increase Yields

As a young, would-be organic farmer in the early 1970s, I drooled over the nursery catalog photographs of plump, succulent bunches of grapes as if they were the very essence and promise of good farming and good health. The genus containing grapes is Vitis, a word from the proto-Indo-European root, which means “living or life itself.” Wow. Grapes=life itself!
By Guy K. Ames, NCAT Horticulture Specialist
Hands holding organic strawberries from Canada

Virtual Farm Tour: Risk Management at Appel Farms

In this video, farmers Travis and Mandy Appel detail their specialty…

Virtual Farm Tour: Risk Management at Ames Orchard and Nursery

Hear from farmer Guy Ames, owner of Ames Orchard and Nursery…

Risk Management at Ames Orchard and Nursery

Guy Ames -- an NCAT Sustainable Horticulture Specialist and owner…

Risk Management on a Diverse Orchard and Nursery

This virtual workshop includes a video tour of Ames Orchard and…

Vineyard Agroforestry: Growing Grapes in the Era of Climate Change

I had the privilege of undergoing my graduate school research in one of the best places on earth: Mendoza, Argentina. Mendoza, like many parts of California, is an arid region with very little rainfall, similar soils, and similar weather patterns. And, like California, it grows great wine. Unlike California, though, Mendoza still has many vineyards that are intercropped with trees in vineyard agroforestry systems. That's why, when I decided to study arid vineyard agroforestry systems for my master’s research, Mendoza is where I journeyed to. 
by Katherine Favor, Sustainable Agriculture Specialist
apple blossum

Fruit and the Freeze of 2021

Better Than I Feared but Worse Than It Looks By Guy K. Ames,…
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Episode 193. Arizona Microgreens: USDA Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program

In this bonus podcast of Voices from the Field, Lacy Stephens…
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Farm to Food Hub to School

In this video, Daniel Prial, a specialist with the National Center…

Juneberry: the Delicious Native American Fruit with a Thousand Names

Of the many names for this plant, "chuckleberry" is certainly my favorite, but I've only seen it in writing, never heard it spoken. Around the Ozarks where I live "sarvis" or "sarvisberry" seems to be the most commonly spoken, at least among the old-timers.
By Guy K. Ames, NCAT Horticulture Specialist