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Culinary Trends in 2015
RoseAt the turn of the New Year, the National Restaurant Associationreleases its predictions for the coming year’s top culinary trends. The list is the result of a survey of professional chefs,...
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Culinary Trends in 2015: Fresh Peas
Petite Snap-GreensJohnny’s Product Managers are weighing in on the National Restaurant Association’s list of this year’s top culinary trends. Last week, Vegetable Product Manager, Pete Zuck covered...
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Culinary Trends in 2015: Root Vegetables
Albion ParsnipJohnny’s Product Managers are weighing in on the National Restaurant Association’s list of this year’s top culinary trends. Last week, Vegetable Product Manager, Lauren Giroux, covered...
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Culinary Trends in 2015: Hot Peppers
Johnny’s Product Managers are weighing in on the National Restaurant Association’s list of this year’s top culinary trends. Last week, Vegetable Product Manager, Pete Zuck and Plant Breeder, John...
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Canadian Farmers: Share your Feedback
Calling all Canadian Farmers!The National New Farmer Coalition and the University of Manitoba have put together a survey to assess the needs of new farmers in Canada where it concerns policy and...
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Sign Up for a FREE National Young Farmers Coalition Membership
Sign up for a FREENational Young Farmers Coalition membership- sponsored by Johnny's!Visit Johnnyseeds.com and sign up today >>>
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Culinary Trends in 2015: Micro Greens
Johnny’s Product Managers are weighing in on the National Restaurant Association’s list of this year’s top culinary trends. Last week, Vegetable Product Technician, Steve Bellavia, covered the topic of...
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Culinary Trends in 2015: Collards
Johnny’s Product Managers are weighing in on the National Restaurant Association’s list of this year’s top culinary trends. Last week, Vegetable Product Technician, Steven Rodrigue, discussed Micro...
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Enter Our Farm Dog Photo Contest
CONTEST ALERT! We want to see photos of your farm dog! A lot of our customers have 4-legged companions on their farms, so we've teamed up with Planet Dog to give away dog toys from their Orbee-Tuff®...
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Happy Earth Day!
Happy Earth Day 2015 from all of us here at Johnny's! How are YOU celebrating today? Leave a comment under this post and let us know.Ever wonder how Earth Day started? This observance arose from an...
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Visit to Whitewater Gardens’ Geoexchange Greenhouse in Altura, Minnesota
By Andrew Mefferd, Johnny's Selected SeedsDAY 1 — Whitewater Gardens’ Geoexchange Greenhouse, Altura, MinnesotaEarlier this year, I flew out to La Crosse, Wisconsin to attend the Midwest Organic &...
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Visit to MOSES Organic Farming Conference in LaCrosse, Wisconsin
By Andrew Mefferd, Johnny's Selected SeedsDAY 2 — MOSES 2015 ConferenceJohnny's at MOSES 2015The next day I headed to the MOSES (Midwest Organic & Sustainable Education Services) Conference in La...
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Johnny's Donates to FoodCorps
FoodCorps members are making a huge difference nationwide to revitalize garden space; from September through March of the 2015 school year, they have built or revitalized the equivalent of 8.6 NBA...
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Putting in a New Bed of Asparagus Crowns — Part I
By Lindsay Spigel, R&D, Johnny’s Selected SeedsMay 2015 Following the late arrival of spring here in Central Maine — and hopefully the last few weeks of frosts — we were able to put in a new bed of...
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Update on Our New Asparagus Planting: Part II
Update on Our New Asparagus Planting: Part II May 2015,From our last post you’ll recall that we planted a new bed of asparagus crowns at Johnny’s Research Farm in Albion on May 4th. Prior to planting,...
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Update on our Asparagus Crown Planting: Part III
Our Final Asparagus Crown Planting Update May 2015Here’s the last update ‘til fall for our newly planted asparagus crown bed. At the end of the last post, we mentioned that as the spears grow, you will...
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Arrival & Preplanting Care of Sweet Potato Slips
The Slips Arrive Packages containing sweet potato slips were shipping at a steady rate earlier this month. When live plants are delivered, it’s always best to plant them immediately — but when life and...
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Planting Out Sweet Potato Slips
Sweet PotatoesRest assured that in the days between their arrival and the day of planting, your sweet potatoes will have recuperated and will indeed look great!- Read our prior post for simple...
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Visit to Leamington, Ontario, Canada – Greenhouse Capital of North America
By Andrew Mefferd, Johnny’s Selected SeedsDuring the week of June 15 I traveled to the town of Leamington, Ontario, Canada to see the latest greenhouse varieties. I went to this particular location...
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Sweet Potatoes Trial • Summer Update
As you’ll recall from the closing images of our June 26th post about planting our sweet potato trial, the slips were drooping and wilted — less than healthy appearing. Sweet potatoes are a tropical...
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Canadian Greenhouse Conference and Indoor Ag-Con
By Andrew Mefferd, Johnny’s Selected SeedsOctober was a busy month for me, with two major, consecutive greenhouse conferences taking place mid-month — the Canadian Greenhouse Conference and the Indoor...
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Trip Notes from the 2016 Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference
Bonita Nicolas, Johnny's Selected Seeds Quality Assurance Manager, shares her trip notes from the 2016 Southeast Regional Fruit & Vegetable Conference that she attended with Southeast Territory...
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Johnny’s Attends 8th Organic Seed Grower’s Conference: Cultivating Resilience
by Joy LongfellowR&D Breeding Team, Johnny’s Selected SeedsEarly February saw several members of Johnny’s Research, Breeding, and Sales teams head west for the Organic Seed Alliance’s 8th Organic...
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Celebrating the Last of Our Long-Storing Kabocha Squash
by Pete Zuck, R&D, Vegetable Product Manager» Watch Pete's New Video-Recipe for Miso-Glazed Kabocha SquashJust as we reach the last few weeks of another Maine winter, our once seemingly boundless...
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Dig a little deeper. . . into Tomato & Pepper Breeding
by Emily Rose Haga • Johnny's Plant BreederGreetings, growers! My name is Emily Rose Haga, and I manage the tomato and pepper breeding programs here at Johnny's, along with my breeding team.In both...
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