Beginning with January 2023 royalty collections, Plants Nouveau will manage the administration, supply chain and marketing of the Chicagoland Grows Plant Introduction Program, according to a company press release. Plants Nouveau was founded in 2005 by Angela Treadwell-Palmer, who managed the Chicagoland Grows program from 2002 to late 2004, before relocating to the East Coast […]
December 2022: Oregon is Nursery Country
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— PostedAnchored by multigenerational farming families, some dating as far back as the 1850s, Oregon’s nursery industry is deeply rooted in the past. Want to know more? Listen to Cindy Lou Evans Pease spin tales about her great-great grandfather, Christian Frederick Vonderahe, who in 1857 settled on land that is known today as Evans Farms LLC. […]
November 2022: Transportation and Logistics
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— PostedOur November issue of Digger Magazine takes a comprehensive look at freight, a component of the nursery industry that’s as essential as water, sunshine and air. In this issue: A season of nightmares: With low availability and higher driver and truck costs, shipping costs skyrocketed in 2022. By Mitch Lies. Safe travels: Nurseries take steps to […]
What to do with plastics
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— PostedPlant growers, retailers, plastic manufacturers and recyclers consider new tactics for the recycling and disposal of plastics, as concerns mount over landfills and fuel Hundreds of pounds of it are in every automobile, truck and tractor. It’s made into millions of straws, utensils and to-go containers for use in the food industry, as well as […]
Delivering the goods
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— PostedTransporting nearly a billion-dollars’ worth of Oregon-grown plant material takes trucks and trains — and lots of them. Droves of railroad cars, dry and refrigerated (refer) vans are needed to move shipments of plants across the state and to faraway places across the continent. Growers ship their plants to market with the help of transportation […]
Meet the Leader: Wes Bailey
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— PostedFall is a busy time for Wes Bailey. But then, he is never one to sit still. Fall is football season (he coaches a youth football team), and retail garden centers are busy stocking poinsettias — half a million of which are grown at the Smith Gardens site in Aurora, Oregon, where Bailey has been […]
August 2017 — Digger: Farwest edition
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— PostedAugust 2017 — Digger: Farwest edition
Meet the Leader: Sam Barkley
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— PostedGet to know the Mt. Hood Chapter president and future steward of J. Frank Schmidt & Son Co.
ODA traps 4,000 Japanese beetles
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— PostedOregon Department of Agriculture issues update on Japanese beetle eradication effort
ODA flags two pesticides made by PBI/Gordon Corp.
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— PostedODA flags two pesticides made by PBI/Gordon Corp.
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