Produce Grower • April 2023

Sustainable Aspirations

B2B cover story. For growers and packers who strive for sustainability, the decisions surrounding sustainable packaging are complex — from trends in materials and marketing to food safety, shelf life and plain old economics.

Means and Matters • October 2022

Washington Dairy Farmer Aims to Go Carbon Negative

This agribusiness profile for Bank of the West's award-winning Means & Matters magazine highlights a Washington entrepreneur and farmer who's laser-focused on sustainability and carbon-negative goals.

Produce Grower • August 2022

Moving forward in Alberta

Despite a global pandemic, Big Marble Farms has more than doubled its production area and nearly doubled its employee count. The company has also launched a sustainability initiative focused on “The” Big Marble — planet Earth — from which it takes its name.

Means and Matters • May 2022

Sustainable Groundwater Management Reshapes Farming in California’s Central Valley

This story for Bank of the West's award-winning Means & Matters digs into how water scarcity and California's Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA) may affect Central Valley farmers in the near, mid and long term.

Produce Grower • February 2022

Onward & upward

B2B cover story for Produce Grower magazine on Brooklyn-based aquaponic bass and greens grower Upward Farms and its plans to build the world's largest vertical farm.

Hemp Grower • February 2022

Laying the Foundation for California Hemp Fiber

B2B feature for Hemp Grower magazine covering historic 2021 California fiber hemp trials with U.S. hemp industry pioneer Lawrence Serbin and Central Valley cotton and almond grower Tom Pires.

Means & Matters • September 2021

6 Ways Sustainable Agriculture Is Changing the Business of Food

Feature for Bank of the West's Webby Award-winning Means & Matters on trends transforming sustainable food and agriculture.

Hemp Grower • June 2021

Small & Mighty

B2B COVER STORY - At Tulip Tree Gardens, branded hemp, heirloom vegetables, and regenerative agriculture now coexist where sharecropped corn and soybean fields once grew.

Produce Grower • February 2021

Green & Growing

B2B COVER STORY - Time spent talking with Schuyler Greens Company founder and farm manager John McMahon reveals the dream that drives this controlled-environment agriculture (CEA) farm.

Produce Grower • March 2020

Big-Picture Packaging

B2B COVER STORY - Fresh produce packaging has come a long way since the days when wooden crates met the industry’s needs. Options that worked when a retailer’s biggest concern was controlling heads of iceberg lettuce fall short in the face of modern consumer expectations and needs.

Pennington.com • November 2020

Why and How to Pick Native Plants for Your Landscape

A garden of native plants can benefit people, wildlife and the environment in many ways. Chosen wisely and tended properly, these easy-care beauties provide years of enjoyment for gardeners and the creatures that share their spaces.

Garden Center Magazine • January 2019

Gateway to Green

B2B COVER STORY - Habitat gardening, biodiversity and even pollinator plants have gone from fringe trends to integral parts of mainstream consumers’ identities as stewards of their natural worlds.

Pennington.com • November 2020

Creating a Songbird Garden with Native Plants

Native plants and songbirds live in harmony, filling the countryside and gardens with color, movement and song. With thoughtful planning and simple care, you can create a native plant oasis that keeps songbirds singing and coming back for more.

GardenTech • July 2020

Gardening for Bees, Birds & Butterflies

Butterflies, bees and birds add beauty and excitement to gardens, but those aren't the only reasons to invite them in.

Produce Grower • February 2020

Organic Market Momentum

Many people within and outside of the produce industry have questioned whether “organic” could ever win consumer hearts. While the industry hasn’t hit organic domination, prevailing winds are blowing in that direction.

Garden Center Magazine • August 2016

10 Plants That Bring Birds to the Garden

Birds are drawn to landscapes for many reasons, but plants are critical elements. By choosing plants known to please a variety of bird species, your customers can be well on their way to creating ideal bird habitats.

Cannabis Business Times • July 2018

Water Reclamation Insights from Cultivators

This B2B feature for award-winning Cannabis Business Times magazine covers four cannabis operations practicing or planning water reclamation for improved resource allocation and sustainability.

Greenhouse Management • May 2019

Produce, Reuse, Recycle

B2B COVER STORY - From extensive recycling to 100% rainwater irrigation, Krueger Maddux Greenhouses focuses on environmentally conservative production.