General
Associations / Boards / Councils
Publications
GENERAL
Commercial Vegetable Production Guides - guides for growing over 60 different vegetables.
Florida Tomatoes - contains educational, market, retail and food service information as well as recipes.
Produce for Better Health Foundation - a nonprofit organization designed to increase consumption of fruits and vegetables to an average of 5 or more servings a day to improve the health of Americans.
Vidalia Onion Web - contains links to web pages developed for individual Vidalia onion growers and has information on production, recipes, and photographs.
ASSOCIATIONS / BOARDS / COUNCILS
Belgian Endive Marketing Board - contains recipes and information about marketing Belgian Endive.
California Tomato Commission - a state-mandated, 100% industry-funded organization that represents the growers, packers and shippers of California-grown fresh market tomatoes.
California Tomato Growers Association, Inc. - California's tomato growers produce more than 90% of the nation's processed tomatoes and nearly half of the world's total tomato tonnage.
Canadian Produce Marketing Association - members are companies active in the marketing of fresh fruits and vegetables in Canada from the farm to the dinner plate.
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association - an agricultural trade organization whose mission is to enhance the competitive and business environment for producing fruits, vegetables and other crops in Florida.
Fresh Produce Association of the Americas - mission to develop and promote trade between growers and shippers in Mexico and other foreign countries and receivers throughout the U.S. and Canada.
Hydoponic Society of America - formally organized in 1980 to provide an exchange of ideas and information about hydroponics.
International Sprout Growers Association - the professional association of sprout growers and companies providing products and services to the sprout industry.
Leafy Greens Council - provides market, nutritional, and educational information to consumers, produce growers and produce buyers.
National Onion Association - provides information about onions to farmers, distributors, and consumers; recipes, trivia and nutritional facts are all available.
North Carolina Sweet Potato Commission - information and news about North Carolina sweet potatoes and the farmers. Includes kids activities, recipes, and a searchable shipper, processor and seedman directory.
Produce Marketing Association - trade association serving over 2,500 members marketing fresh fruits, vegetables and floral products worldwide.
Texas Vegetable Association - provides the Texas vegetable industry with a strong voice on vegetable production issues.
Western Growers Association - a 3,300 member agricultural trade association whose members grow, pack and ship more than half of the nation's fresh fruits, vegetables and nuts.
Wisconsin Potato & Vegetable Growers Association - mission to assist members as stewards of the land and to succeed through grower information, environmentally sound research, governmental action and promotion efforts.
PUBLICATIONS
Citrus & Vegetable - a magazine that delivers profitable production and management strategies to Florida's growers.
The Grower - the only audited publication reaching both large fruit and vegetable commercial producers.