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Visitors can sample tomatoes, peppers, salsas and related products Sept. 5 at the MU Tomato Festival in Columbia. (MU file photo)
Midwestern Region, Missouri, Regional Roundup

MU Tomato Festival is Sept. 5, 2024

The University of Missouri invites tomato lovers and gardeners to its 2024 Tomato Festival. The free event is 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5. Read More

The Kansas Value Added Foods Lab is hosting a two-day online class to help food operators and manufacturers learn the correct procedures for producing thermally processed acidified foods. (Photo courtesy of Kansas State University Research and Extension.)
Home and Family

K-State food scientist outlines steps to canning frozen food safely

Tomatoes picked too soon will not ripen, but can be used for fried green tomatoes. (Laura McKenzie/Texas A&M AgriLife)
Home and Family, Horticulture, Horticulture, Outdoors

How to store tomatoes



Digging in garden beds. Weeding weeds in the garden. (Photo: iStock - Anna Solovei)

June Gardening Tips and Checklist

  • By JayDee Gunnell | Utah State University Extension
Onions (Photo: Cindy Haynes)

Gardeners enter home stretch for onions, tomatoes

  • By K-State Research and Extension news service
Salad plantation in a square garden at springtime, and some tomato plantation and flowers. (Photo: iStock - NCAImages)

Maximize garden space by growing vertically

Hands Planting The Seedlings Into The Ground (Photo: iStock - RomoloTavani)

Soil temperature is important for germination in the garden

Tomatoes (Photo courtesy of ARS News Service.)

It’s February: Are you thinking about tomatoes…yet?

Preparing a freshly dug flower bed for planting in a garden with fork and wheelbarrow (Photo: iStock - PaulMaguire)

Four tips to creating the perfect garden plan

Tomato plants are prolific, their fruit can be canned, cooked or eaten fresh, and they are a source of vitamin C, making tomatoes the most popular plant in home gardens. (Photo courtesy of K-State Research and Extension.)

Health benefits of tomatoes

Frozen cabbage in the garden covered with frost (Photo: iStock - Ulrike Leone)

Fall Frost Tolerance of Common Vegetables

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