CONTENTS DISEASE & WEED CONTROL ISSUE | FEBRUARY 2024 8 Farm Market Bus Tour visits diverse retailers 12 40 Under 40 Award honorees gather at GLEXPO 14 FEATURES 06 Michigan Vegetable Council honors experts Main Farms, Rebecca Grumet earn Master Farmer awards 08 Farm market operators share during GLEXPO bus tour Six stops feature a variety of retailers 12 Fruit + Vegetable 40 Under 40 Awards Industry honors talent at Great Lakes EXPO 14 A different tool in fighting herbicide resistance Researchers study conditions that trigger weed emergence 18 Going Greens Baker Farms leaves traditional Southern vegetables for leafy greens DEPARTMENTS 04 Editor's letter 32 Classifieds 34 Advertiser Index 24 Replacing plastic with cover crops Testing clover as living mulch tillage strategies 30 Farm Market & Agritourism Effective pricing methods for produce at farm markets Idaho researchers seek herbicide resistance solutions On the Cover Baker Farms finds success in collards and other greens. Photo by Doug Ohlemeier. PAGE 18 VEGETABLEGROWERSNEWS.COM | 3http://www.VEGETABLEGROWERSNEWS.COM