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Growing for Market is America's most respected publication about growing and direct marketing vegetables, fruits, herbs, cut flowers, plants, and other farm products. Growing for Market covers farmers markets, Community Supported Agriculture, the local food movement, organic growing, cut flowers, and much more. Growing for Market publishes 10 issues per year, in print and online, and offers memberships to our extensive online archive of articles. Become a member today!



cover of June 2010 issueJune/July 2010 Issue now available, featuring:
  • How to build and use an inexpensive caterpillar tunnel for season extension and pest control.
  • How to use a Cool-Bot to refrigerate a truck or trailer.
  • New resources to help you set prices.
  • Plow pan is surprisingly common on vegetable farms; it causes stunted plants and lower yields. Here's how to recognize and fix the problem.
  • Tips for using hoes to achieve the best possible weed control.
  • Have sweet corn for a long season each summer.
  • Weddings are a new and important market for flower growers; here's advice on how to tap the demand.
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New Books in the Online Store

Local HarvestLocal Harvest: A Multifarm CSA Handbook by Jill Perry and Scott Franzblau, looks at CSAs from a cooperative perspective.  As small growers take on more responsibility for feeding their communities, multifarm CSA emerges as an attractive way for growers and customers to work together to foster a healthy local economy. Click here to order


Building Soils for Better CropsBuilding Soils for Better Crops by Fred Magdoff and Harold Van Es, is one of the most practical guides on soil management available. As we confront a future of peak oil, climate change and depleted fresh water resources, restoring the health of our soils is more imperative today than at any time in history. This 3rd edition is an indispensable resource for farmers and gardeners everywhere.  Click here to order


These articles have recently been added to Growing for Market Online

  Heat tolerance in plants (in: Market Farming Basics)
  Taking Care of Tomatoes (in: Market Farming Basics)
  Scouting for Pests and Diseases (in: Market Farming Basics)
  Extend your selling season with storage vegetables (in: Market Farming Basics)
  More feedback on the growth of super-CSAs (in: Archive)
  Weed Control Stratagies (in: Market Farming Basics)
  Wedding flowers profitable, but time-consuming; figure out the level of service you can offer brides (in: Archive)
  Plan a long season of sweet corn (in: Archive)
  Using hoes for maximum weed control (in: Archive)
  Plow pan may be cause of reduced yield, stunted growth in plants (in: Archive)
 
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