Many popular crops of the present time once were weeds. Even grains, today’s most commercialized crop, are domesticated from formerly wild grasses. Weeds were used for human consumption since historical records can be traced. Many parts of the plants; leaves, seeds, roots, stems, were used as food or medicine, making the diversity of ancient diets […]
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No one knows non-chemical weed control like certified organic vegetable and flower growers. So when Editor Amy Hansen ran a photo essay on state-of-the-art weeders in NOFA-New Jersey’s summer newsletter, it was cause for serious study. The array of weapons in the Garden State growers’ war on weeds was truly awesome. It included everything from
Americas working Gs Read More »
Once you’ve had a great year selling cut flowers, you may experience the temptation to extend your season by growing flowers in a heated greenhouse. For growers in most parts of the country, that’s the only way to get into the market in time for the big flower holidays of Easter and Mother’s Day, let
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Earlier this year, a Growing for Market reader who sells cut flowers asked whether she could be held liable for injuries caused by her flowers – for example, if someone ate a toxic flower like larkspur, or injured an eye by rubbing sap from a Euphorbia plant in it. We took the question to attorney
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We have a small family farm growing a variety of fresh organic vegetables, herbs and strawberries. Our farm is located in Watsonville, California, about an hour and a half south of San Francisco. We are in the heart of strawberry production land: home of Driscoll’s berries among others. Here in Watsonville it’s cool and temperate
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