We are finally to the point at our farm where we are praying for that early frost. Some of you probably have already had a freeze by now, but here in Texas the summer can stretch out well into September. By that time we’ve had just about all of the fire ants and scorpions and […]
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By Beth Meneghini Small business owner turned flower farmer Joe Caputi has mastered the art of combining business with beauty and putting it all on display at farmers’ markets. “We’re of course serious about making money, but what we do, really, is sell an experience, a sense of nostalgia that stirs up good memories,” he
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All too frequently during our peak tomato production months, we return home from market with more tomatoes than we can eat or even give away. Our choice for handling this abundance depends on how much time we have and, often, the type of tomato we have. There are several preparations that lend themselves well to
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Green beans, snap beans, stringless beans, whatever you call them, green beans are a staple of many market farms, and eagerly awaited by farmers’ market customers. Phaseolus vulgaris comes in many different forms, most of which we have grown at some point, and they all have similar cultural requirements. Beans were domesticated at least 7,000
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Two years ago this month, the federal organic standards took effect, requiring third-party certification for any farmer who wanted to label products “organic.” The far-reaching effects of the law are still unknown, even with the passage of two years. Hard-and-fast data on organic certification numbers are not available nationwide, and at this point only piecemeal
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