Slow Flowers 2022 floral insights and forecast
Slow Flowers partnered with BLOOM Imprint, its publishing arm, to release the 2022 “Slow Flowers Floral Insights and Industry Forecast.” For the eighth year, Slow Flowers Society heralds the New Year with predictions of emerging themes, topics and categories for the floral marketplace. Our report has become an important gauge for our members, the greater […]
Chicory salad mixes
Adding value to radicchio so you can grow and sell more In recent years fall has become radicchio season in North America. Farmers post pictures of this iconic Italian crop all over Instagram and it is being promoted with Chicory Week and Sagra del Radicchio from the Culinary Breeding Network (#chicoryweek). Like many farmers, I […]
How farmers are adapting to a hotter, more volatile climate
As farmers, we like to complain about the weather, but mostly what we do is adapt to it as best we can as it happens. We have bags of tricks to coax plants into early growth or to survive frost. I inherited the many generations of tricks through my family of farmers and gardeners from […]
Tools to help you put the right price on your products
Post your farm-made tool on Instagram or Facebook with #toolsforgrowingformarket. If author Josh Volk picks your tool, you win a $50 tool gift certificate and a Full Access subscription to GFM. Like many farmers I know, I’ve always struggled with setting prices. I want to charge a “fair” price for my customers, and I want […]
Strategies for balancing parenting and farm work
On a record-cold night in December 2009, my husband, Casey, and I walked slowly around our frozen fields. I paused and leaned on him as each labor contraction interrupted our circuit, my mind focused more on the new life inside me than on the winter vegetables. Eventually, I returned to our house and continued laboring […]
Transitioning to cover crops as the main source of fertility
Managing soil health and fertility organically is one of the most challenging and exciting aspects of organic farming. There is no single right method, and our process has evolved over time. How we each approach this depends on our climate, soil type, labor, philosophy, and available resources. We are an organic vegetable farm in […]