Oregon flower growers find a permaculture marketing niche Walking into Pollinate Flowers’ backyard growing space feels like entering a storybook cottage garden. A long arbor draped with greenery leads the visitor down a shaded path to a deer-fenced permaculture production area. Inside the gate, the gardens overflow with abundance. On either side of the central […]
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The first of 3 articles on the business, growing techniques and opportunities My neighbors, mentors, and dear friends, Sandy Roth and Dick Kenton, started Plant Works native plant nursery in 1996 in La Grande, Oregon. I will share their story, extensive experience, and spirit for growing and restoration. We hope these articles encourage others to
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Post your favorite farm-made tool on social media using #toolsforgrowingformarket or email it to us at admin@growingformarket.com. If Josh picks your tool, you win a $50 tool gift certificate and a Full Access sub to GFM! Hand carts are a great tool on the farm, saving time moving all sorts of things, and saving wear
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Lush crops among solar arrays at Sprout City Farms site at Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont, Colorado, show how crops and solar panels can be good bedfellows in arid climates. The microclimate created by the panels helps retain moisture and protects plants from too much sun. Meanwhile, vegetation transpiration cools the panels making them more
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Community building CSA balances fair prices and fair wages Pluk! was conceived one summer evening in 2017 by a couple of wannabe farmers. They were fresh out of agriculture school in the polder (low lying land reclaimed from the sea) and living in the heart of Amsterdam. That night, over a bottle of organic wine,
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