What we learned from our SARE grant Broccoli and cauliflower are fall staples on diversified produce operations like ours. Historically, they thrive in our northeastern region and provide heft, visual interest, and diversity to our direct market and CSA boxes. But in recent years, growing heading fall brassicas feels like gambling. Hot summers stress seedlings. […]
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Americans have always been inclined to like big things, often the bigger the better. A lot of marketing has been based on supersizing. This attitude has been applied at farmers markets as well — big red tomatoes, big ears of sweet corn, big heads of cauliflower. But it would be a mistake to assume that
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It is the heat of late summer, and we are all in the throes of a hectic harvesting and marketing season. But in the midst of it all, I bet you are thinking about next year already. More of this, less of that, none of that ever again. It is in our nature to plan
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#ToolsForGrowingForMarket As I was preparing one of many beds this week on the farm for seeding and transplanting our fall and winter crops, I once again was appreciating how good the DeWit Seed Bed rake is. Compared to the ubiquitous 12-inch bow rakes sold in most garden centers and hardware stores, the Seed Bed rake
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After three years of running our flower farm, Moonshot Farm in East Windsor, New Jersey, and simultaneously working a full-time, off-farm job, I finally made the big decision: I quit my off-farm job and now farm full-time with my husband. It has been about eight months since going all in. Our farm has never been
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Nella Mae Parks went from a farm with lots of topsoil to one with lots of clay, and in the subsequent decade she has learned a lot about clay! Nella Mae’s Farm is in Cove, Oregon. Podcast host Katie Kulla and Nella Mae talk about the advantages that clay can provide (high water
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