A method for increasing your production on a small footprint Editor’s note: The following is an excerpt from Ben Hartman’s new book The Lean Micro Farm (Chelsea Green Publishing, November 2023) and is printed with permission from the publisher. In the book, Ben talks about shrinking his own farm’s footprint from an acre down to 1/3 […]
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If any cut flower has made a comeback in recent years, it’s the chrysanthemum. This flower, once relegated to boring imports at the grocery store, has taken off in recent years and for good reason. There is so much to love about mums. Mums in bloom, with large disbudded varieties in the front.
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Many diversified vegetable farmers come to this profession focused on producing food for their communities, exercising their entrepreneurial spirits, stewarding the land, or some combination of the above. Few would likely say they got into farming because they wanted to be employers. And yet this industry has become heavily reliant upon hired employees — those
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