May 31, 2025

This spring, Seattle Wholesale Growers Market turned 14 years old. Our updated mission statement reflects the growth of an ambitious idea into a resilient business. We are a farmer-owned cooperative dedicated to serving the Pacific Northwest and beyond through the cultivation of high-quality flowers and a resilient, ecologically-centered floral community. Today we have 19 owner-members […]

Handy for hard-to-measure surfaces and double checking the accuracy of other thermometers I was looking back through Instagram photos tagged #toolsforgrowingformarket and came across one from a few years ago from my friend Martin at Slow and Steady Farm on Whidbey Island in Washington. In the photo he’s showing a $20 infrared thermometer he’s using

Year one running a SARE trial project We grow cut flowers year-round at Moonshot Farm in East Windsor, New Jersey, but find that timing flowers for December — including winter holidays like Christmas and Hanukkah — to be the trickiest time of year for production. To bloom in December, most cut flowers need to be