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Growing for Market is the magazine for local food and flower producers. GFM keeps you informed about the business of growing and selling vegetables, fruits, cut flowers, plants, herbs, and other food products. If you are market gardening or farming, whatever your scale, we guarantee you'll find valuable information that will help make your business more profitable and enjoyable. Please join us today!

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Farming and pregnancy: Balancing the physical and emotional demands

Farming and pregnancy: Balancing the physical and emotional demands

Summer lettuce lessons from Southern growers

Summer lettuce lessons from Southern growers

Cater to the special needs of flowers at harvest

Cater to the special needs of flowers at harvest

Why and how farmers protect their skin

Why and how farmers protect their skin

Member-harvested CSA runs on trust and efficient small-scale mechanization

Member-harvested CSA runs on trust and efficient small-scale mechanization

Flower farming without plastic

Flower farming without plastic

Hardening off process is worth the effort

Hardening off process is worth the effort

Farming small with a recipe for profit

Farming small with a recipe for profit

Tricks of the trade for starting flower seed

Tricks of the trade for starting flower seed

Set boundaries for CSA members and set yourself up for success

Set boundaries for CSA members and set yourself up for success

It’s time to Marie Kondo your seed stash

It’s time to Marie Kondo your seed stash

How Southeastern U.S. farmers are coping with climate change

How Southeastern U.S. farmers are coping with climate change

Checklist for a successful garlic harvest

Checklist for a successful garlic harvest

Plant flowers in July for fall harvest

Plant flowers in July for fall harvest

Turmeric: like ginger, but not

Turmeric: like ginger, but not

Why it's important to keep talking about discrimination in agriculture

Why it's important to keep talking about discrimination in agriculture

In the August magazine

• Balancing farming and pregnancy

• Lessons from 20+ years of flower farming

• Tracking variable costs and yields

• Perennial alliums and good storage conditions

• Soil microbes fuel nutrient cycling

• New GFM solar office

and more!

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