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Extending the Season – Second Edition is a 52-page collection of articles about six strategies for selling over a longer season. It includes articles about:
- Protected early and late crops.
- High-dollar crops for heated greenhouses.
- Cold-weather outdoor crops.
- Storage crops.
- Value-added products.
- Winter marketing ideas.
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Josh Volk
In 2020 the conventional metal hoop greenhouse I had been using for propagation was going to be repurposed for COVID reasons and I needed an alternative for 2021, so I built a small wooden greenhouse, just 11’x18’. I chose to do this for a few reasons: It was cheaper than
Sarah Geurkink and Dakota Moore
Have you ever been frustrated by (or heard farmers complain about) a technical assistance (TA) provider who is not helpful, not interested in organic production, or not responsive? TA offered by cooperative extension or local non-profits is meant to be a useful resource for farmers, but one bad experience can
Jason Townsend
And ideas for shorter breaks if you can’t take a sabbatical “How ya gonna keep ‘em down on the farm After they’ve seen Paree’ How ya gonna keep ‘em away from Broadway Jazzin around and paintin’ the town How ya gonna keep ‘em away from harm, that’s a mystery They’ll
Caleb P. Goossen, Ph.D.,
Storage crops are a key element for year-round income for many farms. Extending your season for the first time, however, may mean extending your work and needed areas of expertise more than anticipated. On top of the normal in-season work to raise a diversity of crops, and know-how to keep
Olivia Vogel
All of the farmers I know who grow food for local markets find their inspiration in environmental or social convictions. Along with the lifestyle of farming, these convictions motivate farmers to stay the difficult course of growing food for local markets without government support. I have yet to meet a
Rebecca Kutzer-Rice
Spring is our busiest sales season on our flower farm, Moonshot Farm in East Windsor New Jersey. We can never seem to grow enough. Our spring bread and butter are overwintered crops, which we sow in late summer and plant in the fall for blooms the following spring. There are