In July 2000, Growing for Market carried a report on our efforts to revitalize the Downtown Carlisle (PA) Farmers’ Market, a 250-year-old community tradition. This is the sequel, and it is meant to emphasize that hard work and planning is important, but luck can make a big difference. The beautiful Old Market House, built in […]
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In 1988 Mark Pluhacek’s family bought Broadmoor Market, a neighborhood grocery store with a history of catering to three generations of shoppers in an upscale Omaha, Nebraska, neighborhood. Several years into the business, the family decided to steer the store’s inventory to natural and organic foods because of their own interests and the public’s growing
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As market farmers, we are always looking for new income opportunities. We also love to share the many facets of our business with other farmers. As a way to do both, we decided to try holding a workshop at our farm about our winter growing using hoophouses. In all the preparation for and holding of
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Editor’s note: The following article is reprinted with permission from Novii Sadovod i Fermer (New Gardener and Farmer), the Russian-language magazine published by the Rodale Press. The translation was provided by the author, George DeVault, who is editor of the magazine. George, his wife, Melanie, and their adult son, Don, grow vegetables and flowers at
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