If you sell directly to your customers, becoming Certified Naturally Grown may be a good decision for your market garden. Trying to decide between Certified Naturally Grown and Certified Organic? Check out this article to help inform your decision. What Does...
Alright! So, you have made the big decision to get your market garden organically certified, or at least you are thinking about it and are curious about how to go start this task. I’ll let you in on a little secret, we are pretty curious about certifying our market...
Marketing is a very important part of your market farm business. Yes, farming is a business. “The purpose of business is to create and keep a customer.” -Peter Drucker No business can make a profit without garnering some income. That income comes from new and repeat...
If you’re like us, you are on the hunt for useful, affordable methods of season extension. Congratulations, you found one! Low tunnels are a form of season extension for your market farm. They essentially offer the same advantages as a hoophouse, but at a fraction of...
A caterpillar tunnel is a great form of season extension for your market farm. If you’re like us and are on a bootstrap budget this season, caterpillar tunnels just may be your best friend for lengthening your growing season and providing warmth to those heat-loving...
Undersowing crops and green manure are not the easiest topics to understand in market farming. In fact, it takes a lot of experience to be good and efficient at either of these tasks. That is why, for the sake of this article, I am going to be relying heavily upon the...
One of the best reasons for growing a wide variety of vegetables is to allow for optimal crop rotation. What Is Crop Rotation And Why Is It Important? Crop rotation is the practice of changing the crop each year on the same piece of land. Ideally, these different...
Soil. Arguably, one of, if not the most important factors of market farming. Think about it, if your soil sucks, so will your vegetables. If your soil is thriving and full of the necessary elements, your veggies will be delicious and nutrient-dense. That’s what...
Utilizing a greenhouse is important in market farming because we live in an age of supermarket convenience where customers have come to expect the availability of out of season produce. For example, the grocery store sells tomatoes in April and peas in October. In...
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