by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant
If you want to increase your farm’s business, it helps to tell its story. Doing so attracts more customers and possible strategic business partners – and that was the subject discussed by a panel at the recent Alfresco FLX, “Telling Your Story.” (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
In a perfect world, we’d all have cash on hand to pay for everything we need. Unfortunately, we don’t live in a perfect world, and borrowing funds for large purchases – everything from land to equipment – is a common practice. (more…)
Bitter pit isn’t only a problem of Honeycrisp. While Honeycrisp may be a newer cultivar, bitter pit is nothing new. (more…)
Downy and powdery mildew, along with phytophthora and other blights, may be the nightmares of many a pumpkin grower. (more…)
After meeting the immediate needs of the past few months, you may be wondering how to proceed from this point. (more…)
California customers said they felt safer coming to Underwood Family Farms for food essentials than being enclosed in traditional grocery stores.
Photo courtesy of Underwood Family Farms
by Courtney Llewellyn
Autumn can be the busiest visitor season for many farms which highlight pumpkin patches, corn mazes, (more…)
Emma Jagoz established more than 50 varieties of field-grown peppers this year, with varieties for all taste buds.
Photo by Sally Colby
by Sally Colby
It’s challenging to move a farm operation to new, vacant land. Bare ground is a blank slate, but jumpstarting a produce farm (more…)
Farmers like Mike and Christa Bahner have been adapting to new regulations and getting creative in how they do business while continuing to grow.
Photo courtesy of Bahner Farm
by Catie Joyce-Bulay
As Maine continues its multi-phase reopening plan for businesses, farmers like Mike and Christa Bahner have been adapting to new regulations and getting creative (more…)
Cummington, MA, resident Ron Woodland picks up his Hilltown Mobile Farmers Market share from volunteer Natalie Greenbaum.
Photo by Laura Rodley
by Laura Rodley
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS – The Hilltown Mobile Market was developed with key input from the Hilltown Food Council, an advisory group (more…)
Evidence of a root mealybug infestation.
Photo courtesy of Juan Manuel Alvarez, University of Idaho, Bugwood.org
by Courtney Llewellyn
In the Battle of Mobile Bay during the American Civil War, Admiral David Farragut uttered the phrase “Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!” (more…)
Joe Rolfe, a late-in-life orchardist who’s learned the skills needed to grow dwarf apple trees, supported by trellises, points to the many native and imported pollinators at work on a sunny day this spring.
Photo by Edith Tucker
by Edith Tucker
BELMONT, NH – Joe and Cindy Rolfe took a chance (more…)
by Sally Colby
There’s plenty of confusion surrounding employers’ obligations in relation to government programs and laws surrounding COVID-19. (more…)
There are three types of whitefly, but Biotype Q is the largest threat in the U.S.
Photo courtesy of W. Billen, Pflanzenbeschaustelle, Weil am Rhein, Bugwood.org
by Courtney Llewellyn
Farmers constantly have to be on the lookout for the next worst thing so they can still work toward raising successful crops. (more…)
by Katie Navarra
Female farmers face unique production challenges – one of which is that tools aren’t designed for their bodies. (more…)
by Courtney Llewellyn
Haunted hayrides and after-dark corn mazes can be big draws to farms late in the season, but in a year when sales and visits to public attractions have been anything but normal, how can agritourism sites prepare – or even open? (more…)
