Country Folks Grower is a business to business publication offering coverage through two regional editions.
Each monthly issue covers all facets of growing and marketing fresh market and ornamental crops.
Soil science & ceremony stylings
In October 2018, Scott and Jennifer Joray closed on a neglected 20-acre farm in Pittston, Maine, about seven […]
Growing grapes for wine in different climates: Understanding cold hardiness & climate adaptation
Wine production is deeply intertwined with climate, and as global temperatures shift, understanding how grapevines […]
Successfully marketing trees & shrubs
Earl Ray and his family, of Conestoga Nursery in Lancaster County, PA, have been in growing perennials, shrubs and […]
Be a friend to bees
The same way humans need vegetables to survive, growers need bees for their operations to thrive. In light of that, […]
Organic management of spotted wing Drosophila
Since its arrival in 2008, spotted wing Drosophila (SWD) has spread and wreaked havoc on soft fruit. To provide […]
Innovation starts with a ‘no’
“Don’t let yourself be boxed in,” Brooke White of Don’s Dairy Supply closed her session at the 2025 Ag Solutions […]
What is the fate of your drip irrigation water?
The dictionary definition of fate is “the development of events beyond a person’s control, regarded as determined […]
Kill it before it spreads
Growers and landscapers are concerned about boxwood blight and are determined to prevent its spread. […]
Refining management for brown rot on stone fruit
There’s a reason Kari Peter, Ph.D., associate research professor of tree fruit pathology at Penn State, speaks quickly […]
Underpromise and overdeliver
Flowers make people happy, and that’s one reason Dave Delbo enjoys growing and selling fresh flowers throughout […]
Exploring advanced irrigation strategies: Dissolved oxygen
As young children, we learn plants need water. As we grow older and more experienced as growers, we learn […]
Pondering plastic regulations
Griffin Greenhouse Supplies and Tom Marting, the director of sustainable solutions at the HC Companies, recently […]