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Country Folks Grower is a business to business publication offering coast to coast coverage through three regional editions.

Each monthly issue covers all facets of growing and marketing fresh market and ornamental crops.

Eastern Edition

Midwest Edition

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Fourth generation growers take the lead

by Sally Colby

It takes persistence to start a farm, and the Rowley family of Cherry Hill Farms is keenly aware of the work their forebears did to begin the farm legacy. Today, Cherry Hill Farms, with operations […]

Appealing to the senses

by Sally Colby

Kuipers Family Farm started as a simple pumpkin patch, but it wasn’t long before the farm became much more than an autumn attraction.

Wade and Kim Kuipers moved their family […]

Tea time

by Sally Colby

Lori Baker is an engineer by trade but wanted a career change. When she and her husband Bob were ready to pursue their dream of farming, they started with a somewhat unusual crop. […]

A grant award and award-winning tomatoes at Dirty Girl Produce

by Courtney Llewellyn

Offered by USDA Rural Development, the Value-Added Producer Grant (VAPG) program helps ag producers enter into value-added activities related to the processing and marketing of new products. […]

Strawberry farm expands to flowers, Christmas trees

by Deborah Jeanne Sergeant

Strawberries, flowers, crop mazes and Christmas trees: expansion is the word at Strawberry Fields and Florist, a farm turned tourist destination in Auburn, NY. Proprietor Linda Eldred […]

Indiana value-added success stories

by Gail March Yerke

The Indiana Small Farm Conference, the annual networking and educational event that brings together farmers, educators and researchers, recently presented “Value-Added Products in Your Farm Operation.” […]

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