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.
Sustainability through growing practices
The Mediterranean climate in Red Bluff means cool, mild winters and hot, dry summers that allow a variety of year-round crops. Photo courtesy of Red Gate Ranch
by Sally Colby
Fueled by a desire to provide healthy, good nutrition for themselves and others, Audrey Pascone and Heather Austin decided it was time […]
Farm to restaurant: Chicago chef starts his own farm
Farm Manager Dre Groh is one of the driving forces behind the farm started by renowned Chicago chef Gray McNally. Photo courtesy of Vintage Prairie Farm
by Gail March Yerke
When renowned Chicago chef Gray McNally found it difficult to source his preferred vegetable and herb varieties for his restaurants, […]
Thriving in a challenging climate
Rosemary and Gerard Croizet turned the dairy farm that once belonged to her mother into a thriving vegetable and plant operation in Vermont’s Northeast Kingdom. Photo courtesy of Berry Creek Farm
by Sally Colby
Rosemary Croizet enjoyed growing up on a farm, and farming is how she met her husband Gerard. […]
AmericanHort economist recaps and predicts
The labor shortage experienced over the past several years will likely continue as some workers retire and others re-evaluate their desire to continue working in agriculture. Photo by Sally Colby
by Sally Colby
It’s been an interesting and challenging 24 months for the horticulture industry. In a recent AmericanHort webinar, […]
Making assumptions of the hemp market
by Sonja Heyck-Merlin
In the first of a three-part webinar series sponsored by UVM Northwest Crops and Soils Program, Northeast Extension Risk Management Education and SARE, Rose Wilson discussed the basics of marketing hemp for those interested in entering the industry. […]
Hygienic design for food safety
Think through how product comes in from the field, goes through a wash cycle, into a cooler and packed out. Ideally, this would be a straight, single-pass flow. Photo by Sally Colby
by Sally Colby
Both consumers and regulations demand that fruit and vegetable production maintain a certain level of cleanliness, […]
