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.
Pelloni’s Farm Market
by Laura Rodley
HINSDALE, NH – The days might be getting colder, but there’s still wood to be cut to get ready for next spring’s maple sugaring season at Pelloni’s Farm Market. […]
Cultivating creativity
by Sally Colby
Sneed’s Nursery is a whimsical, magical place to visit year-round, but for the holiday season, the Sneed’s team transforms the Richmond, VA, business into a wonderland for the senses. […]
Quality over quantity
by Sally Colby
Healthy, generational farms evolve over the years, and that’s the case with Witte’s Vegetable Farm. Scott Witte, fourth generation farmer on the Cedarburg, WI, farm, recalls the farm’s early days. […]
Little Leaf Farms: Greens for all seasons
by Tamara Scully
Food grown as close to home as possible, by local farmers, is a lot easier during the growing season than during the harsh winters found in the Northeast. […]
Orchard Insights: Sustaining the orchard in changing times
Consumers are demanding food grown without the use of chemical sprays. Pollinators are declining, with pesticide use being one culprit. Climate changes are causing changes in pest pressures while altering precipitation and temperature patterns. By necessity, tree fruit growers are finding new ways to adapt to the conditions – social, cultural and environmental – which are changing the way the orchard grows.
Wipledale Farm Nursery and Greenhouse
by Rebecca Jackson
Site-grown produce, superior stock, diversity, wholesale commercial accounts and online marketing keep a small Virginia plant nursery competitive and profitable in a world of big box retailers, according to a producer whose nursery and greenhouse are located on her family’s former dairy farm. […]
