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Focus on Small-Scale Vegetable Farming: Field Demonstrations Build Capacity for Use of Cover Crops, Reduced Tillage

Cover crops provide benefits to vegetable farms of all sizes in addition to larger-scale contributions to the public good. Reduced tillage systems can provide additional soil health benefits. Many ...
Modern Farmer

Small-Scale Farming Shouldn’t Just Be a Hobby. So Why Is It So Hard to Make a Living?

I noticed it when first learning farming 14 years ago, traveling around small diverse vegetable farms in the US and Ecuador. Small farms that made all their household income from the farm struggled ...
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Markristo Farm: Growing vegetables organically

NEW YORK -- As part of our Earth Day content series, we profiled a farmer in Hillsdale, New York who owns a certified organic vegetable farm. Markristo Farm is owned by Martin Stosiek; he has been ...
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‘Wander Creek Farm’ offers fresh vegetables through the ‘Community Supported Agriculture’ program

GREENE, NY (WBNG) - Located just outside of the Village of Greene and 20 miles north of Binghamton lies a vegetable farm called “Wander Creek.” Husband and wife duo, Mary Rutz and Jonathan Rodriguez ...
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8 of the Best Vegetables to Grow in Small Gardens, According to Horticulturists

Having a small backyard can feel very limiting. However, it's a reality for many who live in bustling cities and crowded suburbs. It can sometimes feel impossible to start a thriving, bountiful garden ...
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Students growing vegetables in hydroponic Freight Farm

HAVERHILL — Students in a Haverhill YMCA after-school program are growing their own vegetables and herbs. Only they aren’t doing it on a plot of land, but instead hydroponically inside a specially ...