2019 Trends and Who’s Setting Them…
Get ready for 2019 with our Alphabet List of Trends culled from all the online meetups we had with our Garden Heroes this year. Thanks to all of the forward thinking backyard farmers listed below […]
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Get ready for 2019 with our Alphabet List of Trends culled from all the online meetups we had with our Garden Heroes this year. Thanks to all of the forward thinking backyard farmers listed below […]
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The pull of the land. For Blythe and Scott Woods it was really strong. Their farm dates back to 1895. After many years away, they returned last year to honor their family’s legacy and carry […]
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Bruce Manns says, “It’s not a bad thing to be a business person in the inner city.” Doesn’t sound like your typical urban farmer do-gooder, and Bruce isn’t. Sure, his York Fresh Food Farms shares […]
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Personality clashes. Warring factions. Intimidation. Fear and loathing. High dudgeon. Pity the poor manager who has to keep the peace, and line up the Elvis impersonator. Elisa Bedsworth has done it, starting one farmers market […]
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Cathy LeValley’s farm business tracked her own personal growth – from healthy eating, to wanting to know how food is produced, to growing it herself, to growing it for her community. Along the way she […]
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Courtney puts her student work force at Cornercopia Student Organic Farm to good use. They’re helping her grow, harvest and sell 48 weeks of 130 different veggies on 40,000 sq. ft about 1 acre), in […]
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Growing veggies, adding some value and putting them on wheels pretty much describes Tom’s business model at Sweet Harvest. It’s a savvy response to consumers who are craving experience, along with their food. Events. Fairs. […]
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Ryan Doan launched Urban Greens in Cincinnati OH in 2011. He farmed multiple plots and established the business via farmer’s markets and a CSA. Typical SPIN success story. This year he’s adding a new chapter: […]
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Lisa and Steve Patton couldn’t wait to start farming in their retirement, so they didn’t. In 2016 they bought a suburban house with an acre yard in Garden City MO, and last year launched their […]
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Chris Kimber’s 3 Crows Farm ticks a lot of the boxes we’ve heard about before: urban, pedal-powered, multi-locational. He’s used them to build a $60k business on 15,000 sq. ft, and his goal this year […]
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