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Spotlight on Ansel Ploog, Flywheel Farm
Ansel Ploog manages Flywheel Farm in Woodbury, VT with Justin Cote where she grows organically certified vegetables and markets the produce wholesale and at their farmstand. When Ansel started the farm in 2013, she had little farm management experience but a … Continue reading →
Posted in Business management, Culture and Society, Farmer Success Stories, Financial Management, Quality of life
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Tagged adaptation, crop planning, ecology, health, organic, sustainable agriculture
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Spotlight on Birch Rise Farm
By Suzy Hodgson “I was surprised that I could raise animals especially pigs and not feel terrified. I’d grown up outside of Detroit so this experience was way outside my comfort zone,” says Kate Osgood, co-owner of Birch Rise Farm … Continue reading →
Posted in Business management, Farmer Success Stories, Financial Management, Marketing, Production information, Quality of life, Resources for Beginning Farmers, risk management
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Tagged children on farms, grazing, Livestock, networking, new farmers, pastures, pigs, sheep, silvo-pasture, sustainable agriculture
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Spotlight on Tanglebloom Farm & Melissa Masters
By Melissa Pasanen At Tanglebloom Flower Farm, daffodils are part of the risk management strategy to protect the farm’s high-value flower crops like foxglove and delphinium. “I have so many problems with voles,” farmer-owner Melissa Masters says. “I heard they … Continue reading →
Posted in Business management, Farmer Success Stories, Financial Management, Marketing, Quality of life, risk management
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Tagged crop plans, CSA, customer service, farmers markets, flowers, new farmers, sustainable agriculture, viability
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