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The Soil Is Alive! Did you know that a teaspoon of productive soil contains between 100 million and 1 billion bacteria? That adds up to equal the weight of two cows per acre! When you look down, [...]

Organic Soil Improvement is Important The health of the soil determines the growth of your crops and ultimately your success as a farmer or gardener. Growing up on a farm, I realized the [...]

Overview of USDA Good Agricultural Practices/Good Handling Practices (GAP/GHP) Food Safety Standards Farm Grown and Certified Safe Food safety on the farm starts with standards important to all [...]

There are so many different ways to market and sell sunflowers.  This past Fall we decided to grow them to sell by the stem or pick-your-own at our retail stand along with pumpkins, gourds, and [...]

Sunflowers are a very popular cut flower and have potential to add diversity to any market grower’s product mix.  We started growing a few last Fall for our seasonal retail stand to add diversity [...]

A snack at the ball park on a sunny day, as a topping on a fresh salad, or packed away in your lunchbox for an afternoon snack, sunflower seeds are versatile and tasty.  You can find them at any [...]