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Build a GAP-Approved Barrel Sink

Beginning Farmers | Equipment | Farm Management |
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Assure your freshly harvested vegetables are pathogen-free by building this food-grade sink as part of a complete wash station.

10 Tips for Crowdfunding Your Next Farm Venture

Beginning Farmers | Farm Management |
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Involve your biggest supporters in your next farm project with a campaign that will allow them to help meet your financial needs.

5 Tips for Shopping the Winter Farmers’ Market

Farm Management
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Whether you’ve retired your garden for the winter or simply seek out the company of other farmers, here are some tips for getting the most out of your town’s winter market.

7 Market Crops You Can Grow in a Greenhouse

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Your farm income doesn’t have to drop just because the temperature has. Use your greenhouse to grow products for sale all winter-long.

5 Planting Mistakes that Lead to Tree Death

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Encourage your trees to live long, healthy lives by avoiding these common planting oversights.

3 Ways To Bid The Farmers’ Market Farewell

Farm Management
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As the growing season comes to a close, support your local farmer and prepare for the winter ahead with these tips.

7 Ways to Tell the World About Your CSA

Farm Management
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You’ve grown the vegetables; now get the customers with these tips for marketing your community-supported agriculture shares.

5 Ways to Market Your Raw Milk—Quietly

Farm Management
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With advertising restrictions placed on raw-milk producers and herd-share operators, there are still ways to spread the word about your products.

How to Rehab Your Soil After a Flood

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Clean up your land and get growing again as soon as possible with these five tips for dealing with flood damage.

6 Simple Steps to Crop Rotation

Crops & Gardening | Farm Management |
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Rotating plant families through your garden reduces pest pressure, improves soil nutrition and increases your harvest.

8 Tips to Make Any Farmer a World-Class Salesperson

Farm Management
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The difference between a good market day and a great one isn’t the vegetables, eggs or other products on offer—it’s you.

Our 7 Favorite Farmers Markets’—and What We Learned

Farm Management
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As the number of farmers’ markets across the country grows, so does the variety in what and how they sell. These tips from successful markets will help yours from getting lost in the crowd.

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