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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 ...
Capital Press

Vegetable sales value surges since 2017

U.S. vegetable sales hit $28.2 billion in 2022, a surge of 44% since 2017, according to the USDA Census of Agriculture. Vegetables (including melons) accounted for 5.2% of total agricultural sales in ...
Star-Gazette

Bringing the farm to the community: Veggie Van offers fresh produce at Southern Tier sites

The Veggie Van Program and the Food Box Program will be in Steuben, Chemung and Yates counties. The Veggie Van accepts various payment methods, including SNAP benefits. Free or discounted food boxes ...
Brainerd Dispatch

2019 Farm Family of the Year goes to Green Barn Veggie Farm

The recipient of this year’s Crow Wing County Farm Family of the Year stands in stark contrast to what much of the farming community is becoming -- which is to say, the Nelsons are young, ...