In our final installment of Stewards of the Land, we travel to Bordentown, N.J., to Sunset Farmstead — a sustainable nursery operation focused on growing native plants for pollinators and effective soil management.
Sap from a maple tree is about 98% water and 2% sugar – so what happens to all the water after making maple syrup? Sprague’s Maple Farms of Portville, NY, partnered with a conservationally-minded entrepreneur to turn this byproduct into a value-added product.
Kitchen Garden Farm is a 50-acre certified organic vegetable farm that started out with CSA shares for passionate cooks. Today, the farm grows hundreds of varieties of vegetables. However, it's most known for its variety of more than 100 kinds of hot peppers and the unique value-added products the farm produces from those spicy delicacies.
Now is as good a time as ever to start a farm business in the Northeast. Niche markets for ag products ranging from goat cheese to warehouse-produced lettuce are creating opportunities for young and beginning farmers to escape the “8-to-5” world and get involved in the industry they love.
Being successful as a young and beginning farmer isn’t ...
