On Sunday, March 20th, Tumbling Shoals Farm hosted a Greenhouse Production Workshop. Shiloh Avery and Jason Roehrig covered season extension, starting seeds, humidity control, and more.
On Friday, March 18th, Lively Up Farm hosted a Mushroom Log Inoculation workshop. Matt Cooper covered species of wood and mushrooms that are most compatible, when to cut trees, and how to stack logs. This was a hands-on workshop in which we participated in the whole process of drilling holes, plugging holes, and waxing the logs.
On Sunday, 03/13 producers and chefs sat down to talk best practices for wholesaleing and building relationships with local restaurants at our Selling to Restaurants Roundtable Workshop at Lost Province this weekend. We had great conversations and great local beer!
With a foundation of good records, you can better understand the different factors that made up one crop's success/failure and learn from your wins/mistakes every year. This workshop provided attendees with an overview of Wild Hope Farm's detailed record keeping system and the free software used to track this information, Airtable.
Located in Chester, South Carolina, Wild Hope Farm has been growing high-quality vegetables and fruits for the past several years. They have wholesale accounts, CSA members, and participate in farmers markets. They aspire to build a top performing organic farm demonstrating efficiency, profitability and productivity while improving the land. They also seek to share their knowledge and optimized growing systems with the greater farming community. |
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