by Amy Storey | Mar 30, 2016 | USF Blog Posts
~This post was originally published August 13, 2015. ~ Hey Upstarts! We hope that your week has been wonderful. Here’s what the rest of the community has been up to. Welcome Fable, New Upstart Farmer! Tom and John Deacon are officially open for business! Their...
by Amy Storey | Mar 30, 2016 | USF Blog Posts
~ This post was originally published July 21, 2015. ~ Welcome a new member! Anne Marie Blinco, owner of Amaryllis Garden Greens, joined the ranks of Upstart Farmers with her Freight Farm in Milton, Ontario this week. Anne Marie is ambitious, and a go-getter just like...
by Amy Storey | Mar 30, 2016 | USF Blog Posts
~ This post was originally published July 16, 2015. ~ Homemade Cooling Walls In this video, Nate shows off Haydn’s cooling wall at Bayberry Fresh. If you are looking for a less expensive option to buying a cooling wall, you can build your own like this one....
by Amy Storey | Mar 30, 2016 | USF Blog Posts
~ This post was originally published July 2, 2015.~ Something to think about: Water conservation for the farmers of the future As Upstarts, you already have a head start on water conservation in farming. With the pressure of the California drought and the forecasts of...
by Amy Storey | Mar 30, 2016 | USF Blog Posts
~This post was originally published December 4, 2014~ When Upstart Farmer Tracy Holz first started growing with his ZipGrow towers, he was getting tons of clogs in the 1/8″ irrigation tubings that delivered water to the top of the towers. Initially, he used very...
by Amy Storey | Mar 30, 2016 | USF Blog Posts
Aphids. We hate those little [insert explicative here]. They always seem to show up just when you think you’ve got rid of them, and then they reproduce like crazy and you’ve got an aphidocolypse on your hands. They vector disease, chew up your crops, and...
