Marketing Orchard Pruning 
Modern Farmer
APRIL 1, 2024
You may even find a few trees or an orchard. Early European settlers in America brought with them apple seeds, which they planted to begin the first orchards. Most homesteads up and down and across the expanding United States had several apple trees, if not full orchards. A restored orchard of heritage apple trees.
Farmbrite
JUNE 19, 2023
Starting a Fruit Orchard on Your Farm Growing fruit trees or nut trees on your farm is a great way to be more self-sufficient and a great way to add items to your CSA, use the unwanted fruit to supplement feed for your animals, sell at your local farmers market or for personal use. If a tree doesn't thrive, it won't produce any fruit!
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Civil Eats
SEPTEMBER 10, 2024
But the pawpaw’s two- to three-week harvest window, short shelf life, and delicate skin still make it anathema to the rigid needs of grocery stores and a rare find even at farmers’ markets. When they planted their orchard 11 years ago, the gatherings turned into a festival, which soon outgrew anything they could manage themselves.
Caff
MAY 1, 2023
(Photo by Nolan Kirby) The Community Alliance with Family Farms (CAFF) held a Biologically Integrated Orchard System (BIOS) field day at Chinchiolo Farms on April 20th. After a very wet winter, attendees enjoyed the nice weather as they gathered in the orchard to discuss a novel mower prototype, pruning, and nematode management.
Modern Farmer
JANUARY 15, 2024
With $3,000 allocated for equipment and many hours spent watching YouTube tutorials, he built a steady farmers market following, selling tender, week-old pea, sunflower, radish and broccoli sprouts. One of Kupu’s two employees, she started orchard farming at 16. Now 27, DiLillo has seen his business blossom. Kaʻinapu Cavasso agrees.
Modern Farmer
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Ticknor had devoted his life to ornamental plants, including holly, often in service of growers supplying the Christmas market; he’d even lived on Holly Street once, with a daughter named Holly. Plant a holly orchard and let nature do the work for you,” read one brochure. It’s been a very effective injection,” Mustin said.
Civil Eats
JUNE 29, 2023
” Torres and a group from the new union rented their first small piece of land near the Canadian border, and sold berries to local food co-ops and markets. ” Center: Ramon Torres prunes blueberry bushes at the Tierra y Libertad cooperative. Ana Lopez inspects a tree seedling in a Tierra y Libertad orchard.
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