Managing Moisture in Natural Tomatoes on an City Farm
Written by Mary Hathaway, OFRF’s Analysis & Schooling Program Supervisor, and Markisha Parker FLT Program participant
Parker Farms, positioned in Warren, Ohio, is a small farm with an enormous coronary heart, dedicated to serving their neighborhood with sustainable, city agriculture. The farm offers contemporary, regionally grown produce via wholesale partnerships with meals banks and neighborhood packages, supporting native meals safety. Markisha Parker, proprietor and founder, makes a speciality of sustainable city farming and natural manufacturing and is in her second yr of transitioning to licensed natural (a course of that usually takes three years). With a background in city agriculture, schooling, and analysis, she gives hands-on expertise and neighborhood schooling on soil administration, crop rotation, and natural pest management.
Her city farm spans a number of websites totaling roughly one acre with areas devoted to cultivating native vegetation, greens, and fruits, permitting Parker Farms to develop their influence and bridge the hole between city gardening and farming. Markisha’s major crop is tomatoes, however the farm’s mission extends a lot additional: to empower others in agriculture by providing assets and assist to assist gardeners construct profitable industrial farming enterprises. Whereas Markisha has finished discipline trials up to now, she was in search of a chance to have assist in enhancing her processes and methods on the farm. After this trial, Parker Farms hopes to combine instructional parts by inviting native farmers, aspiring growers, and neighborhood members to look at and study from their analysis.
