Managing Moisture in Natural Tomatoes on an City Farm
Written by Mary Hathaway, OFRF’s Analysis & Training Program Supervisor, and Markisha Parker FLT Program participant
Parker Farms, positioned in Warren, Ohio, is a small farm with a giant coronary heart, dedicated to serving their neighborhood with sustainable, city agriculture. The farm offers contemporary, regionally grown produce by way of wholesale partnerships with meals banks and neighborhood applications, supporting native meals safety. Markisha Parker, proprietor and founder, focuses on sustainable city farming and natural manufacturing and is in her second 12 months of transitioning to licensed natural (a course of that usually takes three years). With a background in city agriculture, schooling, and analysis, she affords 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 impression and bridge the hole between city gardening and farming. Markisha’s main crop is tomatoes, however the farm’s mission extends a lot additional: to empower others in agriculture by providing sources and assist to assist gardeners construct profitable industrial farming enterprises. Whereas Markisha has completed subject trials prior to now, she was searching for a chance to have assist in bettering her processes and methods on the farm. After this trial, Parker Farms hopes to combine academic parts by inviting native farmers, aspiring growers, and neighborhood members to look at and be taught from their analysis.
