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Title: Organic Vegetable Production


1
Organic Vegetable Production
  • Stanley Hughes
  • Pine Knot Farms
  • Hurdle Mills, NC

2
Why Organic Production?
  • Desire to stay on the farm
  • Economics
  • Costs less
  • Boosts local economy
  • Healthier for customers and me
  • Reduce use of chemicals
  • Rebuild the soil fertility/biology

3
My Background in Organic Production
  • 1996 1 acre organic tobacco trial
  • 1997 3 acres of organic tobacco
  • 1997 meeting that discussed organic crops
    compatible with tobacco
  • 1998 introduced winter greens and sweet
    potatoes into crop mix

4
Marketing
  • 1998 Durham and Carrboro Farmers Markets
  • 2001 Local natural foods market and an organic
    producers cooperative
  • 2002 Local restaurants
  • 2004 New organic producers cooperative
  • 2006 Cooperative CSA

5
Production
  • 8 acres of tobacco
  • 6 acres of sweet potatoes
  • 3 acres of collards (2 crops)
  • 2 aces of kale (2 crops)
  • ½ acre Swiss chard
  • 1 acre broccoli (2 crops)
  • ½ acres of cabbages
  • ¼ kohlrabi
  • ¼ turnip and mustard greens
  • 2 acres of other seasonal vegetables
  • Pork and chicken

6
Soil Fertility
  • Cover crops
  • Fertilizers
  • Lime

7
Insect Control
  • Dipel
  • Crops to attract beneficial insects

8
Disease Control
  • Crop rotation
  • Soil fertility

9
Equipment and Facilities
  • Use equipment already on hand
  • Modifications to fit need
  • Cooler

10
Resources
  • Growing
  • Vegetable Growers
  • Cooperative Extension
  • Operation Spring Plant
  • Agricultural Universities
  • Carolina Farm Stewardship Association
  • ATTRA
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