The Berry Grower

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Blake Cothron

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Format: Paperback – 336 pages
Size: 7.5" x 8.875" (w x h)

Small Scale Organic Fruit Production in the 21st Century

The Berry Grower is an innovative guide for growing and marketing organic small fruits and berries that offers intelligent strategies and solutions for successful small-scale, non-chemical fruit production in the 21st century. Coverage includes:

  • History, innovations, and 21st-century challenges in modern fruit farming
  • Creating your own market farming reality
  • Farm planning for efficiency and profitability
  • Factoring in climate change, drought, and extreme weather
  • Soil fertility, efficient weed management, and organic pest control
  • Modern tools of the trade for efficiency · Harvesting, fruit handling, and packing
  • Fruit profiles including raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, currants, gooseberries, figs, tomatoes, and more, including new cultivars
  • Innovative marketing methods and thinking beyond fresh fruit with multi-product strategies to maximize profit
  • Learn from other experts through interviews with successful growers and marketers from diverse areas around the USA.

From the market garden and small farm to the homestead and backyard, The Berry Grower is the essential guide for both new and aspiring organic small fruit growers and seasoned farmers looking to produce high-quality organic fruits and products for local markets and self-sufficiency.

Blake Cothron

Blake Cothron is an organic farmer, professional nurseryman, musician, bhakta, writer, educator and horticulturist with over 20 years’ experience in organic agriculture, botany, horticulture,and growing food. Blake owns and operates Peaceful Heritage Nursery, a four-acre USDA Certified Organic research farm, orchard, and edible plant nursery, with a special focus on pawpaws. He shares his two decades of experience in organic agriculture and horticulture through magazine articles, including in Permaculture Design, online publications, public speaking engagements, a Youtube channel and blogging. He splits his time between farming, research, gardening, travel, yoga, meditation, and being a husband and father. He lives with his wife and son in beautiful Kentucky.
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