About this episode
In this episode, Nina Prater, an agriculture specialist with NCAT's ATTRA sustainable agriculture program talks with farmer Janet Bachmann about Janet's production practices at Riverbend Gardens in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
Nina works out of NCAT's Southeast Regional office in Fayetteville, where Janet, who also is a former NCAT agriculture specialist, has been farming since 1989. They talk about specialty cut flower production and marketing and how Janet makes it all work as a one-woman operation.
For more information on this topic, you can contact Nina Prater directly at [email protected]
Related ATTRA Resources:
Specialty Cut Flower Production and Marketing
Market Gardening: A Start-Up Guide
Farmers Markets: Marketing and Business Guide
Other Resources:
Riverbend Gardens Facebook page
Lynn Byczynski, The Flower Farmer
Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers
Native Plant Network
Please call ATTRA with any and all of your sustainable agriculture questions at 1-800-346-9140 or e-mail us at [email protected]. Our two dozen specialists can help you with a vast array of topics, everything from farm planning to pest management, from produce to livestock, and soils to aquaculture.
You can get in touch with NCAT/ATTRA specialists and find our other extensive, and free, sustainable-agriculture publications, webinars, videos, and other resources at NCAT/ATTRA's website.
You also can stay in touch with NCAT at its Facebook page.
Keep up with NCAT/ATTRA's SIFT farm at its website.
Also check out NCAT's Regional Offices' websites and Facebook Pages!
Southwest Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Western Regional Office: Website / Facebook
Rocky Mountain West Regional Office: Facebook
Gulf States Regional Office: Website / Facebook
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