About this episode

The episode discusses how flower and vegetable growers can enhance their crop plans by incorporating dried herbs for additional revenue.

Most flower and vegetable growers can add herbs to their existing crop plans without changing what they’re already doing- and dried herbs can complement the fresh crops by providing a year-round income stream. On this week’s podcast we talk with Emily Springer of Meeting House Farm and Collaborative in Maine about how she grows herbs on the farm and sells them through the collaborative. Emily started the collaborative so growers can use the online sales platform to connect with buyers nationwide and ship herbs from their own farms.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Mefferd, Katie Kulla, April Parms Jones

Guest: Emily Springer

Topics covered

• farm revenue
• dried herbs
• crop plan
• online sales
• agriculture
• sustainable farming

Keywords

• dried herbs
• crop planning
• farm income
• herb growing
• online sales platform
• Maine farming

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Meeting House Farm and Collaborative

Places: Maine

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