Christmas
Life’s roads take Proctor to West Virginia for his Christmas tree operation
WAITEVILLE, W.Va. — Derick Proctor’s long, entrepreneurial road into the Christmas tree industry started about 60 years ago when he enrolled at the University of Vermont to study agriculture. It’s a road that took him to the U.S. Army, to a Vermont ski resort...
America’s Grow-a-Row providing for people in need
America’s Grow-a-Row, a non-profit agricultural organization, grows a variety of crops at four sites in New Jersey. Two farms are located in Pittstown, one in Milford, and one in Lebanon; all are within Hunterdon County. In total, the farms include 420 acres...
Hilltop Tree Farm serving northeast Md. since 1987
CONOWINGO, Md. —Nestled in Cecil County is Hilltop Tree Farm, owned by Gary and Kelly Benjamin since 1987. About 12 of its 25 acres are planted in trees.“We anticipate selling 300 or so Christmas trees this year,” Gary said. “We could sell more trees, but I...
Tree growers enjoying boom, notice younger customers
Business this holiday season at Dyer’s Tree Farm in Dover, Del., is booming, owner Pat Dyer said. His eye-popping, clearance-rack price of $48 for any tree up to 8 feet tall might have something to do with that. “I’m trying to get rid of them,” the...
Christmas tree farming produces green in Greenwood
Don and Peggy Hallowell purchased 23 acres to start their Christmas tree farm in Greenwood, Del., in September 2008.According to the family, they “planted their first 1,000 trees on April 1, 2009, and have continued planting different varieties of trees each...
Community farm helps with Delaware Food Bank’s mission
WILMINGTON, Del. —With help from the agriculture industry, the Food Bank of Delaware is able to help many organizations serve the community with fresh food.Along with growing food itself through its Community Farm, the food bank grows transplants that are...
Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm is called ‘a place where everyone can share their lives’
BALTIMORE —The giving spirit of the season continues year-round at the Plantation Park Heights Urban Farm in Baltimore. Residents and visitors alike can find fresh produce grown on a farm right in the neighborhood of Park Heights. Land that was formerly vacant...
The future is now (Credit Corner)
(Editor’s note: Laura Heilinger is a chairperson with Farm Credit Foundation for Ag Advancement.) As quickly as the world we live in seems to be evolving, some would argue the phrase “The future is now” is said too often, perhaps even to the point that it has...
Christmas trees selling fast in frazzled market
Despite feverish sales, Rick Magill used a single word to describe this year’s Christmas tree market — “worse.” Friendship Trees in southern Anne Arundel County, Md., opened this year, as it usually does, on Black Friday. The farm closed almost as fast as it...
Christmas tree crop expected to improve in Del., Md.
Despite feverish sales, Rick Magill used a single word to describe this year’s Christmas tree market — “worse.”Friendship Trees in southern Anne Arundel County, Md., opened this year, as it usually does, on Black Friday. The farm closed almost as fast as it...
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