Market Gardening A Start-up Guide

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By Janet Bachmann
NCAT Agriculture Specialist
March 2002
HORTICULTURE SYSTEMS GUIDE
MARKET GARDENING:
A START-UP GUIDE
What is Market Gardening?
Market gardening is the commercial
production of vegetables, fruits, flowers, and
other plants, on a scale larger than a home
garden, yet small enough that many of the
principles of gardening can be applied. The
aim, as with all farm enterprises, is to run the
operation as a business and to make a profit.
Market gardening is often oriented toward
local markets, although production for
shipment to more distant markets is also
possible.
Abstract: Market gardening, which entails the intense production of high-value crops, gives
farmers the…