Project Overview
Alternative Rotation System for Vegetables
Commodities
- Agronomic: clovers, corn, hay
- Vegetables: cucurbits, peppers, sweet corn
Practices
- Production Systems: general crop production
Proposal summary:
Allen Matthews, whose family farm is demonstrating an alternative rotation system for growing vegetables on hilly land, will use this producer grant to monitor and compare all yields between conventional and sustainable practices for pepper, sweet corn, pumpkins, hay and small grains and to share the results with other farmers.