Here at Browder's Fresh Pickins, we love learning and trying new things. One way that we do that is by traveling to other regions to see what and how they grow and sell. I (Jake) recently returned from the Crop Growing Expo in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania with 1,000+ Amish & Mennonite farmers. Now that's a group you can learn from! Their scale, quality, diversity, and efficiency in agriculture is something to marvel. They start teaching their kids farming young, as I've never seen so many infants at a farming conference. In addition to valuable content knowledge learned in sessions on strawberries, blueberries, pumpkins, and cut flowers, I had the opportunity to network with many experts in the industry. I was able to connect with a cut flower grower and ordered a truckload of cut flower plugs for our upcoming pick-your-own flower bouquet field and will plant those this spring. If you haven't visited Amish country, I highly recommend it!
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