113. Chris Blanchard | Purple Pitchfork Farm Consulting | Madison, Wi
Chris Blanchard provides consulting and education for farming, food, and business through Purple Pitchfork. As the owner and operator of Rock Spring Farm since 1999, Chris raised twenty acres of vegetables, herbs, and greenhouse crops, marketed through a 200-member year-round CSA, food stores, and farmers markets. Prior to 1999, Chris managed student farms, worked as an intern, packing house manager, plant breeding assistant, and farm manager, and provided consulting for a major organic processor, in California, Wisconsin, Maine, and Washington state. His workshops, writing, and consulting throughout the country about farm business concepts, food safety, organic vegetable production, and scaling-up have gained a reputation for fresh approaches, down-to-earth information, and honesty.
Purple Pitchfork Consulting
Chris Blanchard runs the Purple Pitchfork and Farmer-to-Framer podcast.
1. What are the important tools that you need?
Tools
Rototiller/Walking Tiller
Hoes
- Colinial hoe
- Shuffle hoe
Bed Rake
Broad-Fork
Favorite Recipes
Raddichio Salad and Beauty Heart/Watermelon Radishes
What is the best gardening advice you have ever received?
Give the plants what they need.
“Water is the cheapest fertilizer you can get. Growers who have very carefully managed their water, have triple your yields though irrigation management”
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About the author, Jackie Marie
I'm an artist and educator. I live at the "Organic Oasis" with my husband Mike where we practice earth friendly techniques in our garden nestled in the mountains of Montana.