Butler’s Orchard, located near Washington, D.C. in Germantown, Maryland, is a 300-acre family-owned farm that grows more than 180 crops including 25 different kinds of vegetables, fruits and flowers. For the past 60 years, this farm has opened its rows and orchards for people to pick their own.
Growing a variety of crops can take some unique farming tools and techniques, and Wade Butler, the farm’s manager, turned to USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service for help.
Butler worked with NRCS to build an irrigation system and a seasonal high tunnel to improve both efficiency and crop yield on the farm.
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This is great and I commend this farmer. Now if some of these farmers around here would do the same thing. I ride by and see fields & fields of tomatoes, watermelons, corn and such just rotting on the vine. Some people can not afford the prices charged in the stores but would be willing to pay a smaller amount by removing the middle man and purchasing from the grower and I don't mean the ones that have these stands that charge more than the stores. Come on farmers have a heart, there are hungry people in the United States. Any little thing would help.
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