‘Plasticulture’ farming: see the video

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on August 6, 2008M at 12:31 pm

Tuesday’s visit to the “Garden Spot” owned by Rochelle King in Spencer was a real eye-opener for me. There were two acres of lush, green vegetables that should yield hundreds of pounds of okra, tomatoes and peas befeore the summer is over.

King is a participant in the state’s “Plasticulture” farming program that provides small farmers with limited resources the tools to generate income from farming. King is the poster child for the program, said Micah Anderson, coordinator.

Anderson drives the Plasticulture program by personally laying down the plastic on most of the 45 participating farms, providing the tools and teaching them the most efficient ways to operate. He climbed on a tractor and demonstrated how he puts down the plastic for a group of visitors to King’s farm from the Kerr Center Small Farms conference.

Click on the video above to hear Anderson and King talk about the program. Below are some photos I shot at Kings farm on Tuesday.

Jim Stafford

Business Writer