Cradling a bucket of freshly picked basil, Laura Seleski referenced a common refrain among farmers: It takes a lot of calories to produce the calories people consume. After five years growing produce ...

While gardening can be much more leisurely, vegetable farming requires intensive cultivation in order to meet wholesale quotas.

For many growers, profit growth feels harder to achieve than it did just a few years ago. When margins tighten, your focus shifts — less about what’s next and more about what’s already in motion.

U.S. vegetable sales hit $28.2 billion in 2022, a surge of 44% since 2017, according to the USDA Census of Agriculture. Vegetables (including melons) accounted for 5.2% of total agricultural sales in ...