During the first weeks of spring, farm workers begin arriving at Schreiber Farms before the sun rises. Together in a parking lot, they get their assignments for the day — they’ll either cut asparagus ...

With this week’s unexpected cold snap, Eckert’s Farm was forced to harvest its first produce of the season earlier than anticipated. Now it’s making the most of the situation by collaborating with St.

Asparagus is one of the earliest vegetables you can harvest from your garden. The reason is because it is a perennial, which means once it is established, it comes up every year. There’s no need to ...

BENZIE COUNTY, Mich. (WPBN/WGTU) -- May is National Asparagus Month and the crop is ready for picking in northern Michigan. The crop is a little early this year due to warmer winter conditions, ...

ELTOPIA, Wash. — Jeremy and Zach Ward have been waiting three years to harvest their asparagus for the first time. As new asparagus farmers, the brothers are an anomaly. State industry leaders say ...

BENZIE COUNTY, Mich., (WPBN/WGTU) -- The Norconk Asparagus Farm in Benzie County grows about 15 acres of asparagus. The season is short, so farmers are hard at work to pick the crop fast. Harry ...

Michigan’s major asparagus production region, Oceana County, successfully adapted to the rapidly shifting regulations of the pandemic's first months and to a changing market. Then, at the close of the ...

The sweet, succulent spears are always among the two dozen fruits and vegetables she and husband Roger Stoner raise annually in their back yard and at their family farm, both in Lancaster. The stalks, ...

ELTOPIA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Washington State’s family farmers and packers are readying for the 2022 season with their fresh, vibrant asparagus available at regional supermarkets, farmers markets ...