Market Farming

["Liz Pike" <liz AT laughingbrookfarm.com>]

How much acreage do you have in production??
Do you prime it just like conventional crops??
Is it taken to auction where the conventional crop is sold, or direct to the
buyer??
Any other buyers out there besides Sante Fe Natural??
Is the taste different than regular cigs/cigars??  (don't know, just like to
grow it, don't smoke it.)
Does growing sunflowers beside/amongst the crop, really help with pest load
(as some claim)??
Did you need new drying barns, or could old ones be sanitized??
What about original log tobacco barns??
Anyone still drying their tobacco the old way...wood fire??
Did you grow conventionally before??
Which pest problems decreased due to organic growing, and which ones
increased??
How do you handle Granville Wilt, black shank, mosaic, blue mold, etc??
Would mulching protect/prevent from the soil-borne diseases??

I think that's all...for now.  Thanks!!

Liz Pike
Laughing Brook Farm
Westfield NC