{"id":103702,"date":"2017-09-07T18:52:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-08T00:52:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/farmers-market-profile-green-table-farm-hits-its-stride\/"},"modified":"2017-09-07T18:52:23","modified_gmt":"2017-09-08T00:52:23","slug":"farmers-market-profile-green-table-farm-hits-its-stride","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/farmers-market-profile-green-table-farm-hits-its-stride\/","title":{"rendered":"Farmers Market profile: Green Table Farm hits its stride"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\"Tyler
Tyler Hoyt is a regular at the Durango Farmers Market. He owns Green Table Farm in Mancos.<\/span>Mia Rupani\/Durango Herald<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Tyler Hoyt\u2019s interest in farming started after a series of college classes made him question the quality of his food and where it came from.<\/p>\n

He has been growing food in the area for about 10 years and is a familiar face at the Durango Farmers Market.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou get into farming for the same reasons you want to save the world,\u201d he said. \u201cOnce you put a paycheck behind it, it becomes an unbeatable job.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoyt owns Green Table Farm, a 72-acre family-owned farm in Mancos. This is his third year farming for profit, and his garden is an acre and a half.<\/p>\n

He said a late June frost required many vegetables to be replanted, but it has been a good growing season overall.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had to replant a lot of stuff that got knocked out by the frost,\u201d he said. \u201cGrasshoppers have also been really bad this year. They ate the garlic; I couldn\u2019t believe it. Still, we are hitting more of a stride going into our third year.\u201d<\/p>\n

A few everyday challenges for Hoyt include farming in the semiarid Southwest climate, managing a short growing season and juggling projects on the farm.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have such a short season, and we try to do a lot of projects at once,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are doing a lot of construction around the farm right now.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hoyt said eggs and leafy greens are the farm\u2019s biggest sellers at the market, as well as beans and peas.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe sell a little bit of everything,\u201d he said. \u201cThe popularity of vegetables changes with the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

mrupani@durangoherald.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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