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 ...

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 ...