Bill Higgins is the owner of Saratoga Garlic in Saratoga Springs, NY. The company is an organic produce and garlic farm.
A conversation with a steak house owner in Manhattan gave Bill Higgins the idea of farming organic produce. He gave up his initial idea of carrots and potatoes for garlic mainly due to the fact that is doesn't require the amount of acreage a field crop would require.
The other thing that we did too for market awareness is we became a certified organic grower through NOFA. And that was something again, that was an expense that I didn't anticipate but it gave me a very, it gave the business a different, you know, level of security in the market place. For exampl...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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