How a flower farm got through their first five years of activity

This week we're learning about how one grower has managed her first five flower farming years. Kristen Rubin of Sweetwater Stem Co., in Gig Harbor, Washington, will share how she found sales channels for her blooms at a time when local farmers' markets were closed due to the Pandemic. Kristen and her husband Allan bought what she describes as a vintage, 8-acre farm in 2019, previously home to highland cattle, when she relocated to her home state of Washington after living in Anchorage, Alaska, for a brief period. They chose the name Sweetwater Stem Co. to honor Kristen's family legacy. Her great-grandfather arrived in Idaho at the turn of the century as a pioneer and founded the town of Sweetwater.