Editing Vegetable farming (section)

==Marketing==
Several economic models exist for vegetable farms: A relatively small operation is a [[market garden]] while a larger farm may grow large quantities of few vegetables and sell them in bulk to major markets or middlemen, which requires large growing operations. A farm may produce for local customers, which requires a larger distribution effort. A farm may produce a variety of vegetables for sale through an on-[[Farm Stall]]s, a local [[farmer's market]]s, or a u-pick operation. Such operations differ from commodity farm products like [[wheat]] and [[maize]] which are less perishable and are sold in bulk to the a local granary. Large cities often have a central produce market which handles vegetables in a commodity-like manner, and manages distribution to most supermarkets and restaurants.

In America, vegetable farms are in some regions known as truck farms; "truck" is a noun for which [[truck|its more common meaning]] overshadows its historically separate use as a term for "vegetables grown for market". Such farms are sometimes called muck farms, after the [[Muck (soil)|dark black soil]] in which vegetables grow well.