grower to creating a livelihood on fresh market vegetable farm john hendrickson cias outreach specialist university of wisconsin madison college agricultural and life sciences october 2005 2 the report is published by center for integrated systems research sustainable agriculture in fosters multidisciplinary inquiry supports range curriculum program development projects it brings together faculty farmers policy makers others study relationships between farming practices profitability environment rural vitality go http www wisc edu or call 608 262 5200 more information this was funded grant from usda north central region education sare editing cris carusi publication design layout ruth mcnair photos unless noted printed recycled paper executive summary i introduction 1 how collected context participating farms 3 finances 10 quality 18 special challenges 19 keys success 20 21 resources 24 appendix data collection