When it comes to cash crops, garlic has a distinct appeal. Popular gourmet varieties can average as much as $16 per pound by some estimates, meaning one acre — producing roughly 4,000 pounds per year ...
VERGAS, Minn. — What could lead a young man from densely populated Long Island, New York, to an end-of-the-dirt-road plot of 40-some acres in west-central Minnesota? The dream of growing garlic for ...