Ark-La-Tex Clusters Farmer Co-op held their Large Tomato Competition at the CEP Ark-La-Tex Clusters Farmer Market in downtown New Boston, TX at The Pavilion on June 1st.
The grand prize winner was Mrs. Vicki Rhea, she had showcased her “Beef Stake” tomato at the local event.
Rhea is not only a vegetable producer, but she is also a goat and poultry producer in Bowie County. Mrs. Rhea is a long-time committee member of the CEP Ark-La-Tex Clusters Farmer Coop and she loves to educate other local small-scale farmers about goats and specialty crops such as Malabar Spinach, African or Egyptian Spinach, White Russian Watermelon, and Sorrel (Hibiscus Tea); in which some of the farmer co-op committee members had raised within three years, through the Prairie View A&M University Greenhouse Research Department Specialty Grant Program.
