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Art Parkerson

Art Parkerson Columnist, Owner and CEO - Lancaster Farms

Art lives and works at Lancaster Farms, a wholesale nursery in Suffolk, Virginia. To say hello, write to art@lancasterfarms.com.

Recent Articles

Growers Talk Business
Your Plants Just Murdered the Metaverse
Art Parkerson
The people who were supposed to be having a blast exploring the brave new Metaverse got a plant instead.
Growers Talk Business
Get Your Hopes Up
Art Parkerson
Hiring is a numbers game. You have to work through a lot of duds to find a few who are truly great.
Growers Talk Business
Squeeze & Wiggle
Art Parkerson
Business will always be a game of squeeze, and the winners are those who can push back at the rock and the hard place just enough to give themselves room to wiggle.
Growers Talk Business
Give Me a Grower
Art Parkerson
An ode to Art’s growing wish.
Growers Talk Business
How Do You Figure?
Art Parkerson
Don’t let the mountain of cash you're sitting on fool you. Now is the time to really watch the numbers.
Growers Talk Business
Basic Driving
Art Parkerson
I’ve been thinking about what my sales manager Jason learned from driving with his son because right now I feel like I’m supposed to be a fortune teller, but I can’t see the future.
Growers Talk Business
Sweat the Small Stuff
Art Parkerson
There are moments when success comes only by letting go, but the foundation of success is built on close attention to many details.
Growers Talk Business
Accounts Playable
Art Parkerson
For the past two months I’ve been entering all the payables and paying all the bills myself. Why would I do this?
Growers Talk Business
More Cash Than We Know What to Do With
Art Parkerson
Let’s show our gratefulness by not blowing our harvest from a false spring, lest the second Thanksgiving of 2020 is far more somber than the one we enjoyed in April.
Growers Talk Business
Never Say You’re Sorry
Art Parkerson
There’s a formula for a good apology that too few people know and every apology needs three things.
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