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Each episode focuses on one specific topic – growing practices, how-to, farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil preparation, weed management, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance.
Hosted and produced by Diego Footer’s Modern Grower Podcast Network.
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Javan Bernakevitch and I talk about the importance of taking time off. Why it is important and how you can get the most out of the time you do take off. View the show notes for this episode and all past episodes.
Javan Bernakevitch and I talk about the importance of taking time off. Why it is important and how you can get the most out of the time you do take off. View the show notes for this episode and all past episodes.
Shawn Kuhn joins me to talk about selling to restaurants, growing a lot of greens, season extension, and trying to be more regenerative.
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Learn how to start a microgreens business in Chris Thoreau's Build Your Microgreen Business Workshop.
Keep learning with these two great audiobooks: The Market Gardener by JM Fortier The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone
Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter.
In this episode Brian Bates of Bear Creek Organics joins me to talk about greens production, employees, and learning from big farms.
View the show notes for this episode and all previous Farm Small, Farm Smart episodes.
Learn how to start a microgreens business in Chris Thoreau's Build Your Microgreen Business Workshop.
Keep learning with these two great audiobooks: The Market Gardener by JM Fortier The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone
Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter.
Utilizing his experience as a chef Evan Chender has set out to produce niche crops for chefs such as edible flowers and more exotic cultivars and types of vegetables. It's this niche approach which has given him an edge in his market place. While a lot of other farmers just grow salad mix, Evan stands out because he produces crops that others don't.
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View the show notes for this episode and all previous Farm Small, Farm Smart episodes.
Learn how to start a microgreens business in Chris Thoreau's Build Your Microgreen Business Workshop.
Keep learning with these two great audiobooks: The Market Gardener by JM Fortier The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone
Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter.
In this episode Erik Ohlsen he is going into some of the strategies he has used to grow and market his design business, tips for running the day to day operations of the design business, and ways to leverage the experience of others to help your personal journey. Learn about Erik's Eco-Landscape Mastery School
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Today my guest Gloria Flora will helps shed some light on the reality of biochar. Gloria's the founder and past director of the US Biochar initiative, so she has an extensive knowledge base when it comes to biochar, but she's also worked for the US Forest Service and she's a permaculturalist, so she gets how biochar fits into the larger whole.
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In this episode Ray Tyler of Rose Creek Farms will talk about how his farm has dealt changes on the farm as it evolved. He'll also talk about how they tackle farm problems and deal with season extension. It's a practical look at what happens behind the scenes - because things always don't go as planned and that tool that you bought, doesn't always work as well as expected.
View the show notes for this episode and all previous Farm Small, Farm Smart episodes.
Learn how to start a microgreens business in Chris Thoreau's Build Your Microgreen Business Workshop.
Keep learning with these two great audiobooks: The Market Gardener by JM Fortier The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone
Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter.
Today's show is another remarkable story of another entrepreneur, a permaculture entrepreneur.
It's the story of someone who went from being an anti-money activist to running a $1M permaculture design and build business. A business that catches millions of gallons of water, builds soil on hundreds of acres, plants hundreds of useful trees every year, restores native habit, redesigns our cites our schools and new developments.
If you don't think that permaculture based business can be profitable or be big, here's an example of one to change your mind...
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Farmer and consultant Michael Kilpatrick joins me to talk about improving farm productivity and profitability through better processes.
View the show notes for this episode and all previous Farm Small, Farm Smart episodes.
Learn how to start a microgreens business in Chris Thoreau's Build Your Microgreen Business Workshop.
Keep learning with these two great audiobooks: The Market Gardener by JM Fortier The Urban Farmer by Curtis Stone
Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter.
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