Stay ConnectedInsights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably.
In each episode, I talk with a beginning or experienced farmer, diving deep into their story to find out what makes their market farm successful. I focus on in-the-field farming. Soil preparation, weed management, post-harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm tools and equipment, and growing crops.
Hosted and produced by Diego Footer’s Modern Grower Podcast Network.
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Michael Kilpatrick joins me to talk about some of the issues that he sees on farms that struggle with post harvest processing and how most farms can improve that part of the process. He will also touch on the role that new food safety regulations will play on vegetable farms and how famers can start preparing for that.
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Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter.
Farmer Jenny Quiner of Dog Patch Urban Gardens in Des Moines, Iowa talks about farm startup, growth, and unique ways to sell your product.
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Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter.
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.
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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.
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 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.
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.
Author and farmer Ben Hartman talks about his farm and his book, The Lean Farm.
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.
The benefits of building a microgreens business, and how to keep improving it.
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 we are going to Ojai California to talk to a farmer who's more than just a farmer. Max Beecher was inspired into farming by Joel Salatin and Joel's entrepreneurial spirit inspired Max to get created when ti came to his farm based businesses. Max started out his farm journey in 2013 with wife. At the time they weren't farmers though, they started out as aggregators... He describes the experience as "one where we sold produce from a few different local farms to a local customer base we were working on building. This started by selling #2 produce from a local farm I was volunteering at, and the farmer let me split the gross with him, since he would have thrown the product away otherwise. Our idea was to make money up front by selling other people's produce, and to build a customer base so one day we could sell our own product through it. We have continued to grow that webstore business, and it remains a core feature of our business, with a list of almost 300 customers, generating over 100 orders per week. We now source from around 15 local farms, and have a ready market for our own products, including the micro greens. Because of building this webstore before we started farming, marketing what we grow has never been a problem, and we throw little to no product away due to over production." That business has continued and evolved today to become a full-fledged online store generate over $100,000 a year in sales at a decent profit. It's a thriving business and an integral part of Max's farm, and it's one that started by selling someone else's waste. Learn more at http://www.permaculturevoices.com/farmsmallfarmsmart
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