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Insights 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.
Unknown Host hosts Farm Small Farm Smart, a science show with 580 episodes published.
In this episode, Dr. David Laird of Iowa State University breaks down the most common beliefs around growing in clay soils. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! G
You can only grow so much by yourself. If you're planning on growing your business, you'll eventually need to hire out help. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!
More than half of new farms fail in their first five years. In almost every case, it's not a growing problem...it's a money problem. After a decade interviewing hundreds of farmers and running a farm supply business serv
In this episode, Dr. Jane Fife of 3Bar Biologics talks about how to multiply microbial populations and how different types may multiply better in different regions. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, mark
Vincent Cuneo started his microgreens business with zero growing experience. Year two revenue: $230K. But money was tight, stress was crushing, and crop failures meant lost revenue. His advice now? Get good before going
A farmer I interviewed was doing everything right — certified organic, quality product, good prices, showing up every week. Three years in, the farm was cash-neutral. Not losing money, not making it. Then he moved towns.
In this episode, Malibu Compost Founder Randy Ritchie talks about the many differences between using finished and unfinished compost. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business i
What does your farm have to do for you? Does it need to net you a livable income? Or does it just need to supplement your current income? Plan out your farm based on what you need to do lest you overreach and stretch you
When you try to be everything to everyone, you become nothing to anyone. The farm selling "fresh local vegetables" to whoever walks by is invisible. The farm known for the best salad mix in the county, or the only source
In this episode, Dr. Bruno Basso of CIBO Technologies discusses the effects of tillage on the carbon in the soil. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market
Is small-scale farming a viable source of income? It definitely could be! But there's no free lunch: it's something you're going to have to put work into. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming
In this episode, Research Associate Professor Dr. Buz Kloot of Soil Health Labs talks about the potential reasons why farmers would choose not to cover crop. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farm
Which should you sell to, farmer's markets, or CSAs? The answer: it depends. Can you grow consistently? Can you deliver on your weekly orders? Have you already built a solid customer base? Subscribe for more content on s
Jodi Robuck's first beet harvest: one bunch. Maybe $3. Twelve months later, the same bed produces over $850. Not luck — he changed one variable at a time until the math worked. Click here to watch the full episode on our
In this episode, author and educator Peter McCoy of Mycologos sheds light on the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insig
Sometimes, you can cheap out and MacGyver your way to get your farm business going...but not always. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools
In this episode, compost specialist and owner of Living Roots Compost Tea Troy Hinke explains the importance of allowing compost to take its time maturing before application. Subscribe for more content on sustainable far
In this episode, Diego talks about the small differences that make up the difference between farms that make it...and farms that don't. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business
5 purchases, one filter. Every year farmers spend thousands on equipment they're told they need. Almost nobody asks one question before swiping the card: Will this generate or save me $10,000 in the next 12 months? Click
In this episode, microbiologist and co-creator of the Johnson-Su bioreactor, Dr. David Johnson, schools us on how to tell if a soil is healthy and of good quality. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, marke
Dr. Jane Fife
3Bar Biologics
1 appearance on this show
Peter McCoy
Mycologos
2 appearances on this show
Dr. Gabe Kenne
University of South Carolina
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Paul Zorner
Locus Ag Solutions
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Johannes Lehmann
Cornell University
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Bruno Basso
CIBO Technologies
1 appearance on this show
Dr. Buz Kloot
Soil Health Labs
1 appearance on this show
Elliot
Fair Share Farm
1 appearance on this show
Troy Hinke
Living Roots Compost Tea
1 appearance on this show
Kelpie Wilson
Wilson Biochar
1 appearance on this show
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