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Going to great lengths to protect the garlic seed supply with Warren Ham and Roshan Ghimire of August’s Harvest in Ontario
Aug 19, 202656mEp. 192
August’s Harvest was Canada’s first meristem clean seed garlic program providing virus and pathogen clean planting stock to North America. This week, we talk with Warren Ham and Roshan Ghimire of August’s Harvest in Onta
Improving the greenhouse climate with convection tube heating and shade cloth with John Wells of Rimol Greenhouse Systems
Aug 11, 20261h 3mEp. 191
There’s a type of heater setup that delivers heat right where you need it and can offer some important advantages over forced air heat, but we don’t see many of them in the field. We think lack of knowledge about the tec
Modern draft animal power with Becky Frye and Donn Hewes in New York State
Aug 5, 20261h 6mEp. 190
The Draft Animal Power Field Days are coming right up from October 2-4, and horse farmers Becky Frye and Donn Hewes tell us how they farm cooperatively thanks to a connection made through the Draft Animal Power Network (
Greenhouse culture of ranunculus, snapdragons, lisianthus and more with Rebecca Kutzer-Rice of Moonshot Farm in New Jersey
Jul 29, 202655mEp. 189
There are two sources of inspiration for this week’s interview: one was Rebecca Kutzer-Rice’s article “ Why and how we automated our flower greenhouses ,” which you can read here. And the other is the 40hr Farmer live gr
Your bug questions answered part two with Dr. Anna Wallingford of New Hampshire Community Supported Research
Jul 21, 20261h 32mEp. 188
When we asked what insect pests were bugging you, we got so many questions it turned into two podcast episodes! So, this week we sit back down with Dr. Anna Wallingford of New Hampshire Community Supported Research to an
Building and scaling an authentic farm brand with Clarenda “Farmer Cee” Stanley of Green Heffa Farms in North Carolina
Jul 14, 202651mEp. 187
This week we have the pleasure of learning from Clarenda “Farmer Cee” Stanley, author of the new book, The Black Girl’s Guide to Building a Boutique Farm: Practical Advice to Keep Your Business Cute, Profitable, and Sust
Your bug questions answered part one with Dr. Anna Wallingford of New Hampshire Community Supported Research
Jul 8, 20261h 40mEp. 186
It’s that time of year when the pests and the questions about how to keep them in check are building up. So, in keeping with the mission of Dr. Anna Wallingford’s New Hampshire Community Supported Research to respond to
Flower plug and propagation trends with Bailey Hale of Farmer Bailey plug and plant brokers
Jun 30, 20261h 6mEp. 185
When he was running Ardelia Farm in Vermont, Bailey Hale found that many trending flower varieties were not available in quantities market farmers could use, or available at all, which led him to start brokering orders w
Greenhouse soil best practices with Judson Reid of Cornell University in New York State
Jun 23, 20261h 14mEp. 184
Soil is finally getting the attention it deserves, and though many of the best practices in the field hold true in the greenhouse, there are some important differences and that’s what we talk about this week with Judson
The big peony episode with Kate-Lynn Clark of En Fleurs farm in Quebec
Jun 16, 202648mEp. 183
When Kate-Lynn Clark got the opportunity to take over a peony farm, it didn’t include the land. So she dug up and moved over 250 varieties of peonies to her family’s farm in Brownsburg-Chatham, Quebec. There she runs En
Incorporating agroforestry into Delight Flower Farm with Maggie Taylor in Illinois
Jun 9, 20261h 21mEp. 182
In 2023, Maggie Taylor wrote an article for Growing for Market Magazine about several projects she had started as part of a grant program incorporating agroforestry into Delight Flower Farm in Illinois. Since many of the
Lessons from 37 years of market farming with Chip and Susan Planck of Wheatland Farms in Virginia
Jun 2, 20261h 18mEp. 181
Chip and Susan Planck ran Wheatland Farms growing vegetables in Virginia for 37 years, and in this interview, we talk with them about what worked, what didn’t and what changed in market farming over almost four decades.
Breeding hyloom and disease-resistant tomatoes with Greg Vogel of Cornell University
May 27, 20261h 48mEp. 180
“Hyloom” tomato varieties have become popular with growers for the combination of heirloom flavor and looks, and grower-friendly traits like improved vigor and disease resistance. In this interview we talk with Greg Voge
Doubling greenhouse tomato yields and beyond using automation with Drew Cramer of Ghost House Farm in Michigan
May 19, 20261h 50mEp. 179
On this week’s podcast we talk with Drew Cramer of Ghost House Farm in Michigan about how he more than doubled his greenhouse tomato yields through good management and automation. Automation makes the difference between
Beyond NPK: micronutrients with macro impact with Gregg Forster of Wisconsin Mineral Solutions
May 12, 20261h 34mEp. 178
Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium get a lot of attention, but there are other nutrients that are just as important for soil and plant health. In this week’s interview, we talk with Gregg Forster of Wisconsin Mineral Sol
Scaling and planning microgreen production with Garrett Corwin of Piedmont Microgreens and Microgreen Manager in North Carolina
May 5, 20261h 44mEp. 177
Garrett Corwin started Piedmont Microgreens out of his garage in Durham, North Carolina, and after six years he’s scaled the business to 350-400 trays a week. In addition to the farmers market, Piedmont sells to more tha
Seattle Growers Market: Lessons from 15 years of cooperative flower marketing with SGM General Manager Carrie Read
Apr 28, 202653mEp. 176
One trend we’ve noticed is the growing number of flower farming cooperatives. We think it might be part of local growers banding together to increase market power as the American flower market bounces back from decimatio
Community supported farm research with Anna Wallingford of New Hampshire Community Supported Research
Apr 21, 20261h 59mEp. 175
When Anna Wallngford got fired (twice) by DOGE from her job doing entomological research for the federal government, she formed New Hampshire Community Supported Research to keep the work she was doing on behalf of farme
Building a 24-hour collective flower market with Colleen McCoole Payne of the Kansas City Flower Farmer Wholesale Market
Apr 14, 20261h 29mEp. 174
In this week’s interview we hear from Colleen McCoole Payne about how she and more than 20 other growers built the Kansas City Flower Farmer Wholesale Market to help them sell more to florists by working together. In 202
How small farms can stand out from big food using good marketing with Jakub Kosmowski of Farma Wola in Poland
Apr 7, 20261h 35mEp. 173
Jakub Kosmowski left a career in marketing to start the vegetable CSA farm Farma Wola in Poland. In this interview, he tells us how he adapted the marketing principles he used with Fortune 500 companies to develop a mark
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