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The Rookie Farmer Podcast is the go-to resource for aspiring market gardeners and small-scale farmers. Hosted by Alec Smith, farmer at Crop Culture Farm in New Bern, Georgia, this podcast provides wisdom, knowledge and real-world experience to support the rising movement of small-scale agriculture.Each episode features discussions with veteran growers, industry experts, and fellow "rookie" farmers who share lessons learned in starting up and running profitable, sustainable farms. Alec dives into topics like effective crop planning, selling to chefs and restaurants, creative CSA models, and much more. He also provides regular updates on his own half-acre vegetable farm as it grows.Whether you are a new grower just starting out or a few seasons into your farming journey, The Rookie Farmer Podcast will inform and inspire you to take your small farm to the next level. Tune in and join a passionate community of small-scale farmers who are revolutionizing the food system, one farm at a tim
Alec Smith hosts The Rookie Farmer Podcast, a business show with 48 episodes published.
This week, rookie farmer Alec sits down with farmer Mike Hedge of Hedge Family Farm in Happy Valley, NC, as he shares how he and his wife Sara put in the work to turn raw, undeveloped land into a thriving market garden o
In this episode of the Rookie Farmer Podcast, Alec and Richard get real about the highs and lows of peak summer farming: from hitting a $3,000 sales milestone at the farmers market to a van breakdown that forced a last-m
In this episode, host Alec sits down with James Clarke of Clarke's Greens in San Antonio, Texas for the longest conversation in Rookie Farmer Podcast history...and it's packed with gold. James breaks down his journey fro
Alec Smith sits down with Wesley Palmer, former seed rep at Johnny's Selected Seeds turned farm manager at Quercus, a stunning 3,800-acre ranch resort in Gay, Georgia. Wesley and Alec talk about a "root-to-petal" approac
Join Alec and Richard for another blog episode as the season shifts into full summer mode and a major new chapter begins. Alec breaks down the real numbers and unexpected chaos of launching a second farmers market, from
In this episode, host Alec reconnects with previous guest Gabby Fultz of Dusty Dog Gardens in Durango, Colorado, for a raw, honest look at what her year 2 of farming actually looked like. Click here to learn more about f
This episode, the tables are turned as Alec sits in the hot seat as guest Chett Clayton of Hillside Harvest Farm takes over the interview ahead of his upcoming agricultural conference talk on bootstrapping a farm from th
In this episode, Alec and Richard from Sun and Soil Farm catch you up on everything happening at their small-scale market gardens this spring: from navigating one of the driest seasons in recent memory, to discovering th
In this episode, we sit down with Jared Sapach of Ruben's Roots in Northwest Saskatchewan, where the frost-free growing window is just 100 days and large-scale grain farms stretch for thousands of acres. Jared breaks dow
In this lookback episode of the Rookie Farmer Podcast, host Alec welcomes a returning guest, Colton Simpson of Simpson's Market Garden in White Plains, Maryland. Colton shares the contrast between his optimism and the ha
In this farm blog episode, Alec of Crop Culture Farm and Richard of Sun and Soil Farm talk about how they fared growing their crops in spring and how they're preparing for the summer growing season. Click here to learn m
In this episode, rookie farmer Alec Smith sits down with chef-turned-farmer Cory Babb of Firelight Farm in Arkansas, who built a thriving market garden business after 15 years in the restaurant industry. Cory shares how
Ever feel like land ownership is such a far-fetched goal that most of the time feels a little too impossible? Four Georgia farmers have an answer: running a cooperative farm. In this episode, Alec sits down with Monica P
In this episode of the Rookie Farmer Podcast, rookie farmers Alec and Richard pull back the curtain on their real farm financials for 2025: their gross sales, net profit, biggest expenses, and what they plan on doing dif
In this episode, host Alec talks to farmer Peter Lee about how he built a thriving market garden in rural Ireland serving just 700 people, proving you don't need a massive market to succeed. Peter shares challenges of Ir
In this episode of The Rookie Farmer Podcast, host Alec Smith welcomes farmer Jill Duncan of Loving Roots Urban Farm as she shares her journey from renting farm land in the city to owning a thriving 1/3-acre market garde
While "winter growing" might conjure up images of heated high tunnels, covered beds, and doing wash pack in freezing water, you might just be surprised that that's not all there is to it! In this farm blog episode, host
In this episode, we dive into some insider secrets to farmers market success courtesy of Brian Strickland, Director of the Athens Farmers Market. Brian and host Alec dig into why working at an established farm first can
In this episode, we talk to Patrick Samuels of Sunnyside Egg Co. as he shares how he scaled from 50 backyard chickens to 7,000 birds across multiple farms in just 6 months—all while staying true to regenerative principle
We're mixing it up in this new farm blog episode as host Alec welcomes a returning guest, Richard from Sun & Soil Farm, for an unfiltered conversation about the challenges and successes they've had this past growing seas
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The Rookie Farmer Podcast is hosted by Alec Smith. The show is categorised under business (entrepreneurship) and has published 48 episodes.
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