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Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

Daily farm and garden talk. All about growing vegetables profitably and efficiently on small farms and in gardens.

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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Update frequency
every day
Average duration
21 minutes
Episodes
2057
Years Active
2013 - 2025
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Crop Planning to Fund the Farm and the Lifestyle

Crop Planning to Fund the Farm and the Lifestyle

In this episode, veteran market farmer Cassie Pierce of Peace of Prairie shares their thoughtful crop planning to ensure their produce funds both their farm and their lifestyle. 

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00:10:10  |   Sat 01 Mar 2025
Managing Longer Cycle Microgreens

Managing Longer Cycle Microgreens

In this episode, microgreens grower Jacob Goldfarb of Goldfarm Canada shares how they manage their longer-growing microgreens. 

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00:09:55  |   Fri 28 Feb 2025
Sharing the Good The Bad but Not the Ugly

Sharing the Good The Bad but Not the Ugly

In this episode, farmer Melissa Ballard of Bluegrass Beef talks about sharing realistic stories of their farm on their social media to build a connection with their followers and customers. 

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00:07:01  |   Thu 27 Feb 2025
Different Ways to Sell in Different Contexts

Different Ways to Sell in Different Contexts

In this episode, farmer Jacki Hinchey of Blue Dog Farm talks about different kinds of selling for different customers in different contexts. 

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00:05:22  |   Wed 26 Feb 2025
Don't Put Ceilings on Employees & Keep Them Sticky

Don't Put Ceilings on Employees & Keep Them Sticky

In this episode, farmer Ian Jerolmack talks about giving autonomy and a sense of ownership to employees and allowing them to become an integral part of the business. 

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00:06:39  |   Tue 25 Feb 2025
Starting a Farming Career & Getting Adopted by Farms

Starting a Farming Career & Getting Adopted by Farms

In this episode, farmer and consultant Ellen Polishuk of Plant to Profit talks about building a farming career with a support system of farmers. 

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00:07:13  |   Mon 24 Feb 2025
The Lifecycle of a Wholesale Storage Crop

The Lifecycle of a Wholesale Storage Crop

In this episode, farm manager Noah Poulos of Clem's Organics talks about the life cycle of their wholesale storage crops. 

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00:05:56  |   Sun 23 Feb 2025
The Different Work that Goes into Running an Online Store

The Different Work that Goes into Running an Online Store

In this episode, farmer and systems consultant Robert Arnold of Pleasant Valley Farms describes the work that goes into building and maintaining an online farm store. 

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00:04:22  |   Sat 22 Feb 2025
Thoughts on CSA vs Farmers Market

Thoughts on CSA vs Farmers Market

In this episode, farming couple Jesse Way & Megan Brandenburg of Milk Way Farm talk about the pros, cons, and nuances of running CSAs compared to going to farmer's markets. 

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00:04:41  |   Fri 21 Feb 2025
What Makes a Good Product Photo

What Makes a Good Product Photo

In this episode, professional photographer John Spaulding describes what separates an okay product photo from a good product photo. 

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00:04:42  |   Thu 20 Feb 2025
Scroll-Stopping Content

Scroll-Stopping Content

In this episode, gardener and educator Kevin Espiritu talks about posting the kind of content that gets your audience to stop scrolling. 

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00:07:21  |   Wed 19 Feb 2025
Local Customers Wanting Local Food

Local Customers Wanting Local Food

In this episode, aggregator Bill Brinkerhoff of Argus Farm Stop shares how they're able to maintain selling local food thanks to their local food-loving customers. 

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00:05:05  |   Tue 18 Feb 2025
Adding an Online Store Adds Complexity But

Adding an Online Store Adds Complexity But

In this episode, farmer Hermann Bruns of Wild Flight Farm talks about the additional work involved with opening an online farm store and how it's worth the time to do. 

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00:04:30  |   Mon 17 Feb 2025
Keep Your Email Newsletters Simple

Keep Your Email Newsletters Simple

In this episode, John Reinwald of Farmstand Revival talks about not overthinking content when it comes to writing weekly newsletters. 

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00:07:16  |   Sun 16 Feb 2025
Stepping out of the CBD Commodity Market & Carving Out a Niche

Stepping out of the CBD Commodity Market & Carving Out a Niche

In this episode, hemp farmer Sam Bellavance of Sunset Lake CBD talks about selling niche products to step out of the commodity market. 

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00:05:32  |   Sat 15 Feb 2025
Putting the Business Second

Putting the Business Second

In this episode, Seedtime co-founder Paul Dysinger talks about how easy it is to get lost in the business when it should be second in priority compared to family. 

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00:07:52  |   Fri 14 Feb 2025
Getting Word Out Through Facebook

Getting Word Out Through Facebook

In this episode, farming couple Tom and Marcy Bradley of Pleasant Valley Farms share about how they leveraged Facebook to get word out about their farm. 

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00:07:59  |   Thu 13 Feb 2025
Top Performing Crops on a 2,000sqft. Farm

Top Performing Crops on a 2,000sqft. Farm

In this episode, farmer Ian Caseli shares his best selling crops from his 2,000 sqft. farm. 

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00:04:45  |   Wed 12 Feb 2025
Focus Less on Marketing and More on Sales

Focus Less on Marketing and More on Sales

In this episode, microgreen farmer Alex Dale of Hunter's Dale Microgreens discusses the importance of putting less time on marketing and more time on sales. 

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00:08:11  |   Tue 11 Feb 2025
Lessons Learned From a 200-Acre Farm

Lessons Learned From a 200-Acre Farm

In this episode, farmer and farm rep Becky Hume shares the lessons she learned managing a 2000-acre farm that are applicable to running a sustainable market garden. 

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00:06:11  |   Mon 10 Feb 2025
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