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.
- Update frequency
- every day
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 2057
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Water Constraints and Better Soil
In this episode, farmer and educator James Hutchinson talks about improving soil quality to address water constraints.
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Seed Business Land Requirements
In this episode, farmer Dan Brisebois talks about how much land you'll need to start a seed business.
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Getting Started at Farmers Markets
In this episode, grower-content creator Josh Sattin talks about farmers markets and how they're an excellent place to get started as a new farm.
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More Forgiving Microgreens
In this episode, long-time microgreens grower Chris Thoreau talks about good microgreen varieties for beginner growers.
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Choosing Tomato Root Stock
In this episode, farmer Andrew Mefferd talks about how to go about choosing tomato root stock depending on your needs.
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Approaching Stores with Microgreens
In this episode, microgreens grower Vincent Cuneo shares how he approaches stores to sell his microgreens.
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Mentally Shutting Off From the Business
In this episode, farmer Taylor Mendell talks about the difficulty of shutting off from the business to make time and mental headspace for life.
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Evolving Farming Goals
In this episode, grower Scott Hebert talks about how farming goals can change throughout the farming journey.
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Caring for Cannabis
In this episode, hemp grower Rand Gifford talks about the work that goes into caring for hemp crops.
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Crop Planning Based on Sales Outlets
In this episode, grower-content creator Josh Sattin talks about planning which crops to grow depending on where to sell them.
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Does Compost Tea Make a Difference?
In this episode, veteran organic farmer Nicolas Donck talks about using compost teas and whether or not it makes a difference on production.
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Funneling Customers to the Online Store
In this episode, farmer Mark Chapman shares some strategies he uses to encourage customers to visit their online farm store.
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The Challenges of Bootstrapping
In this episode, microgreens grower Lily Evans share the challenges she faced bootstrapping her microgreens operation.
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Lean on What Sells
In this episode, grower Kim Doughty-McCannon talks about doubling down on produce that bring in the most profit.
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Basement Microgreens Logistics
In this episode, microgreens grower John Jarmusz talks about the logistics behind growing microgreens in a basement.
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Off-Season on a Flower Farm
In this episode, farming couple Benny & Courtney Pino talk about the work that happens on a flower farm in the off-season.
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Encourage Questions to Distinguish Your Farm
In this episode, farmer Jay Reid talks about how encouraging questions from both customers and potential customers alike can help distinguish the farm from other vendors.
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Little Efforts Stack
In this episode, grower Emma Hendel talks about how small efforts made to improve a farm operation stack up at the end of the year.
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Combined Income Sources and Market Streams
In this episode, farmer Bob Close talks about tapping multiple market streams to sell out produce.
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Logistical Challenges of Home Delivery
In this episode, farmer-aggregator Adam Pollack shares their initial challenges with home delivery logistics.
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