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
- 2058
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Organic Certification for Non-Agricultural Land
In this episode, one of the pioneers of organic growing in America, Scott Murray, sheds light on how to go about securing organic certification on non-agricultural land.
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Hybrids Can Taste Better Than Heirlooms!
In this episode, crop scientist Nikolay Georgiev explains how hybrid tomatoes can taste just as good as—if not better—than heirloom tomatoes.
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Getting Creative with the Aggregator Model
In this episode, farmer-aggregator Max Becher talks about how getting creative and innovative can help the aggregator model become successful.
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Deep Compost Mulch System (with Chickens!)
In this episode, grower and content creator Josh Sattin talks about how he implements a deep compost mulch system on his farm with some assistance from his chickens.
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Pushing the Borders of Your Brand
In this episode, farming couple Benny & Courtney Pino define what it means to push the boundaries of your brand.
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Off-Farm Farm Stand Visibility & Visibility
In this episode, grower Joel Konrad shares how he makes sure that his small off-farm farm stands remain visible to potential customers.
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Progress as You Deem Progress
In this episode, podcast host Diego Footer reminds us to acknowledge the progress we make, whatever progress may look like for each of us.
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Microgreens and Sustainable Agriculture
In this episode, long-time microgreens grower Chris Thoreau and farmer-aggregator Max Becher talk about microgreens' place in the sustainable agricultural landscape.
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Start and Stick with What Works
In this episode, the Lean Farmer Ben Hartman doubles down on starting with crops that work and sticking to them, which is especially important for new farms.
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If a Farmers Market is a Good Fit
In this episode, grower Travis Schulert shares his criteria on how to tell if a farmers market is a good fit for his farm business.
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Strategizing Crop Variety
In this episode, farmer, educator, and consultant Michael Kilpatrick talks about how to strategically plan out which crop varieties to grow.
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Considerations for Selling to Restaurants
In this episode, grower and content creator Josh Sattin talks about things to consider before approaching restaurants for sales.
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Keeping Track of Restaurant Payments
In this episode, farmer Emma Hendel shares her process of keeping track of their restaurant payments.
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Moving a Farmers Market Online
In this episode, Local Line CEO Cole Jones walks us through the logistics behind moving a farmers market online using Local Line.
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The Minimum Requirements to Start a Flower Farm
In this episode, vegetable-turned-flower-farmer Benny Pino talks about the basic things you need to start a flower farm.
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Starting with Selling Number 2 Produce
In this episode, farmer and aggregator Max Becher shares how he got his start by selling a farm's number 2 produce.
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Working Efficiently with an Employee
In this episode, farmer Jordan MacPhee shares some advice on how to work efficiently with farm employees.
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Tackling Growing Greens in Summer
In this episode, farmer Erich Schultz talks about how they tackle growing great greens in the summertime.
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Living Wage++
In this episode, podcast host Diego Footer talks about what a living wage is and what it means to have living wage ++.
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A Farm is a Business
In this episode, farmer and content creator Josh Sattin talks about the importance of treating a farm as a business.
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