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.
In this episode, Seedtime co-founder Paul Dysinger shares how they decide which features to add to Seedtime and which ones to put a bookmark on to revisit later.
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In this episode, farmer Liz Calvelage of Little Bean Farm shares the potential profitability of cut flower bouquets at farmer's markets.
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In this episode, farmer Ian Caselli shares what he's able to grow—and what he's able to net—on his 2000 sq ft. plot of land.
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In this episode, farming couple Amber Broxon and Justin Miller of BroxonBerry Farm talk about how they decide which crops to axe and which ones to keep.
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In this episode, Jill Duncan of Loving Roots Urban Garden shares how she's able to manage her farm business as a solo-preneur.
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In this episode, Bill Brinkerhoff of Argus Farmstop talks about the logistics and networking that goes behind filling their physical store with local products from local producers.
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In this episode, farmer and systems consultant Robert Arnold of Pleasant Valley Farms talks about the potential and opportunities that partnering up with other local producers can open.
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In this episode, podcast host Diego Footer and farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck of Roebuck Farm in New Zealand talk about the importance of knowing your numbers in making sure your farm stays profita…
In this episode, Melissa Ballard of Blue Grass Farm shares how their customer communications improved with the opening of their online store.
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In this episode, JOYN Bio CEO Dr. Michael Miille talks about the work that goes into engineering a nitrogen-fixing bacteria available for public use.
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In this episode, Executive Director of Certified Naturally Grown Alice Varon sheds light on how CNG conducts farmer peer-to-peer inspections for their certification.
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In this episode, microgreens grower Lupe Smith of Barons Microgreens shares his strategies for selling at multiple farmer's markets in a day.
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In this episode, compost specialist and owner of Living Roots Compost Tea Troy Hinke talks about the most common mistakes beginners make when they get started making their own compost teas.
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In this episode, soil microbiologist and founder of the Soil Foodweb Dr. Elaine Ingham discusses how the amount of organic material in soil may not necessarily indicate soil health.
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In this episode, long-time microgreens grower Chris Thoreau and podcast host Diego Footer discuss the economics behind growing seeds as a small-scale grower.
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In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck of Roebuck Farm in New Zealand discusses their crop and weed management practices under greenhouse.
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In this episode, homesteader Tony Barlow of Barlow Roots Market talks about the economics behind aggregating products from other producers.
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In this episode, scientist, author, and farmer Megan Neubauer of Pure Land Farm shares her thoughts on family-run farm businesses.
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In this episode, University of South Carolina research associate professor Dr. Buz Kloot shares practical and doable approaches to improving soil health.
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In this episode, agronomist and Logan Labs soil consultant Bill McKibben sheds light on the services private soil labs can offer farmers.
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