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
- 2056
- Years Active
- 2013 - 2025
Growing the Business by Growing Less Variety
In this episode, farmer Ian Caselli talks about how he was able to expand his business by choosing less varieties to grow.
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Qlipr Tomatoes and Qlipr Cucumbers
In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck talks about how they efficiently grow their tomatoes and cucumbers using the Qlipr system.
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Culinary Edge of Better Tasting Produce
In this episode, farmer Jennifer Brand of Sonaterra Farm shares her products' edge over her competitors' thanks to the special attention she pays to growing them for their taste.
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Data Points and Profit
In this episode, farming couple Amber Broxon and Justin Miller of BroxonBerry Farm talk about the value of collecting data points to increase farm profits.
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Quality and Sizing for Different Customers
In this episode, farmer Will Conway of Stone Acres Farm talks about how different product qualities and packaging appeal to different types of customers.
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Patience in Bootstrapping
In this episode, homesteader Tony Barlow talks about the financial prudence of bootstrapping a business and the patience that needs to come with it.
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The Line Between Too Much and Too Little Customer Service
In this episode, farmer and farming marketer Corinna Bench of My Digital Farmer talks about the nuances of offering too much or too little customer service.
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Building Up a Microgreens Customer Base
In this episode, farming couple Hilary and Dan Papuchis of Hildan Produce share how they were able to rally a customer base around their microgreen offering.
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Diversity is Your Insurance
In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck talks about the value of having multiple produce and market streams in making the business more anti-fragile.
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A Week of Baking Bread for the Farmer's Market
In this episode, farmer and chef Bruce Young of Blue Gate Farm shares a glimpse of what baking for a farmer's market looks like.
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Using Local Line as an Aggregator
In this episode, Local Line CEO and Founder Cole Jones shares what it looks like to aggregate produce on Local Line.
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What the Farmer is Passionate About vs. What the Consumer Cares About
In this episode, hemp farmer Sam Bellavance shares the disconnect between aspects of the product that the farmer is passionate about and what the paying customers actually care about.
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Tacking on Logistics and Labor Tax on Online Orders
In this episode, farmer Hermann Bruns of Wild Flight Farm talks about building in the logistics and labor costs of preparing produce ordered from their online store.
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The Lack of Hyper-Local Food Shops
In this episode, aggregator Bill Brinkerhoff of Argus Farm Stop talks about some of the reasons why there aren't more locally sourced shops in the country.
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Aggregating Unique Products for Customers
In this episode, farmer and entrepreneur Keith Zimmerman of Plum Creek Farm shares the logistics of aggregating unusual products for their customer base.
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The Conception of The Really Fancy Salad
In this episode, market gardener Jacki Hinchey of Blue Dog Farm shares how their unique salad mix came to exist...and subsequently named by their customers.
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Grow Everything Now, Sell Everything Now
In this episode, pick-your-own farmer Megan Neubauer talks about the appeal of growing as much crops you can in one period of the year running a you-pick farm.
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Balancing Color and Leaf Shape for a Microgreen Mix
In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck shares their loose formula of mixing and matching their microgreen salad mixes.
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The Appeal of a 200 Acre Farm
In this episode, farmer and farm rep Becky Hume of VRDNT Farm shares what about owning and operating and massive 200-acre farm she finds appealing.
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Should I or Should I Not Hire? You Should!
In this episode, farmer Ian Jerolmack of Stonecipher Farm talks about the necessity of hiring out work when the goal is to grow out the farm business.
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