Farm Small Farm Smart
Insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably.
In each episode, I talk with a beginning or experienced farmer, diving deep into their story to find out what makes their market farm successful. I focus on in-the-field farming. Soil preparation, weed management, post-harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm tools and equipment, and growing crops.
Hosted and produced by Diego Footer's Modern Grower Podcast Network.
- Update frequency
- every 4 days
- Average duration
- 49 minutes
- Episodes
- 478
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
Growing and Selling Medical Herbs with Lindsay Napolitano (FSFS136)
Lindsay Napolitano of Fields Without Fences joins me to talk about growing medical herbs as business, and to regenerate their farm property. From production to sales via CSA Lindsay covers a lot in …
A Produce Manager and Farmer's View on How to Sell Produce to Grocery Stores with Bob Close (FSFS135)
Bob Close of Stafford River Farms talks about farming on the side while working a full-time job. At one point in his career Bob worked as a produce manager for a grocery store, and he shares how that…
Selling Only Microgreens Only to Grocery Stores with Vincent Cuneo (FSFS134)
Vincent Cuneo talks about what has made him successful selling microgreens to small independent grocery stores. He discusses giving samples, shelf placement, packaging, and credit for unsold product…
Pioneering Urban Farming in Sweden with Buddha Browett of Los Perros Urban Farming (FSFS133)
Buddha Browett joins me to talk about what it is like to run the first commercial urban farm in Sweden. He discusses some of the challenges that he is facing from weather to cash flow to being a dad…
Seeing the Vision - The Long, Slow Road to Farming for Life with Michael Bell (FSFS132)
Farmer Michael Bell from Texas joins me to talk about running an urban farm on the side while maintaining a full-time job as a teacher, and a father.
Running a Small Scale Seed Selling Business on a Small Farm with Dan Brisebois (FSFS131)
Dan Brisebois of Tourne Sol Farm joins me to talk about small scale vegetable seed growing. Dan has grown seed on his farm for over 10 years and sells that seed via his own seed company and to other…
Growing Great Microgreens Starts with the Great Soil featuring Chris Thoreau (FSFS130)
Selling Vegetables Online and Farm Start Up with Daniel Garcia of Garcia's Gardens (FSFS129)
Daniel Garcia joins me to talk about his journey into farming - why he started and how he evolved his farm. He also discusses tips for selling at the farmers' market and gives his thoughts on sellin…
Farm Success with Methods You Might Not Expect featuring Yosef Camire (FSFS128)
Yosef Camire of Ahavah Farm joins me to talk about some of the challenges and successes he has had starting a farm at an elevation 7000 feet in Colorado. His farm uses "different" techniques such as …
Grow A Lot of Vegetables on Just 8000 Square Feet... Hydroponically with Darren Vollmar (FSFS127)
Darren Vollmar of Ledgeview Gardens in Green Bay, Wisconsin joins me to talk about why they grow vegetables hydroponically and what it takes to do so.
Ledgeview Gardens:
A Practical Look at Vegetable Farming and a Fragile Seed System with Chris Thoreau (FSFS126)
What Urban Farming Is Really Like - Success and Challenges with Farmer AJ Zaycheck (FSFS125)
The Importance of Soil - Where Market Gardening and Grow Biointensive Meet with Jodi Roebuck (FSFS124)
Why We Choose Flowers Over Vegetables with Loblolly Farm (FSFS123)
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Your Journey to You - Following The Dream and Following Opportunity Too (TUF REPLAY)
We all have this great chance to go great places. Yet we all don't take it. Today's episode is a look at the opportunity and why some people squander it, and why some people don't. A replay of Sea…
The Challenges of Market Farming in Hot and Wet Texas with Brent Heironimus (FSFS122)
The 10 Year Evolution of a Microgreen Farmer - Life and Business, Business and Life (FSFS121)
Increasing Post Harvest Processing Efficiency with Michael Kilpatrick (FSFS120)
Michael Kilpatrick joins me to talk about some of the issues that he sees on farms that struggle with post harvest processing and how most farms can improve that part of the process. He will also to…
Starting and Growing an On Site Farmstand and Farm with Jenny Quiner of Dog Patch Urban Gardens (FSFS119)
Farmer Jenny Quiner of Dog Patch Urban Gardens in Des Moines, Iowa talks about farm startup, growth, and unique ways to sell your product.
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The Journey Towards the Regenerative Vegetable Farm - Learning, Selling, and Growing More Product Over Time with Shawn Kuhn of Vitruvian Farms (FSFS117)
Shawn Kuhn joins me to talk about selling to restaurants, growing a lot of greens, season extension, and trying to be more regenerative.
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