The Farm Report
Join us for a special series of The Farm Report in collaboration with The National Young Farmers Coalition that's all about The Farm Bill. Tune in to hear from farmers, policymakers, organizers, and food advocates about all the ways the farm bill directly impacts our lives—whether we realize it or not. We’ll break down farm policy and talk to young farmers about what hangs in the balance for them as another Farm Bill gets made. Join our coalition to shift power and change policy for the next generation of growers and land stewards. The future of good food depends on it.
- Update frequency
- every 9 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 442
- Years Active
- 2009 - 2024
A Good Egg
Most eggs in the United States today come from farms that crowd hundreds of thousands of laying hens indoors. Handsome Brook Farms does things differently. In this episode, CEO Jordan Czeizler talks …
00:34:28 |
Thu 11 Jun 2020
Chicago's Top Butcher Talks Local Meat
Since the pandemic hit, the industrial meat system has been upended. That's made things interesting for small livestock producers selling into local markets. In this episode, Publican Quality Meats h…
00:27:30 |
Wed 27 May 2020
From Teaching Students to Feeding Families
When schools in Birmingham, Alabama shut down, Jones Valley Teaching Farms’ executive director Amanda Storey had to figure out how to best utilize the organization’s seven teaching farms. In this epi…
00:39:05 |
Wed 20 May 2020
How Mike's Organic Is Connecting Farmers to Home Cooks
In Connecticut, Mike's Organic Market sources fresh food from small farms to sell to local eaters. Now, in the face of COVID-19, founder Mike Geller is ramping up delivery options and CSA boxes to ge…
00:30:22 |
Wed 13 May 2020
Yes, Even Chocolate Starts on a Farm
The pandemic drags on, so this is the episode in which we talk about one of the few things that really helps: chocolate. The Farm Report's 2020 season is focused on how farmers and others in the food…
00:34:26 |
Wed 06 May 2020
BrightFarms Is Growing (Greens) During COVID-19
At its five hydroponic greenhouse farms, BrightFarms grows a lot of “salad.” And while the coronavirus pandemic has hurt many farm businesses, it has increased demand for the company’s leafy greens. …
00:28:34 |
Wed 15 Apr 2020
A Growing Pandemic: Farmers and Markets in NYC
New York is now considered the epicenter of the COVID-19 outbreak in the US, but GrowNYC has kept Greenmarkets open while adjusting operations to continue to serve the city’s residents and farmers. I…
00:29:49 |
Wed 08 Apr 2020
A Growing Pandemic: Ark Foods' Veggie Tales
“We view the vegetable as our North Star,” says Noah Robbins, founder of Ark Foods. But lately, that star has been leading them in more unpredictable directions. In this episode, Robbins and Ark Food…
00:36:58 |
Wed 01 Apr 2020
A Growing Pandemic: Impacts on the Mid-Atlantic Food System
In this episode, recorded at an empty Woodberry Kitchen in Baltimore, host Lisa Held talks to chef, restaurateur, and local food advocate Spike Gjerde. They discuss how the shuttering of restaurants …
00:27:51 |
Thu 19 Mar 2020
A Neighborhood Farm’s Next Chapter
Emma Jagoz started Moon Valley Farm in the suburbs outside of Baltimore, MD because she wanted a cheaper source of fresh, organic vegetables for her family. Starting with a garden, she bartered for s…
00:37:21 |
Wed 11 Mar 2020
Hickory Nut Gap Builds "Community Through Agriculture"
Jamie Ager’s family has been stewarding the land that is now Hickory Nut Gap Farm in the mountains of Western North Carolina since 1916. In this episode, he talks to host Lisa Held about his family’s…
00:36:58 |
Wed 26 Feb 2020
Safer Spinach? Produce Growers Navigate New Rules
With the rollout of rules related to the Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA), many produce growers are now subject to food safety regulations for the first time. Some of those regulations seem like …
00:41:22 |
Wed 19 Feb 2020
PFAS: From the Farmer that Sounded the Alarm to Today’s Data
“These chemicals are not emerging, it’s our awareness that’s emerging,” Rober Bilott says. Bilott, a lawyer who exposed the fact that DuPont had been polluting the environment and drinking water with…
00:36:47 |
Wed 12 Feb 2020
Strengthening Regional Food Systems—in the Hudson Valley and Beyond
Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming has been working on building local, sustainable food systems for 20 years, via farmer training, agricultural coalitions, and more. In this episode, Glynw…
00:34:12 |
Wed 05 Feb 2020
The Farm Workforce Modernization Act
Farmworker justice groups are split in terms of supporting or opposing this new piece of legislation that would provide a path to citizenship for some undocumented workers, mandate farmers electronic…
00:42:42 |
Wed 29 Jan 2020
Sustainable Agriculture in the Mid-Atlantic
Future Harvest is the Mid-Atlantic’s most influential sustainable agriculture organization. Last week, it held its annual conference, titled “Farming for our Soil, Livelihood, and Community,” and clo…
00:38:43 |
Wed 22 Jan 2020
From Sap to Syrup: Maple Production Today
Arnold Coombs’ family has been tapping trees in Vermont and making maple syrup for seven generations. Today, Coombs Family Farms sources maple from 3,000 small family farms. Mark Isselhardt is a mapl…
00:39:25 |
Wed 15 Jan 2020
Episode 383: How Farm’d Is Growing Atlanta’s Local Food System
Chris Damico is the founder of Farm’d, a platform that connects local farms to restaurants in Atlanta, Georgia. In this episode, Damico talks to host Lisa Held about how the platform simplifies suppl…
00:30:33 |
Wed 18 Dec 2019
Episode 382: Regeneration Education
This year, the Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture launched a Regenerative Farming Fellowship program in partnership with the National Young Farmers Coalition (NYFC). In this episode, two of …
00:37:46 |
Wed 11 Dec 2019
Episode 381: “Grilled”: A Story of Changing the Chicken Industry
Animal welfare activist Leah Garces, the current president of Mercy for Animals, has been fighting against industrial animal agriculture her entire career. In this episode, she talks to host Lisa Hel…
00:41:06 |
Wed 04 Dec 2019
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