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.
Warm & Cool Season Grasses
In this episode, plant ecologist Dr. Roger Rosentreter talks about different types of grasses prevailing during different seasons.
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Crop Planning Backwards
In this episode, Chef and farmer Mikey Russo of Chef's Harvest talks about how he meets with his biggest clients before the start of the growing season to project which crops they'll need when.
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Get Good at Demand Forecasting
In this episode, factory manager-turned-rookie farmer Neil Robinson talks about the value of keeping good records to get good at predicting what your market wants when.
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Bacteria Preventing Shrub Growth
In this episode, Dr. David Eldridge of the University of New South Wales talks about why shrub growth is sometimes slow or non-existent in landscape succession.
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Selling at an Open Market
In this episode, rookie farmer and part-time trucker Jared Sapac of Reuben's Roots shares what it's like to sell his produce at an open market.
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Growing What Your Market Wants
In this episode, rookie farmer Colton Simpson of Simpson's Market Garden talks about the importance of knowing what your market wants and catering to their demand.
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Growing What Your Market Wants
In this episode, rookie farmer Colton Simpson of Simpson's Market Garden talks about the importance of knowing what your market wants and catering to their demand.
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Partnerships and Lowered Costs at Scale
In this episode, Patrick Samuels of Sunnyside Egg Co. challenges the notion of doing everything, especially business, solo, when creating partnerships is clearly more beneficial to both the business and relationships.
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Dung Beetles as Mechanical Decomposers
In this episode, entomologist and agroecologist Dr. Jacob Pecenka talks about the role of dung beetles as mechanical decomposers.
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Saving Farms from Becoming Developments
In this episode, chef and farmer Marc Bernard of Rustic Road and Krisztian Varsa of the Conservation Fund share how the Conservation Fund protect farms from becoming developed land.
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Saving Farms from Becoming Developments
In this episode, chef and farmer Marc Bernard of Rustic Road and Krisztian Varsa of the Conservation Fund share how the Conservation Fund protect farms from becoming developed land.
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Saving Farms from Becoming Developments
In this episode, chef and farmer Marc Bernard of Rustic Road and Krisztian Varsa of the Conservation Fund share how the Conservation Fund protect farms from becoming developed land.
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Choosing Humic & Fulvic Acid Products
In this episode, Live Earth Products President Russell Taylor tells us how to choose which humic and fulvic acid products to use for your farm's needs.
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What to Look in Fungal Inoculants
In this episode, Dr. Elizabeth Koziol of Mycobloom sheds light on critical things to look for when choosing which fungal inoculants to use.
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You-Pick Insurance
In this episode, author and farmer Megan Neubauer of Pure Land Organic Farm finally answers what many farmers and non-farmers constantly gripe about: insurance on a you-pick farm.
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Vetting Farm Volunteers
In this episode, farmer Jill Duncan of Loving Roots Urban Farm shares how he chooses volunteers on her farm.
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The Best Way to Get Soil Samples
In this episode, agronomist and principal consultant at Soilsmith Ag Bruce Davison tells us the best way to get a good representative soil sample from your farm.
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Consumers Paying for Regenerative Ag
In this episode, regenerative agriculture expert Dr. Jessica Chiartas discusses how many consumers are willing to pay the additional costs of having their food grown through regenerative practices.
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Hiring is Key to Business Growth
In this episode, Chef Mikey Russo of Chef's Harvest discusses how similar running a restaurant business is to running a farm business in terms of scaling up and growth.
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The Secret to Speed
In this episode, rookie farmer Neil Robinson of Garden to Market in New Zealand shares some knowledge from his past work: the secret to unlocking speed.
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Buying from a Local Cannery
In this episode, Muirhead Canning Company owner Russell Loughmiller walks us through the process of purchasing goods from and availing the services of a local cannery.
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No Safety Net for Small Farms
In this episode, part-time farmer, part-time trucker Jared Sapach of Reuben's Roots discusses the relative lack of support for small, local farms compared to large conventional farms.
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Expanding to Other Retailers
In this episode, rookie farmer Colton Simpson of Simpson's Market Garden shares how he brought on a new retailer through an existing client.
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Veteran Growers Supporting New Growers
In this episode, farmer Peter Lee of Bird and Blossom Farm shares how accommodating and generous the older growers and farmers are in their area when it comes to sharing their farming knowledge.
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Getting Creative with Optionality
In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck shares how they get creative with their product lineup by offering options to their customers.
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Grasslands and Successions
In this episode, Dr. David Eldridge of the University of New South Wales talks about the role of grasslands in landscape successions.
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Starting a Plant Start Business
In this episode, worker-owner Monica Ponce of Love is Love cooperative farm shares the work and logistics behind launching a plant start business.
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The Oldest Lichens
In this episode, plant ecologist Dr. Roger Rosentreter talks about how old the oldest lichens are and how they have come to live that long.
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Thought Process on Scaling
In this episode, chef-turned-farmer Cory Babb of Firelight Farm shares the mindset behind scaling their farm business.
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The Difference Between Humic Acid & Fulvic Acid
In this episode, Live Earth Products President Russell Taylor breaks down the difference between humic and fulvic acid.
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Your Home's Focus
In this episode, Patrick Samuels of Sunnyside Egg Co. buckles down on what you want your family's focus and values to be.
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Flexing Products to Sell at Stores
In this episode, Colton Simpson of Simpson's Market Garden takes free samples to the next level as he shares how she captures new accounts.
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Good Candidates for the Conservation Fund
In this episode, Krisztian Varsa of the Conservation Fund shares which businesses are excellent candidates for their Farms Fund Program.
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High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
In this episode, farmer Jill Duncan of Loving Roots Urban Farm shares how she divvies up her beds between high-profit crops and fun, experimental crops.
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High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
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High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
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High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
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High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
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High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
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Supporting Regenerative Ag for Health
In this episode, egenerative agriculture expert Dr. Jessica Chiartas talks about how consumers can get behind regenerative agriculture for health reasons.
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