Farm Small Farm Smart

By: The Modern Grower Podcast Network
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  • Summary

  • 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.
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Episodes
  • Growing Pain - Pricing, Crops, and Sales: Lessons from a First Year Farmer - Farm Startup - Episode 32

    Growing Pain - Pricing, Crops, and Sales: Lessons from a First Year Farmer - Farm Startup - Episode 32
    Nov 15 2024

    In this episode, host Diego and farmer Alec welcome guest farmer Jim Marsh of Mile View Acres in Oklahoma to talk about how his first full year of farming is going. Alec and Jim, two first-year farmers talk shop and share insights and challenges as they face the reality of running a market farm in their first year.

    Learn more about Mile View Acres here.

    Click here to check out farmer Alec and Crop Culture Farm.

    Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co

    Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:

    • Farm Small, Farm Smart
    • Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily
    • The Growing Microgreens Podcast
    • Carrot Cashflow Podcast
    • In Search of Soil

    Check out Diego's book, Sell Everything You Grow, which is only $0.99
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    1 hr and 14 mins
  • Adapting to Thrive: A Farmer's Recession Playbook - The Profitable Mini-Farm E23

    Adapting to Thrive: A Farmer's Recession Playbook - The Profitable Mini-Farm E23
    Nov 4 2024
    In this episode, farmer Jodi and host Diego talk about going through a difficult year as a farmer as an economic recession hits New Zealand. Farmer Jodi shares how he adapted through financial prudence and innovation, and how their greenhouse helped getting through tough times. It's easy to run a farm business when the wind is in your sails, but how do you manage when conditions are less-than-perfect? Learn more about farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck: https://www.roebuckfarm.com/ @roebuckfarm

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    Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co

    Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:

    • Farm Small, Farm Smart
    • Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily
    • The Growing Microgreens Podcast
    • Carrot Cashflow Podcast
    • In Search of Soil

    Check out Diego's book, Sell Everything You Grow, which is only $0.99
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    56 mins
  • The 7 Biggest Challenges Facing Market Farmers - Farm Startup - Episode 31

    The 7 Biggest Challenges Facing Market Farmers - Farm Startup - Episode 31
    Nov 1 2024

    In this episode, host Diego and farmer Alec list out the 7 biggest challenges that all farmers face: they hit hard at the start of any farm business and pop up throughout the rest of any farmer's career. Find out what they are in this episode of Farm Startup with Farmer Alec Smith!

    Click here to check out farmer Alec and Crop Culture Farm.

    Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co

    Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:

    • Farm Small, Farm Smart
    • Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily
    • The Growing Microgreens Podcast
    • Carrot Cashflow Podcast
    • In Search of Soil

    Check out Diego's book, Sell Everything You Grow, which is only $0.99
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    45 mins

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