Welcome to episode 138 of Growers Daily! We cover: my biggest aha moments as a farmer, the “creation care” movement in churches, and it’s feedback friday.. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Article about Churches new environmental …

In the latest edition of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by NewFields Ag, Associate Editor Mackane Vogel talks with John Cussans, a weed biology and weed management specialist with the ADAS — provider of agricultural and environmental consultancy, policy advice, and research and development — based in the U.K. Cussans addresses multiple …

Welcome to episode 137 of Growers Daily! We cover: the first tools to buy for your farm, living pathway crops, and killing those pesky crops once you're done with them. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Show about the areas of a fa…

Welcome to episode 136 of Growers Daily! We cover: rocks in the soil and broccoli, broccoli, broccoli. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: A Good broccoli growing guide from UK (go cats): https://publications.ca.uky.edu/sites/publica…

Welcome to episode 135 of Growers Daily! We cover: the challenge of directly seeding crops after cover crops, the fundamentals of market gardening, and what one country’s water management has taught me about life. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 …

Welcome to episode 134 of Growers Daily! We cover: Germinating seeds in the field, balancing efficiency and soil health, and making the most out of chickens in the garden (the ones you let in intentionally at least). We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/160476…

Welcome to episode 133 of Growers Daily! We cover: Bugs and woodchips, the hidden costs of farming PLUS it’s feedback friday (for real this time). We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Sage Hill Ranch Gardens Water Catchment Video: htt…

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, longtime no-tiller Ross Bishop shares some of the keys to achieving even corn emergence with no-till. Plus, Chuck Gruenberger from John Deere dealer Riesterer & Schnell explains why fields without cover crops are like rebellious teenagers!…

Welcome to episode 132 of Growers Daily! We cover: Deer fencing on a budget, our simple hands-free root washing station (with updates) and bermuda grass on a school farm. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Show about deer fencing: h…

Welcome to episode 131 of Growers Daily! We cover: soil health on a budget, tips for how to remember to keep some dang records, and calculating how much water you need for a market garden We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: USDA Clim…

Welcome to episode 130 of Growers Daily! We cover: a plant it and forget it farm business model, harvesting from cover crops, and what we’re up to right now on our farm. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Making Money from Cover Cro…

Welcome to episode 129 of Growers Daily! We cover: If you can level a plot, should you just go ahead and do it and we’re gonna take a look at what the challenges of plastic free farming says about farming We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for…

In the latest edition of the No-Till Farmer Podcast, brought to you by NewFieldsAg, Jill Clapperton, a world-renowned soil biologist and rhizosphere ecologist, helps farmers better understand what lives — and must thrive — below the soil surface to regenerate and maintain healthy soil structure.The No-Till Innovator, No-Till Living Legend and 2-tim…

Welcome to episode 128 of Growers Daily! We cover: Creative ways dealing with limited compost options, how to choose which fruits to grow, and can weed wacking a cover crop and then tarping it kill the cover crop more quickly. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/prof…

Welcome to episode 127 of Growers Daily! We cover: Sweet potatoes—from growing the slips to eating and selling the vines, interplanting, all of it. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Sweet potato video: https://youtu.be/l_GsoT8Fg64 …

Welcome to episode 126 of Growers Daily! We cover: Fire ants, the cost of starting and running a farm podcast, and why gardening and farming has been so neglected in art. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Forum: https://notillgrowers.community.chat The episode where I de…

Welcome to episode 125 of Growers Daily! We cover: Microplastics messing with photosynthesis, agrochemicals in alcohol, and why we can’t just turn plastic into bricks. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Microplastics and plants: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/m…

Welcome to episode 124 of Growers Daily! We cover: Farming like you’re old, damping off, and it’s feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Investing in Regenerative Agriculture podcast. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/investing-in-regenerative-agriculture…

Welcome to episode 123 of Growers Daily! We cover: If it matters which way you orient your garden beds, old horse manure, and getting an old pile of manure composting. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Bioassay Episode: https://youtu.be/FKtj-A8Gx9U Kickstarting Compost P…

Welcome to episode 122 of Growers Daily! We cover: What the pros wear in the garden and get a celery breakdown from seed to harvest. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: sweet potato video: https://youtu.be/l_GsoT8Fg64 The crocs I wear: https://www.crocs.com/p/crocs-on-the-…

Welcome to episode 121 of Growers Daily! We cover: Asparagus in the market garden (and why we don’t see that crop a whole lot), navigating the last frost date, and what to do when you don’t have access to epic amounts of good compost for mulching We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links f…

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, No-Till Innovator Rick Clark gives a presentation at the Regenerative Agriculture Summit in Chicago, Ill., explaining how cover crops are saving him hundreds of dollars on inputs per acre.By No-Till Farmer

Welcome to episode 120 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we’re gonna talk about farming and retiring, Climate Batteries, and updates from here on the farm. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Forest Garden Greenhouse: https://amzn.to/4iZT1TS ThreeFold Farm’s Climate Batter…

Welcome to episode 119 of Growers Daily! We cover: AI in the gardens, and Unique composting locations, operations, all of it. And it’s feedback Friday, We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Scrooge McDuck breakdown: https://www.livescience.com/19919-gold-recreate-scrooge-mcd…

Welcome to episode 118 of Growers Daily! We cover: the fascinating world of shade cloth colors, maximizing vermicompost and what to do about those overwintered carrots. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Worm Farmers Handbook: https://amzn.to/4j9vWy0 Shade cloth in hortic…

In this episode of the No-Till Farmer podcast, brought to you by Yetter Farm Equipment, Elizabeth Burns-Thompson, executive director of the Modern Ag Alliance (founded by Bayer), details the organization’s work to protect the availability of crop protection tools such as glyphosate. She also highlights state and federal legislation that has been in…

Welcome to episode 117 of Growers Daily! We cover: the types of interplanting, increasing predators for cucumber beetles (among other dweebish pests), and windbreaks. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Managing Cucumber Beetles in Organic Farming Systems paper: https://eo…

Welcome to episode 116 of Growers Daily! We cover: cilantro, basil, dill, and parsley —(ie the main culinary herbs) and garden life after pools (that one will make sense soon). 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: MUSIC from this episode: "Spring Is You" By Niklas Gabrielsson with Martin Landströ…

Episode Description Welcome to episode 115 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to improve your soil this spring, what the responsibility of farmers is to their local communities, and cover crops for the early part of the season 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Feb 21st episode about rising food c…

Welcome to episode 114 of Growers Daily! We cover: why we love polycultures, interplanting with garlic, and it’s feedback friday. 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: GO CATS (that's it. That's the link) MUSIC from this episode: Sway TogetherBy Hannah Juanita Danish National Anthem by National An…

Welcome to episode 113 of Growers Daily! We cover: how to use a backyard garden to prepare for a farm business, Bermuda grass in a hot climate, and testing compost for contamination ‼️ DONATE‼️ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Bracket challenge (live Sunday): https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournamen…

Welcome to episode 112 of Growers Daily! We cover: It is Wednesday, March 19th 2025, and today we’re gonna talk about the neglected importance of shade, buying plant starts, and locating a greenhouse ‼️ DONATE‼️ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Bracket challenge (live Sunday): https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketb…

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, planter expert Clay Scott gives no-tillers 5 action items to tackle before taking the field this spring. The Precision Planting field support specialist also explains why he tells farmers to plant no more than 10 acres on the first day of planting season.…

Welcome to episode 111 of Growers Daily! We cover: harvesting legumes and where the nitrogen goes, Wind, and the state of the citrus industry in America… ‼️ DONATE‼️ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Bracket challenge (live Sunday): https://picks.cbssports.com/college-basketball/ncaa-tournament/bracket/pools/kbxw63b2gezd…

Welcome to episode 110 of Growers Daily! We cover: 3 sisters-Slash-Milpa, discuss what we’ve been up to through this tiny warm spell (besides tiny sunburns), and why we stopped growing microgreens. ‼️ Tax Deductible Donation ‼️ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Bracket challenge (live Sunday): https://picks.cbssports.com…

The No-Till Market Garden Podcast has been going strong since 2018 and today we say goodbye with the hosts. Natalie Lounsbury, Mimi Castell, Alex Ball and Farmer Jesse all share some of their favorite moments of hosting and interviewing. Thank you for the many years for support and of listening. Folks who support the show... Farmhand is the only al…

Welcome to episode 109 of Growers Daily! We cover: raw biochar, converting a field from alfalfa to gardens, the importance of being annoyed, AND it’s feedback friday. ‼️ Tax Deductible Donation ‼️ https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: Bracket challenge (live Sunday): https://picks.cbssports.com/college-baske…

Welcome to episode 108 of Growers Daily! We cover: certified organic seeds are important for organic systems, miracle gro in compost, farming in a very cold climate, and the term “farm” used outside of farming. Tax Deductible Donation! -> https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ Links for today: A review on conventional seeds o…

Welcome to episode 107 of Growers Daily! We cover: a beet breakdown (a BEETdown, if you will) and taking care of those tools, but also a fun announcement many years in the making. Links for today: Beet video: https://youtu.be/-w1tvgVj-9k Donate link: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ MUSIC from this episode: GrowBy Glori…

At the Colorado Convention Center, USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins speaks with No-Till Farmer and all the ag media at the Commodity Classic about cost-cutting and refocusing happening at the USDA to better serve farmers, the U.S. ag trade deficit, the future of conservation programs and more.By No-Till Farmer

Welcome to episode 106 of Growers Daily! We cover: the hardest vegetables to grow, competition from community gardens(?), and where to put a garden in the first place. Links for today: Common Earth Gardens https://cclou.org/common-earth-gardens/ MUSIC from this episode: AcrobatBy Martin Hall via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) at https:/…

Welcome to episode 105 of Growers Daily! We cover: Veganic composts, how to test your soil moisture without tools, and the easiest veggies to grow! Links for today: Soil moisture publication from ATTRA: https://attra.ncat.org/publication/soil-moisture-monitoring-low-cost-tools-and-methods/ NRCS irrigation Guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/defa…

Squirrels, today we begin with an ending and we will end with a beginning. My guests today, the wonderful and amicable Andy Dibben and Ben Raskin, authors of the new book SilvoHorticulture will be inspiring us to participate in the great art of welcoming trees into our cropping systems. The planting of trees that will continue to bestow generations…

Welcome to episode 104 of Growers Daily! We cover: dry Farming in dry climates, and big farming regrets + it's feedback friday! Links for today: Shared pathogens with alpaca https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10778254/ Indian Agriculture in America book: https://amzn.to/4iadp4j If I could do it all again would I still farm episode: https://yo…

On this episode of Conservation Ag Update, brought to you by Sound Agriculture, we head inside Commodity Classic 2025. USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins promises a standing-room-only crowd rapid action and support from her agency to help get the industry on its feet this year.By No-Till Farmer

Welcome to episode 103 of Growers Daily! We cover: managing aphids in the greenhouse, rubber band alternatives for bunching stuff, crops to grow this year for, well, next March and cilantro and lacy phacelia as cut flowers… Links for today: Twist tie machine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUHhWy7s5Oc BUNN tying machines: https://bunntyco.com Tach…

Welcome to episode 102 of Growers Daily! We cover: Megafauna + How to Buy Good Compost + Succession Planting Tips ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Dec 13th episode on crop planning: https://youtu.be/IvbL9YE70qY Peter Allen Interview: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-no-till-…

Welcome to episode 101 of Growers Daily! We cover: Pest-Free Kale? + How to Find the Right Garden Planner ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 Links from this episode: Kale video: https://youtu.be/S948__7Arqs Seedtime link: https://seedtime.us/notill Spreadsheet academy: https://www.farmerspreadsheetacademy.com …

Welcome to episode 100 of Growers Daily! We cover: It's the 100th episode! We talk about the importance of challenges (like this show), irrigation tips, and what not to do in the spring. ‼️ Hiring—Produce/Editor Application: https://forms.gle/vnbTTv24NHw52duj8 MUSIC from this episode: One Hundred Times By LaKesha Nugent Support our work (👊) at http…

Erica Reinheimer wrote in the introduction to the intelligent gardener, "Gardening has been my calling. I like the listening part. I like sitting close to the plants in the morning, being with them, connecting. Understanding how minerals contribute to the garden has deepened that connection." While Erika and Alice Reinheimer, my guests today, left …