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.
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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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In this episode, Lesley Dennis of Solway Farms points out a few things to prepare and consider before opening preorders for produce. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to other …
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In this episode, biochar scientist and citizen scientist advocate Francesco Tortorici talks about what to watch out for when buying biochar. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen t…
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Potential Concerns About Peer-to-Peer Inspections
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In this episode, Executive Director of Certified Naturally Grown Alice Varon addresses potential concerns about CNG's peer-to-peer evaluations. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Liste…
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Healing Plants and Trees with Copper Electroculture Antennae - Gardening Beyond Basics E37
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Farmer and Qigong practitioner Chris Winters of The Fertile Current discusses how copper electroculture antennae can help invigorate and revitalize plants and trees. Click here to learn more about Chris and The Fertile Current here. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming too…
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In this episode, High Mowing representative Michelle Hochkeppel talks about the logistics behind sourcing different types of seeds. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to other p…
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Fast Tracking Building Soil with Microbes
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In this episode, Dr. Paul Zorner of Locus Ag Solutions talks about the potential to speed up soil building by using beneficial microbes. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to ot…
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In this episode, Malibu Compost CEO Randy Ritchie talks about the difference between building compost and building a compost business. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to othe…
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In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck compares having a job and owning a business. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast …
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In this episode, University of South Carolina research associate professor Dr. Buz Kloot talks about the possibility of growing cash crops without having to ever amend. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: …
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In this episode, biochar expert Kelpie Wilson of Wilson Biochar talks about using biochar to target multiple issues in the soil. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to other podc…
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In this episode, soil microbiologist and founder of the Soil Foodweb Dr. Elaine Ingham talks about the potential cons of laying on that compost too thick. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Inst…
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Healthy Soils Don't Need Supplementing - Gardening Beyond Basics E36
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Russell Taylor of Live Earth Products, Inc. talks about how healthy soils might not need help from their humic and fulvic acid products. Learn more about Live Earth Products, Inc. here. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follo…
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In this episode, mother-son duo Robin & Kellen Kanzius of Fred's Urban Farm talk about the logistics behind their best-selling microgreen salad mix. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram …
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In this episode, veteran market gardener Cassie Pierce of Peace of Prairie encourages rookie farmer Alec Smith on his new farming journey. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to …
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Building a Farm While Managing an Established Farm
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In this episode, farmer Jill Duncan of Loving Roots Urban Garden shares her insights on her unique transitional period of moving her farm while keeping her customers. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: In…
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In this episode, farmer and homestead content creator Tony Barlow shares how they're preparing their kids' futures with starting a Roth IRA early. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Li…
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In this episode, farmer and author Megan Neubauer of Pure Land Organic Farm shares how market gardening fits into their you-pick farm business. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Liste…
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Spice Up Your Farm Profits with Signature Greens Mixes (MFB 19)
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Growing spicy greens mixes can be a highly profitable crop for your farm thanks to their short time to harvest (21-40 days), high yield potential (up to 45 lbs per 30x100 ft bed), and good selling price at most markets (around $10/lb). Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming …
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In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck shares the unique way they use microgreens as a product on their farm. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to other podcasts on …
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In this episode, farmer Liz Calvelage of Little Bean Farm shares how farming shakes out for her as a viable way to make a living. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to other pod…
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Taking Advantage of the Right Time & the Right Place
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In this episode, farming couple Amber Broxon and Justin Miller of BroxonBerry Farm talk about taking opportunities when they present themselves at just the right time. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: I…
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How Much Crops to Set Aside for Seed Saving - Gardening Beyond Basics E35
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Seed farmer Dan Brisebois of Tourne-Sol Co-Operative Farm sheds light on just how much crops we really need to save enough seed for on-farm use. Check out Dan's new book: The Seed Farmer: A Complete Guide to Growing, Using, and Selling Your Own Seeds Click here to learn more about Dan Brisebois and his work. Interested in watching the series? Hop o…
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In this episode, farmer Trey Johnson of St. Joseph Homestead talks about changing gears away from a farmer's market. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the …
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In this episode, founder and CEO of Local Line Cole Jones shares how they got their first farmers to use Local Line. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the …
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In this episode, HR professional-turned-farmer Jeremy Tolley of Red Thread Farm shares their strategies for keeping their customers coming back. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower: Instagram Instagram List…
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