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Breeding local food systems that are more resilient to climate change with Chris Smith of The Utopian Seed Project
Episode 57
Ultracrosses and tropical perennials grown as annuals are just two of the many innovative breeding strategies being used by Chris Smith and the Utopi…
2 years, 1 month ago
A lifetime of organic farming and activism with Jim Gerritsen of Wood Prairie Farm in Maine
Episode 56
Jim Gerritsen of Wood Prairie farm is a legend not only for his over four decades of organic farming, but for his activism. As the founder and presid…
2 years, 1 month ago
Growing a profitable flower business with Lisa Mason Ziegler of the Gardener’s Workshop
Episode 55
On this week’s podcast, we draw on Lisa’s years of flower farming experience to talk not just about growing flowers, but the business and practical t…
2 years, 1 month ago
Advanced greenhouse control and automation with Guillaume Lambert of Orisha
Episode 54
We go deep on greenhouse control and automation in this second conversation with Guillaume Lambert. The first time we talked it took us a whole episo…
2 years, 1 month ago
Vegetable and flower farming on cooperatively owned land in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, with Angela and Paul Neufeld of Kingfisher Farm Market
Episode 53
Angela and Paul Neufeld have been farming vegetables and flowers in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada, for 18 years. As Kingfisher Farm Market, they h…
2 years, 2 months ago
Why and how to automate your greenhouse for peace of mind and better production with Guillaume Lambert of Orisha
Episode 52
Guillaume Lambert is one of the founders of Orisha, a company that is democratizing greenhouse systems control through software that growers can mana…
2 years, 2 months ago
Establishing a farm growing 40 different vegetable crops on 30 acres with Cole Mazariegos-Anastassiou of Brisa Ranch in California
Episode 51
Today we hear from Cole Mazariegos-Anastassiou, who is a co-owner-operator of Brisa Ranch along with his wife Veronica and their friend Cristóbal Cru…
2 years, 2 months ago
Quitting your job to grow flowers 52 weeks of the year with Rebecca Kutzer-Rice of Moonshot Farm in New Jersey
Episode 50
Rebecca owns Moonshot Farm, a specialty cut flower farm in East Windsor, NJ. She and her husband Mark started the farm in 2019 with big goals of prov…
2 years, 2 months ago
Quitting the corporate life to build Mount Liamuiga Farm in Colorado with Keshaun Joseph
Episode 49
The path from accountant to farmer is not the most commonly taken one, so hear how Keshaun Joseph came to reconsider the corporate life and start Mou…
2 years, 2 months ago
Balancing four different enterprises on a single family farm with Zoe Bradbury DeSurra of Valley Flora Farm in Oregon
Episode 48
Hear how Zoe Bradbury DeSurra of Valley Flora Farm balances four different farming enterprises between herself, her sister and her mom on one farm. T…
2 years, 3 months ago