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Farm stress: strategies and resources for dealing with the mental health repercussions of farm-related stress with Anne Schwartz and Rachel Van Boven
Episode 27
Farming can be very stressful, and as we’ll discuss today there are recent studies that back this up. Chronic farm-related stress can lead to or exac…
2 years, 8 months ago
Planning and planting for the flower holidays with Dave Dowling
Episode 26
Flower-giving holidays can generate a month’s worth of revenue in a day. In this episode, we discuss planning and planting for the flower holidays wi…
2 years, 8 months ago
Ground lease farm transfers and much more with Jeremy Barker Plotkin of Simple Gifts Farm
Episode 24
In today’s episode, we discuss an innovative farm sale method that keeps the land in farming called a ground lease transfer with Jeremy Barker Plotki…
2 years, 8 months ago
Going from starting farms to editing Growing for Market Magazine with editor Andrew Mefferd: from farmer to editor (Part 2 of 2)
Episode 23
In today’s episode, the second of two talking with Growing for Market Magazine editor and podcast co-host Andrew Mefferd, we discuss what he learned …
2 years, 8 months ago
Going from working on farms to running Growing for Market Magazine with editor Andrew Mefferd: From apprentice to farmer (Part 1 of 2)
Episode 22
In this episode, we talk with Growing for Market Magazine editor and podcast co-host Andrew Mefferd about going from working on farms in six differen…
2 years, 8 months ago
Reflecting on 50 years of Johnny's Selected Seeds with founder Rob Johnston
Episode 21
January 2023 marks the 50th anniversary of Johnny's Selected Seeds, and we talk with founder Rob Johnston about the need the company was born from, d…
2 years, 9 months ago
Creating positive labor experiences for farm owners and workers with Sarah Janes Ugoretz of the FairShare CSA Coalition
Episode 20
Finding and retaining good workers is a perennial issue on farms, and both sides of the labor equation have a lot to gain from getting the relationsh…
2 years, 9 months ago
New podcast co-host special episode, with Katie Kulla of Oakhill Organics!
Episode 19
It's a new host special episode! We’re so excited to be welcoming Katie Kulla to the podcast as one of our co-hosts! You may remember hearing Katie o…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Ecological Farm with farmer/author Helen Atthowe: A Minimalist No-Till, No-Spray, Selective-Weeding, Grow-Your-Own-Fertilizer System
Episode 18
Hear how “The Ecological Farm” author/farmer Helen Atthowe developed a minimalist no-till, no-spray, grow-your-own fertilizer method over decades of …
2 years, 9 months ago
Growing cut flowers six stories above the San Francisco Bay Area with Joanna Letz of Bluma Flower Farm
Episode 17
In today’s episode, hear about growing cut flowers six stories above the San Francisco Bay Area with Joanna Letz of Bluma Flower Farm @blumafarm. Hea…
2 years, 10 months ago