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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, 8 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, 8 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, 8 months ago
Ways to keep pests and diseases in check without spraying with Dr. Surendra Dara of Oregon State University
Episode 44
Dr. Surendra Dara brings over 25 years of experience to his work as an Oregon State University professor and director of NWREC, the North Willamette …
2 years, 8 months ago
Growing a profitable flower farm with Lennie Larkin of B-Side farm and author of Flower Farming for Profit
Episode 47
No one gets into flower farming because they love business analytics, however if you don’t know how to make sense of your business and make a profit,…
2 years, 9 months ago
The best idea in local farming you’ve never heard of: the “farm stop” with Kathy Sample & Bill Brinkerhoff of Argus Farm Stop
Episode 46
One perennial problem for market farmers is how to make local food and flowers available to customers every day, without having to spend seven days a…
2 years, 9 months ago
The farmer’s office: business skills you need to run a profitable farm with Julia Shanks
Episode 45
Nobody gets into farming for the spreadsheets, however almost no one will stay in business if they don’t get good with the business of running a farm…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Nourishing Asian Kitchen (and Farm!) with Farmer/Author Sophia Nguyen Eng
Episode 43
Sophia Ngueyen Eng was a successful marketer in Silicon Valley, in March of 2020. When the world shut down Sophia immediately realized the importance…
2 years, 9 months ago
The Lean Micro Farm with Ben Hartman of Clay Bottom Farm in Goshen, Indiana
Episode 42
Learn how Ben Hartman cut his farm down to 1/3 of an acre from an acre without taking a pay cut on this week’s pod. Ben Hartman is well known for ada…
2 years, 9 months ago
Two decades of farm collaboration with Lyn Jacobs of La Finquita Del Buho and Polly Gottesman of Pumpkin Ridge Gardens
Episode 41
Sometimes we can be stronger when we collaborate, and on this week’s pod hear from two growers with over 20 years of experience working together. Lyn…
2 years, 10 months ago