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Building a farm with smart borrowing and pivoting from wholesale to retail with Brian Bates of Bear Creek Organic Farm in Michigan
Episode 163
Brian Bates and his wife Anne run Bear Creek Organic Farm in Petoskey, Michigan. A little over a decade after starting their farm, they are grossing …
6 months, 3 weeks ago
“Lower the noise” on the farm with detailed planning and systems with Luke Sheldrick of Terramor Farm in Ontario
Episode 161
Luke Sheldrick and his partner Dana run Terramor Farm in Burnstown, Ontario, about an hour west of Ottawa. After a decade of growing vegetables and c…
7 months ago
How farmers are changing cropping strategies in response to a changing climate with Masha Vernik
Episode 159
This week’s podcast guest Masha Vernik interviewed nearly 30 farmers in the Pacific Northwest about how they are changing their cropping strategies i…
7 months, 1 week ago
Changing mum bloom time with light deprivation and recovering from natural disaster with Rose and Rick Bengtson of Ice Moon Farms in Texas
Episode 158
During their first full season, Rick and Rose Bengtson of Ice Moon Farms suffered catastrophic damage from wind and flooding. As devastating as that …
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Late-season superstars: heirloom chrysanthemums from propagation to sale with Kate Dagnal of Goose Creek Gardens in Pennsylvania
Episode 157
Heirloom chrysanthemums fill an important role for local growers- as very late bloomers they can be one of the last flowers in the fall to keep cash …
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Perennial vegetables to plant once and harvest many times with Michalina Hunter of Cicada Seeds in British Columbia
Episode 156
This week Michalina Hunter tells us how she got so interested in perennial vegetables that she started a seed company specializing in them, Cicada Se…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Breedng biodiverse Pacific Northwest-adapted seeds with Andrew Still of Adaptive Seeds in Oregon
Episode 155
This week Andrew Still tells us how Adaptive Seeds started in 2009 as an outgrowth of the Seed Ambassadors Project to steward and keep rare and herit…
8 months ago
The fertilizer you make every day: fertilizing with urine with the Rich Earth Institute
Episode 154
Farmers are used to the idea of fertilizing with manure, however one species’ output is usually not used: our own. This is despite the fact that effl…
8 months, 1 week ago
Breeding regionally adapted vegetables with Edmund Frost of Common Wealth Seed Growers in Virginia
Episode 153
There are very few one-size-fits-all solutions in agriculture- most things depend on the weather, soil, pests, diseases and a host of other condition…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Healthy soil as a remedy for pest and disease problems with Jen Aron of Blue Raven Farm in Oregon
Episode 152
Jen Aron is an agroecologist and owner of Blue Raven Farm in Corbett, Oregon. She also worked as a farm educator for seven years with Oregon State Un…
8 months, 3 weeks ago