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Scaling up, scaling down and finding the right farm size over 20+ years of farming with Chris Jagger of Blue Fox Farm in Oregon
Episode 141
After starting the farm over 20 years ago, Chris Jagger and his family scaled Blue Fox Farm from very small up to about 45 acres, including a lot of …
11 months, 2 weeks ago
How to plan for and bounce back from flooding with Noah Poulos of Wild East Farm in North Carolina
Episode 140
Wild East Farm was one of many in North Carolina that suffered from catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Helene in September 2024. Parts of the sta…
11 months, 3 weeks ago
Raising standards for produce and soil quality with Laura Llewellyn of Chimalow Produce in Washington State
Episode 139
With over 20 years of farming experience, hear how Laura Llewellyn grew Chimalow Produce to maximize soil and veg quality, based on the idea that hea…
11 months, 4 weeks ago
Scaling up and growing 60,000 dahlias with Grace Lam of Fivefork Farms in Massachusetts
Episode 138
Scaling up means different things for different farms; hear from Grace Lam how Fivefork Farms has scaled up to the point where they are growing 60,00…
1 year ago
How farmers can help breed varieties tailored to their farms with Michael Lordon of the Organic Seed Alliance
Episode 137
Discover how farmers and researchers are collaborating to develop seed varieties tailored to farmers' needs with Michael Lordon of the Organic Seed A…
1 year ago
Insects as a solution to food waste and a new farm “crop” with Pat Crowley of Chapul Farms in Oregon
Episode 136
“Get your fresh local insects, and frass too!” If Pat Crowley had his way, insects and their byproducts (most notably frass used as fertilizer) would…
1 year ago
30+ years of scaling up without lowering standards with Jack Hedin and Abby Benson of Featherstone Farm in Minnesota
Episode 135
Over more than 30 years, Featherstone Farm has grown their CSA and wholesaling to the point where they are now growing on 135 acres and have scaled u…
1 year ago
Expanding regional markets for farmers with Anne Massie and Virginia Pleasant of Region Roots Local Farm & Food Hub
Episode 134
Anne Massie and Virginia Pleasant share how they’ve grown Region Roots Local Farm and Food Hub to increase opportunities for famers to feed their reg…
1 year, 1 month ago
Building soil to feed your plants with Josh Kruszynski of Tilth Soil
Episode 133
Tilth Soil composts millions of pounds of food waste every year, and we’ve got their soil guy Josh Kruszynski on the pod this week to talk about how …
1 year, 1 month ago
The business side of growing a farm and balancing family with Diane Aboushi of Halal Pastures
Episode 132
Growing up in Brooklyn with a career as an attorney, Diane Aboushi of Halal Pastures farm did not follow the most traditional path to becoming a farm…
1 year, 1 month ago