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Multiplying Microbes and Their Regionality - Gardening Beyond Basics 82
In this episode, Dr. Jane Fife of 3Bar Biologics talks about how to multiply microbial populations and how different types may multiply better in dif…
10 hours ago
Making Over 230k in Year 2 of Farming (MFB 55)
Vincent Cuneo started his microgreens business with zero growing experience. Year two revenue: $230K.
But money was tight, stress was crushing, and c…
3 days, 9 hours ago
How the Smartest Farmers I Know Stopped Competing and Started Winning
A farmer I interviewed was doing everything right — certified organic, quality product, good prices, showing up every week. Three years in, the farm …
4 days, 8 hours ago
Finished & Unfinished Compost - Gardening Beyond Basics 81
In this episode, Malibu Compost Founder Randy Ritchie talks about the many differences between using finished and unfinished compost.
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1 week ago
Build a Plan that Fits Your Farm (MFB 54)
What does your farm have to do for you? Does it need to net you a livable income? Or does it just need to supplement your current income? Plan out yo…
1 week, 3 days ago
Why Trying to Sell to Everyone Is Killing Your Business
When you try to be everything to everyone, you become nothing to anyone.
The farm selling "fresh local vegetables" to whoever walks by is invisible. …
1 week, 6 days ago
Tillage and Carbon in the Soil - Gardening Beyond Basics 80
In this episode, Dr. Bruno Basso of CIBO Technologies discusses the effects of tillage on the carbon in the soil.
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2 weeks ago
Making a Living Farming (MFB 53)
Is small-scale farming a viable source of income? It definitely could be! But there's no free lunch: it's something you're going to have to put work …
2 weeks, 3 days ago
Potential Cons to Cover Cropping - Gardening Beyond Basics 79
In this episode, Research Associate Professor Dr. Buz Kloot of Soil Health Labs talks about the potential reasons why farmers would choose not to cov…
3 weeks ago
Farmers Markets vs CSAs (MFB 52)
Which should you sell to, farmer's markets, or CSAs?
The answer: it depends. Can you grow consistently? Can you deliver on your weekly orders? Have …
3 weeks, 3 days ago