Podcast Episodes

End of Season Reflection - Thinking about How Things Went This Year, to Alter Course and Plan for Next Year - The Urban Farmer - S1W40 (FSFS40)

If you want to be better off in December 2016, then the planning for that starts now in December 2015.

The biggest leverage point which for the farm …

10 years, 2 months ago

The Urban Farmer Season Wrap Up and Looking Ahead - Thanks for Listening - The Urban Farmer - S1W39 (FSFS39)

In today's episode Curtis and I will take a look back at the season of this show and talk about what's in store for the future for Curtis and this sh…

10 years, 2 months ago

It's Not All About the Money - Keeping What Works and Getting Rid of What Doesn't - The Urban Farmer - S1W38 (FSFS38)

How much work should you put into something before it gets to the point where it isn't worth it? At what point does the money, the effort, and the he…

10 years, 2 months ago

17,500lbs of Vegetables Produced on One Third of An Acre - A Closer Look at What Was Produced on the Farm this Year - The Urban Farmer - S1W37 (FSFS37)

All in Curtis produced about 17,500lbs of product off of his farm this year. That's a lot of food coming from a small space. Remember Curtis is only …

10 years, 3 months ago

Dealing with Real World Troubles and Issues with Restaurant Customers, and How to Prevent Problems from Arising - The Urban Farmer - S1W36 (FSFS36)

In this episode we will be talking about real world issues and troubles with restaurant customers.

How Curtis has dealt with customers who haven't pa…

10 years, 3 months ago

Your Business Model Sucks, or You're Not Very Good at It... (and what to do about it) – The Urban Farmer - S1W35 (FSFS35)

Where do you draw the line between this isn't working, but I can figure it out, and this will never work?

Let's just accept the fact that farm start-…

10 years, 3 months ago

Ask The Urban Farmer – Curtis Answers Questions – From Startup to Restaurant Sales to Record Keeping – The Urban Farmer - S1W34 (FSFS34)

It's currently November 2015 and the main farm season for Curtis is pretty much over. And along with, so is this season of the show. For the remainde…

10 years, 3 months ago

Improving Processes to Be More Time, Energy, and Labor Efficient AND more Profitable – The Urban Farmer - S1W33 (FSFS33)

What's your time worth as a farmer? How much should should you be charging yourself to do tasks on the farm?

That's an important metric to think abou…

10 years, 4 months ago

Post Harvest Crop Processing and Small Farm Equipment That You Wouldn't Think Of – The Urban Farmer - S1W32 (FSFS32)

In this episode we talk about post crop harvest processing, including how Curtis has changed some of his techniques over the years.

We also talk abou…

10 years, 4 months ago

Being Realistic with Your First Year Expectations - Work to Learn, Not to Earn – The Urban Farmer - S1W31 (FSFS31)

Set yourself up for success by having realistic plans and expectations for the first year. Match your lifestyle and your budgeting to those realistic…

10 years, 4 months ago