Podcast Episodes

When to Expand the Farm By Adding More Land and When NOT TO Expand By Maximizing What You Have – The Urban Farmer - S1W30 (FSFS30)

Big isn't always better. More just for the sake of having more is pointless.

Just because you have access to more land doesn't mean you need to take …

10 years, 4 months ago

Increase Profits and Get More Done.. by Doing Less Work - The Urban Farmer - S1W29 (FSFS29)

Think about how much work you do on the farm now. How much of that work is actually being done efficiently and effectively?

Are you making the best u…

10 years, 5 months ago

The Importance of Record Keeping: You can only know where you're going if you know where you've been. – The Urban Farmer - S1W28 (FSFS28)

How can you a lot mistakes and wasting valuable resources by overproducing a crop, and the inverse of that, not producing enough?

Good record keeping…

10 years, 5 months ago

What You Are Doing May Not Work... Do It Anyway - The Urban Farmer - S1W27 (FSFS27)

Can you accept in the beginning that what you are doing may not work?

Because, guess what, it might not.

But as long as you keep trying something wil…

10 years, 5 months ago

More Common Reasons Why Many Farmers Struggle, and Practical Advice On How You Can Avoid Those Struggles – The Urban Farmer S1W26 (FSFS26)

Understand where you want to go, understand why you want to get into it, figure out a smart systematic way to get there, and work hard in the process…

10 years, 5 months ago

Tips for Dealing with Hot Weather and Planning Your Crop Production for the Cooler Days of Fall – The Urban Farmer - S1W25 (FSFS25)

It's August 25, 2015 which means we are at the tail end of summer and shorter, cooler days are coming as fall nears.

We are in one of those unique pe…

10 years, 5 months ago

Solving the Sales Problem – Optimizing Your Fresh Sheet to Increase Sales – The Urban Farmer - S1W24 (FSFS24)

As a farmer, how do you communicate what you have to sell each week, how much it costs, and when you need orders placed by, so you can deliver it on …

10 years, 6 months ago

Successful Farmers Think - The Importance of Information, Mentors, and Adaptation – The Urban Farmer - S1W23 (FSFS23)

This episode is all about the art of farming.

Creating a framework, and understanding the overlying philosophy about why you do what you do, and leav…

10 years, 6 months ago

Tips on Selling Into New Markets and Sourcing Products from Other Farmers – The Urban Farmer - S1W22 (FSFS22)

This episode is all about being a better provider to your customers...

In this episode we dig deep into sourcing products from other farmers, breakin…

10 years, 6 months ago

Transitioning Into Farming from the Corporate World - A Conversation with New Farmer Rob Kaiser - The Urban Farmer - S1W21 (FSFS21)

In this episode Curtis and I are joined by new farmer Rob Kaiser.

Rob is a few months into his farming journey. And like Curtis he didn't come from a…

10 years, 6 months ago