Podcast Episodes

How to Sell More (by specializing in something) - The Urban Farmer - S2W13 (FSFS53)

Think about an established farmers market with an established customer base.

Everyone shopping at that market has their preferred vendors.  They buy…

10 years, 1 month ago

17 Things You Need (or Don't Need) When You Start Farming - The Urban Farmer - S2W12 (FSFS52)

Today we will be looking at 17 different things that you think you might need or might need when you start your business.

Even though we will be look…

10 years, 1 month ago

Killing Busy So You Can Live - A Productivity Episode - The Urban Farmer - S2W11 (FSFS51)

It seems like a lot of people that get into farming and starting their own business are busy, all the time.

Is that a good thing?

Is busy a sign of s…

10 years, 1 month ago

Farming For More Than Dollars - A Look at The Multiple Forms of Income from Farming - The Urban Farmer - S2W10 (FSFS50)

Most people don't get into farming to get rich.

Does that mean that you can't get rich farming, no it doesn't. But if you only motivation to farm is …

10 years, 2 months ago

How to Sell More Vegetables - Options Beyond The Farmers Market, Restaurants, and CSA - The Urban Farmer - S2W9 (FSFS49)

What if you are already selling at farmers markets, but you don't have enough of a diversity of products to design a CSA around?

If that's the case …

10 years, 2 months ago

Expanding the Farm with Social Capital – The Urban Farmer (FSFS75)

To set the stage...

Curtis had a next door neighbor.  That neighbor used to own Curtis's house, and he rented that house from them and farmed in the…

10 years, 2 months ago

Tomato Mania - How to Get More Total Crop Production by Inter-planting Tomatoes with Other Crops - The Urban Farmer - S2W7 (FSFS48)

Most of the tomatoes that Curtis grows fall into the cherry and saladette category - the smaller tomatoes.  These types of tomatoes offer several adv…

10 years, 2 months ago

Early Seasons Greens Production - Tracking and Managing One of Curtis's Biggest Crops - The Urban Farmer - S2W6 (FSFS47)

Greens are big business for Curtis' farm.  Both in terms of volume of product, and dollars generated for that product.

His customer base, which is ma…

10 years, 2 months ago

Creating The Minimum Viable Farm - $20,000 on a 2000 Square Foot Micro-Farm - The Urban Farmer - S2W5 (FSFS46)

What would the 2000 sq.ft. farm, let's call it a micro-farm, look like?

How could you best utilize that space and take many of the techniques that Cu…

10 years, 3 months ago

If you don't succeed it's your own fault. Stop blaming people and get to work. - The Urban Farmer - S2W4 (FSFS45)

It's currently April 12, 2016.

We start off today talking about whether you should start farming with a greenhouse or not.

The conversation quickly t…

10 years, 3 months ago