Farmer to Farmer with Chris Blanchard
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
176: Jan Libbey of One Step at a Time Gardens on Scaling Up, Scaling Down, and Partnerships and Networking
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Libbey raises three acres of vegetables with her husband, Tim Landgraf, at One Step at a Time Gardens in North Central Iowa. With sales through th...
176: Jan Libbey of One Step at a Time Gardens on Scaling Up, Scaling Down, and Partnerships and Networking
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Libbey raises three acres of vegetables with her husband, Tim Landgraf, at One Step at a Time Gardens in North Central Iowa. With sales through th...
176: Jan Libbey of One Step at a Time Gardens on Scaling Up, Scaling Down, and Partnerships and Networking
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Libbey raises three acres of vegetables with her husband, Tim Landgraf, at One Step at a Time Gardens in North Central Iowa. With sales through th...
176: Jan Libbey of One Step at a Time Gardens on Scaling Up, Scaling Down, and Partnerships and Networking
30 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jan Libbey raises three acres of vegetables with her husband, Tim Landgraf, at One Step at a Time Gardens in North Central Iowa. With sales through th...
175: Lauren Palmer of Bloomsbury Farm on Sprouts, CSA, and Community Connections
23 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren Palmer raised 15 acres of vegetables in Smyrna, Tennessee, just south of Nashville. With year-round production, a sprouts operation, a 300-memb...
174: Jack Algiere of the Stone Barns Center on a Diversified Farm, a Close Partnership with a Restaurant, and Innovative Production
16 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Algiere is the farm director for Stone Barns Center in the New York's lower Hudson Valley. Actively farming since the early 1990s, Jack has been ...
173: Jean-Martin Fortier of La Ferme de Quatre Temps on Intensive Production on More Acres
09 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Jean-Martin Fortier is most famous for his book, "The Market Gardener," based on the high-output systems he developed at Quebec's Les Jardens de la Gr...
172: Allan Gandelman of Main Street Farms on Meeting People's Needs through Scaling and Marketing Decisions
02 Aug 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Allan Gandelman raises 45 acres of crops at Main Street Farms in central New York state with his partner, BobCat. With twenty employees in its eighth ...
171: Caroline Pam and Tim Wilcox of Kitchen Garden Farm on Scaling Up, Value-Added Products, and Wholesale Marketing
26 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Caroline Pam and Tim Wilcox farm 50 acres of vegetables at Kitchen Garden Farm in Western Massachusetts. Starting with an acre of produce in 2006, Car...
170: Rebecca Graff and Tom Ruggieri of Fair Share Farm on CSA Transitions, Greening the Farm, and a Fermented Food Business
19 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Rebecca Graff and Tom Ruggieri raise vegetables for a hundred-member CSA, manage a small laying flock, and operate a cottage-scale fermented food busi...
169: Nate Fingerle of River Ridge Farm on Four Seasons of Fresh Vegetables in Rural Indiana
12 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Nate Fingerle has been farming with his family at River Ridge Farm in north-central Indiana for ten years. With one-and-a-half acres of production and...
168: Karen Washington of Rise and Root Farm on Self-Care, Managing Relationships, and Addressing Social Justice and Food Issues on a For-Profit Farm
05 Jul 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Karen Washington owns and operates Rise and Root Farm with Lorrie Clevenger, Jane Hodge, and Michaela Hayes. Located in Chester, New York, just a litt...
167: Genesis McKiernan-Allen and Eli Robb of Full Hand Farm on Four-Season Farming for Restaurants and Farmers Markets in Indiana
28 Jun 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Genesis McKiernan-Allen and Eli Robb raise vegetables year-round at Full Hand Farm, 45 minutes northeast of Indianapolis. Going into year seven of the...
166: Mike Madison of Yolo Press on Organic Fresh Flowers, Olive Oil, and Value-Added Products in California's Central Valley
12 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Yolo raises 14 acres of organic olives, cut flowers, a variety of tree fruits, and the occasional vegetable crop at Yolo Press, near Davis, Calif...
166: Mike Madison of Yolo Press on Organic Fresh Flowers, Olive Oil, and Value-Added Products in California's Central Valley
11 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Yolo raises 14 acres of organic olives, cut flowers, a variety of tree fruits, and the occasional vegetable crop at Yolo Press, near Davis, Calif...
165: Olivia Hubert of Brother Nature Produce on Raising Salad Greens in Detroit, World War II Gardening, and Farm Yoga
05 Apr 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Olivia Hubert farms with her husband, Greg Willerer, at Brother Nature Produce in Detroit Michigan, as well as at a farm an hour north of the city. Sp...
164: Tom Kumpf of Double-T Farm on Right-Sizing the Farm, Rolling with the Punches, and Making the Transition to Full-Time Farming
29 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Tom Kumpf raises about four acres of vegetables at Double-T Farm in Garner, North Carolina, just south of Raleigh. Double-T Farm markets through a CSA...
163: Chandler Briggs of Hayshaker Farm on Farming with Horses in Walla Walla's Wine Country
22 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Chandler Briggs of Hayshaker Farm and his partner, Leila Schneider, make a living with about six acres of vegetables on the edge of Walla Walla, Washi...
162: Lorien Carsey and Shea Belahi of Blue Moon Farm on Farm Ownership Transitions, Farm-Life Balance, Complex Crop Rotations, and Custom-Packed CSA Shares
15 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Lorien Carsey and Shea Belahi of Blue Moon Farm in Urbana, Illinois, raise vegetables for farmers market, restaurants, stores, and a CSA. With twenty ...
161: Elizabeth and Paul Kaiser of Singing Frogs Farm on No-Till Ecological Farming in Northern California
08 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Elizabeth and Paul Kaiser raise a little under three acres of vegetables at Singing Frogs Farm in Sebastopol, California, where they have been farming...
160: Stacey Carlberg and Casey Gustawarow of The Farm and Sunnyside on Managing a Farm instead of Owning, Conservation Efforts on the Farm, and Getting and Giving the Most with Employees
01 Mar 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey Carlberg and Casey Gustawarow manage The Farm at Sunnyside, with twelve acres of vegetables and eight of tree fruits in Rappahanock County, Vir...
159: Anne and Eric Nordell of Beech Grove Farm on a Multi-Pronged Approach to Weed Control, Farming with Horses, and Designing a Farm
22 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
At Beech Grove Farm, Anne and Eric Nordell manage six-and-a-half acres for vegetable crop production, with half of that in cover crop, and half of tha...
158: Angie Raines and Miles Okal on Rice, Dried Beans, and Diversified Vegetables on a Small Farm
15 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Angie Raines and Miles Okal raise diversified vegetables, rice, and dry beans at South Wind Produce in Rougemont, North Carolina. With sales at five w...
157: David Greenberg of Abundant Acres Farm on Investing in a Deep-Compost System, Radical Delegation, and Cooperative Direct Marketing
11 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
David Greenberg of Abundant Acres Farm raises about five acres of vegetables with his wife, Jen, in rural Nova Scotia, about an hour from Halifax. Wit...
156: Steven Beltram of Balsam Gardens on Farming without Infrastructure, Growing on Plastic, and Selling Wholesale
01 Feb 2018
Contributed by Lukas
After starting out in 2008 on a homestead in the country that grew to a market and livestock farm on several different parcels, my guest Steven Beltra...
155: Howard Prussack of High Meadows Farm on a Happy Farm, Business Development, and Transplant Production
25 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Howard Prussack of High Meadows Farm raises crops, potted herbs, and vegetable starts with his wife, Lisa, in 30,000 square feet of greenhouses as wel...
154: Richard Wiswall of Cate Farm on Managing for Profits and Quality of Life
18 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Today's show is a repeat of an episode I recorded in the spring of 2015 with Richard Wiswall Cate Farm in Plainfield, Vermont. Cate Farm has sold prod...
153: Ryan Thiessen of Creek Shore Farms on Going Full Time, Small Scale Mechanization, and Winter CSA
11 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan Thiessen farms four acres of vegetables in two locations at Creek Shore Farms in St. Catharines, Ontario. With 110 CSA members in the summer and ...
152: Scott Chaskey of Quail Hill Farm on Thirty Years of a Member-Harvested CSA, Land Trusts, and Making Time for Poetry
04 Jan 2018
Contributed by Lukas
Scott Chaskey is the Director of Quail Hill Farm, one of the original Community Supported Agriculture farms in the United States. Located in Amaganset...
151: Siri Erickson-Brown and Jason Salvo of Local Roots Farm on Restaurant Sales, Chicories, Predicting the Future, and a Little Bit of Latin
28 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Siri Erickson-Brown and Jason Salvo own and operate Local Roots Farm, fifteen acres of diversified vegetables in the Snoqualmie River valley thirty mi...
150: John Good of The Good Farm on Finally Farming on Their Own Land, a Maniacal Focus on Weed Control, and a Legacy of Efficiency
21 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Good farms with his wife, Aimee, at The Good Farm in Germansville, Pennsylvania. Ten acres of vegetables serve 200 CSA members plus farmers marke...
149: Heather Secrist of Suncrest Gardens Farm on Going Out on a Limb to Build and Grow One of the First Pizza Farms
14 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Secrist raises two acres of vegetables, as well as pastured pork and lamb, on sixteen acres at Suncrest Gardens Farm in the rural hills of Coc...
148: Will Reed of Native Son Farm on Coming Home to Mississippi, Surviving Adversity, and Reshaping Land and Community
07 Dec 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Will Reed and his wife, Amanda, returned to Will's home in Tupelo, Mississippi, in 2010 to start Native Son Farm with a walking tractor and an acre of...
147: Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seeds on the Patience of Seeds, and the Art and Craft of Plant Breeding
30 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Frank Morton of Wild Garden Seeds in Philomath, Oregon, supplies seed companies, farmers, and gardeners with seeds that are selected and grown in a re...
146: Dylan Strike of Strike Farms on Scaling Up Big Time, Grocery Store Sales, and Management Systems
23 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dylan Strike has been the owner of Strike Farms in Bozeman, Montana, since 2014. In 2017, he increased production from four acres to fourteen in order...
145: Corinna and Kurt Bench of Shared Legacy Farms on Creating a Marketing and Retention System on the CSA Farm
16 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Corinna and Kurt Bench raise a little under ten acres of certified organic vegetables at Shared Legacy Farms in Elmore, Ohio. With 400 CSA shares and ...
144: Marja Smets and Bo Varsano of Farragut Farm on Growing and Selling from the Most Remote Market Farm in the Country
09 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Marja Smets and Bo Varsano raise an intensive three-quarters of an acre of vegetables at Farragut Farm, located across a lot of water from Petersburg,...
143: Wendy and Asher Burkhart-Spiegel of Common Thread CSA on Community Engagement, Apprenticeship Realities, Tractor-Scale Permanent Raised Beds, and Season Extension
02 Nov 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Wendy and Asher Burkhart-Spiegel raise about twelve acres of vegetables at Common Thread CSA in Madison, New York, in the central part of the state. W...
142: Liz Graznak of Happy Hollow Farm on Getting Started, the First Five Years, and Learning from the Neighbors
26 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Today we're digging back into the archives for one of my favorite interviews, our very first episode of the Farmer to Farmer Podcast, with my good fri...
141: Brendan Davison of Good Water Farms on the Science, Art, and Spirituality of Growing Microgreens and Growing a Business
19 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Davison grows microgreens in over 4,000 square feet of greenhouse space at Good Water Farms in Bridgehampton, New York. Started in 2011 in the...
140: Andy and Melissa Dunham of Grinnell Heritage Farm on Growing a Vegetable Farm in a Sea of Corn and Soybeans
12 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andy and Melissa Dunham own and operate Grinnell Heritage Farm in Grinnell, Iowa. From corn-and-bean ground and no infrastructure when they started in...
139: Dave Chapman of Long Wind Farm on Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes, Managing a Business, and the Fight to Keep the Soil in Organic
05 Oct 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Chapman got his start at Long Wind Farm in 1984 with a team of oxen, a diverse array of vegetables, and a roadside stand in East Thetford, Vermon...
138: Kelly Kingsland and Russell Poe of Affinity Farm on Growing Small, Self-Awareness, and Giving Good Weight
28 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Kingsland and Russell Poe raise about an acre-and-a-half of produce at Affinity Farm in Moscow, Idaho. With sales to a farmers market, a small C...
137: Shawn Kuhn of Vitruvian Farms on Growing Salad Greens, Selling to Restaurants, and Expanding into Retail Sales
21 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Shawn Kuhn of Vitruvian Farms raises about five acres of vegetables with his business partner, Tommy Stauffer, in McFarland, Wisconsin, just outside o...
136: Sam Hitchcock Tilton of Michigan State University on Steps to Mechanical Weed Control Success
14 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Hitchcock Tilton studies weed control at Michigan State University, where he went to study after two years of pushing a wheel through clay soil on...
135: Ruth Chantry of Common Good Farm on Biodynamic Farming, CSA, and Integrating Livestock and Vegetables on a Nebraska Farm
07 Sep 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ruth Chantry raises a little under four acres of vegetables, plus eggs, pork, and beef, with her husband Evrett Lunquist at Common Good Farm, just a l...
134: Barb and Dave Perkins on Keeping the Community in a Large-Scale CSA, Seed Potatoes, Business Planning, and Farm Succession
31 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Barb and Dave Perkins raise 30 acres of vegetables at Vermont Valley Community Farm in Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, where they've farmed since 1994. Packin...
133: Jeff and Elise Higley of Oshala Farm on Picking a Niche and Getting to Scale in the Medicinal Herb Business
24 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff and Elise Higley of Oshala Farm in southwest Oregon's Applegate Valley raise 37 acres of medicinal and culinary herbs for the wholesale herb mark...
132: Laura Davis of Long Life Farm on Soil Mineralization, Farming without Flea Beetles, and Organic Certification
17 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Laura Davis farms about two-and-a-quarter acres of vegetables at Long Life Farm in suburban Hopkinton, Massachusetts, with her husband, Donald Sutherl...
131: Anne Cure of Cure Organic Farm on Passion, Profits, and Growing into Diversity
10 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Cure has farmed at Cure Organic Farm with her husband, Paul, since 2005. Six miles east of Boulder, Colorado, Cure Organic Farm's 15 acres of veg...
130: Chad Wasserman of Chad's Organics on His Solo Operation in Hawaii, No-Till Farming under Cover, and Making Vermicompost for His Farm
03 Aug 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chad Wasserman owns and operates Chad's Organics in Hilo, Hawaii, on the west side of Hawaii's Big Island. After farming up to an acre outdoors, Chad ...
129: Chris Jagger of Blue Fox Farm on Scaling Up, Scaling Down, and Where Organic and Local Farming is Going from Here
27 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Jagger is the owner and operator of Blue Fox Farm, an organic vegetable farm in the Applegate Valley of southern Oregon. He is also the owner an...
128: John Stoddard and Lindsay Allen of Higher Ground Farm on the Journey from Idealism to Practicality on a Rooftop Farm
20 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
John Stoddard and Lindsay Allen work together at Higher Ground Farm, a rooftop farming operation with two locations in Boston. John is the founder of ...
127: Brendan Grant of Sleepy G Farm Digs into Thinking Bigger, Surviving Crises, and Farming Organically in Northwest Ontario
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Grant raises six acres of vegetables plus laying hens, Highland cattle, and a hundred acres of hay with his wife, Marcelle Paulin, at Sleepy G...
127: Brendan Grant of Sleepy G Farm Digs into Thinking Bigger, Surviving Crises, and Farming Organically in Northwest Ontario
13 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Brendan Grant raises six acres of vegetables plus laying hens, Highland cattle, and a hundred acres of hay with his wife, Marcelle Paulin, at Sleepy G...
126: Ray Tyler of Rose Creek Farms on Farming in the South and the Journey from Failing as Farmers to Loving Life
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Tyler raises about an acre of salad greens at Rose Creek Farms in Selmer, Tennessee, about two hours east of Memphis and three hours west of Nashv...
126: Ray Tyler of Rose Creek Farms on Farming in the South and the Journey from Failing as Farmers to Loving Life
06 Jul 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Ray Tyler raises about an acre of salad greens at Rose Creek Farms in Selmer, Tennessee, about two hours east of Memphis and three hours west of Nashv...
125: Eduardo Rivera of Sin Fronteras Farm & Food on Bootstrapping a Farm Business and Farming while Latino
29 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Less than one percent of the people farming in Minnesota are Latino, and Eduardo Rivera is one of them. His operation, Sin Fronteras Farm & Food, spec...
124: Chris Field of Campo Rosso Farm on the Bittersweet Life of Growing Specialty Chicory Farming
22 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Chris Field farms fourteen acres of ground with his partner, Jessi Okamoto, at Campo Rosso Farm in Gilbertsville, Pennsylvania. Camp Rosso Farm is wha...
123: Jess and Brian Powers of Working Hands Farm on the Tools and Processes that Have Supported Phenomenal Growth
15 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode, we revisit Jess and Brian Powers at Working Hands Farm, eighteen months after they were first on the show on Episode 040. Since the f...
122: Danny Percich of Full Plate Farm on Winter Farming in the Pacific Northwest and Taking it Easy
08 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Percich raises vegetables at Full Plate Farm in Ridgefield, Washington, for a ninety-member winter-only CSA. With three acres of mostly-outdoors...
121: Melanie and Kevin Cunningham of Shakefork Community Farm on Using Oxen and Dreaming Big on a Diverse Vegetable and Livestock Farm
01 Jun 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Melanie and Kevin Cunningham own and operate Shakefork Community Farm in Humboldt County, California, where they raise five acres of vegetables and a ...
120: Polly Shyka and Prentice Grassi of Villageside Farm on Five Acres, Cover Crops, and Building Human Skills to Support Their Farm and Family
25 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Polly Shyka and Prentice Grassi raise five acres of vegetables and five acres of cover crops, plus broiler chickens, egg layers, and beef cattle, at V...
119: Jeff and Zach Hawkins of Hawkins Family Farm on Managing Pastured Livestock and Vegetables as a Father-Son Team
18 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Father and son team Jeff and Zach Hawkins raise two acres of vegetables, 20 acres of grain, and a variety of livestock on 60 additional acres of pastu...
118: Danya Teitelbaum of Queen's Greens on Selling a Selective Crop Mix on the Wholesale Market
11 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Danya Tietelbaum is the co-founder and co-owner of Queen's Greens, 35 acres of fields and greenhouses in the heart of the Pioneer Valley in Massachuse...
117: Jason Weston of Joe's Gardens on Two-Wheel Tractor Cultivation, the End of Hand Weeding, and Farming for 120 Years
04 May 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jason Weston is a co-owner of Joe's Gardens in Bellingham, Washington, a five-acre urban farm started in the 1890s. One of the last of the original tr...
116: Dan Guenthner of Common Harvest Farm on Gumption, Community, CSA, and One Red Wheelbarrow
27 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Guenthner of Common Harvest Farm, along with his wife Margaret Pennings, has been a CSA farmer since before CSA was even really a thing – 1990, ...
115: Susan and Harley Soltes of Bow Hill Blueberries on Organic Berry Production and Adding Value to Products, Farm, and People
20 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Susan and Harley Soltes of Bow Hill Blueberries raise five acres of high-bush blueberries on the northern edge of the Skagit River Valley in western W...
114: Janaki Fisher-Merritt of Food Farm on Root Cellars and Rooting in Community in the Far North
13 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Janaki Fisher-Merritt owns Food Farm with his wife, Annie Dugan, and operates it with his parents, John and Jane Fisher-Merritt, and long-time employe...
113: Josh Slotnick of Clark Fork Organics and Garden City Harvest on Salad Greens, Short Seasons, and Food as Fuel for a Social Ecology
06 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Slotnick has farmed at Clark Fork Organics on the outskirts of Missoula, Montana, with his wife, Kim Murchison, since 1992. With about eight acre...
112: Landis and Steven Spickerman on Creating a Farm from a Homestead in Far Northern Wisconsin
30 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Landis and Steven Spickerman own and operate Hermit Creek Farm 15 miles south of Lake Superior in far northern Wisconsin – a challenging place to fa...
111: Rashid Nuri on Using Urban Agriculture as a Lever to Enrich Lives and Build Communities
23 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Rashid Nuri is the founder and CEO of Truly Living Well Center for Natural Urban Agriculture in Atlanta, Georgia. With four farm sites in Metro Atla...
110: Jean-Paul Courtens on Creating Soils and Farmers at Roxbury Farm and the Hudson Valley Farm Hub
16 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Jean-Paul Courtens is most famous for being the founder and owner of Roxbury Farm in New York's Hudson Valley. He operated Roxbury Farm with his farmi...
109: Andrew Mefferd of One Drop Farm and Growing for Market on Protected Culture and Plant Husbandry in the High Tunnel and Greenhouse
09 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Andrew Mefferd farms at One Drop Farm in Cornville, Maine, with his wife, Ann, where they sell produce and transplants at farmers market, to a multipl...
108: Michael Phillips of Lost Nation Orchard Provides a Primer on Using Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Field and Orchard
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Phillips raises about three acres of fruit trees at Lost Nation Orchard in extreme northern New Hampshire. And while that's pretty cool, and w...
108: Michael Phillips of Lost Nation Orchard Provides a Primer on Using Mycorrhizal Fungi in the Field and Orchard
02 Mar 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Phillips raises about three acres of fruit trees at Lost Nation Orchard in extreme northern New Hampshire. And while that's pretty cool, and w...
107: Hans and Katie Bishop of PrairiErth Farm on Connecting with Customers and Bringing a Spouse into the Farming Operation
23 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Hans and Katie Bishop raise fifteen acres of certified organic vegetables at PrairiErth Farm in central Illinois, marketing about $250,000 worth of pr...
106: Josh Volk of Slow Hand Farm on Compact Farms and Part-Time Farming
16 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Josh Volk is, most recently, the author of Compact Farms, a new, illustrated guide for anyone dreaming of starting, expanding, or perfecting a profita...
105: Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschak of Urban Bud Flowers on Balancing Off-Farm Jobs While Growing a Farming Business, Season Extension, and Growing for the Wedding Market
09 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mimo Davis and Miranda Duschack farm at Urban Buds City Grown Flowers, an acre of flowers in a working class neighborhood in St. Louis, Missouri. Urba...
104: Mike Brownback of Spiral Path Farm Talks about Ethical Wholesale Buyers, Hillside Farming, Salad Mix Production, and the American Dream
02 Feb 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Brownback farms at Spiral Path Farm in South-Central Pennsylvania with his wife, Terra, and sons Will and Lucas. Spiral Path farms over seventy a...
103: Todd Nichols of Nichols Farm and Orchard on Managing Production and Markets on 300 Acres
26 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Todd Nichols is the head grower at Nichols Farm and Orchard in Marengo, Illinois, about 65 miles northwest of Chicago. Founded in 1977 by Todd's paren...
102: Shiloh Avery and Jason Roehrig of Tumbling Shoals Farm on Planning for Success, Smaller Markets, and Using Employees to Make Time to Manage
19 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Shiloh Avery and Jason Roehrig own and operate Tumbling Shoals Farm in northwestern North Carolina. With three acres tilled and almost half an acre un...
101: Curtis Millsap of Millsap Farms on Family, Faith, Time Management, and Pizza
12 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
Curtis Millsap farms raises two acres of vegetables, with 22,000 square feet under plastic, at Millsap Farms, just outside of Springfield, Missouri. H...
100: Chris Blanchard on Lessons Learned from the Farmer to Farmer Podcast, Consulting, and His Own Farm
05 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
For episode 100, several listeners requested that I either do an interview with myself, or get somebody to interview me. So I invited my good friend L...
099: Chris McGuire of Two Onion Farm on Weed Control, Irrigation, Apples, Labor, and Record-keeping on a Dedicated CSA Farm
29 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Chris McGuire and his wife, Juli, own and operate Two Onion Farm in Belmont, Wisconsin. With four acres of vegetables and ¾ of an acre of apples – ...
098: Mike Nolan of Mountain Roots Produce on Growing Storage Crops in the High Desert and Staying Ahead of the Curve
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mike Nolan raises about five acres of vegetables at Mountain Roots Produce in Mancos, Colorado. With a focus on storage crops, Mike has patched togeth...
097: Eva Rehak and Rebekah Frazer Chiasson on Cooperative Marketing and Farm Families in New Brunswick
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Eva Rehak and Rebekah Frazer Chiasson are members of Coin Bio – that's Organic Corner in English – a small marketing co-op at the Dieppe Farmers M...
096: Diane Szukovathy from Jello Mold Farm on Taking Chances in the World of Flower Farming
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Szukovathy raises about 4.5 acres of cut flowers at Jello Mold Farm in Mount Vernon, Washington. Now in their eleventh year of selling flowers, ...
095: Michael Ableman of Foxglove Farm and SOLEfood on Urban and Rural Farming
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Ableman splits his time between his family's Foxglove Farm on British Columbia's Salt Spring Island and SOLEfood, an urban farm on the downtow...
094: Heather Lekx of Ignatius Farm on Employees, Interns, and Farming with Jesuits
24 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Heather Lekx has managed Ignatius Farm since 2001, when she arrived to start a new CSA program at the Ignatius Jesuit Centre in Guelph, Ontario. She c...
093: John Middleton of Fazenda Boa Terra on Rapid Growth, Weed Control, and the Challenges of Becoming a Boss
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John Middleton farms with his wife Lidia Dungue at Fazenda Boa Terra in Spring Green, Wisconsin. After years of working on other farms, and starting o...
092: John Hendrickson of Stone Circle Farm on Choosing to Farm Part-Time
10 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John Hendrickson raises two acres of vegetables and cover crops at Stone Circle Farm in Reeseville, Wisconsin. He also works for the University of Wis...
091: Brooke Salvaggio and Daniel Heryer of Urbavore on Creating an Urban Farm and Farmstead
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brooke Salvaggio and Daniel Heryer own Urbavore, one of the nation's largest urban farmsteads. With thirteen acres in the urban core of Kansas City, M...
090: Lucila De Alejandro of Suzie's Farm on Saying Yes, Getting Smaller, and Getting Workers and Community to Invest in the Farm
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lucila de Alejandro owns and operates Suzie's Farm with her husband, Robin Taylor. Located three miles from the Pacific Ocean and three miles from the...
089: David Hambleton of Sisters Hill Farm on Keeping Things Simple and Making Systems for a Productive, Happy Farm
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David Hambleton manages Sisters Hill Farm in Standfordville, New York. David says he has five acres in production, but it's worth noting that with wha...
Lily Schneider and Matt Mccue of Shooting Star CSA on Unusual Choices and Unusual Histories
13 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lily Schneider and Matt Mccue raise fifteen acres of vegetables at Shooting Star CSA in Fairfield, California, just 35 miles from Berkeley on the edge...
Simon Huntley of Small Farm Central on Farm Marketing
06 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Simon Huntley is the founder and developer at Small Farm Central, a technology company focused on farming business success with a website builder desi...
Brian Bates of Bear Creek Organic Farm on Starting Fast, Debt, and Selling to Grocery Stores
29 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Bates is a first-generation farmer at Bear Creek Organic Farm in Petoskey, Michigan. He and his wife, Anne Morningstar, started farming in 2014,...
Eric and Robbie McClam of City Roots on an Urban Father-Son Farming Partnership
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Eric McClam and his dad, Robbie, own City Roots in Columbia, South Carolina. With eight acres of vegetables, mushrooms, u-pick berries, flowers, bees,...
Lydia Ryall of Cropthorne Farm on Farming, Family, and Employees
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Lydia Ryall raises fifteen acres of vegetables at Cropthorne Farm, located on a small farming island where the Frasier river meets the Pacific ocean, ...