Growing For Market Podcast
Episodes
Seattle Growers Market: Lessons from 15 years of cooperative flower marketing with SGM General Manager Carrie Read
28 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One trend we’ve noticed is the growing number of flower farming cooperatives. We think it might be part of local growers banding together to increas...
Community supported farm research with Anna Wallingford of New Hampshire Community Supported Research
21 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
When Anna Wallngford got fired (twice) by DOGE from her job doing entomological research for the federal government, she formed New Hampshire Communit...
Building a 24-hour collective flower market with Colleen McCoole Payne of the Kansas City Flower Farmer Wholesale Market
14 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this week’s interview we hear from Colleen McCoole Payne about how she and more than 20 other growers built the Kansas City Flower Farmer Wholesa...
How small farms can stand out from big food using good marketing with Jakub Kosmowski of Farma Wola in Poland
07 Apr 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jakub Kosmowski left a career in marketing to start the vegetable CSA farm Farma Vola in Poland. In this interview, he tells us how he adapted the mar...
Customizing POS systems for farmers and farmstand tips with Lindsey Lusher Shute of Farm Generations Cooperative and GrownBy
31 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most point of sale (POS) systems were designed for businesses like restaurants and retail, and aren’t perfect fits for farm businesses. In this epis...
Folks who help farmers: how to find and work with them with Sarah Geurkink from the Organic Association of Kentucky
24 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode, we explore the range of people who whose job is to help farmers, and how to get the most out of these relationships. We refer to...
Boost farm revenue by adding dried herbs to your crop plan with Emily Springer of Meeting House Farm and Collaborative in Maine
17 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Most flower and vegetable growers can add herbs to their existing crop plans without changing what they’re already doing- and dried herbs can comple...
Sweet corn- can you make money on it? And best practices with Dan Fillius from Iowa State University
10 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Everyone loves sweet corn, but can you make money on it? This pod episode sets out to answer the age-old question, and shine light on the best practic...
The future of market farming in the era of digital sales with Amelia Ihlo of Rooted Farmers and Jill Shea of the Connecticut Flower Collective
03 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What does the future of market farming look like in the era of digital sales? Our guests this week, Amelia Ihlo of Rooted Farmers and Jill Shea of the...
How to send better farm emails with email expert Angie Machado
24 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Though Angie Machado is now an email expert, she got her start in the flower world, so she understands the unique needs of farm businesses. In this ep...
A conversation with one of our farmer/writers on how immigration enforcement is playing out in Minneapolis and its effect on farms with Sam Oschwald Tilton
22 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
In this bonus episode of the Growing for Market Podcast, we hear from long-time GFM writer, farmer and Minneapolis resident Sam Oschwald Tilton about ...
Switching from veg and flowers to seeds + tips from 30 years of farming with Sebastian Aguilar of Summertime Seed Co. in Oregon
17 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Sebastian Aguilar started farming in 1997, and for much of that time he was growing flowers and vegetables for market with his family. Learn why they ...
Building a farm with smart borrowing and pivoting from wholesale to retail with Brian Bates of Bear Creek Organic Farm in Michigan
10 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Brian Bates and his wife Anne run Bear Creek Organic Farm in Petoskey, Michigan. A little over a decade after starting their farm, they are grossing o...
“Lower the noise” on the farm with detailed planning and systems with Luke Sheldrick of Terramor Farm in Ontario
03 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Luke Sheldrick and his partner Dana run Terramor Farm in Burnstown, Ontario, about an hour west of Ottawa. After a decade of growing vegetables and cu...
How farmers are changing cropping strategies in response to a changing climate with Masha Vernik
27 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week’s podcast guest Masha Vernik interviewed nearly 30 farmers in the Pacific Northwest about how they are changing their cropping strategies ...
Changing mum bloom time with light deprivation and recovering from natural disaster with Rose and Rick Bengtson of Ice Moon Farms in Texas
20 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
During their first full season, Rick and Rose Bengtson of Ice Moon Farms suffered catastrophic damage from wind and flooding. As devastating as that w...
Late-season superstars: heirloom chrysanthemums from propagation to sale with Kate Dagnal of Goose Creek Gardens in Pennsylvania
13 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Heirloom chrysanthemums fill an important role for local growers- as very late bloomers they can be one of the last flowers in the fall to keep cash f...
Perennial vegetables to plant once and harvest many times with Michalina Hunter of Cicada Seeds in British Columbia
06 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
This week Michalina Hunter tells us how she got so interested in perennial vegetables that she started a seed company specializing in them, Cicada See...
Breedng biodiverse Pacific Northwest-adapted seeds with Andrew Still of Adaptive Seeds in Oregon
30 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week Andrew Still tells us how Adaptive Seeds started in 2009 as an outgrowth of the Seed Ambassadors Project to steward and keep rare and herita...
The fertilizer you make every day: fertilizing with urine with the Rich Earth Institute
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Farmers are used to the idea of fertilizing with manure, however one species’ output is usually not used: our own. This is despite the fact that eff...
Breeding regionally adapted vegetables with Edmund Frost of Common Wealth Seed Growers in Virginia
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are very few one-size-fits-all solutions in agriculture- most things depend on the weather, soil, pests, diseases and a host of other conditions...
Healthy soil as a remedy for pest and disease problems with Jen Aron of Blue Raven Farm in Oregon
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jen Aron is an agroecologist and owner of Blue Raven Farm in Corbett, Oregon. She also worked as a farm educator for seven years with Oregon State Uni...
Urban flower farming on multiple plots with Elizabeth Lutz Kelly of Happy Dragon Flower Farm in Ohio
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When Elizabeth Lutz Kelly’s flower growing hobby turned into a business, it outgrew the space she had available in her yard in Akron, Ohio. Even tho...
Harvest Bucks- making farmers market SNAP dollars go twice as far with Emily Grassie of the Maine Federation of Farmers Markets
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we welcome Emily Grassie, the Director of Food Access Programs at the Maine Federation of Farmers Markets (MFFM) to talk about Harvest Bucks...
How to price your flowers with Lennie Larkin of Flower Farming for Profit
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Flower pricing can be tricky with so many factors affecting value, between different crops, different markets and varying types of arrangements. You w...
Improving tunnel tomato production by picking the low-hanging fruit with Vern Grubinger from the University of Vermont
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As the Vegetable and Berry Specialist at the University of Vermont for 35 years, Vern has a lot of experience with helping growers improve their high ...
Introducing the Western Arid Growers Network (WAGN) with Nella Mae Parks and Maud Powell in Oregon
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We get together with Nella Mae Parks and Maud Powell this week to discuss the challenges of farming in arid environments, and a new network they are f...
Sarah Gretsinger of The Kale Next Door on scaling down and intensifying production in Akron, Ohio
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sarah Gretsinger worked for other farms for over a decade before starting her urban farm, The Kale Next Door, on the land around her house in Akron, O...
Making and evaluating biologically active compost with Jason Gearheart of Integrated Elements Compost in Indiana
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether buying or making your own, how do you tell if compost is any good? We go deep on this question with Jason Gearheart of Integrated Elements Com...
End of year tax and accounting strategies from farmer/CPA Sarah Scott of Scott Farm & Flower in New York State
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As we approach the end of the year, we wanted to check in with farmer/CPA Sarah Scott to ask about tax and accounting best practices to make sure grow...
Ellen Polishuk on what she learned from 30+ years of farming and how to keep learning from other farmers
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After retiring from more than 30 years of farming, much of it at Potomac Vegetable Farms in Virginia, Ellen Polishuk started Plant to Profit to keep t...
Turtle Tree Seed founder Beth Everett on 45+ years of farming at Meadowlark Hearth farm in Nebraska
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Learn about the origins of Turtle Tree Seeds, and why co-founder Beth Everett returned to her family’s fourth-generation farm in this week’s podca...
Scaling up, scaling down and finding the right farm size over 20+ years of farming with Chris Jagger of Blue Fox Farm in Oregon
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
After starting the farm over 20 years ago, Chris Jagger and his family scaled Blue Fox Farm from very small up to about 45 acres, including a lot of w...
How to plan for and bounce back from flooding with Noah Poulos of Wild East Farm in North Carolina
16 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wild East Farm was one of many in North Carolina that suffered from catastrophic flooding during Hurricane Helene in September 2024. Parts of the stat...
Raising standards for produce and soil quality with Laura Llewellyn of Chimalow Produce in Washington State
09 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With over 20 years of farming experience, hear how Laura Llewellyn grew Chimalow Produce to maximize soil and veg quality, based on the idea that heal...
Scaling up and growing 60,000 dahlias with Grace Lam of Fivefork Farms in Massachusetts
02 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scaling up means different things for different farms; hear from Grace Lam how Fivefork Farms has scaled up to the point where they are growing 60,000...
How farmers can help breed varieties tailored to their farms with Michael Lordon of the Organic Seed Alliance
26 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Discover how farmers and researchers are collaborating to develop seed varieties tailored to farmers' needs with Michael Lordon of the Organic Seed Al...
Insects as a solution to food waste and a new farm “crop” with Pat Crowley of Chapul Farms in Oregon
19 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
“Get your fresh local insects, and frass too!” If Pat Crowley had his way, insects and their byproducts (most notably frass used as fertilizer) wo...
30+ years of scaling up without lowering standards with Jack Hedin and Abby Benson of Featherstone Farm in Minnesota
12 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Over more than 30 years, Featherstone Farm has grown their CSA and wholesaling to the point where they are now growing on 135 acres and have scaled up...
Expanding regional markets for farmers with Anne Massie and Virginia Pleasant of Region Roots Local Farm & Food Hub
05 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Anne Massie and Virginia Pleasant share how they’ve grown Region Roots Local Farm and Food Hub to increase opportunities for famers to feed their re...
Building soil to feed your plants with Josh Kruszynski of Tilth Soil
29 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tilth Soil composts millions of pounds of food waste every year, and we’ve got their soil guy Josh Kruszynski on the pod this week to talk about how...
The business side of growing a farm and balancing family with Diane Aboushi of Halal Pastures
22 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Growing up in Brooklyn with a career as an attorney, Diane Aboushi of Halal Pastures farm did not follow the most traditional path to becoming a farme...
Decades of incredibly diverse CSA farming with 7th generation farmers Steve and Lisa Cooper of Cooper’s CSA Farm in Ontario
15 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Though their family has been farming in Ontario for over 200 years, success looks different in the 2020s than it did in the early 19th century! Hear h...
Sharing the lessons learned growing from urban gardens to Unvarnished Farm in Indiana with Megan Ayers
08 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast Megan Ayers shares what she learned as she built Unvarnished Farm from a series of urban gardens into the farm in southeaster...
Pushing back on the weakening of organic standards with Linley Dixon of the Real Organic Project
01 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Linley Dixon discusses some of the challenges facing organic farming, particularly the issues of greenwashing and the need for maintaining organic sta...
Greenhouse planning, siting and building with Tomm Becker of Nifty Hoops
24 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Planning and siting have a lot to do with the success of a greenhouse project. Whether building your first or your fifth greenhouse, learn best practi...
Growing mushrooms for market with Erin Hamilton of The Mushroom Conservatory
17 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Whether you already grow mushrooms or are looking to diversify your market offerings, Erin Hamilton of The Mushroom Conservatory tells us about the va...
Why preserving organic standards matters for all growers with Dave Chapman of the Real Organic Project
10 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dave Chapman tells us about the origins of the Real Organic Project, and why preserving organic standards is important for all growers whether certifi...
Setting standards for floral crops and writing the book Floral Standards with Diane Szukovathy of Jello Mold Farm
03 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Diane Szukovathy of Jello Mold Farm tells host Rebecca Kutzer-Rice how the need for standards for floral crops at the Seattle Wholesale Growers Market...
Taking sales online after decades of farmers markets with Robert Arnold of Pleasant Valley Farm
27 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Started in the late 1980s by Sandy and Paul Arnold, Pleasant Valley Farm in Argyle, New York, helped innovate and share winter growing techniques that...
Food system accountability by farmers with Sarah Carden of Farm Action
20 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Farm Action is a nonpartisan agricultural watchdog organization led by farmers, and Research and Policy Development Director Sarah Carden joins host A...
Connecting 6,000 customers with 30+ farmers at Mali Plac food hub in Slovenia
13 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview Ana Ljubojević and Nikolina Kovačević tell us how they grew Mali Plac, an innovative food hub in Slovenia that connects farmers d...
Getting ambitious local ag projects done using for-profit/nonprofit partnerships with Amber Lambke of Maine Grains
06 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Have you ever thought of a project that would be perfect for your farm, except that it’s not profitable? It might be possible with a for-profit/nonp...
Farming in the city of St. Louis, Missouri, with Tyrean Lewis of Heru Urban Farming
29 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With a background in management and education, it wasn’t always obvious that Tyrean Lewis would become a farmer. But after taking stock of how few o...
Getting the most out of your greenhouse tomatoes with Guillaume Lambert of Orisha greenhouse automation
22 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Tomatoes are the biggest income generators on a lot of market farms, so this week we’re nerding out on how to get the most out of your greenhouse to...
What it's like to farm in suburban California vs rural Minnesota with Kelley Rajala of Clear Lake Gardens
15 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kelley Rajala of Clear Lake Gardens in Aitken, Minnesota, shares what it was like to start a farm in California and then relocate to Minnesota in this...
Stewarding the farm into the fifth generation and beyond with Kristin Graves of Fifth Gen Gardens in Alberta
08 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Kristin Graves shares her journey as a fifth-generation farmer in Alberta, focusing on her passion for garlic and the importance of female representat...
The power of regionally adapted seeds and herbs with Bevin Cohen of Small House Farm in Michigan
01 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bevin Cohen of Small House Farm shares his unexpected journey into seed production, the importance of rare and unusual seeds, and some of the unusual ...
20+ years of full-diet CSA with Kristin and Mark Kimball of Essex Farm in New York State
25 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Mark and Kristin Kimball pioneered the full-diet CSA model when they founded Essex Farm back in 2004. Now 20 years later, they reflect on where they’...
Strategies for dealing with the federal funding freeze with Gale Livingstone of Deep Roots Farm and Ari Memar of Farmhand
18 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
With thousands of farmers dealing with the uncertainty of the federal funding freeze, we wanted to hear from farmer Gale Livingstone about how the fre...
Year-round marketing vegetables and flowers with Corinne Hansch and Matthew Leon of Lovin’ Mama Farm in New York State
11 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Having started several farms before their current Lovin’ Mama Farm in Amsterdam, New York, we hear from Corinne Hansch and Matthew Leon what they le...
Full-diet CSA and longtable dinners in the high desert of Oregon with Sarahlee Lawrence of Rainshadow Organics
04 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we hear from Sarahlee Lawrence, who runs a full-diet CSA plus events like longtable dinners on the farm she grew up on in the town of Sister...
How a fifth-generation farmer is growing sustainability and profitability for the next generation with Graham Christensen of Christensen Farms in Nebraska
25 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week we hear from Graham Christensen about the wide range of regenerative practices he’s using on his family’s farm in Nebraska. Graham and h...
Going from a career in banking to full-time market farming with Jacqueline Jackson of Mattie's Garden in Birmingham, Alabama
18 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jacqueline Jackson, owner of Mattie's Garden, shares her journey from a successful banking career to establishing an urban farm in Birmingham, Alabama...
Putting the farm back in solar farms with Elise Couillard with the Couillard Solar Foundation
11 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How farmers can integrate solar panels with growing crops, so they can effectively harvest the sun in two different ways, is the subject of this week’...
How to build a regenerative food brand with Samuel Taylor of Long Table
04 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does one go from Shakespearian acting to starting a company making regeneratively-grown heirloom-grain pancake mixes? Well, it involves an appeara...
Learn from 50+ years of organic vegetable farming with Jim Crawford of New Morning Farm in Pennsylvania
28 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Jim Crawford founded New Morning Farm in Pennsylvania in 1976, starting and selling at multiple markets in Washington, D.C. He and his wife Moie are n...
Scaling urban agriculture with Romondo Woods of Urban Youth Agriculture in Detroit, Michigan
21 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Romondo Woods of the Urban Youth Agriculture Farm in Detroit, Michigan, tells us about how he is producing food for the city, while at the same time g...
The art of growing uncommon flowers organically with Matt Dell of Treadlight Farm in New York State
14 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this conversation, host Rebecca Kutzer-Rice speaks with Matt Dell, co-owner of Treadlight Farm, about their journey into organic flower farming, th...
Plan your marketing calendar for the year with Corinna Bench of MyDigitalFarmer and Shared Legacy Farms
07 Jan 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Corinna Bench learned digital marketing by doing the marketing for her family’s farm, Shared Legacy Farms. They grow certified organic vegetables fo...
Rogue Farm Corps: Building on the farm apprenticeship system with Kait Crowley and Geoffrey Van
31 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Rogue Farm Corps grew out of the age-old network of farmer-led apprenticeships, to help make the apprenticeship system compliant with modern labor law...
Decentralizing the food system with a steward-owned sales platform for farmers with Pete Russell of Ooooby
24 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pete Russell used his experience in the food industry to design Ooooby, a sales platform for farmers to sell directly to the public. Their goal is to ...
Leah Penniman of Soul Fire Farm in New York on land access, soil health, seed keeping and more!
17 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In this interview Leah Penniman tells us why and how she started Soul Fire Farm, along with what she would do differently for those starting out or st...
Learning the business of flower farming with Jenny Marks of Trademarks Flower Farm
10 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Despite growing up farming, Jenny Marks didn’t think she could make a living at it. So she worked in agriculture supporting other farmers, where she...
Strategies for dealing with the loss of farms due to climate change with Maud Powell
03 Dec 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Maud Powell, former co-owner of Wolf Gulch Farm in Oregon, shares her farming journey and the impact of climate change on her land. After experiencing...
Maximizing the storage life of vegetables with Sam Knapp of Offbeet Farm in Fairbanks, Alaska
26 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
If you store vegetables for any length of time, you’re going to want to hear this interview with Sam Knapp of Offbeet Farm. Sam has practiced “sto...
Growing seeds for sale or for your own farm with Dan Brisebois of Tourne-Sol Cooperative Farm
19 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dan Brisebois has over 20 years of market farming and seed growing experience as a founding member of Tourne-Sol Cooperative farm in Quebec, Canada. I...
GrownBy: Building a cooperatively-owned farm marketplace app with Lindsey Lusher Shute
12 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
You may know Lindsey Lusher Shute from co-founding the National Young Farmers Coalition, but what we talk about on the pod this week is her work with ...
Making compost out of food waste destined for the landfill with Nathan Rutz of Tilth Soil
05 Nov 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Tilth Soil was born out of a desire to keep some of the millions of pounds of food waste that is discarded every year out of landfills, with their mis...
Producing regionally adapted seeds for the Upper Midwest with Driftless Seed Company
29 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Driftless Seed Company is part of an encouraging trend we are seeing with regional seed companies producing seed in and with adaptations to their spec...
Balancing farming and parenting with Katie Kulla, author of the new book Farm-Raised Kids!
22 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Farming and parenting can each be demanding jobs by all by themselves, so it can be a real challenge to do both at the same time! Katie Kulla talked t...
New host special episode with Rebecca Kutzer-Rice of Moonshot Farm in New Jersey!
15 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
We’re so excited to be welcoming Rebecca Kutzer-Rice to the podcast team as one of our co-hosts, we wanted to make sure and record an episode to pro...
How farmers can get help preserving farmland with Addie Candib of American Farmland Trust
08 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast we talk with with Addie Candib, who oversees American Farmland Trust’s programs and policy advocacy in the Pacific Northwes...
How to help new farms get started with Rowan Steele of the Headwaters Farm Business Incubator Program
01 Oct 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast we talk with Rowan Steele, farmer, farm advocate, and Manager of the Headwaters Farm Business Incubator Program for the East ...
Bazile Panek of Good Sky Guidance on respectful agricultural learning and collaboration with Indigenous communities
24 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast, we talk with Bazile Panek about what farmers can learn from Indigenous knowledge in agriculture. Panek, CEO of Good Sky Guid...
Pest control by birds of prey with Alina Blankenship of Sky Guardian Falconry in Oregon
17 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In case you’re wondering — this sounds cool, but why are we talking about falconry on a farming podcast? That’s part of what we’re going to ta...
Optimizing your online sales and marketing with Nina Galle, co-author of Ready Farmer One: The Farmer’s Guide to Selling and Marketing
10 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Good marketing makes your web presence stand out so customers can find you. Nina Galle, co-author of Ready Farmer One, The Farmer’s Guide to Selling...
Nina Planck on replacing the industrial food chain with local foods values
03 Sep 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Nina Planck tells us about doing farmers markets as a kid growing up on Wheatland Vegetable Farms in Northern Virginia in the 70s and 80s, and how tha...
Advocating for the rights of farmers to sell directly to the public with Alexia Kulwiec, Executive Director of the Farm-To-Consumer Legal Defense Fund
27 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
There are a lot of regulations that cover farm products, and running afoul of them can be costly or even put you out of business. Alexia Kulwiec, Exec...
Learn from decades of natural farming experience with Jeff Poppen of Long Hungry Creek Farm in Tennessee
20 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Poppen, longtime farmer and owner of Long Hungry Creek Farm in Tennessee, discusses his farming journey and the principles of biodynamic farming ...
From farm worker to farm owner with Virginia Herrera of Eloisa Organic Farm in Oregon
13 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s podcast we hear from Virginia Herrera about what it’s like to own the farm she worked on for so many years. After working on Spring...
How growers are using Farmhand, the first virtual assistant built for farmers, with Carolyn Givens of Something Good Organics, Melanie Cunningham of Shakefork Community Farm and Ari Memar of Farmhand
06 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Virtual assistants have been around for a while in fields like business and marketing, but until recently there hasn’t been a VA built specifically ...
Suburban farming on a small footprint with a full-time job with Michael Bell of Dallas Half Acre Farm in Dallas, Texas
30 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Talk about leveraging constraints, Michael Bell runs Dallas Half Acre Farm without running water or electricity, with a full-time job, on about half a...
Designing with dried flowers with Hannah Muller of Full Belly Farm
23 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Dried flower arrangements are one of the best ways of ensuring a year-round supply of domestically-grown blooms, as gaps in the harvest season can be ...
Training farmers for the future with an endowment from the past with Megan Larmer and Nicole Scott of the Glynwood Center for Regional Food and Farming in New York State
16 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Learn what consumers find the most compelling reason to join a CSA, what a CSA guest token is, and how changing weather is making farming more difficu...
How to make pick-your-own more profitable than other markets with Megan Neubauer of Pure Land Farm in McKinney, Texas
09 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Pick-your-own is an underused marketing channel for local vegetable and flower farms, one that could be transformative if PYO were implemented on anyw...
Using data to identify profitable flower crops, biofumigation, and so much more with Bruno Maciel of Florista Lina Farm in Barcelos, Portugal
02 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Bruno Maciel is the third generation managing his family’s flower farm, Florista Lina Farm in Barcelos, Portugal. We hear how his experience working...
Getting the most out of farmers markets with Catt Fields White of Farmers Market Pros
25 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Catt Fields White is the founder and CEO of Farmers Market Pros, the director of San Diego Markets, and the founder of the Little Italy Mercato in 200...
Building a virtual assistant for market farms with Ari Memar of Farmhand
18 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
The good news is that local farms are reaching more customers than ever through their websites, email, text messaging, search engine optimization and ...
Meet your new host, a special episode with April Parms Jones!
11 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
It's a new host special episode! We’re so excited to be welcoming April Parms Jones to the podcast as one of our co-hosts, we wanted to make sure an...