Tianna is a founding member of Star Route Farm in NY and owner/coordinator of the 607 CSA. She talks about how Star Route Farm began as a partnership, how/why they incorporated a third owner and how it’s multiform CSA component split off to form a whole other organization which she now coordinates.

The Full Plate Farm Collective began in Ithaca NY nearly 20 years ago. Since, it has grown to 700 members, enough to have a full time coordinator (ie. Molly Flerlage), and brings in product from dozens of other farms and value added producers throughout the region.

Author and podcaster David Bollier! David has written extensively on commoning for the last 20+ years. For those not familiar with that word, commoning is simply the act of managing shared resources like land or information.

What does it look like to give Burmese and Bhutanese elders and families, and by extension immigrant and refugee peoples, meaningful growing opportunities? With Tallahassee May, farm director of Growing Together Nashville.

"Liberation Farms is food justice in action. It is a demonstration of the success that is possible when marginalized communities have the opportunity to organize and lead themselves." A conversation with Lana & Muhidin…

A conversation I envisioned since the beginning of this podcast, I talk with Brent Lackey of the Kentucky Center for Agriculture and Rural Development about cooperative development, step by step.

As a follow up to last week's Aliments Farmhouse Food conversation, Hannah and Natalie from Ferme Agricola share a bit about what it's like being a member of a producers cooperative from the perspective of the farmers.

Aliments Farmhouse Food is a multifarm cooperative of seven farm members co-markting their produce, meat, dairy, and more through a home delivery CSA to some three to four hundred members throughout Ottawa, Canada.

Mikey & Erin of Boxcar Acres provide a multi-farm, full-diet, full-choice CSA in KY. They aggregate/distribute veg from their own farm and several others, along with protein, dairy, honey, & value-added goods, all full-choice at a flat rate.

Talking cooperative composting with Nathan & Michael from Tilth Soil & Rust Belt Riders, who have been collecting and diverting food waste from landfills and, as a result, have been making some of the best composts and soils around.

Cody & Mel of Speedwell Farm & Gardens and Helen of Farmette Flowers, making up two thirds of The Treehouse Farm Collective, talk about their shotgun wedding farming collectively for the sake of land access.

A quick conversation with Col Gordon about Farmerama's LANDED podcast series which explores the colonial roots of the small family farm. It's some of the best three hours of farm podcasting out there and you can listen to it here. Cannot. Recommend. It enough.

Today, we revisit Eric & Jill of Green Things Farm Collective. I couldn’t think of a better way to end the series than with one of the first farm collectives from last year. Maybe we’ll make it a tradition to check in with them every season!

The mission of Agrarian Land Trust is to build local agrarian commons to hold farmland to ensure its sustainable and productive stewardship for generations to come. Ian McSweeney explains how agrarian commons work, why they’re important, and where to begin.

Rob is the director of Viva Farms, an incubator farm that offers access to land and infrastructure AND opportunities for on-farm education and on-site aggregation/distribution for nearly 30 farms in the Skagit Valley in Washington.

Ira & Mary of the Acorn Community & Southern Exposure Seed Exchange not only grow food crops for the community, they also grow seed crops and manage the seed business which contracts with 70+ seed producers.

Sarah Mock, author of Farm and Other F-Words, talks about how our love of small family farms is counter-productive & shares a vision for a path forward: Big Team Farm. Order her book RIGHT F-ING NOW & follow her awesome substack.

Valley Spirit Farm is a two-family partnership farming together "over the fencerow" & The Berry Center is connecting farmers across Henry County with, Our Home Place Meats, of which Valley Spirit is a part. #KentuckyRepresent

Narendra is the co-founder of Our Table Cooperative, a multi-stakeholder cooperative farm about why it’s important to address some of the structural, systemic, & cultural barriers small-scale farmers face outside of production.

Hilary, a member of Digger's Mirth collective farm, talks about it’s evolution over 30 years, how Intervale has fostered collaboration, and the balance of being conservative or making changes and potential conflict. Follow them on Instagram.

Lane of The Culinary Breeding Network talks Sagra in the States, the power of open-pollinated peppers, her raddicio expedition to Italy, NOVIC!, and the Gusto Italiano Project from Uprising Seeds. Follow her on the 'gram.

Chris of Close to Home Organics, part of Glen Valley, talks about a simple and adaptapable coop model, the history of modern coops, & the long-term implications for family and finances... and rhubard pie. Follow them on the social.

Josh Q&As w/ Andrew Mans of Mans Organics in Alberta, Canada. Mans growers in an acre of protected culture and 100 acres of field production. And if you're in Canada, check out Grow Hoops for Canadian-built caterpillar tunnels.

Josh Q&As w/ Beau & Paul of Mountain Roots Farm about a shared history in brewing, farming in partnership, setting up a new farm right, growing under protected culture, EARTHWORK, & leveraging carbon through their tree service.

Aloha! Josh Q&As with Stephen of Buena Vista Gardens in Hawaii about low-tech, high-production, veg farming in a tropical climate. Stephen is a fantastic grower, even despite the challenges of growing on a rural island farm. A LOT of good insight in this one!

Josh Q&As w/ Howard of Faithfull Farms in NC about faith, family, and farming, growing under tunnels, having an abundence mentality, the KIS mindset with SOPs, and making decisions with a long view of small-scale agriculture.

Josh Q&As w/ Terrance, an organic inspector and host of The Intellectual Agrarian podcast, on organic certification from the other side of the clipboard and his great agricultural philosophy podcast. Follow & subscribe to it here!

Josh Q&As w/ Evan of Small Axe Farm about building a homestead & market gardening, off-grid, on-slope, at high elivation in Vermont. Follow Small Axe Farm on Instagram & check out their rad Farmers Friend Good Life Farm Tour!

Josh Q&As w/ Erich of Steadfast Farm about farming for quality of life, a systems-based mindset, his honor-system farmstand, hiring and labor processes, growing in the Southwest, agrihoods, and of course soil managment.

Josh Q&As w/ Jayne of Earth Care Farm, a professional high-quality compost operation AND farm, about the business of composting, fostering microbiology in the process, compost philosophy, and listener composting Qs.

Josh Q&As with Jesse of Rough Draft Farmstead about living pathways, poor drainage, experimentation, biodynamics, doing what you love, early season CSA stress, being honest with yourself, and NO-DOGMA.

Josh Q&As w/ Taylor & Daniel of Briceland Forest Farm about growing cannabis alongside veg, intercropping & cover cropping w/ cannabis, hugelkultur, being thoughtful about resources, farming OFF-GRID WITH KIDS, & cannabis policy/engagement.

Josh Q&As w/ Jenny Quiner of Dogpatch Urban Gardens about urban farming, running a farmstand, BNB, and multi-faceted business, value-added goods (custom salad dressing!), nerdin' out about Summer lettuce, & listener Qs.

Josh Q&As with Brain of Bear Creek Orgainc Farm about their farm trajectory, the makings of compelling social media, crop production schedules, & pivoting from farmers market to farmstand sales. A truly insightful 90 minutes.

Josh Q&As w/ Jennie of Love N Fresh Flowers & No-Till Flowers Podcast about beginner flowers for veg growers, podcasting, tips on starting fresh, KNF, alternatives to netting, pollinators, LIVING PATHWAYS… that’s just the first half!

Josh Q&As with the prolific Andrew Mefferd, author of The Greenhouse & Hoophouse Growers Handbook, The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution, & Growing for Market Magazine.

Josh Q&As with Dan of Local Harvest about managing deep compost mulch on 20+ acres!, staying on top of weeds, controlling soil moisture, hedgerows, what lean farming means at scale, the importance of family farming, and more.

Josh Q&As with Jodi of Roebuck Farm in New Zealand about designing efficiencies for a better quality of life, how he has reinvested the found time into furthering his farm education, and—of course—answers some listener questions.

We’re releasing Growers Live in podcast form wherever you get your Podcast fix every Thursday morning, new interviews coming out the week they’re recorded interspersed (interplanted?) with older interviews you and I may have missed.

Josh Q&As with Micheal & Shannon from Hillview Farms for a real and real fun conversation. Check out their farmsite, follow them on Instagram, and listen to them on the No-Till Market Garden Podcast.

Josh and Jesse talk about the forthcoming book—The Living Soil Handbook—on preorder from No-Till Growers RIGHT NOW (ships mid-July) and take questions about when to till, hay mulch, and soil amendments/nutrition.

Considering getting into protected growing? Need an easy, affordable way to increase your covered growing area? Josh talks with Jonathan Dysinger—Founder of Farmers Friend—and they get real nerdy about caterpillar tunnels.

Jennie & Jesse, author of The Living Soil Handbook & host of The No-Till Market Garden Podcast, break down the four types of compost, making compost without heavy equipment, worm bins, and lessons learned managing clay soils.

Jennie of Love N Fresh Flowers & Ellen of Plant to Profit talk about what to do with not-so-awesome compost, modifying approaches to soil health, & important advice for farm resilience... and it ain't just to increase your organic matter!

Surprise! Jennie Love of Love N Fresh Flowers talks with Dave Dowling of Ball Colorlink about everything TULIPS! Because, you know, that's probably what you're doing right now. They cover a lot of ground, like almost all of it.

Jennie Love of Love N Fresh Flowers has graced us with her conversations—and infectious laugh—with some of the best flower growers around. We couldn’t be more grateful. Also, check out her seven simple steps to bed prep.

Jennie talks with legendary flower grower Joe Schmitt about epic bucket runs, lean growing, ornamental grains/grasses, reducing wear on the body, his family flower legacy, and some sage advice from a retired grower.

Jennie talks with Erin McMullen of Raindrop Farm about restoring soil, wholesaling flowers, employee management. farming with kids, being a brave female farmer, and treating your work as the legitimate business it really is.

Jennie talks with Brenda and Andrew of Good Hope Blooms in New South Wales about biodynamic flower farming through a multi-year drought, going from no-till to low-till techniques, seed starting, and get real philosophical.

A bonus to this week's Dahlia episode, a conversation between Jennie and LeeAnn Huber of Coseytown Flowers all about one of the most challenging aspects of growing dahlias… pest management!

Jennie talks with LeeAnn Huber of Coseytown Flowers about DAHLIAS: growing, fertility, traits, varieties, what makes a 10, breeding, storage, over-wintering, and achieving a better work-family balance by focusing on just dahlias.

Jennie talks with Molly and Asher of On the Mountain Farm about starting a flower farm, and starting a flower farm again, and rebuilding greenhouses, again, and they go in the deep end on biodynamic flower production. #glow

Jennie talks with the charming Bronwyn and Chris of Island Flower Farm about permaculture in a temperate climate, transitioning from veg to flowers, a simple approach to amendments, and an easy way to move compost (see notes).

Jennie talks with Ellen Polishuk of Plant to Profit about no-till and some of the challenges beginning farmers encounter “going no-till” without proper soil testing and land preparation. Check out her book, START YOUR FARM.

Jennie talks with Mimo Davis of Urban Buds about urban flower farming, the process of reclaiming city lots, how to kill bindweed!, and how the pandemic lead them to adopt a now beloved delivery model: Porch Petals.

Jennie talks with Tony Gaetz of Bare Mtn Farm in Oregon about no-till flowers and gets down and dirty about the specifics of applying Korean Natural Farming to growing flowers on a small-farm scale. #letsdothis

Jennie talks with Laura Beth Resnik about tunnel production, weed challenges in a no-till context, practical employee management tips, and cultivating the special relationship between farmer and florist.

Jesse talks with Jennie Love about her 3-acre flower farm, no-till out of necessity, lisianthus from seed to harvest, and her NEW UPCOMING PODCAST! #cantwait