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!
Read MoreA 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.
Read MoreMikey Densham, previously of Mossy Willow, joins the show to talk about what he has been up to over the last six months, his reflections on farming while traveling the world, & an exciting new collaboration with No-Till Growers!
Read MoreToday, 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!
Read MoreJennie & 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreJosh 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.
Read MoreRob 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.
Read MoreIra & 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.
Read MoreJennie 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!
Read MoreJosh 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!
Read MoreSarah 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.
Read MoreValley 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
Read MoreJosh 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!
Read MoreNarendra 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.
Read MoreHilary, 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.
Read MoreJosh 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.
Read MoreLane 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.
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