What a joy, this conversation with Cheyenne of Sundance Harvest. We talk about greenhouse growing, expanding, collaborating on Winter CSA, being real about your farm (it ain't all salad greens), self-care, & looking forward to 2022.
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Dan Brisebois of Tourne Sol, joins the show to talk about one of the most underutilized tools on small farms, how to apply it to a seed growing enterprise, setting limits to improve quality of life, and an exciting new podcast coming soon.
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Harper Kaufman of Two Roots Farm in Basalt Colorado joins the show to talk about employee management, farming in an extreme altitude, having a farm store take the CSA overflow (for a very respectable revenue) and more!
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Mason Kuehn joins the show to discuss his small urban farm in Winter Park, Florida. Because his farm is in multiple locations on various lawns, we discuss a lot of the logistics involved from harvest to spreading compost and beyond.
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Seventeen year old Dawson Mehalko of Jubilant Fields Farm joins the show to talk about his small farm in Texas. About managing the heat with greens, soil management, irrigation, compost, and more!
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Clara Coleman interviews farmer & father Eliot Coleman of Four Season Farm for the season two finale of the podcast... on his 83rd birthday! They talk about his 50+ seasons of farming, the little gems of insight he received along the way, family farming, and so much more.
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Cheyenne of Sundance Harvest & Alex of Old City Acres, former podcast guests, comment on the recent social media response from JM, structural racism in agriculture, and how race has impacted their farming experience.
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Nazirahk of Purple Mountain Organics is BACK to talk about how the crack epidemic impacted farming and food sovereignty in Black communities in the South and shares some technical aspects about small scale dry bean production.
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Alex of Old City Acres joins Clara to talk about creating a farm from a forest, moving farms every season, his experience being a young black farmer, offering a flexible year-round CSA, and winter growing in southern Michigan.
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Jeremy of Commplace Farm in Oregon joins the show to talk transitioning farms, scaling up from market garden to a 10+ acres of salad greens, mechanization, systems, wholesale head lettuce vs salad production, and more.
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Pavel's Garden joins host Clara to talk about the sustainable ag roots of his Russian childhood, his progression into year-round growing in a mild winter climate, pest/disease issues with small-scale intensive growing, and a rad intercropping system.
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This week Gerry of Kupa'a Farms joins the show from Maui to talk about tropical farming in an arid climate, growing mulch, 14+ years of CSA, boosting organic matter, GINGER, and a whole lot else. Really fascinating conversation.
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Jess of Chickadee Creek Farm joins Clara to talk about farming family land, finding local mentors, tractors & ecology, selling 100% direct-to-consumer, spreadsheets, & how having twins changed her relationship to her farm for the better.
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What if I told you, you could make $10,000 in three days? Richard, author of The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook, joins Jesse to make the case for paying as much attention to the business of farming as we do the growing.
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Katherine of Moose Meadow Farm joins host Clara to talk about her experience on university farms, winter growing in Idaho, income vs hours worked over the winter, how wholesale microgreens cashflow their farm, and farming with a newborn.
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Mimi Casteel of Hopewell Wine talks about the place of no-till and cover-crops in viticulture, how her practices have evolved, remineralization, foliar applications, healthy plants make great wine, the broader societal implications of regenerative viticulture.
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Mimo & Miranda of Urban Buds join Clara to talk about how they came to be urban flower farmers, preparing ground with compost/tarps, flower successions from greenhouse to high-tunnel to field, & their favorite cold grown varieties.
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