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Farm Small Farm Smart Daily
Daily farm and garden talk. All about growing vegetables profitably and efficiently on small farms and in gardens. Each episode focuses on one specific topic - growing practices, how-to, farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil preparation, weed management, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance. Hosted and produced by Diego Footer's Modern Grower Podcast Network.
Episodes
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TUF014 - 5 Common Reasons Why Many Small Farmers Fail and How You Can Avoid These Pitfalls - The Urban Farmer - Week 14
To be successful as an urban farmer you need to be able to quickly adapt and solve problems on the fly. In this episode we talk about how Curtis has had to…
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Seth D Peterson: Permaculture Kitchens I've Known (A5)
Permaculture Kitchens I’ve Known is about the application of permaculture design principles and strategies to ecologically minded kitchen design, local…
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TUF013 - Harvesting Products, Delivery to Restaurants, and Crop Planning – The Urban Farmer – Week 13
It's June 9th and the farm is in full production. As you heard last week a big part of that production comes from greens. Greens that are being cut and cut and…
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Philippe Choiniere: Sustainable Business Through Branding and Marketing (A5)
The future of business lies in sustainability. And to be sustainable businesses must be profitable. In this talk Philippe will explore the idea of why branding…
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TUF012 - Greens. A Powerful Economic Driver of the Urban Farm that Keeps on Giving and Giving - The Urban Farmer - Week 12
It's June 2nd and the farm is in full production. As you heard last week a big part of that production comes from greens. Greens that are being cut and cut and…
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Matt Powers: Permaculture Youth Education (A5)
Did you ever imagine what it would be like if you’d started your PDC in middle school? How would you have lived your life differently? What if everyone had…
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TUF011 - High Production Tomato Growing - How to Grow a lot of Tomatoes in a Small Space - The Urban Farmer - Week 11
In this episode Curtis talks about: - How his no till beds are working out and performing. - His strategy for what types of tomatoes to grow. - How he grows…
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The Business of Gasification. The Challenges and Successes of Transitioning a Hobby into a Viable Business with Troy Martz. (PVP110)
Today I am talking to Troy Martz of Off Grid Pro about his reality. How he is going from a hobby, something that he loves and is passionate about, and what…
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TUF010 - How much money can you make as an urban farmer? And other questions answered. The Urban Farmer – Week 10
In this episode Curtis answers questions on.. -How much land you should start with your first year? -How much you could expect to make your first year of…
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109 - Building Dams, Ponds, and Rehydrating the Landscape - The Water Retention Landscape with Zach Weiss.
Start with water, your most valuable form of capital, and retain as much of it as possible on the property in order to rehydrate the landscape. We can use…
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TUF009 - Urban Farm Land - Gaining Access to Land and How To Convert the Land from Lawn to Mini Farm - The Urban Farmer - Week 9
In this episode we talk about acquiring new farm land. What it takes to get new land, how land deals are structured, and what information you want to know from…
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Laura Allen: Greywater - The Forgotten Resource (A5)
Greywater is the most plentiful and abundant source of irrigation water we have. For those of us in dry climates, its the most sustainable option- thought…
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108 - Build A Sustainable & Profitable Education Business - Rancho Mastatal, A Model For Success with Scott Gallant.
Scott Gallant, one of the instructors at Rancho Mastatal joins me to talk about what it takes to run a successful and profitable education center. Talking…
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TUF008 - Hacking the Seed, A Not So Obvious Look at Direct Seeding Crops – The Urban Farmer – Week 8
It is week 8 of the urban farm season - May 5, 2015. In this episode we take a deep dive into direct seeding. When is it appropriate, how Curtis does it, and…
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Joseph Simcox: Promoting Sex with Plants - Cannibals, Kings, Charlatans, and Us (A5)
Thinking about food, ruling with it and destroying it. The next 25-50 “us” years will be critically important to the future of food. You can be on the wave of…
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TUF007 - There's a Party In The Greenhouse?!?!? – The Urban Farmer – Week 7
It is week 7 of the urban farm season - April 28, 2015. The setting for this show is Kelowona, BC, Canada. This episode focuses on the role of the urban farmer…
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John Rife: Nurturing Community. How to support, listen to and synergize a community of practice. (A5)
Do you feel like you are the only one who cares? The only one who sees the important work that needs to be done? If you find yourself venturing into…
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TUF006 - Transplanting and Interplanting. Getting the Most Out of Limited Space – The Urban Farmer - Week 6
Welcome to The Urban Farmer show. It is week 6 of the urban farm season and it is April 22, 2015. The weather is beautiful in Kelowona, BC and urban farmer…
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b020 - Building Quick, Convincing Business Plans with Bill Bean. The Webinar Recording.
In the last regular show episode 107 with Bill Bean I referenced an upcoming webinar. This episode is a replay of that webinar - Building Quick, Convincing…
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Jordan Marr: Adding Value to Your Farm's Produce with Home Delivery (A5)
Many veggie and fruit growers are quick to write off home delivery as inefficient without considering the value it can add to their farm produce. For…
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TUF005 - Protecting and Manipulating Crop Growth Using Poly Low Tunnels – The Urban Farmer – Week 5
It is week 5 of the urban farm season - April 14, 2015. The setting for this show is Kelowona, BC, Canada. Urban Farmer Curtis Stone is going gangbusters in…
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Jen Mendez: Integrating Permaculture Methodology with Passions to Re-Design Children's Education (A5)
Permaculture is a framework that can be integrated into any interest and passion. It helps us use and value patterns from a sophisticated long-term…
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107 - Taking your concept to reality. Is the concept really worth the time, energy and money involved?
In business there is no such thing as new business, there is only other people's business. That's the subject of today's show. Strategically planning your…
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TUF004 - Pricing Products & Bringing On a New Employee – The Urban Farmer – Week 4
It is now April 8 and we are another week into the Urban Farm season with Curtis. What's happened on the farm so far. At this point in the season Curtis has…
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Grant Curry: The United States' Greatest Permaculture Challenge? (A5)
The United States Greatest Permaculture Challenge? There are enormous challenges and contrasting opportunities inherent on Indian Reservations today. One one…
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106 - Running a Succssful 1 Million Dollar Permaculture Contracting Business. Socially Just - Economically Viable. Presented by Erik Ohlsen.
This episode is a presentation given by Erik Ohlsen at PV2 in March 2015. Learn real world tools for design and implementation of Permaculture based…
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TUF003 - Going No-Till - The Urban Farmer - Week 3
Week 3: It's Tuesday, March 31st, and the first farmers market is coming up in four days. What's Curtis up to? In this episode we are talking about how Curtis…
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Gloria Flora: Simple and Affordable Biochar Production (A5)
Nature’s been using biochar to replenish soil carbon for millennia. Taking our cue from her, we’ll unravel what biochar is and how it works to build long-term…
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105 - Goats as Restorative Catalysts. Managing Goats for Environmental Regeneration.
My guest today is Cherrie Nolden a Masters and Ph.D candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She says "If animals are not managed to maintain…
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TUF002 - The Setup Phase - The Urban Farmer - Week 2
Week 2: It's mid-March and the farm is now in what Curtis calls the setup phase. He has started selling some overwintered crops and he is adding to his…
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Catherine Bukowski: Scaled-Up Permaculture – Food Forests for Communities (A5)
Community food forests are rapidly emerging as part of a new trend in the local food movement to promote food literacy and build community. This talk will…
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Frank Golbeck: Bottling Sunshine – Making a Livelihood Out of Sharing the Magic of Quality Mead and Crafting a Comeback for the Bees. (A5)
What if you had all the time, money and energy in the world? What would you do? Frank’s wife asked him that question 5 years ago, and he realized he needed to…
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TUF001 - It's Winter, Know the Farm Numbers - The Urban Farmer - Week 1
Week 1: It's mid-February and the farm season is just beginning. Most of the work on the farm is preparing for the warmer months ahead. A lot of time is spent…
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104 - 7 Steps to Start Your Profitable Permaculture Business presented at PV2 by Luke Callahan
This episode is a recording of Luke Callahan's presenation at PV2. Want to start your business, but don’t know where to begin? Does starting your business feel…
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103 - The Great Work of Our Time presented by John D. Liu
We are experiencing the end of an era as a new era in human civilization is beginning. It is a time of great risk but also a time of great potential. We now…
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102 - Critiquing Permaculture - A Deeper Look Into Permaculture - Part 2
In this episode, the second part of a multi-part series, we at some of the critiques of permaculture. And the focus is on an article written by permie Peter…
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101 - What Permculture Isn't, And Is - A Deeper Look Into Permaculture - Part 1
In this episode, the first part of a multi-part series, we look at what permaculture is. Is it a design science or is it a movement? This series takes a…
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100 - Liberation Permaculture - An Interview with Toby Hemenway
Toby Hemenway joins me to talk about his upcoming talk at PV2 titled Liberation Permaculture. Permaculture offers more than a path to a sustainable and just…
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PV2 - 3D Modeling and Design Using Sketchup with John Ackley
John talks about the workshop that he will be giving on Sketchup at PV2. This workshop will give the student a crash course in using Trimble SketchUp, followed…
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b019 - The Farmscale Permaculture Series - Tree Crops: Tree Propagation by Grant Schultz
Grant Schultz presents on trees from VersaLand in Iowa City, Iowa. This presentation focuses on the propagation of trees to be used in tree crop style systems…
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PV2 - There's Not Just Honey In That Hive with Michael Jordan
This interview with Michael centers around his upcoming workshop at PV2, There's Not Just Honey In That Hive. Michael describes the talk as, "I want to tell…
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b018 - Stalled, Stagnated, and Stuck. How to Start Living The Permaculture Life That You Dream Of
This episode is a short PV2 episode with PV2 speaker and multiple time guest on this show Javan Bernakevitch. This is an episode about person journeys. How…
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b017 - Restoring Tall Grass Prairie and Tree Crops with Ben Tyler
Texas farmer and design consultant Ben Tyler comes on the show to talk about restoring native tall grass prairie. He is using the natural destructiveness of…
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PV2 - Restoration Agriculture Design in Mediterranean Climates with Mark Shepard and Kevin Muno
Mark Shepard and Kevin Muno come on to talk about an upcoming Restoration Agriculture workshop in San Diego. In this episode they touch on how Mark uses…
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b016 - 3 Keys to Starting A Successful Permaculture Based Business - Presented by Rob Avis
What do you do if you have a passion and there is no one out there offering you a job to fulfill that passion? One option is to just work any job, foregtting…
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PV2 - Gasification: An Alternative Energy Strategy for Permaculturists with Troy Martz
Troy Martz of Off Grid Pro talks about what is gasification and what is the difference between wood gasification and charcoal gasification? And he touches on…
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PV2 - Big Steps Through Adversity with Farmer Adam Klaus
On this show Adam and I talk about an early trip that he made to the Acres USA Conference and how he benefitted from that experience, stating "I was just at a…
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PV2 - The Value of Creating Connections with Luke Callahan
Talking to PV2 speaker Luke Callahan of Seedwise. We touch on the value of learning with others who have more experience than you and creating connections and…
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b015 - From Lawn to Productive and Profitable Mini-Farm - Presented by Curtis Stone
In this presentation Curtis will walk you through the process in which a 2100 square foot lawn can be converted to a productive mini farm. He’ll discuss the…
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PV2 - Doing Things Different And Thoughts on PV2, with Stefan Sobkowiak
Talking to Stefan Sobkowiak of The Permaculture Orchard. We touch on why he decided to speak at PV2, what he would do differently if he had to start over, and…
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b014 - Renaturing the Landscape: Influenced by Sepp Holzer and Presented by Zach Weiss. Part 2
Zach Weiss of Holzer AgroEcology discusses his experiences working on projects designed by Sepp Holzer. He also gets into Sepp's ideas and design philosophy…
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b013 - Renaturing the Landscape: Influenced by Sepp Holzer and Presented by Zach Weiss. Part 1
Zach Weiss of Holzer AgroEcology discusses his experiences working on projects designed by Sepp Holzer. He also gets into Sepp's ideas and design philosophy…
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099 - Permaculture Plants: A Business and A Hobby with Taylor Walker
Taylor Walker from Green Dreams Florida joins me. In this episode we talk being a designer, propagating and selling plants, and we get into specific plant…
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098 - Farmscale and Broadacre Permaculture Design Experiences with Neil Bertrando
Neil Bertrando joins me to talk about the broadacre and farmscale permaculture design workshop we both attended at Grant Schultz's Versaland, Darren Doherty of…
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097 - Growing Apples in Warm Climates
Kevin Hauser of Kuffel Creek Nursery in Riverside, CA joins me to talk about growing apples in warm, dry climates. Despite popular myths many varieties…
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096 - Building Soil Health by Dr. Elaine Ingham
This episode is a replay of Dr. Elaine Ingham’s keynote talk, Building Soil Health, from PV1. To introduce the talk, Dr. Elaine Ingham says… A revolution in…
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095 - Living YOUR Life. Coming Alive and Changing the World by Learning and Living with Curiosity and Intention. A Conversation with Matthew Abrams.
If you are doing the life that everyone expects of you, what are you doing to explore that. Everyone has the capacity to really make the choice to really live…
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094 - Forest Farming with Steve Gabriel. Growing Crops Within the Canopy of an Existing Forest.
Steve Gabriel author of Farming the Woods joins me to talk about forest farming. Growing agriculture crops within the forest, beneath the already existing tree…
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093 - Simple Ideas and Strategies for Breaking Ground into a New Career in Permaculture with John Pugliano.
This episode with John Pugliano is meant to get you to start thinking in a different way and to plant some seeds in your head. I think that everyone can…
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092 - Printing Permaculture: The Vision and Story of Creating a Massive Permaculture Media Business. A 22 Year Active Case Study with Maddy Harland.
Maddy and her partner Tim started the magazine back in 1992 out of their home office. At that time the readership was tiny. But they had a vision for something…