The Collaborative Farming Podcast

Ira Wallace and Mary of the Acorn Community and Southern Exposure Seed Exchange in Mineral, Virginia, folks. In disclosure, they are sponsors of the show, but that's not why they're here. They're also an intentional community growing not just food, but also seed crops for Southern Exposure and—on top of that—manage the seed business which contracts with over 70+ seed producers. We get into how the...

Sarah Mock, author of Farm and Other F-Words , talks about some of the systemic failures in our present agricultural system, how our affinity for small family farms is actually counter-productive, and a vision for a path forward to producing Good food, Good jobs, and Good ecology: the Big Team Farm (f-yeah) . Order her book RIGHT F-ING NOW and follow her awesome substack . This podcast is brought...

Double-header with Valley Spirit Farm and The Berry Center in Henry County, Kentucky #represent. Valley Spirit Farm is a two-family partnership farming together "over the fencerow" sharing resources and marketing across seperatly owned, but complimentary enterprises. The Berry Center, alongside a farming program and archive of Wendell Berry's work, is connecting farmers across Henry County with a...

Narendra Varma is the co-founder and executive director of Our Table Cooperative, a multi-stakeholder cooperative farm in Portland, Oregon. If you don't know what a multi-stakeholder coop is, neither did we. But, you're about to find out, as well as why it's an important model which addresses some of the structural, systemic, and cultural barriers small-scale farmers face outside of production. Ch...

Hilary Martin is a member of Digger's Mirth , a five member collective farm at the Intervale Center in Burlington VT, and talks about how the collective has evolved over its thirty year history from an informal to a somewhat more formal structure, how the Intervale has fostered collaboration between farms and markets, and the balancing act of staying conservative and comfortable or making changes...

Lane Selman of the Culinary Breeding Network joins the podcast to talk about bringing the celebration of Sagra to the States, Wild Garden & Smarties Seeds, the power of open-pollinated peppers, her raddicio expedition ( check out this rad zine ), NOVIC! , and the Gusto Italiano Project from Uprising Seeds. If this woman has a super-power, it's bringing the right people to the table in the spirit o...

In our first episode of The Collaborative Farming Podcast, we talk with Chris Bodnar of Close to Home Organics , a part of the Glen Valley Organic Farm , in Abbotsford, BC in Canada. We get into their simple and adaptapable cooperative model, the history of modern cooperatives, and the long-term implications for family and finances... and rhubard pie. Follow them on the social . This podcast is br...