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Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

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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.

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Latest episode

Jul 11, 2026

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Episodes

Growing the Business by Growing Less Variety 08.04.2025

In this episode, farmer Ian Caselli talks about how he was able to expand his business by choosing less varieties to grow.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:   Ca...

Qlipr Tomatoes and Qlipr Cucumbers 07.04.2025

In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck talks about how they efficiently grow their tomatoes and cucumbers using the Qlipr system.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Pod...

Culinary Edge of Better Tasting Produce 06.04.2025

In this episode, farmer Jennifer Brand of Sonaterra Farm shares her products' edge over her competitors' thanks to the special attention she pays to growing them for their taste.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to o...

Data Points and Profit 05.04.2025

In this episode, farming couple Amber Broxon and Justin Miller of BroxonBerry Farm talk about the value of collecting data points to increase farm profits.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Mo...

Quality and Sizing for Different Customers 04.04.2025

In this episode, farmer Will Conway of Stone Acres Farm talks about how different product qualities and packaging appeal to different types of customers.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Mode...

Patience in Bootstrapping 03.04.2025

In this episode, homesteader Tony Barlow talks about the financial prudence of bootstrapping a business and the patience that needs to come with it.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Gr...

The Line Between Too Much and Too Little Customer Service 02.04.2025

In this episode, farmer and farming marketer Corinna Bench of My Digital Farmer talks about the nuances of offering too much or too little customer service.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the M...

Building Up a Microgreens Customer Base 01.04.2025

In this episode, farming couple Hilary and Dan Papuchis of Hildan Produce share how they were able to rally a customer base around their microgreen offering.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the...

Diversity is Your Insurance 31.03.2025

In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck talks about the value of having multiple produce and market streams in making the business more anti-fragile.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on th...

A Week of Baking Bread for the Farmer's Market 30.03.2025

In this episode, farmer and chef Bruce Young of Blue Gate Farm shares a glimpse of what baking for a farmer's market looks like.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network...

Using Local Line as an Aggregator 29.03.2025

In this episode, Local Line CEO and Founder Cole Jones shares what it looks like to aggregate produce on Local Line.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network:   Carrot C...

What the Farmer is Passionate About vs. What the Consumer Cares About 28.03.2025

In this episode, hemp farmer Sam Bellavance shares the disconnect between aspects of the product that the farmer is passionate about and what the paying customers actually care about.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen...

Tacking on Logistics and Labor Tax on Online Orders 27.03.2025

In this episode, farmer Hermann Bruns of Wild Flight Farm talks about building in the logistics and labor costs of preparing produce ordered from their online store.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts...

The Lack of Hyper-Local Food Shops 26.03.2025

In this episode, aggregator Bill Brinkerhoff of Argus Farm Stop talks about some of the reasons why there aren't more locally sourced shops in the country.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Mo...

Aggregating Unique Products for Customers 25.03.2025

In this episode, farmer and entrepreneur Keith Zimmerman of Plum Creek Farm shares the logistics of aggregating unusual products for their customer base.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Mode...

The Conception of The Really Fancy Salad 24.03.2025

In this episode, market gardener Jacki Hinchey of Blue Dog Farm shares how their unique salad mix came to exist...and subsequently named by their customers.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the M...

Grow Everything Now, Sell Everything Now 23.03.2025

In this episode, pick-your-own farmer Megan Neubauer talks about the appeal of growing as much crops you can in one period of the year running a you-pick farm.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on th...

Balancing Color and Leaf Shape for a Microgreen Mix 22.03.2025

In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck shares their loose formula of mixing and matching their microgreen salad mixes.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Networ...

The Appeal of a 200 Acre Farm 21.03.2025

In this episode, farmer and farm rep Becky Hume of VRDNT Farm shares what about owning and operating and massive 200-acre farm she finds appealing.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Gro...

Should I or Should I Not Hire? You Should! 20.03.2025

In this episode, farmer Ian Jerolmack of Stonecipher Farm talks about the necessity of hiring out work when the goal is to grow out the farm business.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern...

A Stand Out Vibe for a Stand Out Farm Stand 19.03.2025

In this episode, farmer Jennifer Brand of Sonaterra Farm shares how she dresses up their farmer's market booth and sets up an upscale vibe.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podc...

Finding the Fulfilling Work 18.03.2025

In this episode, microgreen farmer Vincent Cuneo of Agrarian Feast talks about finding fulfillment in the work he does despite some of its repetitive nature.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the...

Social Media to Email to Referrals 18.03.2025

In this episode, farmer and farming marketer Corinna Bench of My Digital Farmer talks about curating content that funnels social media browsers to sign up for email newsletters and eventually turn them into customers that get them referrals.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Gr...

Steering Customers to the Online Store 17.03.2025

In this episode, beef farmer Melissa Ballard of Bluegrass Beef shares how she entices her farmer's market customers to shop at their online store instead.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to other podcasts on the Mod...

An Engaging Farmer's Market Booth 16.03.2025

In this episode, Amber Broxon and Justin Miller of BroxonBerry Farm take us on a tour of their inviting farmer's market stand that entices shoppers to browse and buy their produce.   Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!    Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern Grower. Follow Modern Grower:   Instagram   Instagram Listen to...

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