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Elliot Seldner of Fair Share Farm talks concerns and considerations with scaling once you have a business that works - from hiring employees to growing the farm. Connect with Elliot:  https://www.instagram.com/fair_share_farm/   Listen to past episodes: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment  at https://www.paperpot.co...

Chris Thoreau discusses the importance of buying the right equipment, knowing when to get advice, and understanding the context of what you do and why you do it.  Blind copying is dangerous. Growing Your Microgreens Business Course with Chris Thoreau:  http://www.permaculturevoices.com/microgreens Listen to past episodes: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot T...

Justin Gay talks about farms market sales strategies, selling live cut microgreens and pre-packaged, and growing a small farm that gives him the most options for his life context.  Connect with Justin:  https://www.instagram.com/theseedsofxanxadu/   Listen to past episodes: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment  at ht...

Ben Hartman discusses the base principles that make up the lean system and gives you practical tips on how you can apply them to your farm to save time, money and effort. Ben's Online Course:  https://www.theleanfarmschool.com Follow Ben: https://www.instagram.com/claybottomfarm Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and...

Rome Julian of Lake Tilly Acres talks about starting his farm on the side, growth challenges, and how he has time to run the business, work another job, and have a family. Follow Rome: https://www.instagram.com/laketillyacres/ Growing Your Microgreens Business Course with Chris Thoreau:  http://www.permaculturevoices.com/microgreens Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Incre...

Max Becher and Chris Thoreau chat about the differences between growing microgreens and field crops, when to add more microgreen crops, and when do you have too many crops. Connect with Max: http://www.ojaifarmstand.com Growing Your Microgreens Business Course with Chris Thoreau:  http://www.permaculturevoices.com/microgreens Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase far...

Travis Schulert joins me to talk about how he has made farming on the side successfully mesh with the rest of his life and his full-time job.  Travis also discusses his farmer's market pricing and sales strategies. Connect with Travis:  https://www.permadynamics.org/ Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small...

Luke Carneal of The Sonoma Farm joins me to shares his experience selling to wholesalers as a small farm.  He'll give you a lot of tips on approach and working with wholesale customers. Connect with Luke:  https://www.instagram.com/thesonomafarm/ Growing Your Microgreens Business Course with Chris Thoreau:  http://www.permaculturevoices.com/microgreens Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paper...

Jay Reid talks about how they have marketed their new farm and CSA program and what steps they have taken to stand out from the competition.  Jay also discusses how he and his partner Kat have made farming and their relationship co-exist in a positive way. Connect with Jay:  https://www.instagram.com/resilient_farms/ Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficie...

Max Becher shares some strategies that he used to find new customers very quickly including Facebook ads and email campaigns. Connect with Max: http://www.ojaifarmstand.com Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment  at https://www.paperpot.co/ Follow PaperpotCo on Instagram:  http://bit.ly/2B45...

Javan Bernakevitch and I talk about why it is critically important to prioritize the things in life that matter to you.   Connect with Javan: All Points Land Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/ All Points Life Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/life-design/intro/   My Podcasts: Farm Small, Farm Smart: http://bit.ly/2vMUDvX Grass Fed Life: http://bit.ly/2uOsLTH Voices of Change: http://bit.ly/2vrn81r...

Javan Bernakevitch and I talk why controlling what you can is increasing important in a world that wants to control things for you.   Connect with Javan: All Points Land Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/ All Points Life Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/life-design/intro/   My Podcasts: Farm Small, Farm Smart: http://bit.ly/2vMUDvX Grass Fed Life: http://bit.ly/2uOsLTH Voices of Change: http://bi...

Javan Bernakevitch and I talk why it is important for you to set the metrics which define your success.   Connect with Javan: All Points Land Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/ All Points Life Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/life-design/intro/   My Podcasts: Farm Small, Farm Smart: http://bit.ly/2vMUDvX Grass Fed Life: http://bit.ly/2uOsLTH Voices of Change: http://bit.ly/2vrn81r Do The Work: ht...

Javan Bernakevitch and I talk about the "balancing" life, time, and ambitions and how maybe the answer is just to do less.   Connect with Javan: All Points Land Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/ All Points Life Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/life-design/intro/   My Podcasts: Farm Small, Farm Smart: http://bit.ly/2vMUDvX Grass Fed Life: http://bit.ly/2uOsLTH Voices of Change: http://bit.ly/2vrn...

Javan Bernakevitch and I talk about the "balancing" life, time, and ambitions and how maybe the answer is just to do less.   Connect with Javan: All Points Land Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/ All Points Life Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/life-design/intro/   My Podcasts: Farm Small, Farm Smart: http://bit.ly/2vMUDvX Grass Fed Life: http://bit.ly/2uOsLTH Voices of Change: http://bit.ly/2vrn...

Microgreen grower and local seed advocate Chris Thoreau and I talk about local seed - the challenges of it, what that means, and how practical it is.   Subscribe to the NEW FEED: https://apple.co/2frSqwR Learn how Chris grows microgreens in his online course:  http://www.permaculturevoices.com/microgreens Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficiency with the...

Support Peter's Kickstarter It's fungal intelligence that I will be exploring today with the brilliant Peter McCoy. Peter is self-taught mycologist with 15 years of accumulated study and experience, Peter is an original founder of Radical Mycology, a grassroots organization and movement that teaches the skills needed to work with mushrooms and other fungi for personal, societal, and ecological res...

  An interview with Peter McCoy of Radical Mycology. Support Peter's Kickstarter Radical Mycology is a movement and social philosophy based on accessibly teaching the importance of mushrooms and other fungi for personal, societal, and ecological health. Radical Mycology differs from classical mycology in that classical mycology generally focuses on taxonomy, identification, mycophagy (eating mushr...

We all have this great chance to go great places.  Yet we all don't take it.  Today's episode is a look at the opportunity and why some people squander it, and why some people don't. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/theurbanfarmer Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support

Today I will be talking to an entrepreneur, Stacey Marcellus who had an idea for a better food product and partnered with a friend to make that idea a reality.  With the right blend of hard work and luck Stacey helped take Cappello's Gluten Free from a local farmers market to stores nationwide. In this episode she will share some of the struggles and challenges that she faced doing it.  It's a har...

Brent joins me to talk about the challenges of growing in hot and wet Southeast Texas.  It's forced him to adapt and modify things he has seen on other farms for his own context.  Today you'll hear what he's doing and how he's doing it. View the show notes for this episode and all previous Farm Small, Farm Smart episodes . Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter .

Marianne West is a cancer survivor who in the unique position of both going through traditional chemotherapy and the alternative cancer treatment The Gerson Therapy. Today Marianne and I discuss what her experience was like going through the Gerson Therapy and what her thoughts on it are. Despite my early introduction into this space via this subject matter I tried to approach this episode as neut...

Chris Thoreau has grow microgreens for over 10 years, but he recently reached the point where he Chris realized it was time to do something else and move on.  Find out what changed and why Chris is changing with it.   Chris's Online Course . View the show notes for this episode and all previous Farm Small, Farm Smart episodes . Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter .

Permaculturalist, educator, and my guest today Adam Brock  dives head-first into this question with his new book  Change Here Now.  Drawing from ecology, sociology, community economics, social justice, and indigenous practices the world over,  Change Here Now  presents 82 proven solutions for building resilient and empowered communities. The book offers answers for permaculturalists, organizers, a...

Michael Kilpatrick joins me to talk about some of the issues that he sees on farms that struggle with post harvest processing and how most farms can improve that part of the process.  He will also touch on the role that new food safety regulations will play on vegetable farms and how famers can start preparing for that. View the show notes for this episode and all previous Farm Small, Farm Smart e...