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Creative Destruction - Honest Conversations About Farming, Business, and Life

The Modern Grower Podcast Network

An honest look at what it takes to manage farms, businesses, and life all at the same time without having any of them fall apart in the process. Host Diego Footer takes a hard look at real r...

Episodes

20 of 2,453 episodes

From Small Farm to 50 Acres

In this episode, farmer Shane Aslan of Aslan Organics shares how they grew their business from a small acreage farm to moving to a 50-acre p...

05:43Sep 20, 2026

Getting Acquainted with Grants

In this episode, For Farmers Movement founder Dana DiPrima shares what to do to start getting more familiar with writing for grants. Subscri...

09:00Sep 19, 2026

Valuing Time Over Money

In this episode, rookie farmers Richard and Alec talk about saying no to the business so they could say yes to life and living. Subscribe fo...

08:45Sep 18, 2026

Community Support Helps Local Businesses

In this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck and content creator and business owner Diego Footer talk about how building relationships...

08:27Sep 17, 2026

The Joys of Parenting While Farming

In this episode, farmer Mike Hedge of Hedge Family Farm opens up about the joys (and challenges) of parenting while running a farm. Subscrib...

08:01Sep 16, 2026

Farmers and Building Relationships

In this episode, Johnny's seed rep-turned-garden manager Wesley Palmer talks about all the good things that happen when farmers build relati...

06:01Sep 15, 2026

Weed Prevention Techniques

In this episode, business owner and content creator Diego shares some simple, doable weed prevention techniques to save you time on the farm...

04:48Sep 14, 2026

What it Means to Balance Soils

In this episode, Soilsmith Ag founder Bruce Davison breaks down what happens when we begin to balance our soils. Subscribe for more content...

06:02Sep 13, 2026

Thousand-Year-Old Fungi

In this episode, mycology expert Dennis Desjardin sheds light on how fungi came to live for over a thousand years. Subscribe for more conten...

06:39Sep 12, 2026

Hyper Local Farming in a Crisis

In this episode, rookie farmers Alec and Richard share their thoughts and experiences farming while facing inflation and a petroleum crisis....

07:26Sep 11, 2026

3 Signs That Say You MUST Hire

In this episode, business owner and content creator Diego breaks down 3 signs that your business is telling you to hire ASAP. Subscribe for...

05:30Sep 10, 2026

The Secret to High-Quality Milk

In this episode, farmer Jennifer Glover of Mountain Fresh Creamery shares their farm's secret to high-quality milk. Subscribe for more conte...

04:55Sep 9, 2026

Crop Planning for Multiple Market Streams

In this episode, farmer James Clarke of Clarke's Greens shares how he plans out his crops for the year for his different customers. Subscrib...

08:21Sep 7, 2026

What to Use the Jang Seeder For

In this episode, business owner and content creator Diego talks about some Jang Seeder crop use cases. Subscribe for more content on sustain...

05:18Sep 6, 2026

Balancing Multiple Enterprises on the Farm

In this episode, permaculture pioneers Cliff and Jen of Pig and Leaf Farm share how they balance their multiple farm enterprises. Subscribe...

07:54Sep 5, 2026

Scale as Your Farm Allows

In this episode, rookie farmers Richard and Alec talk about slowing down scaling any farm business until the farm can prove that it can. Sub...

03:57Sep 4, 2026

High-Labor and Low-Labor Crops

In this episode, farmer Mike Hedge of Hedge Family Farm shares how they manage both high-labor and low-labor crops and still be profitable....

08:08Sep 3, 2026

Track What You Run Out When

In this episode, business owner and content creator Diego Footer reminds farmers to track what products they run out and how soon they run o...

04:35Sep 2, 2026

Waypoints in Starting a Business

In this episode, aspiring farmer Luke Magnesson talks with business owner Diego Footer about having goal posts when starting up a business....

08:50Sep 1, 2026