The One Number That Separates Six-Figure Farms From Struggling Ones
Your farm has a salary cap. Land and time are finite, and every crop you plant spends some of both. The question isn't "what makes me the mo...
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Weekly insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably. The show is hosted by Diego Footer of Permaculture Voices. Each...
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Misconceptions About Clay Soils - Gardening Beyond Basics 83
In this episode, Dr. David Laird of Iowa State University breaks down the most common beliefs around growing in clay soils. Subscribe for mo...
How Hiring Can Boost Your Business (MFB 56)
You can only grow so much by yourself. If you're planning on growing your business, you'll eventually need to hire out help. Subscribe for m...
7 Money Mistakes That Kill New Farms Before They Start
More than half of new farms fail in their first five years. In almost every case, it's not a growing problem...it's a money problem. After a...
Multiplying Microbes and Their Regionality - Gardening Beyond Basics 82
In this episode, Dr. Jane Fife of 3Bar Biologics talks about how to multiply microbial populations and how different types may multiply bett...
Making Over 230k in Year 2 of Farming (MFB 55)
Vincent Cuneo started his microgreens business with zero growing experience. Year two revenue: $230K. But money was tight, stress was crushi...
How the Smartest Farmers I Know Stopped Competing and Started Winning
A farmer I interviewed was doing everything right — certified organic, quality product, good prices, showing up every week. Three years in,...
Finished & Unfinished Compost - Gardening Beyond Basics 81
In this episode, Malibu Compost Founder Randy Ritchie talks about the many differences between using finished and unfinished compost. Subscr...
Build a Plan that Fits Your Farm (MFB 54)
What does your farm have to do for you? Does it need to net you a livable income? Or does it just need to supplement your current income? Pl...
Why Trying to Sell to Everyone Is Killing Your Business
When you try to be everything to everyone, you become nothing to anyone. The farm selling "fresh local vegetables" to whoever walks by is in...
Tillage and Carbon in the Soil - Gardening Beyond Basics 80
In this episode, Dr. Bruno Basso of CIBO Technologies discusses the effects of tillage on the carbon in the soil. Subscribe for more content...
Making a Living Farming (MFB 53)
Is small-scale farming a viable source of income? It definitely could be! But there's no free lunch: it's something you're going to have to...
Potential Cons to Cover Cropping - Gardening Beyond Basics 79
In this episode, Research Associate Professor Dr. Buz Kloot of Soil Health Labs talks about the potential reasons why farmers would choose n...
Farmers Markets vs CSAs (MFB 52)
Which should you sell to, farmer's markets, or CSAs? The answer: it depends. Can you grow consistently? Can you deliver on your weekly order...
5 Variables That Turn an Underperforming Crop Into a Top Earner
Jodi Robuck's first beet harvest: one bunch. Maybe $3. Twelve months later, the same bed produces over $850. Not luck — he changed one varia...
Plant-Fungi Relationships - Gardening Beyond Basics 78
In this episode, author and educator Peter McCoy of Mycologos sheds light on the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi. Subscribe...
DIY Costs More Than You Think (MFB 51)
Sometimes, you can cheap out and MacGyver your way to get your farm business going...but not always. Subscribe for more content on sustainab...
Mature Compost is Better Quality - Gardening Beyond Basics 77
In this episode, compost specialist and owner of Living Roots Compost Tea Troy Hinke explains the importance of allowing compost to take its...
Farms that Fail, Farms that Thrive (MFB 50)
In this episode, Diego talks about the small differences that make up the difference between farms that make it...and farms that don't. Subs...
5 Common Farm Purchases vs. the $10,000 Question
5 purchases, one filter. Every year farmers spend thousands on equipment they're told they need. Almost nobody asks one question before swip...