Which Farm Products are Worth Your Money (MFB 42)
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Farm Small Farm Smart
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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7 Revenue-Per-Bed Benchmarks Every Market Gardener Should Know
How much should a market garden bed generate? After analyzing numbers from hundreds of farmers, the range is massive: $300 per bed to $1,500...
Fungal Tissue and Their Carbon - Gardening Beyond Basics 68
In this episode, author and educator Peter McCoy of Mycologos breaks down fungi and the carbon they hold. Subscribe for more content on sust...
Making a Living on an 1/8th of an Acre (MFB 40)
Jill Duncan generates $65,000 annually from just 1/8 acre - smaller than most suburban backyards. With no employees, no electricity on site,...
One Crop to Fund the Entire Farm (The Cash Flywheel Crop)
A caterpillar tunnel costs $1,400. One harvest of lettuce at $6/lb produces 400–425 pounds — $2,400 in revenue. The tunnel pays for itself i...
Mature Compost, Better Quality - Gardening Beyond Basics 67
In this episode, compost specialist and owner of Living Roots Compost Tea Troy Hinke explains why compost that have sat longer are generally...
Making $4,700 Daily on a You-Pick Farm (MFB 41)
In this episode, Diego breaks down the exact tactics, systems, and numbers behind Megan Neubauers's pick-your-own operation over in Texas. L...
7 Numbers Behind a $240,000 Lettuce Operation
What if one crop could pay your bills 40 to 50 weeks a year? Elliot Seldner at Fair Share Farm in North Carolina built his entire operation...
Creating the Ideal Biochar - Gardening Beyond Basics 66
Biochar expert Kelpie Wilson of Wilson Biochar breaks down how to make good biochar: what feedstock to use and how to char them. Subscribe f...
Anti-Farmer's Market: The You-Pick Model (MFB 39)
In this episode, Diego interviews Megan Neubauer, who transformed her struggling market farm into a $151,000 you-pick operation working just...
How Much Does It Actually Cost to Start a Market Garden? (Real Numbers)
The amount you spend starting a farm has almost no correlation with how successful it becomes. Some of the worst outcomes I've seen came fro...
Johnson-Su Bioreactor - Gardening Beyond Basics 65
In this episode, microbiologist and co-creator of the Johnson-Su bioreactor, Dr. David Johnson, introduces the Johnson-Su Bioreactor, what i...
Really Fancy Salad (MFB 38)
In this video, I break down how Jacki Hinchey of Blue Dog Farm created her signature "Really Fancy Salad" that commands $20/pound (double th...
Can You Actually Make $10,000 From a Backyard Farm?
Can 10 beds in a backyard generate $10,000? Diego did the math using real numbers from farmers he has interviewed over the past decade. Farm...
Building the Soil 360° Holistically - Gardening Beyond Basics 64
Soil specialist and consultant Dr. Jim Hoorman of Hoorman Soil discusses a holistic way to build the soil...minus commercial fertilizers. Su...
Farm Dreams vs. Reality (MFB 37)
In this episode, Diego talks about why the low barrier to entry to farming is a trap, why physical endurance is the most underestimated fact...
7 Things Farmers Buy That Will Never Pay for Themselves
In this episode, Diego runs seven common farm purchases through the $10,000 filter: if it can't generate or save $10,000 over its useful lif...
Biochar and Its Action in the Soil - Gardening Beyond Basics 62
In this episode, biochar scientist and citizen scientist advocate Francesco Tortorici sheds light on what biochar is and how it can affect p...
Reducing Weed Pressure with Cover Cropping - Gardening Beyond Basics 63
Soil microbiologist and founder of The Soil Food Web Dr. Elaine Ingham sheds light on how cover cropping can reduce, if not completely eradi...
Farming Couple Makes $100,000 on Less Than an Acre (MFB 36)
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