166: Mike Madison of Yolo Press on Organic Fresh Flowers, Olive Oil, and Value-Added Products in California's Central Valley

Mike Yolo raises 14 acres of organic olives, cut flowers, a variety of tree fruits, and the occasional vegetable crop at Yolo Press, near Davis, California. With his wife, Diane, Yolo Press creates olive oil and a variety of value-added products that are sold with the cut flowers through independent grocers and farmers markets in Davis. Yolo Press has provided a living for Mike and Diane since 1986. We dig into the development of Yolo Press' crop mix and markets, and how they developed to accommodate farmer labor and to provide a good living for Mike and Diane. Mike provides all of the production labor on the farm, so we discuss the hows and the whys of making that work, as well as the economics of the farm business and value-added products. Mike is also the author of the recently published Fruitful Labor: The Ecology, Economy and Practice of a Family Farm. Perennial support for the Farmer to Farmer Podcast is generously provided by Vermont Compost Company . Pictures, show links, and more at farmertofarmerpodcast.com/episodes/madison .

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166: Mike Madison of Yolo Press on Organic Fresh Flowers, Olive Oil, and Value-Added Products in California's Central Valley is an episode from Farmer to Farmer with Chris Blanchard by Chris Blanchard.

This episode is 01:19:34 long.

This episode was published on Apr 11, 2018.

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