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The Winter Growers Podcast

No-Till Market Garden Podcast

A show about making the most of the winter growing season, hosted by Clara Coleman.

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01:17:18

Clara & Eliot Coleman of Four Season Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/08/22

My guest today is... my dad, Eliot Coleman of Four Season Farm. We had such a lovely conversation during season two, so I wanted to invite him back for a listener Q&A to end season three of The Winter Growers Podcast. Mentioned in the show... The Real Organic Project Winter Growers is made possible by... Rimol Greenhouses, for high-tunnels and greenhouses. Johnny's Selected Seeds, check out their seriously amazing Growers Library. Tunnel Vision Hoops, for your Winter infrastructure needs. Growing

01:18:30

Wolfgang Palme of Zinsenhof Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/08/15

Wolfgang Palme is the horticultural director of Zinsenhof Research Farm west of Vienna, Austria, at the 48th parallel. He's a botanist, author, hortaculturist, and farmer. The research farm has 3.7 acres under cultivation. Wolfgang's discoveries in Winter growing began as an accident 15 years ago with a trial of Asian greens. The research farm went on to test hundreds of different crops for cold hardiness and they developed detailed timetables for Winter growing in Europe. He has since written two

01:26:12

Finegan & Jason of Steelbow Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/08/08

Finegan and Jason of Steelbow Farm, in Austin TX, may seem like unusual guests for the Winter Growers Podcast. But, with climate change and more frequent extreme weather patterns, I was curious to hear from a farm down at the 30th parallel where farming from November through March is more common. However, it is still full of challenges, such as extreme daily temperature swings. Finegan and Jason first farmed together in Austin before deciding to start their first farm in Maine, where they leased

01:22:01

Vivian Glover of Gemusegarten Hoxhohl

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/08/01

Vivian Glover of Gemusegarten Hoxhohl, Germany, always knew she wanted to become a farmer. After studying organic farming and marketing in school and working on other farms for many years, she started her own market gerden in southern Germany in 2016. With. just under 1 acre in production, her no-dig market garden supplies a 180 member CSA, 90 of those members being year-round. Currently, she has two unheated high-tunnels and focuses on efficient production using intercropping techniques and

01:22:38

Patty Gentry of Early Girl Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/07/25

Patty Gentry of Early Girl Farm grows in Brookhaven on Long Island, NY. She has been described as "the Picasso of vegetables" and is featured in a documentary film, The Soul of a Farmer, that follows her farming journey and takes a raw and honest look at the challenges facing small-scale farmers today. As a former chef, Patty loves and understands vegetables, and she is passionate about quality and taste and supplying her customers with beautiful produce year-round. Growing on 2 acres, she sells to

01:10:57

Charles Dowding of No-Dig Gardening

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/07/18

Charles Dowding is a pioneer of no-dig gardening in Somerset, England. He is a creator, developer, and teacher of no-dig methods for the last 40+ years. He currently has 1/3 acre under production at Home Acres which he primarily uses as a teaching site and runs a no-dig YouTube channel with instructional videos on his no-dig techniques. He's the author of 11! books, inculding How to Grow Winter Vegetables, has created several online courses, gives talks, and writes for gardening publications

01:34:09

Tim & Caroline of Kitchen Garden Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/07/11

Tim Wilcox & Caroline Pam of Kitchen Garden Farm in Sunderland, MA, began their farm as a 1-acre market garden in 2006. Sixteen years later, they've expanded to 70 acres, employ 20 employees year-round, and sell 50% wholsale veg and 50% value-added products after building an on-site commercial kitchen. They also own/operate Sunderland Farm Collaborative, an online platform offering custom-order home-delivery of local food from 50+ producers from the surrounding community. Growing in four 30'x200'

01:41:36

Evan Chender The Culinary Gardener

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/07/04

Evan Chender, The Culinary Gardener, farms in Weaverville, NC. He started his farm in 2013 and has 2 acres under cultivation, using multiple caterpillar and high tunnels. Coming from a background as a chef, Even is passionate about variety selection, soil health, crop quality, and meticulous harvest/processing techniques. 95% of his sales are to restaurants. A big portion of his Winter production is radicchio, so we spend a lot of time discussing the planning, growing, harvesting, and processing

01:08:32

Myrtha Zierock of Agricola Foradori

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/06/27

Myrtha Zierock of Agricola Foradori farms in the Italian Dolomites of northeast Italy. She is the co-owner of her families bio-dynamic wine estate where, after spending many years learning and farming abroad in the US and Canada, she moved back to her family farm and joined her two brothers and mother to apply what she had learned. She manages two different farm locations. One is at the wine estate where crops are grown under the canopy of the high-trellised vineyards and a new site further south

01:19:26

Andrew Adams of Hope Farm Organics

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/06/20

Today, Clara Coleman talks with Andrew Adams of Hope Farm Organics in Newlands BC, Canada. Hope Farm Organics is at the 54th parallel, the farthest north on the series so far, experiencing less than 7.5 hours of daylight on December 21st, the shortest day of the year. It's also located in the coldest and wettest geoclimatic zone in the Prince George Forest District, with winter lows as cold as -40 where C* and F* meet. Outdoor planting doesnt begin until late /may, frosts can still occur in July,

01:02:58

Kamal Bell of Sankofa Farms

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/06/13

Sankofa Farms is a 12-acre farm in Cedar Grove, NC that Kamal launched through a USDA direct farm ownership loan. The farm aims to improve the perception of agriculture as a profession through it's Sankofa Farm Academy that exposes African-American youth to high-level farming techniques including bee-keeping and year-round caterpillar tunnel production. With 5 acres under cultivation, he is beginning a CSA and sells through a cooperative that addresses food aparthied. He is also a Real Farmer Care

01:18:42

Mike & Kelli Roberts of Roots Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2022/06/06

Kelli and Mike of Roots Farm, a certified-organic, diversified vegetable farm in Tiverton, RI, grow year-round on 1.5 acres using no-till, intensive farming methods and six moveable high-tunnels, each 30' x 48' in size. The use of moveable tunnels maximizes both time and space, utilizing three moves each year to optimize production, especially in the shoulder seasons. The biggest challenge of Winter growing for them is the management of humidity with row-covers in an unheated protected space

01:16:21

Mr. Eliot Coleman of Four Season Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2021/12/15

An extra special edition of Winter Growers this week, Clara Coleman interviews farmer and father Eliot Coleman of Four Season Farm for the season two finale of the podcast... on his 83rd birthday! They talk about his 50+ seasons of farming, the little gems of insight he received along the way, family farming, and so much more. Mentioned in the show... Living the Good Life by Scott and Helen Nearing Johnnys Selected Seeds and Stokes Seeds Ley Farming by Sir George Stapleton (free) Winter Growers

56:34

Cheyenne of Sundance Harvest & Alex of Old City Acres

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2021/12/08

Cheyenne of Sundance Harvest & Alex of Old City Acres, former podcast guests and Real Farmer Care recipients, comment on the recent social media response from JM, structural racism within small-scale agriculture, and how race has impacted their farming experience. Winter Growers is made possible by... Growing for Market Magazine, enter code "winter" at checkout to get 25% off a new subscription. Johnny's Selected Seeds, check out their seriously amazing Growers Library. Tunnel Vision Hoops, for

01:10:17

Alex Ball of Old City Acres

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2021/12/01

Alex Ball of Old City Acres joins host Clara Coleman to talk about creating a farm from a forest, moving farms season after season, his experience being a young black farmer, the importance of social capital, offering a flexible year-round CSA, and, of course, how he approaches winter growing in southern Michigan. Mentioned in the show... The YardMax tracked wheelbarrow! (add to gift list) Spurt Compost, for you folks living in southern Michigan. Manny cucumbers from High Mowing for low light

01:03:13

Pavel Orvechkin of Pavel's Garden

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2021/11/24

One of No-Till Growers favorite Kentucky farmers, Pavel Orvechkin of Pavel's Garden joins host Clara Coleman to talk about the sustainable ag roots of his Russian childhood, leaving academia to pursue farming full-time, current and potential collaborations, his progression into year-round growing in a mild winter climate, some of the pest/disease challenges he's experienced with small-scale intensive winter growing, a rad intercropping system, and more. Mentioned in the show... Fox Hollow Farm and

01:10:29

Jess Niederer of Chickadee Creek Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2021/11/17

Jess Niederer of Chickadee Creek Farm grows 15+ acres of veg in New Jersey and joins Clara Coleman to talk about farming family land, the importance of finding local mentors, her love of tractors and ecology, selling 100% direct-to-consumer through CSA and farmers market, the power of spreadsheets, and how having twins has changed her relationship to the farm for the better. Mentioned in the show... Honey Brook Organic Farm Local Line online selling platform and Chickadee Creek's online farmstand

56:05

Katherine Nietmann of Moose Meadow Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2021/11/10

Katherine Niemann of Moose Meadow Farm near Snadpoint, Idaho joins host Clara Coleman to talk about her and her partner Spencer's experiences on university/research farms, how winter growing differs in Idaho from Maine, the relationship between income and hours worked over the winter, revenue streams and how wholesale microgreens cashflow their farm, and farming with a newborn. Mentioned in the show... Check out their farmsite and online farmstand Nolt's Greenhouse Supplies CoolBot DIY cold storage

01:02:42

Mimo & Miranda of Urban Buds

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2021/11/03

Mimo and Miranda of Urban Buds in St. Louis, MO join Clara Coleman to talk about how they came to be urban flower farmers, preparing ground with compost and tarps, flower successions from greenhouse to high-tunnel to field, their favorite cold grown varieties, their famous "porch petals" program, winter challenges, and more. Winter Growers is made possible by... Growing for Market Magazine, enter code "winter" at checkout to get 25% off a new subscription. Johnny's Selected Seeds, check out their

01:02:25

Lydia Ryall of Cropthorne Farm

The Winter Growers Podcast ·

2021/10/27

Lydia Ryall of Cropthorne Farm on Westham Island in British Columbia, Canada joins Clara Coleman to talk about starting small and growing to 20+ acres, farming collaboratively with family members, managing fertility with cover crops, seasonal workers (like H2A), moveable high-tunnels, CSA, and reducing her own hours to make more time for family. Mentioned in the show... The 2021 Iowa State Univeristy High Tunnel Short Course Winter Growers is made possible by... Growing for Market Magazine, enter

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