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Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

The Modern Grower Podcast Network

Daily farm and garden talk. All about growing vegetables profitably and efficiently on small farms and in gardens. Each episode focuses on one specific topic - growing practices, how-to, farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil preparation, weed management, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance. Hosted and produced by Diego Footer"s Modern Grower Podcast Network.

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01:09:33

From No Experience to Full Time Farmer - A Look Back,...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/26

Today is Part 2 of an interview with farmer John Suscovich of Farm Marketing Solutions. You can listen to Part 1 of the interview here. Part Two was recorded a year after Part 1, and was recorded in February 2016. So you will get two perspectives from the same person, separated by a lot time and experiences. You hear about what John learned about life and farming over the course of year and how his farm evolved based on what he's learned. Today's episode focuses on how things have changed on the

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01:08:57

From No Experience to Full Time Farmer - A Look Back,...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/24

Today is part one of an interview with farmer John Suscovich. And today's episode was recorded one year ago in February 2015. And Part Two was recorded in February 2016. So you will get two perspectives from the same person, separated by a lot time and experiences. You hear about what John learned about life and farming over the course of year and how his farm evolved based on what he's learned. Today's episode will help a lot of your looking to start a farm or a business by tacking on questions

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01:05:01

TUF043 - What Nobody Told Me About Small Farming: I...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/22

In this episode Curtis and I dissect an article that was published on Alternet on January 1, 2016 by farmer Jaclyn Moyer. An article titled.... What Nobody Told Me About Small Farming: I Can’t Make a Living - People say we're "rich in other ways," but that doesn't fix the ugly fact that most farms are unsustainable This one is a good one and we cover a lot of business basics such as... Who is your customer? What is their demographic? And what do they want? What are you selling? Is that the right

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01:07:08

Greening Saudi Arabia - Seeing Progress, Plant...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/19

Neal Spackman is regreening a portion of the desert that gets 3 inches of rain a year on average, but lately they aren’t even meeting the average. Greening the site by using true cost water accounting, meaning that they only use the equivalent of water that falls onto the site to establish the vegetation. With minimal rainfall, no pre-existing plant life and 100 plus degree summer temperatures, it is no easy task. Throw in the economic and social challenges of the village that he is working with and

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47:45

Story Marketing - The Importance of Telling Your...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/12

Marty McDonald will be one of the speakers at PV3 in March 2016.Learn more about PV3 at permaculturevoices.com/pv3.The latest trend in marketing is story marking. Telling your story in a way that unique, honest, and in a way that resonates with your target market. But not all stories are created equal. And not all stories should be told by anyone. Because a good story told poorly is in affect a bad story. So what makes a good story? It's a bit like pornography; you know a good story when you

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01:18:48

Practical Thoughts on Broadacre Design - 25 Years of...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/11

Be very cautious about how much you are imposing on the landscape. That's something that Darren talked about on this podcast before. Because it's a big problem out there within the permaculture space. People doing work on the land because they want to do the work, not because the context of the land justifies that work. It's a mistake that most of us have made. And it's a mistake that Darren Doherty has made in his career. With over 2000 clients and 25 years of professional design experience

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47:40

10 Essentials For Profitable Urban Farming Presented...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/10

Curtis Stone is the owner of Green City Acres, a multi-locational urban farm based out of Kelowna, BC, Canada.In 2014 his farm generated $75,000 in gross sales on 1/3 of an acre, spread over 5 small plots of land that consist of front yards and vacant lots.In this lecture, he will share with you his 10 essentials to profitable urban farming that will help you work less, and make more money at the same time. If you are currently farming, and looking for ways to improve efficiencies on your farm, or

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01:25:51

A Beginner’s Guide to Going from Getting “STUFF” Done...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/09

At the end of the day, month, year, decade or your life, the amount of #shityougotdone isn’t going to matter. It’s the Quality of Life you’ve reached and maintained. It’s the relationships with your family and friends, the connection you have to your clients and land, the feeling you get when you go to sleep that matters. It’s the amount of personal work you’ve done to pull yourself out of negative thinking and mindsets of scarcity that you’ll appreciate the most. It’s not the number of new

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01:09:16

$200,000 Dollars in Sales from 320 Square Feet. Learn...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/08

"They weren't just buying the product; they were buying the whole package." That's how Chris Thoreau was able to go to a farmer's market selling one crop. Just one. Sunflower shoots. He was able to go to market with just one crop because he was selling a product that had a great story. It was a product that was produced hyper-locally and one that was delivered to market via pedal power on a bike. Since Chris started his microgreen business nearly 10 years ago he has grown the business into one

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56:23

TUF042 - Six Months of Transition Into Farming – A...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/03

Scott Hebert started farming in June 2015 when his family business shut down. At that time he didn’t have anything to fall back on. But he had always had an interest in farming, and within a few days of getting the income shock warning his wheels had been put in motion and he was putting a plan into place to transition into a career as a farmer. He contacted Curtis to visit his farm, so he could start leveraging Curtis’ experience to plan his farm and his future. Because he knew wanted to farm,

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59:22

The Power of Perseverance and Taking Risks, The...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/02/01

Erik Ohlsen will be one of the speakers at PV3 in March 2016.Learn more about PV3 at permaculturevoices.com/pv3. My guest today Erik Ohlsen took a risk when he started his business. And it's a risk that paid off because he has grown that business into a design firm that grosses over $1M a year. But his business, Permaculture Artisans, is one that started small. It started with a $15 an hour job that Erik used as a leverage point to build on. In this episode Erik is going to talk about what it

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38:51

Regenerative Businesses and Landscape - It's a...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/01/25

Ethan Soloviev will be one of the speakers at PV3 in March 2016.Learn more about PV3 at permaculturevoices.com/pv3. In today's show I'm joined by Ethan Roland Soloviev. Ethan is an international expert on sustainable agriculture, permaculture, and eco-social entrepreneurship, and as co-founder of Terra Genesis International he consults on these topics for individuals, organizations and corporations internationally. In our conversation we'll utilize Ethan's experience to explore this concept of

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31:32

TUF041 - Profitable Small Scale Farming in Sebastopol...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/01/19

While Curtis and I were on tour we made a stop at Singing Frogs Farm in Sebastopol to visit with farmers Paul & Elizabeth Kaiser. It's a pretty remarkable farm. The Kaisers are farming just over 2 acres and grossing over $100,000 an acre. They come from an agroforestry background and approach farming systematically as a business. This episode is some of our thoughts from our visit. To learn more visit the show notes at permaculturevoices.com/tuf41.

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01:00:36

Going from Near Bankrupt to Debt Free, Grazing Cattle...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/01/18

Greg Judy will be one of the speakers at PV3 in March 2016.Learn more about PV3 at permaculturevoices.com/pv3. In the late 90's Greg was down to $9 in the bank. The way that he was farming, wasn't working. Greg was grazing cattle using conventional methods at the time. And the costs were killing him, or should I say the debt was killing him. Cattle loans, equipment loans, feed costs, seed costs, and other input costs drawing too much away from his top line, thereby shrinking his bottom line. With

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49:32

Designing the Pathway to Regeneration, and Why We...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/01/15

Gregory Landau will be one of the speakers at PV3 in March 2016.Learn more about PV3 at permaculturevoices.com/pv3.If the current current method of business isn't working, then something more regenerative would be better right?Then it's up to us to design it.Only we can't.Because a truly regenerative web is a living whole systems awareness of all of the decision makers. Something that's a process. An awareness that grows over time. It's not something that happens overnight, and it's not something

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01:25:29

Building Businesses, Marketing, and Dealing with...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/01/11

"You have to be willing to fail. You have to be OK with failure." That's what entrepreneur Jack Spirko told me. He's built a variety of businesses in his career. Some of which have been very successful and some of which have failed. One of his successes has been the hugely popular Survival Podcast. You can learn a lot of Jack. Jack is a permaculturist, small scale farmer, and he knows a lot about running and marketing businesses. If you want to run a farm based business, listen to today's episode

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33:03

Business with a Holistic Approach - What Do You Want,...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/01/08

Mary Johnson will be one of the speakers at PV3 in March 2016. Learn more about PV3 at permaculturevoices.com/pv3. What does success mean to you? Hopefully you know, because if you don't you might be chasing the wrong things. Success is different for everyone. For some people it's money and fame and for some people it's freedom of time and freedom of place. How do you define it? Once you define it and get what it means to you, you can then start to create a system to achieve success as quickly and

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42:35

Personal Financial Planning for Entrepreneurs (and...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2016/01/04

Mary Beth Storjohann will be one of the speakers at PV3 in March 2016. Learn more about PV3 at permaculturevoices.com/pv3. My guest today, Mary Beth Storjohann, is a certified financial planner and is the Founder of Workable Wealth, specializing in financial planning for Gen Y. She works as a writer, speaker and financial coach with individuals and couples in their 20s and 30s across the country to help them to make smart, educated decisions with their money. I brought her on today to talk about

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49:25

TUF040 - End of Season Reflection - Thinking about...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2015/12/30

If you want to be better off in December 2016, then the planning for that starts now in December 2015. The biggest leverage point which for the farm season next year is right there in front of you. You just need to tease it out. That's what today's show is about. Doing some End of Season Reflection - Thinking about How Things Went This Year, to Alter Course and Plan for Next Year I hope that you can use some of the information that we talk about in this episode to reflect on your 2015 farm season,

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47:37

TUF039 - The Urban Farmer Season Wrap Up and Looking...

Farm Small Farm Smart Daily ·

2015/12/23

In today's episode Curtis and I will take a look back at the season of this show and talk about what's in store for the future for Curtis and this show. In regards to the future, you listening to this hold a bit of control on that in your hands. Because we want to hear what your thoughts are on this show - The Urban Farmer. This season what's resonated with you? What do you want to hear more about? And how has this show affected what you are doing? I don't beg a lot, but this is one case where I

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