Farm Small Farm Smart

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Farm Small Farm Smart episodes

March 20, 2019 Farming While Being a Parent - Time Management and More with Kim Doughty-McCannon (FSFS171)
Kim Doughty-McCannon joins me to talk about being a mom and a farmer. How does she balance both? We get into topics such as time management and splitting time. Kim also talks about her experiences running a cut flower CSA.

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@bellurbanfarm

https://www.bellurbanfarm.com/

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1 hr
March 13, 2019 A Very Important Topic Affecting Farmers (and Everyone Else) (FSFS170)
Depression is an issue that affects over 20 million Americans, and the farm space is not isolated from that. Today Farmer Chris Gilbert joins me to talk about the topic of depression and some of his experiences with depression.

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https://www.instagram.com/gilbertsgrapesiowa/

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50 min
February 27, 2019 Top 10 Warm Season Flowers for Small Farms (FSFS168)
Benny and Courtney Pino from Loblolly Farm join me to talk about the Top 10 Warm Season Flowers for Small Farms. We talk about why you should consider these flowers, how to grow then, and how to use them in bouquets. We also get into pest and disease pressure for each type of flower and the overall difficulty to grow them.

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1 hr 20 min
February 20, 2019 Farm Couples: Being Successful as Partners in Life and Business with Emma Hendel and Elliot Seldner (FSFS167)
Emma Hendel and Elliot Seldner talk about being husband and wife along with business owners. How do they make it work? What does it take? What is it really like?

Follow Fair Share Farm at http://instagram.com/fair_share_farm

https://www.fairsharefarm.net/

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1 hr 13 min
February 13, 2019 Tips for Successfully Competing in a Crowded Market with Jordan MacPhee (FSFS166)
Jordan MacPhee of Maple Bloom Farm joins me to talk about how they sell their organic veggie box in the small, but crowded marketplace on PEI in Canada. We discuss strategies for marketing CSAs, getting people interested, and keeping them coming back year after year.

Connect with Jordan:

http://www.maplebloomfarm.ca

http://www.waggon.ca

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1 hr 13 min
January 30, 2019 Business Opportunities Growing Cut Flowers with The Flower Grower Benny Pino (FSFS165)
If you think you need a lot of land to grow cut flowers or that cut flowers aren't profitable, then you might be wrong. Benny Pino, The Flower Grower, of Loblolly Farm joins me to talk about business opportunities growing cut flowers on small farms.

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54 min
January 25, 2019 Doing The Most Important Things in 2019 with Javan Bernakevitch (FSFS164)
Javan Bernakevitch and I talk about the need to decide what is truly important and why that, and only that, should be the focus in 2019. Connect with Javan: All Points Land Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/ All Points Life Design: http://allpointsdesign.ca/life-design/intro/
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1 hr 53 min
January 23, 2019 Goal Setting and Yearly Planning for Success with Farmer Yosef Camire (FSFS163)
Yosef Camire of Ahavah Farm talks about his process for goal setting and yearly planning. We cover both short and long-range goal setting. Along with how to attack larger longer-term goals.

Follow Yosef: https://www.instagram.com/ahavahfarm/

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50 min
January 16, 2019 Building Deep Soil with A Lot of Organic Matter featuring Ben Hartman (FSFS162)
Ben Hartman talks about building soil on a new farm or bringing new soil into production. Topics include tillage, compost, and no-till.

Ben's Online Course:

https://www.theleanfarmschool.com

Follow Ben:

https://www.instagram.com/claybottomfarm

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1 hr 4 min
January 09, 2019 Do You Have a Farm Business or a Farm Job? (FSFS161)
Today I am asking the question - Can you farm business scale enough to matter? If not, then why are you doing it or what can you change? Can the business scale, do you have a business or a job, and can your markets handle enough sales volume?

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32 min