Farms for Tomorrow

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May 30, 2023 s03e01 – Joe Scrimger – Nitrogen, Water, and the Farm
Restoring Soil Vitality
Episode 1: Day One
Joe Scrimger:
Bio-Systems II

Restoring Soil Vitality | Length: 1:07:43
“Nitrogen’s not the issue. It’s putting on too much at one time… But even organically, we have to have nitrogen from someplace… What we try to do in the conventional world is get those farmers to use at least three different sources of nitrogen that release at three different times.” – Joe Scrimger
Joe Scrimger connects the dots between nitrogen use on the farm, soil health and water quality.

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Transcript – Day One
Transcript – Day Two
Joe Scrimger: LinkedIn
Imlay City Mucklands
Rex and Glenn Spray – Organic Row Crop Farmers
Rex Spray Honored for Decades of Sustainable Farming
Edward H. Faulkner: The Father of No-till
The Plowman’s Folly – Online PDF
Gabe Brown

Brown’s Ranch
Eliot Coleman: Four Season Farm
Richard Harwood: Kellogg Biological Station
Mike Bronkeema
Carey Reams
Carey Reams Agricultural Concepts
Nature Conservancy Video: Saginaw Valley Farmers Learn from Each Other
Andre Voisin – Soil, Grass & Cancer: The Link Between Human Health and the Mineral Balance of the Soil.
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1h 8min
June 14, 2022 s02e05 – The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor
A Hospital Farm is Part of the Cure
Episode 5:
Amanda Sweetman:
The Farm at
Trinity Health

Cultivating a Healthy Community

Amanda Sweetman describes how a small farm on the hospital campus of Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor is having a big impact on food, medicine, community health, and local agriculture.

Cultivating relationships (in addition to vegetables, flowers, and hay), The Farm at Trinity Health features a CSA that connects people with fresh produce from local farms.

Note: During the production of this podcast, the name of the farm changed from The Farm at St. Joe’s Ann Arbor to The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor.

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Trinity Health Ann Arbor
About Amanda Sweetman
Amanda Sweetman graduated from the University of Michigan in 2007 with a BS in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and from Utah State University in 2012 with an MS in wetland plant ecology. After working as a scientist, farmer, educator, and chef she landed her dream job as the Farm Manager at The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor in 2015.
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Episode 5 Transcript
The Farm at Trinity Health
Farm Shares at Trinity Health
Summer Camps at The Farm
Harvard Longevity Study
How the Other Half Eats: The Untold Story of Food and Inequality in America by Priya Fielding-Singh
Argus Farm Stop
Green Things Farm Collective
Eric Kampe
Seeley Farm
Garden Fort
Cherry Capital Foods
SNAP

Michigan Environmental Council
Parkridge Community Center
Children’s Foundation of Michigan
Michigan Farm to Family
St. Luke’s Rodale Institute Organic Farm
Boston Medical Center Rooftop Garden
Dr. Irina Burman – Veggie Wednesday
Trinity Health – Ann Arbor Campus
EMU Bright Futures – Family Cooking Club
Eisenhower Center
Hakurei Turnip

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1h 7min
January 10, 2022 s02e04 – Argus Farm Stop
Game Changer for Local Food Economy
Episode 4:
Kathy Sample &
Bill Brinkerhoff:
Argus Farm Stop

Next Generation Farmers Market
With a mission to support local farmers, Argus Farm Stop is a brick-and-mortar food retailer selling 100% locally produced food. Launched in 2014 by Kathy Sample and Bill Brinkerhoff, today Argus works with over 200 producers to keep shelves fully stocked year round. The farm stop consignment model ensures that 75 cents of every food dollar goes directly to farmers. In this podcast we explore what it takes to start a farm stop and how it can benefit your local food system.

About Kathy Sample & Bill Brinkerhoff
With the launch of Argus Farm Stop in 2014, Kathy Sample and Bill Brinkerhoff transformed their passion for local food into a community mission. Having subscribed to CSAs for years, the married co-founders wanted to find a way to strengthen area farms and bring healthy local food to consumers.
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Episode 4 Transcript
Argus Farm Stop Website
Bring the Farm Stop model to your community!
Financing Your Future Farm Stop
Ann Arbor Farmers Market
Michigan Farmers Market Association
Local Roots Market – Ohio
The Wild Ramp – West Virginia
Agricole Farm Stop – Michigan
Lakeshore Depot – Michigan
Fair Food Network – Double Up Food Bucks
Washtenaw County Black Farmers Fund
Local Line
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2h 13min
May 13, 2021 S02e03 – Barry Lonik – Buy-Protect-Sell + Leadership = Saving the Aprill Farm
Buy-Protect-Sell + Leadership =
Saving the Aprill Farm
Episode 3:
Barry Lonik –
Treemore Ecology and
Land Services

Saving the Aprill Farm

When an exceptional piece of farmland became available in Scio Township, Michigan, longtime land conservation specialist Barry Lonik and township officials found a way to protect it through an innovative “Buy-Protect-Sell” transaction strategy. Barry details the synchronicities and forward-thinking community leadership that made it possible.

The Aprill Farm

About Barry Lonik

Barry Lonik has led the effort to establish the model farmland and natural area protection programs in Washtenaw County for nearly 30 years, some of the most successful in Michigan. Barry started the Legacy Land Conservancy and served as its first executive director for six and a half years, developing it into an effective nonprofit organization.

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USDA ACEP Agricultural Conservation Easement Program
USDA RCPP Resource Conservation Partnership Program
MDARD – Agriculture Preservation Fund
City of Ann Arbor Green Belt Millage
Washtenaw County Conservation District
Scio Twp Land Preservation Commission
Scio Twp Preserved Properties
Scio Twp Protected Lands (map)
Tantre Farm
Brines Farm

Nature and Nurture Seeds
Green Things Farm Collective
Joseph Fazio, attorney from the firm of Miller, Canfield, Paddock, and Stone
Buy Protect Sell Webinar Series – American Farmland Trust
National Young Farmers Coalition – Land Link Directory
Land for Good – Farm Link Programs
Finding Land to Farm
National Young Farmers Coalition – A Path to Conservation and Farm Viability: Purchase of Agricultural Conservation Easements.

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March 18, 2021 S02e02 – Eric Kampe – Green Things Farm Collective
In It Together
Episode 2:
Eric Kampe –
Green Things
Farm Collective

Organic no-till farmer Eric Kampe speaks to the practices that he and his farm partners have used to maintain the integrity and viability of small farm operations in their community.

About Eric Kampe

Farmer Eric Kampe started out as an engineer with a degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan. After working for several years in automotive and electrical engineering, in 2007, Eric began volunteering at Abbondanza Organic Seeds & Produce, a farm in Boulder, Colorado… more

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Green Things Farm Collective
Ann Arbor Seed Company
St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Farm
No-Till Market Garden Podcast
MASA Seed Foundation / Richard Pecoraro
Dan Brisebois
Andrew Mefford
Daniel Mays

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March 18, 2021 S02e01 – Eric Kampe – Green Things Farm Collective
In It Together
Episode 1:
Eric Kampe –
Green Things
Farm Collective

Organic no-till farmer Eric Kampe shares experiences and perspectives on launching a small farm enterprise with a focus on both personal values and farm economics.

About Eric Kampe

Farmer Eric Kampe started out as an engineer with a degree in computer engineering from the University of Michigan. After working for several years in automotive and electrical engineering, in 2007, Eric began volunteering at Abbondanza Organic Seeds & Produce, a farm in Boulder, Colorado… more

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Episode 1 Transcript

Green Things Farm Collective
Ann Arbor Seed Company
St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor Farm
No-Till Market Garden Podcast
MASA Seed Foundation / Richard Pecoraro
Dan Brisebois
Andrew Mefford
Daniel Mays

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February 15, 2020 S01Ep11 – Wali Via – Winter Green Farm
Farm Transitions
Episode 11:
Wali Via –
Winter Green
Farm

A Subdivision-Sale Model

Wali Via of Winter Green Farm in Oregon shares about farm leadership succession in the context of an LLC. The older farmers wanted to take a step back while ensuring the continuity of their successful land stewardship practices, and to remain in residence on site. The subdivision and sale of the larger business enabled stakeholders to balance economic benefits and responsibilities through contractually defined roles and written agreements.

About Wali Via

Wali Via has farmed at Winter Green Farm in Western Oregon since 1985. Winter Green Farm has a 500-member community supported agriculture program (CSA), grows crops for five farmers’ markets plus wholesale accounts, and maintains a cow/calf beef herd. More

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Episode 11 Transcript

Winter Green Farm
Biodynamic Association

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February 15, 2020 S01Ep10 – Bob Bower – Angelic Organics
Farm Transitions
Episode 10:
Bob Bower –
Angelic
Organics

A Community-Supported Model

Bob Bower describes the challenges and strategies of a community coming together to assist in the farm succession process at Angelic Organics farm in Illinois, where he worked from 1995-2010. A nonprofit organization emerged as a vehicle for community engagement that supported the longtime farmer through leadership transition.

About Bob Bower

Prior to joining Hawthorne Valley Farm in late 2010, Bob worked for 15 years at Angelic Organics, a 1,500-member biodynamic CSA in Northern Illinois with 30 acres in vegetable production. More

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Episode 10 Transcript

Angleic Organics

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February 15, 2020 S01Ep09 – John Bloom – Krusen Grass Farm
Farm Transitions
Episode 9:
John Bloom –
Krusen
Grass Farm

A Philanthropic Model

John Bloom of the Yggdrasil Land Foundation talks about the role of the foundation in assisting the leadership transition on Krusen Grass Farm, located in Southeast Wisconsin. The foundation had a hand in supporting the farmer in finding a successor, provided financial backing, and helped integrate the operation into the local economy and larger community.

About John Bloom

John Bloom is senior director of organizational culture at RSF Social Finance in San Francisco, where he has developed innovative philanthropic programs and contributed to the organization’s thought leadership in the field of social finance. More

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Episode 9 Transcript

RSF Social Finance
Yggdrasil Land Foundation
Krusen Grass Farms
What Does Yggdrasil Mean?

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February 15, 2020 S01Ep08P2 – Bob Wills and John Thomson – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op
England: A Different Model
Episode 8 Part 2:
Bob Wills and John Thomson –
Tablehurst and
Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op

Big Picture Questions - Part 2

This segment describes how farmers stabilized day-to-day farm operations at Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch through direct marketing and community involvement, and how the separation of land ownership from farm operations helps protect the land in the long term.

About Bob Wills and John Thomson

Bob Wills and John Thomson have both served as trustees of St Anthony’s Trust, the charity that owns the land farmed by Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch biodynamic community farms. Both have been integral forces in the trust’s establishment and ongoing Co-op support. More

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Episode 8 Transcript

St Anthony’s Trust
Plaw Hatch Farm
Tablehurst Farm
Emerson College
Michael Hall

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