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The Cornell Small Farms Program’s monthly podcast, Small Farms Radio, centers on stories of the diversity and resilience that come from producing food on a small scale. Small Farms Radio is a hub of c... more
FAQs about Small Farms Radio:How many episodes does Small Farms Radio have?The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.
January 15, 2026Episode 8 - The power of trees: Yellowbud FarmWe begin by examining the value of a tree and high-quality nursery work. Then our agroforestry specialist Connor Youngerman goes to Yellowbud Farm to talk with co-founder Jesse Marksohn about their approach to selecting, breeding, and propagating trees for agroforestry....more44minPlay
October 21, 2025Episode 7 - Hidden Pearls: Contemplating Healing in AgWhat does it look like for farms to be healing spaces? Join us as we talk with Brett Grant about how he is creating space for education, healing, and collaboration at his farm in upstate, New York....more37minPlay
July 17, 2025Episode 6 - Fungi on the FarmWhat does it take to grow mushrooms indoors? To answer this question, our agroforestry and mushroom specialist, Connor Youngerman, takes podcast listeners on a tour of Queens, venturing into nondescript buildings and ducking into basement hatches to discover the innovative world of indoor mushroom production. In this episode Youngerman learns how some growers in the big city are producing mushrooms from “spore-to-table” and every step in between....more42minPlay
June 13, 2025Episode 5 - Fungi In The CityHow does a mushroom move through the city? This April we sent our agroforestry and mushroom specialist Connor Youngerman to follow a mushroom in New York City. With the help of farmers, chefs, and business owners, Youngerman explored the life cycle of urban mushrooms, and how several organizations are working to close the loop of food and food waste in the city....more36minPlay
May 07, 2025Episode 4 - Farm Transitions at Northland Sheep DairyWhat do you do when don’t have family to take over your farm? We talk with Donn and Maryrose of Northland Sheep Dairy in Marathon, NY about how they negotiated the transition of ownership with the previous owners of their farm and how they are making decisions about their own retirement based on their experience....more40minPlay
April 24, 2025Episode 3 - Founding the West Branch Commons Part 2The West Branch Commons is a land access project in the Catskill region of NY that provides one of the most holistic approaches to supporting beginning farmers in the country. In the second part of this two part series we talk with Tianna Kennedy and Francis Yu, two farmer founders of this project about how this project came to be....more35minPlay
March 10, 2025Episode 2 - Founding the West Branch CommonsThe West Branch Commons is a land access project in the Catskill region of New York that provides one of the most holistic approaches to supporting beginning farmers in the country. In this first part of our two-part series we talk with Sea Matais, one of the first farmers to access land through the project, and Rhiannon Wright, a collaborator and part of the team that helped get this project off the ground. Watch the documentary Tom and Sea https://youtu.be/I0YkC15W49M?si=oX2-DGZQKPxBe_5J...more35minPlay
February 09, 2025Episode 1 - Who Is A Farmer?Who can call themselves a farmer? Depending on where you sit in the food system, you may answer this question very differently. In this first episode of Small Farms Radio, hosted by Cornell Small Farms Program, we hear a range of perspectives on this question from a diverse group of stakeholders. Why does it matter who is called a farmer? This conversation encourages reflection about who is served by different definitions of the term....more33minPlay
FAQs about Small Farms Radio:How many episodes does Small Farms Radio have?The podcast currently has 8 episodes available.