On today's episode, I'm hanging out with my friends Zach and Rachael of Cross Farm in Barnet, VT. Our face-to-face conversation covers topics such as dealing with predators, the challenges of starting a small farm, what makes a successful Farmers Market and what life is like in Vermont's Northeast Kingdom.

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Scott Hebert is a full-time farmer based in British Columbia. Scott's farm is both small AND profitable. And he's a really interesting dude to talk to. My conversation with Scott covered a wide range of topics including MMA, dealing with negative feedback, stoicism and why he only grows four crops.  

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Scott Hebert's YouTube Channel

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After health problems motivated her to make some major life changes, Liz Zorab has worked hard to establish a highly productive homestead in the Welsh countryside. In my conversation with Liz, we discuss gardening, making major life changes, planning for the future and the best way to feed your family with mostly homegrown food.

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Liz Zorab's YouTube Channel

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Joshua De Yonker runs the Citystead, an urban backyard that was transformed into a homestead garden and greenhouse. Josh really shows you that you can accomplish some amazing things in a very small space.

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Over the past seven years, Diego Footer has spent a lot of time interviewing people about farming, permaculture and growing food. His influential podcasts such as Permaculture Voices, Grassfed Life and Farm Small, Farm Smart, have served as education and motivation for countless farmers and wannabe farmers. On today’s podcast, I turn the table on Diego to learn more about him and his story. And along the way, there are some tremendous insights and advice on what it takes to be a farmer.

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In today's episode, I had a chance to sit down with Jenn Ward of the Sunshine Farm. Jenn and her husband Chris are plant-based homesteading millennials living on a small hobby farm in Upstate New York. In my conversation with Jenn we discussed why she and her husband live the way they do, how they got started and what it is like to balance homesteading with grad school.

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The Sunshine Farm Website

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Brent Preston, along with his wife Gillian, were urban professionals who moved to a remote part of Ontario and started a farm, The New Farm. In their early years, they struggled, but somewhere along the way, they stumbled a model for how to succeed at the business of farming. The story is one about a small, sustainable, organic farm that ended up providing not just a livelihood, but a happy, meaningful and fulfilling way of life. In this episode, I sat down with Brent to learn more about his story.

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Our guest this episode is Rose Duncan of Wholesome Roots. Rose and I had a great conversation all about homesteading in the face of adversity. I have learned a ton from Rose's approach. And what she has been able to achieve is inspiring.

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Today I'm talking to Serina Nell of You Can't Eat the Grass. Serina and her husband Ian have been on a journey to make some changes in their lives. And their most recent change has been to start a farm in Kelowna, BC.

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You Can't Eat the Grass YouTube Channel

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Starting a farm is hard work. But it can be a path to doing work that matters.  In today's episode of the Gold Shaw Farm Podcast, our guest will be Josh Sattin of Sattin Hill Farm. Josh is a market gardener who has just started his second full season of growing. In that time he has learned a lot of lessons. He shares those lessons with us today.

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Sattin Hill Farm Instagram Feed