The Farmer's Share

By Andy ChamberlinSociety & Culture Business Education Self-Improvement

The Farmer's Share episodes

March 02, 2020 Stories of Success and Challenge at Last Resort Farm: EP13
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The Ag Engineering podcasts shares a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. This episode chats with Silas Doyle-Burr of Last Resort Farm (lastresortfarm.com) about a time when he felt both successful and challenged farming.
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18 min
February 24, 2020 No-Till, Hillside, Off-grid, Market Farming at Small Axe Farm: EP12
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The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In this episode, we visit with Evan Perkins and Heidi Choate of Small Axe Farm (https://smallaxefarm.com/) to talk about how they implement no-till production on their farm.
1:56 How do you define no-till on your farm?
3:55 How are you renovating a bed?
6:37 How do you make new beds?
7:54 Farming on a hillside
13:39 Microclimates on a south-facing slope in Zone 4
17:18 No-till and fundamental environmental practices
19:52 Erosion and season extension
22:19 Advantages to hillside growing
26:17 Hoop houses on a hillside
28:06 The Tillie
33:17 Pathway residue compost system
Website: https://smallaxefarm.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smallaxefarm/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/smallaxefarmvermont/?hl=en

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43 min
February 17, 2020 Success in Adding Hemp to a Diversified Vegetable and Berry Farm: EP11
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The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In this episode, we visit with Silas Doyle Burr of Last Resort Farm (lastresortfarm.com) about integrating CBD hemp as an additional crop to his already diversified farm.
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20 min
February 10, 2020 DIY Cat Tunnels and Use in The Winter: EP10
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The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In this episode, we visit with Kyle Doda and Betsy Simpson of 1000 Stone Farm (https://www.1000stonefarm.com/) to talk about their use of caterpillar tunnels, how they built them, and their experiences past the shoulder seasons.
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26 min
February 03, 2020 Greenhouse Sensors on the Cheap: EP09
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The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In this episode, we visit with Kyle Doda and Betsy Simpson of 1000 Stone Farm Farm (https://www.1000stonefarm.com/) about remote temperature monitoring on the cheap.
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15 min
January 27, 2020 The Jang JP5 Seeder: EP08
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The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In this episode we visit with Evan Perkins and Heidi Choate of Small Axe Farm (https://smallaxefarm.com/) to talk about the Jang 5 row seeder.
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19 min
January 20, 2020 Key Automated Infrastructure for Raising A Small Flock of Layer Chickens for Fertility: EP07
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The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In this episode, we visit with Kyle Doda and Betsy Simpson of 1000 Stone Farm Farm (https://www.1000stonefarm.com/) about automated infrastructure to raise a small flock of laying hens.
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28 min
January 13, 2020 Bringing Strawberries to Market Late Intro The Fall: EP06
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The Ag Engineering podcasts is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In This episode we visit with Silas Doyle-Burr of Last Resort Farm (lastresortfarm.com) to talk about bringing strawberries to market as late as October and even into November in Vermont.
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28 min
January 06, 2020Walk-in Coolers and Climate Controlled Rooms: EP05
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The Ag Engineering podcasts share a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. This episode chats with Silas Doyle-Burr of Last Resort Farm (lastresortfarm.com) about his 5 walk-in climate-controlled rooms.

Silas installed five custom build rooms in his renovated dairy barn to create different climate cones for vegetable storage or germination chambers.
VECS, The installer he used for his cooler monitoring and controls.
Last resort farm on instagram
Silas used Trusscore, a corrugated PVC plant in his wash/pack space. See this and more on our blog post go.uvm.edu/smoothnclean
Video tour of the walk-ins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGeCFdc0ZUI&list=PLRhtZw1o6RdFOSoR3QriKs3i3njkEYezi&index=5&t=0s
7:00 Coolbot vs. commercial refrigeration
8:00 Accurate temp and humidity controls
12:51 Wireless Options
13:21 Cost?
16:00 What is a relay?
21:01 Regrets with building material choice
22:23 The need for circulation fans

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25 min
December 30, 2019 Stories of Success and Challenge at Footprint Farm: EP04
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The Ag Engineering podcasts shares a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. This episode chat’s with Taylor and Jake of Footprint Farm (footprintfarmvt.com) who share both stories of success and challenge on their farm. We also loop back on a follow-up question relating to the labor needs to set-up a cat tunnel.
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15 min

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A behind the scenes podcast where we visit with farmers and learn what it takes to be a sustainable produce grower across the triple bottom line of people, profits and our planet.