May 31, 2019
Corinna Bench is the co-owner of Shared Legacy Farms — a 400 member certified organic vegetable farm outside Toledo, OH. In 2017, their retention rate jumped from 65% to 78% in just one season after teaching her members "the Roadmap to CSA Success" inside her CSA private Facebook group. In this episode, we discuss all...
May 28, 2019
Vern Grubinger is the vegetable and berry specialist and Extension Professor with the University of Vermont, and coordinator of USDA’s Northeast SARE program. In this interview, we draw on Vern’s several decades as an educator and extension agent and talk about the changes, innovations, and breakthrough’s he’s...
May 21, 2019
Gretel and Steve Adams started Sunny Meadows Flower Farm in Columbus, OH in 2007. In this episode, we dive into what it has taken to build a year-round business with multiple year-round employees, the diverse ways they sell their flowers across the country, and how they reduce the overwhelm with careful planning.
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May 13, 2019
Brandt and Erica Parker are a couple of years into their farming journey. They grow on a quarter of an acre in Missouri and focus on lettuce and greens. Brandt talks to Michael about what they've learned so far and what advice they have for farmers just starting out.
In This Episode:
- Weed control strategies and...
May 7, 2019
In this episode, Michael dives into how he got started in farming and how he built Kilpatrick Family Farm to over 20 employees and 500k in annual sales. We also dive deep into what happened to the farm after they decided to step away in 2015. We discuss how building a team was essential for scaling their farm, how...