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The Thriving Farmer Podcast

Sep 27, 2019

We're sliding in a bonus episode this week to answer some questions that came up in our Small Farm University membership and various Facebook groups. 


Sep 24, 2019

This week's episode is a fantastic conversation with Curtis Millsap of Millsap Farms, a 20-acre farm in Springfield, MO. We cover a lot of ground in this extensive conversation, including how Curtis started his farming career, how they grew their famous on-farm pizza nights, how using Harvie as CSA management software...


Sep 17, 2019

We're talking low-tech mushroom growing this week with Eric Jong of GroCycle out of the UK. Eric found his way to mushrooms after leaving a corporate career and becoming interested in permaculture and the local food movement. We talk about low-tech growing techniques, marketing mushrooms, having a team to support...


Sep 10, 2019

Brooke Sheffield started his first hemp brand, Smoky Mountain Medicinals, in 2018 and he now co-owns and operates Phytofox, a vertically-integrated hemp company that farms, extracts, and formulates USDA certified organic hemp products.

In this episode, we talk about how he got started in the hemp business, his love of...


Sep 3, 2019

Josh Sattin is the owner/farmer of Sattin Hill Farm, a suburban farm in Raleigh, NC. In this episode we talk about balancing family and farming, what it's like to be a beginning farmer in the South and our favorite cordless drills...

In this episode:

>> Why Josh encourages beginning farmers to have low expectations...