All episodes

Bigger or Better - The Next Step for Market Gardening with farmer Jean-Martin Fortier (FSFS104)

Inside the Organic Inspection Process with Organic Inspector Laura Murray (FSFS103)

Is ORGANIC CERTIFICATION worth it with organic pioneer and farmer Scott Murray (FSFS102)

How to Grow Microgreens Consistently All Year with farmer Chris Thoreau (FSFS101)

The Future is Now – Celebrating 100 Episodes of The Urban Farmer & Farm Small, Farm Smart (FSFS100)

Farming When the Game Changes - Balancing Being a New Parent and the Farm with Curtis Stone (FSFS99)

Profitable Market Farming in The Middle of Nowhere with Blake Cothron of Peaceful Heritage Farm (FSFS98)

Growing a $100,000 Farm - Elliot Seldner of Fair Share Farm on No-Till, Farm Efficiency, and Balancing Life (FSFS97)

Do New Crops Pay? - The When, How, and Why of a New Crop with Chris Thoreau (FSFS96)

Growing Better by Growing Smaller - Going From Half an Acre to 500 Square Feet with Alex Bertsch of Epic by Nature Farm (FSFS95)

Conquering Analysis Paralysis By Starting a Whole Farm at Once - The Urban Farmer with Curtis Stone (FSFS94)

Growing More Crops and Making More Money in the Same Space with Interplanting f. Curtis Stone (FSFS91)

Farming For A Change with Advocate Farmer Caiti Hachmyer of Red H Farm (FSFS90)

10 Base Principles For Successfully Growing High Quality Microgreens with Farmer Chris Thoreau (FSFS89)

Growing Vegetables and Growing Yourself with farmer Chris Gilbert (FSFS88)

Growing What Chefs Want with farmer Taylor Rogers of In Season Omaha (FSFS87)

Considerations and Constraints with Hiring Farm Employees with Curtis Stone (FSFS86)

Why Microgreen Grower Chris Thoreau Set Up A Co-Operative Business Structure for his Farm (FSFS85)

How Farmer Ray Tyler Tripled His Sales by Farming LESS Land and Focusing on Base Principles (FSFS84)

Farming Against All Odds with Ray Tyler of Rosecreek Farms (FSFS83)

Interns - The Good and The Bad - The Urban Farmer with Curtis Stone (FSFS82)

From the Suburbs and Skateboards to The Country and a Broadfork - The Journey of Jean-Martin Fortier (FSFS81)

The Niche Farm - Experiences Selling to A Diversity of Market Streams Without a Diversity of Crops (FSFS80)

Thinking About Growing Microgreens as a Business - The Tedious, Detail Oriented Reality of Growing Microgreens (FSFS79)

Tips and Tricks for Growing, Harvesting, and Selling Microgreens as a Business with Chris Thoreau (FSFS78)

Increasing Revenue, Dropping Crops, and Growing 14,500lbs of Vegetables on One Third of an Acre - A Year End Review – The Urban Farmer – S2W35 (FSFS74)

How Chris Thoreau Started, Built, and Grew a Thriving Microgreens Business (FSFS77)

Staying Motivated Pursuing Your Own Path – Be it Growth, a Cause, or Freedom – The Urban Farmer – S2W34 (FSFS73)

Making Your Farm Better Without Spending Much Money – The Urban Farmer – S2W33 (FSFS72)

Building Soil - Where Bio-intensive Growing and Market Farming Collide with Jodi Roebuck – The Urban Farmer – S2W32 (FSFS71)

Why not add more land - How much land should YOU farm? - The Urban Farmer - S2W31 (FSFS70)

Going For It and Failing Above Other Peoples' Heads - The Urban Farmer - S2W30 (FSFS69)

Making More Money With Less Land – Maximizing The Farm versus Growing the Farm – Part 3 – The Urban Farmer – S2W29 (FSFS68)

Making More Money With Less Land - Maximizing The Farm versus Growing the Farm - Part 2 - The Urban Farmer - S2W28 (FSFS67)

Making More Money With Less Land - Maximizing The Farm versus Growing the Farm - The Urban Farmer - S2W27 (FSFS66)

Growing to Get Better - Not Just Bigger - Changes Coming to Green City Acres - The Urban Farmer - S2W26 (FSFS65)

Hustle - The Biggest and Most Powerful Tool on The Farm, And It's Free - The Urban Farmer - S2W25 (FSFS64)

Small Scale Farming on the Cheap - What's the least you could spend to start a farm? - Part 3 - The Tools - The Urban Farmer - S2W24 (FSFS63)

Small Scale Farming on the Cheap - What's the least you could spend to start a farm? - Part 2 - The Tools - The Urban Farmer - S2W23 (FSFS62)

Small Scale Farming on the Cheap - What's the least you could spend to start a farm? - Part 1 - The Base Principles - The Urban Farmer - S2W22 (FSFS61)

Adapt or Die - The Importance of Being Flexible with Ideas and Expectations - The Urban Farmer - S2W21 (FSFS60)

How to Keep Weeds from Overtaking Your Farm, and How to Manage Them If They Do - The Urban Farmer - S2W20 (FSFS60)

Real World Challenges and Concerns about Starting Up a Farm on Half an Acre - How to Make it Happen and What to Think About - A Case Study - The Urban Farmer - S2W19 (FSFS59)

Selling to Restaurants is Great! Maybe, Maybe Not. A look at the Pros and Cons of Selling to Restaurants - The Urban Farmer - S2W18 (FSFS58)

All Customers ARE NOT worth Selling To, An In-Depth Look at High Maintenance versus Low Maintenance Customers - The Urban Farmer - S2W17 (FSFS57)

It's REALLY Hot Out - Dealing with Summer Heat on the Farm For the Farmer and the Crops - The Urban Farmer - S2W16 (FSFS56)

Sit Back and Count the Money - Observations and Advice for Improving Your Time at a Farmer's Market - The Urban Farmer - S2W15 (FSFS55)

Your Journey to You - Following The Dream and Following Opportunity Too - The Urban Farmer - S2W14 (FSFS54)

How to Sell More (by specializing in something) - The Urban Farmer - S2W13 (FSFS53)

17 Things You Need (or Don't Need) When You Start Farming - The Urban Farmer - S2W12 (FSFS52)

Killing Busy So You Can Live - A Productivity Episode - The Urban Farmer - S2W11 (FSFS51)

Farming For More Than Dollars - A Look at The Multiple Forms of Income from Farming - The Urban Farmer - S2W10 (FSFS50)

How to Sell More Vegetables - Options Beyond The Farmers Market, Restaurants, and CSA - The Urban Farmer - S2W9 (FSFS49)

Expanding the Farm with Social Capital – The Urban Farmer (FSFS75)

Tomato Mania - How to Get More Total Crop Production by Inter-planting Tomatoes with Other Crops - The Urban Farmer - S2W7 (FSFS48)

Early Seasons Greens Production - Tracking and Managing One of Curtis's Biggest Crops - The Urban Farmer - S2W6 (FSFS47)

Creating The Minimum Viable Farm - $20,000 on a 2000 Square Foot Micro-Farm - The Urban Farmer - S2W5 (FSFS46)

If you don't succeed it's your own fault. Stop blaming people and get to work. - The Urban Farmer - S2W4 (FSFS45)

How To and Why To Start Lettuce in Micro Soil Blocks - The Urban Farmer - S2W3 (FSFS44)

Scaling Up The Market Garden - A Visit to the Farm of the Future - The Urban Farmer - S2W2 (FSFS43)

Taking Advantage of Time with the Passive Techniques of Over-Wintered Crops and Stale Seed-bedding - The Urban Farmer - S2W1 (FSFS42)

"I am now on the path to starting my own farm!" - TUF Listeners Share Their Stories - The Urban Farmer - S1W45

Farming in the City – The Presentation – The Urban Farmer - S1W44

What Nobody Told Me About Small Farming: I Can't Make a Living - DISSECTED - A Case Study – The Urban Farmer - S1W43 (FSFS41)

Six Months of Transition Into Farming – A Conversation with New Farmer Scott Hebert – The Urban Farmer - S1W42

Profitable Small Scale Farming in Sebastopol – A Visit to Singing Frogs Farm with Paul and Elizabeth Kaiser – The Urban Farmer - S1W41

End of Season Reflection - Thinking about How Things Went This Year, to Alter Course and Plan for Next Year - The Urban Farmer - S1W40 (FSFS40)

The Urban Farmer Season Wrap Up and Looking Ahead - Thanks for Listening - The Urban Farmer - S1W39 (FSFS39)

It's Not All About the Money - Keeping What Works and Getting Rid of What Doesn't - The Urban Farmer - S1W38 (FSFS38)

17,500lbs of Vegetables Produced on One Third of An Acre - A Closer Look at What Was Produced on the Farm this Year - The Urban Farmer - S1W37 (FSFS37)

Dealing with Real World Troubles and Issues with Restaurant Customers, and How to Prevent Problems from Arising - The Urban Farmer - S1W36 (FSFS36)

Your Business Model Sucks, or You're Not Very Good at It... (and what to do about it) – The Urban Farmer - S1W35 (FSFS35)

Ask The Urban Farmer – Curtis Answers Questions – From Startup to Restaurant Sales to Record Keeping – The Urban Farmer - S1W34 (FSFS34)

Improving Processes to Be More Time, Energy, and Labor Efficient AND more Profitable – The Urban Farmer - S1W33 (FSFS33)

Post Harvest Crop Processing and Small Farm Equipment That You Wouldn't Think Of – The Urban Farmer - S1W32 (FSFS32)

Being Realistic with Your First Year Expectations - Work to Learn, Not to Earn – The Urban Farmer - S1W31 (FSFS31)

When to Expand the Farm By Adding More Land and When NOT TO Expand By Maximizing What You Have – The Urban Farmer - S1W30 (FSFS30)

Increase Profits and Get More Done.. by Doing Less Work - The Urban Farmer - S1W29 (FSFS29)

The Importance of Record Keeping: You can only know where you're going if you know where you've been. – The Urban Farmer - S1W28 (FSFS28)

What You Are Doing May Not Work... Do It Anyway - The Urban Farmer - S1W27 (FSFS27)

More Common Reasons Why Many Farmers Struggle, and Practical Advice On How You Can Avoid Those Struggles – The Urban Farmer S1W26 (FSFS26)

Tips for Dealing with Hot Weather and Planning Your Crop Production for the Cooler Days of Fall – The Urban Farmer - S1W25 (FSFS25)

Solving the Sales Problem – Optimizing Your Fresh Sheet to Increase Sales – The Urban Farmer - S1W24 (FSFS24)

Successful Farmers Think - The Importance of Information, Mentors, and Adaptation – The Urban Farmer - S1W23 (FSFS23)

Tips on Selling Into New Markets and Sourcing Products from Other Farmers – The Urban Farmer - S1W22 (FSFS22)

Transitioning Into Farming from the Corporate World - A Conversation with New Farmer Rob Kaiser - The Urban Farmer - S1W21 (FSFS21)

Taking a Smart Approach to Farming. Having the Right Mindset to Save Yourself Time, Money, and Mental Trauma - The Urban Farmer - S1W20 (FSFS20)

Hacking the Farmers Market. Tips and Tactics for Selling Your Farm Products Through Farmer's Markets and CSAs – The Urban Farmer - S1W19 (FSFS19)

Creating On Farm Systems to Increase Your Efficiency and Chances for Success – The Urban Farmer - S1W18 (FSFS18)

Streamlining Tasks and Being More Efficient. Tips for Maximizing Effort and Time on the Farm – The Urban Farmer - S1W17 (FSFS17)

Different Farms, Different Markets, Different Models – Differences Between Farming Two Acres and a Quarter Acre – The Urban Farmer - S1W16 (FSFS16)

Tips for Finding Land to Farm in the City – What Works and What Doesn't – The Urban Farmer - S1W15 (FSFS15)

5 Common Reasons Why Many Small Farmers Fail and How You Can Avoid These Pitfalls - The Urban Farmer - S1W14 (FSFS14)

Harvesting Products, Delivery to Restaurants, and Crop Planning – The Urban Farmer - S1W13 (FSFS13)

Greens: A Powerful Economic Driver of the Urban Farm that Keeps on Giving and Giving - The Urban Farmer - S1W12 (FSFS12)

High Production Tomato Growing - How to Grow a lot of Tomatoes in a Small Space - The Urban Farmer - S1W11 (FSFS11)

How Much Money Can You Make as An Urban Farmer? - The Urban Farmer - S1W10 (FSFS10)

Urban Farm Land - Gaining Access to Land and How To Convert the Land from Lawn to Mini Farm - The Urban Farmer - S1W9 (FSFS9)

Hacking the Seed, A Not So Obvious Look at Direct Seeding Crops – The Urban Farmer - S1W8 (FSFS8)

There's a Party In The Greenhouse?!?!? – The Urban Farmer - S1W7 (FSFS7)