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Learning to Cash Flow Carrots
Dung Beetles in a Grazing Ecosystem
Improving Plant Growth
Logistics in a Cannery
Healthier Food from Healthier Soils
Mycology for Nutraceuticals
Hours Farming
Vetting Farm Volunteers
Weeds in the Ecosystem
Stepping Away from the Business
Where to Find Your First You-Pickers
Fulvic Acid in Different Products
The Reality of Mass-Produced Animal Products
The Vital Role of Dung Beetles in an Ecosystem
The Dangers of Overusing Compost
Fungi Living in Competition and Community
Is This Market Worth It
Starting a Mini-Farmers Market
Compost is Worth It
Working Where You Live
Demand Forecasting
Growing Just One Product
Getting a Jump on Production
The Role of Animals in Grasslands
Expectations from Humic & Fulvic Acids
You-Pick Communications
Considerations for Land and Market
Fungi Evolutionary Pathways
Fertilizing Appropriately
Efficiency from Restaurant-Only Sales
Customer-Centered Crop Choice
Ground Beetles are Farm Friends
Learning From Challenges
You-Pick Sales to Profit $100,000
Regulations and Value Added Products
Selling Transplants to Other Growers
Weeds as a Signalling Tool
Adding Worm Castings to the Soil
Warm & Cool Season Grasses
Crop Planning Backwards
Get Good at Demand Forecasting
Bacteria Preventing Shrub Growth
Selling at an Open Market
Growing What Your Market Wants
Growing What Your Market Wants
Partnerships and Lowered Costs at Scale
Dung Beetles as Mechanical Decomposers
Saving Farms from Becoming Developments
Saving Farms from Becoming Developments
Saving Farms from Becoming Developments
Choosing Humic & Fulvic Acid Products
What to Look in Fungal Inoculants
You-Pick Insurance
Vetting Farm Volunteers
The Best Way to Get Soil Samples
Consumers Paying for Regenerative Ag
Hiring is Key to Business Growth
The Secret to Speed
Buying from a Local Cannery
No Safety Net for Small Farms
Expanding to Other Retailers
Veteran Growers Supporting New Growers
Getting Creative with Optionality
Grasslands and Successions
Starting a Plant Start Business
The Oldest Lichens
Thought Process on Scaling
The Difference Between Humic Acid & Fulvic Acid
Your Home's Focus
Flexing Products to Sell at Stores
Good Candidates for the Conservation Fund
High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
Supporting Regenerative Ag for Health
How Many Crops to Grow for a You-Pick
Lichen's Effects on Drylands
Growing in Tunnels in Ireland
The Ecological Function of a Lichen
Work at an Established Farm First
The Regenerative Hierarchy of Needs
Mining Humic Substances
Root-Fungi Relationships
Getting Started on a Cannery
Opportunities From Land Ownership
Selling Value-Added Products
Scaling Up as a Cooperative Farm
A Loose Consignment System
Building Resiliency with Egg Production
Carbon In and Out of Soil
Defining Drylands
Defining Lichens
Getting Started with a You-Pick
What is a Cannery?
Crop Selection for Farmers Markets and Restaurants
Planting into Dry vs Wet Soil
Rustic Road's Road to Land Ownership
How Trichoderma Helps Fight Disease
Buy Transplants vs. Grow Them Yourself
Individual vs Community
Keys to Successful Lettuce
Players in the Local Food Movement
Tillage and Fungal Survival
What Your Seed Reps Can Do For You
Add or Not to Add Mycorrhizal Fungi
Different Biochar Material for Different Soil Needs
Lease with Option to Purchase Property
Logistics of Seasonings
Importing Produce from Other Growers
Flavor IS Nutrition
The Sumi Soaker
Plant Starts as a Viable Business
Fungal Communities in Prairie Successions
Cucumber Fruit to Seed Ratio
Quality and Pricing Salads for Chefs
High Profit Crops & Experimental Crops
Weeds Healing Soils
Commuting To vs. Living On the Farm
The Athens Farmers Market
Small-Scale Pasture Raised Egg Economics
Building an Effective Food System
Financial Viability: Control Your Costs
Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi & What They Do
Introducing New Crops to Customers
Birthing a Cooperative Farm
Between Regenerative and Profitable
Yeast, Lactobacillus, and Phototrophic Bacteria in the Soil
The Knowledge Around Growing and Using Medicinal Herbs
Biochar Variability
Biochar Variability
Reasonable Expectations with Less Tillage
Understanding How the Current Seed Industry Works
Relationships DO Matter for Small Businesses
Some Tips on Selling to Chefs
Start with What You Have
Where There are Risks There are Rewards
Minimizing Waste with a Diversified Farm
Tacking On Value-Added Herbs
Processing Garlic for Seasonings
New Products for Market Farmers
The Farm's Community
A Farmers Market Customer
Valuing Humanely-Raised Animals
Clay & Organic Matter Interactions
Biochar in Carbon Sequestration and Climate Change
Weeds in the Succession of a Landscape
Weeds in the Succession of a Landscape
Carbon Sequestering Plants
Compaction & Soil Pore Space
The Challenge of Pricing & Shiny New Object Syndrome
Signage and Maximizing Store Displays
What it Means to Grow Regeneratively
Bridging the Gap Between Farmers and Property
Rolling with the Punches
Encouraging Trichodermal Growth
Setting Up Farm Systems
Choosing a Good Farmers Market
Why Pasture-Raised Eggs
Start Up Costs and Startup Tools
Photographers and Their Specialities
Customer Relationships Funding Farm Implements
Selling at 4 Farmers Markets
The Reality of a Collaboration
From Traditional to Regenerative Agriculture
Logan Labs and Their Services
From 4 to 1-Person Operation
Defining Biochar
Accessing Micro and Macronutrients in the Soil
Charging a Flat Rate for Veg in a You-Pick Farm
Starting A CSA with 3-4 Crops
Running an Honor System Farm Stand
Evaluating Compost
Good Compost vs. Bad Compost
What Happens to Clay When You Plant in It
Nailing Down Succession Planting
Why Certified Naturally Grown (CNG) was Built
Efficient Microbes and Local Microbes
What Trichoderma Does for the Soil
Starting Farming with the Barlow Method
The Economics of Bread for Market
Customers Stopping for a Roadside Wagon
Quantifying Nutrition in Produce
Value-Adding Herbs
The Paperpot Transplanter & The Jang Seeder
Why Consider Growing Garlic
Terminating Cover Crops
Bare Soil or Covered with Organic Litter
Building a Farm While Managing an Established Farm
Building a Farm While Managing an Established Farm
Building a Farm While Managing an Established Farm
Post You-Pick Season
Prioritizing the Limiting Factor
Microgreens and Flowers in a Flexible Salad Mix
Maintaining a Johnson-Su Bioreactor in Winter
Trust in a Referral Program
Funding Farm Expenses with Plant Sales
Farming Smart for a Viable Career
Managing Different Microgreen Varieties
Wholesome Wave Georgia and Food Assistance
Wholesome Wave Georgia and Food Assistance
Planting and Watering for Winter Growing
Growing Herbs From Seeds
A Close Look at the Sumi Soaker
Carbon Sequestration Through Agriculture
Better Photosynthesis for Plants
What to Look for in a Potting Mix
Why Cover Crop in the Winter
Branding as Craft Products
Cultivating Your Customer Base
The Economics of Selling Product at Scale
A No-Commitment CSA Model
Different Ways to Source Seed
Salad Mix Microgreens and Field Greens
Clay vs. Organic Matter
Discipline in Spending
Higher Sales Per Customer Online
Don't Start a Business if You Have Debt
Organic is Different From Regenerative
Why Grow Medicinal Herbs
Unique Income Streams
Planning Out Crop Placement on the Farm
Err on Production vs Cover Cropping
A Positive or a Negative
Reasonable Biochar Application Rate
Johnson-Su Bioreactor Compost
Pay Off vs. Investment
Big Changes Come from Small Ripples
Posting Educational Content on Instagram
Biology vs. Compacted Soil
Financial Viability: A Big Enough Customer Base
What are Macroarthropods
Fungi in Agriculture
Subpar Compost vs. No Compost At All
Some Essential Farm Tools
Funding for Food Assistance
Increasing Our Soil's Carbon Stores
Common Clay Misconceptions
Cover Cropping vs. Tarping
Different Forms of Carbon
Growing Microgreens Outdoors
Isolating Cucumber Plants
Profitable Retail Store Microgreens
Growing Fewer Crops for Better Prices
Making a Living Growing Medicinal Herbs
Making a Living Growing Medicinal Herbs
Making a Living Growing Medicinal Herbs
Building a Farm Business at a Sustainable Rate
Balancing Microgreen Mixes
A Consortium of Bacteria
Carbon Sequestration Explained
Irrigation for Different Crop Types
EazyLeaf Lettuce and Other Exciting Varieties
Ensuring Quality from the Land to the Product
Crediting the Terra Preta for Biochar
Financial Prudence as Insurance
Above vs Below Ground Decomposition
Carbon Sequestration and Carbon Cycling
DIY Biochar
Potential Cons to Cover Cropping
Standing Out with Longer Growing Microgreens
First Year Focus: Profit or Perfecting Craft
Financial Viability - Consistent Quality Product
Dynamic You-Pick Logistics
Quality is Key in Online Selling
The Changes From Physical Market to Online Store
Developing Your First Crop Plan
Introducing Medicinal Herbs to a Market
Heirlooms & Open-Pollinated Seeds
Earthworms vs. Ants
Does Cover Cropping Make a Difference
Clays and the Great Plains
Results of Small Steps Towards No-Till
Results of Small Steps Towards No-Till
Carbon Saturation and Carbon Loss
Compost PLUS Compost Tea?
Start Small, Build Confidence
How Cover Crops Break up Compaction
Taking A Loan for the Business
Farming & Family Success
How Much to Sell Products For
$50 Per Hour Farm Work
Partnering with Chefs for Farm-to-Table Dinners
The Farmer's Market as a Community Space
Same Variety, Different Quality
Inventory Management in Retail Stores
Involving the Community with On-Farm Projects
Can We Get Good Information from Soil Tests
Putting Beds to Sleep
Quality Costs Money
A Soil's Cation Exchange Capacity
Feed the Soil Not the Plant
Burning Biochar & Different Feedstocks
Commercial vs Home-Scale Composting
The Work Behind an 8-Week You-Pick Farm
You Learn By Doing
Encouraging Fungi in Compost
The Fear of the Unknowns in the Business
Growing Medicinal Herbs vs. Growing Vegetables
Getting a Feel for a Market
From 30" to 36" Beds
The Community Built Around the You-Pick Farm
You Don't Have to Farm 10 Months In a Year
Land Requirement for Growing Cucumbers for Seeds
SeedTime for Market Gardeners
Coming Out the Other Side of a Tough Time
Standing Out by Offering More
Carbon Sequestration and Loss in Warmer Temperatures
Shifting from a Bacteria-Dominated Soil
Current Concerns on Seed Saving
Focusing on Storage Root Crops for Wholesale
The Role of Soil Macrofauna
Starting a Farm Business for Cheap
Maximizing Greenhouse Space
Sand vs. Clay
The Basics of Crop Planning
Food Security Programs & Farmers
Encouraging Fungi in the Soil
Lack of Confidence from a Lack of Knowledge
A Diversified You-Pick Farm
Making the Job Easier
Cover Crop Seeding Density
Before Opening Preorders
What to Look for When Buying Biochar
Potential Concerns About Peer-to-Peer Inspections
Organic & Hybrid & Open-Pollinated
Fast Tracking Building Soil with Microbes
Compost and Starting a Compost Business
Pros and Cons of A Job vs Business
Cash Crops Without Amendments
Stacking Functions with Biochar
The Problem with Too Much Compost
Microgreen Salad Mix
You're Going to Get Better
Building a Farm While Managing an Established Farm
Starting a Roth IRA for a 6-Year-Old
Market Gardening + You-Pick Farming
Microgreens as a Utility Tool
The Viability of Farming as a Business
Taking Advantage of the Right Time & the Right Place
Pivoting from a $100 Farmer's Market
How Local Line Got Their First Adopters
Keeping the Customer Base Sticky
People Don't Want Choice
How Organic Growing Has Changed Through the Years
How is Your Farm Producing Revenue
Is Silicon the Missing Piece
Offsetting Carbon Emissions with the Help of Farmers
Getting People to Stop for Microgreens
Boosting Sales with an Online Store
Looking at Soil Biology
Cover Cropping and Tillage
Scale At the Appropriate Rate
A Profitable Farm is a Sustainable Farm
Why You SHOULD Work on a Farm First
Handcutting Microgreens for the Best Quality
Humus as We Know It Now and Then
Marketing vs. The Real Deal
No Need to Add Nitrogen
Brown and Green Foodstuff for Compost
Degrees of Tillage
Soils Out of Balance with Fungi
Soils Out of Balance with Fungi
Crop Rotation and Fungal Relationships
Moving the Business Keeping the Customers
Before You Start a Microgreens Business
Different Seasons, Different Microgreen DTMs
Trust Yourself to Find Yourself
Cumulative Knowledge & Operational Costs
Some Challenges of Farming Alone
A Self-Serve Farm Store at a Good Location
A Lead Magnet to Hook in Emails
Writing Better Emails by Being Vulnerable
When New Farmers Don't Get Enough On-Farm Experience
Its Easier to Go Bankrupt with Debt
Increasing Soil Organic Matter
Biochar and Citizen Scientist Research Trials
Weeds Co-Existing with Cash Crops
Starting a Farm with Zero Farm Experience
Translating the Farmer's Market Experience to the Online Store
The Conviction to Sell at Your Prices
A Run Through of Processing Online Orders for Delivery
A Good Crop Variety for a You-Pick Farm
An Objective Look of When to Pull the Plug
Lesser Known Seeds and Seed Companies
Keeping Minerals in the Soil
Realistic Expectations with Compost Tea
The Mistake of Buying Too Much
The Role of Trichoderma in the Soil
Soil Tests That May or May Not Match Your System
Value Added Microgreen Products
Selecting for Traits in Cucumbers
Transparency of CBD Testing
Sitting Down to Schedule Social Media Posts
Different Strategies Growing in Different Seasons
Prepping for a CNG Inspection
Organic Matter Turnover
Biology vs. Pest and Disease
Defining Mycelium
Different Talking Points for Different Markets
Prepping an Emergency Fund Before Transitioning
The Labor Behind Growing Microgreens as an Add-On
50% Farm 50% Business
Selling More and Going Above and Beyond for Existing Customers
The Interactions Between Microbes and Amendments
To Manure or to Biochar
Biochar Production vs. Result
When Does Tillage Become a Problem
Taking on New Big Customers
Growing Pains of Expanding a Microgreens Operation
Layers of Prioritization
How Profitable are Cut Flower Bouquets
What's Possible on 2,000sqft. of Land
Crops Worth Keeping
Making Solo Farming Work
Filling in Shelves of a All-Local Brick and Mortar Farm Store
Considering Partnering Up with Other Producers
Financial Viability: Know Your Numbers
Better Customer Communication with the Online Store
Engineering a Nitrogen-Fixing Microbe
An Overview of CNG's Peer-to-Peer Inspections
Selling at Multiple Farmers Markets in a Day
Common Compost Tea-Making Mistakes
Does Organic Matter Indicate Soil Health
The Economics of a Small-Scale Seed Grower
Managing Crops and Weeds in the Greenhouse
Does Aggregating More Mean More Profits?
Thoughts on Farm Business Succession
Practices and Principles to Improve Soil Health
Soil Testing with Private Labs
Compost Made with Biosolids and Manure
Getting Started with Your Own Biochar
Building Up Fungi in Compost
Management of Different Bed Densities
Maintaining Blackberries on a You-Pick Farm
Product Photos and Instagram Photos
What Makes a Good Quality Microgreen
What We Know About Carbon Sequestration
Multi-Species Cover Cropping
Making a Living Growing Microgreens
Initial Wholesaling Fears
Product Variety and Online SKU Listings
A One-Minute Microgreen Pitch to Chefs
The Pressure to Deliver from Seed to Produce
Becoming Part of the Community
Picked Clean at a You-Pick Farm
What Hiring Out Allows
Arriving at a Unique Crop Selection
Halting Composting and Soil Testing Frequency
Different Ways to Grow a Farm
To Harvest or to Cover Crop
ECommerce Removing Friction in the Supply Chain
Keeping Costs Low at Startup
A Farm Product Photo that Stands Out
Putting Yourself Out There with Your Brand
Live Cutting Microgreens at Farmer's Markets
What We Know About Biochar
Making it Work on a Non-Linear Career Path
Soil Microbiology of a Struggling Plant
Buy Once For the Packaging, Buy Again For the Quality
Bunches and Prices
The Difference Between CNG vs USDA Organic
Keeping an Eye on Soil pH
Cultivating Fungi for Foliar Sprays
Shifting the Business to Fit the Market
How Lucrative is Seed Saving?
The Why Behind Starting A Farm
Compost vs. Ground Cover
Getting Started with Compost Teas
Picking Up Online Orders at Farmer's Markets
A Visually Appealing Market Booth
The Riskiest Time in a Business is Expansion
A Brick and Mortar Store that Connects Farmers to Consumers
Outfitting the Right Microgreen Space
Post-Processing Product Photos
Choosing Which Expansion Opportunities to Pursue
The Value of Tracking Farm Data
Tacking On Mushrooms on a Microgreens Operation
Managing Greenhouse Tomatoes and Cucumbers
When Profitability is the Result
Making the Best Seed Purchase for Microgreens
Milestones at Years 1 - 3 - 5
Flowers Alongside Vegetables
Blackberry Economics on a Market Farm
Financial Viability: Spend Carefully Not Recklessly
Packaging and Recommended Use
Trust & Connection on a Tight Customer Base
You-Pick Farming? No Crop Planning!
Cashflow Strategy on a Year One Farm
Tempering Expectations as the Farm Progresses
Growing the Business by Growing Less Variety
Qlipr Tomatoes and Qlipr Cucumbers
Culinary Edge of Better Tasting Produce
Data Points and Profit
Quality and Sizing for Different Customers
Patience in Bootstrapping
The Line Between Too Much and Too Little Customer Service
Building Up a Microgreens Customer Base
Diversity is Your Insurance
A Week of Baking Bread for the Farmer's Market
Using Local Line as an Aggregator
What the Farmer is Passionate About vs. What the Consumer Cares About
Tacking on Logistics and Labor Tax on Online Orders
The Lack of Hyper-Local Food Shops
Aggregating Unique Products for Customers
The Conception of The Really Fancy Salad
Grow Everything Now, Sell Everything Now
Balancing Color and Leaf Shape for a Microgreen Mix
The Appeal of a 200 Acre Farm
Should I or Should I Not Hire? You Should!
A Stand Out Vibe for a Stand Out Farm Stand
Finding the Fulfilling Work
Social Media to Email to Referrals
Steering Customers to the Online Store
An Engaging Farmer's Market Booth
Matching the Lifestyle, the Business, and the Budget
Focusing Production on the Profitable Crops
Dabbling in You-Pick Farming
Cover Cropping with the Jang Seeder
Starting a Farm Business with Blackberries
Understanding the Economics Around Seeds
The Keys to Making it to 6 Years
Fiscally Responsible Equals Successful Business
Many vs. Few SKUs
Why Have an Online Presence
Less Waste with Live Cut Microgreens
Horizontal Expansion of a Microgreens Farm
Selling Other Farmers' Produce
Maintaining a Resilience Mindset
Crop Planning to Fund the Farm and the Lifestyle
Managing Longer Cycle Microgreens
Sharing the Good The Bad but Not the Ugly
Different Ways to Sell in Different Contexts
Don't Put Ceilings on Employees & Keep Them Sticky
Starting a Farming Career & Getting Adopted by Farms
The Lifecycle of a Wholesale Storage Crop
The Different Work that Goes into Running an Online Store
Thoughts on CSA vs Farmers Market
What Makes a Good Product Photo
Scroll-Stopping Content
Local Customers Wanting Local Food
Adding an Online Store Adds Complexity But
Keep Your Email Newsletters Simple
Stepping out of the CBD Commodity Market & Carving Out a Niche
Putting the Business Second
Getting Word Out Through Facebook
Top Performing Crops on a 2,000sqft. Farm
Focus Less on Marketing and More on Sales
Focus Less on Marketing and More on Sales
Lessons Learned From a 200-Acre Farm
Life is Short - Do What Makes You Happy
The Economics of Selling Seeds on a Small Scale
Profitable and Not-So-Profitable Products
First Year Farming as a Stepping Stone
First Year Farming as a Stepping Stone
The Disconnect Between What New Farmers Expect and Reality
Water and Catchment
Best Investments of a New Farm
What You're Willing to Risk to Start a Business
You-Pick Season Pass
Kill Debt As Much as You Can as Fast as You Can
The Scary but Exciting Step of Hiring
Legacy in Variety
The Logistics of Selling Live Uncut Microgreen Trays
Market Research Before Growing Microgreens
No-Dig in Practice
Making a Good Living on 1/8 of an Acre
Being Able to Say This is It
More Flexibility with an Online Store
Looking at Farming as a Long-Term Career
Grow Hemp From Clones vs Seed
Converting Instagram Scrollers to Customers
Inventory Logistics for Managing an Online Store
Realistic Expectations with Beneficial Insects
Enjoying Both On and Off-Farm Jobs
Minimizing Food Waste Selling Fresh All-Local Produce
Getting Your Audience to Stop Scrolling for You
Create Urgency by Listing Out of Stock Items
A Realistic Budget for a Professional Photographer
On Having Crop Variety
The Why Behind Starting a Business
Being a Farmer and a People Person
The Key to a Successful You-Pick
Charge What You Need to Charge
Lessons from Conventional Ag
Year One Farming Mistakes
Running a Farm Business with a Partner
Smaller Land, Bigger Profits
Know Your System Before You Buy Your Tools
Selling and Connecting Through Email Lists
Setting Boundaries on Farm Hours
Letting Go to Grow the Business
Soil Does Not Lie
Making a Living Farming
Creating Pictures with Product Descriptions
Kaizen: Continuous Improvement
Start with One Microgreen Crop
Don't Start a Business if You Have Debt
Sell More with Bundle Offers
Challenges of Growing Root Crops at Scale
Keep Your Eyes Open for Your Niche
CSA Model that Works
No-Till is Not a Religion
Farmer's Market & Market Wagon
Community-Backed On-Farm Project
Keeping Customers Sticky by Offering More Variety
Connecting with Customers and Producers on Social Media
ECommerce in the Small Farm Landscape
Sending Text Message Reminders for Online Orders
The Community as a Core Customer Base
Stepping out of the CBD Commodity Market & Carving Out a Niche
Don't Overlook the Power of Email Marketing
Diversity and Consistency: Keys to Selling Well at the Farmer's Market
Inventory Management with Online Selling
Why Aren't There a Lot of Local Food Shops
The Farmer's Market as a Catch-All for the Online Store
Content to Pull in a Following
Capturing Products in Their Best Light
Fatal Farming Flaws & Rookie Mistakes
The Purpose of Your Website
Getting Product into a Local Chain
Aggregating: Keep Track of Your Numbers
A Relationship Built on Rock Solid Foundations
Breeding Plants for Targeted Traits
Be Cautious of Fake Loans
Keeping the Loyal Customers Sticky
The Organic Inspector's Checklist
Cold Compost vs. Hot Compost
Challenges in a Year 4 Farm
How Much to Grow Different Crops
Choosing Soil Depth for Growing Microgreens
Pricing Aggregated Product
Choosing Your Desired Land to Farm
Competing on a Higher End Category
To Grow or Not to Grow This Microgreen Variety
A Small Farm as a Long-Term Business
Tunnels for Winter Growing
When Farming is Just a Piece of the Puzzle
Managing an Unmanned On-Farm Farm Store
Cover Crops in High Tunnels
Starting Farming on the Side
Less Emails Higher Retention
Permaculture in Market Gardening
Taking Control of Retail
Winter Growing Over Summer Growing
Less Tools, Better Farm Efficiency
Why Use Shade Cloth
Packing Soil in Microgreen Trays
Clearing Beds Ergonomically
Minimum Viable Product
It's Easier to Go Bankrupt with Debt
40K Pounds of Product Successfully Grown in Challenging Land
Why Use Tunnels on Your Farm
Where Profit and Ideology Sit in a Business
Growing Microgreens in Coco Coir
An Overview of Integrated Pest Management
How Far Genetics Can Go
Making a Farm Setup More Efficient
Hiring to Grow the Business
Tarping with Silage Tarps
Balancing Microgreen Yield and Quality
Getting Better at Estimating Yield
Running a Subscription Veggie Box on Limited Land
Getting and Keeping Those First Customers
Tacking on Cut Flowers to Your Market Garden Repertoire
Advice for Grafting Tomatoes
Silage Tarp Cons
Better Microgreens with Better Airflow
Dealing with CSAs and Field Struggles
Organic Systems Studies by The Rodale Institute
How Viable is Growing Hemp in a Market Garden?
Profitable Bitter Greens
Pivoting Careers to Farm
Leaving the Roots in Beds
Adding Cut Flowers to Your Market Garden
The Complexity Behind Online Order Fulfillment
What to Look for When Sourcing Seeds
Dealing with the Monotony of Production
A Strategic Flexible CSA Subscription
Having Enough for a Rainy Day
Cons of a Deep Compost Mulch System
Success Beyond Success
Customer Feedback from Aggregated Products
Farmers Market Flower Display Tips
Community as a CSA Selling Point
Organically Growing the Business
Is Farming for You?
Compost for Deep Compost Mulch System
Compost for Deep Compost Mulch System
Plant Breeding vs. GMOs
Gaps in the Microgreens Conversation
The Economics Behind Farming on the Side
Growing Vegetables vs. Growing Medicinal Herbs
Water Constraints and Better Soil
Seed Business Land Requirements
Getting Started at Farmers Markets
More Forgiving Microgreens
Choosing Tomato Root Stock
Approaching Stores with Microgreens
Mentally Shutting Off From the Business
Evolving Farming Goals
Caring for Cannabis
Crop Planning Based on Sales Outlets
Does Compost Tea Make a Difference?
Funneling Customers to the Online Store
The Challenges of Bootstrapping
Lean on What Sells
Basement Microgreens Logistics
Off-Season on a Flower Farm
Encourage Questions to Distinguish Your Farm
Little Efforts Stack
Combined Income Sources and Market Streams
Logistical Challenges of Home Delivery
Growing Microgreens in Straight Peat Moss
Inventory Logistics of Aggregate Selling
Selling Cut Flowers to Florists vs. Designers
Considerations for Choosing Which Crops to Grow
Running a Medicinal Herbs Business
The Appeal of On-Farm Workshops
The Appeal of On-Farm Workshops
Samples Translating to Sales
Why Grow Wheatgrass Microgreens
Difficulties of a One-Person Business
Biointensive Growing for Market Gardens
Growing Foxgloves
Balancing Content Creation & Farming
Success in Adding Market Streams
Success in Adding Market Streams
Microgreens Market Research
Which Microgreens to Try First
Making Land Farmable
Affordable Land vs. Profitable Land
Pitching Buying Wholesale from Other Farms
When the Business is in a Good Place
Deep Compost Mulch System
Considering Hydroponics
Quantifying a Crop's Success
Transitioning from Garden to Market Garden
Growing Medicinal Herbs for Market
Aggregating Products in Shopify
Keeping the Business a Lifestyle Business
An Overview of Post-Harvest Processing
Tunnel Specs
Good Seeds, Bad Seeds, & Seed Suppliers
Dealing with Tomato Disease
Getting 100 Customers in One Week
Consulting a Lighting Expert
Disrupting the Farmers Market Scene with Cut Flowers
Hiring is Spending Money to Make Money
REKO Ring Cons
4 Principles of Creating Living Soil
Increasing Dollars Per Sale for Flowers
Why Some Farmers Refuse Online Farmers Markets
Cover Cropping on a Small Scale Farm
Pumpkin Pricing
Pathogen Susceptibility of Seeds
Raising Product Prices
Grafting Tomatoes Based on Your Needs
Wood Chips in Walkways
Evaluating the Profitability of a Microgreen Variety
Designing Market Bouquets vs. Wedding Bouquets
An Upper Limit to Genetics
Learnings From the Livestock Farm
Compensation for Running an Online Farmers Market
Tomato Density and Disease Pressure
Restaurant Logistics & Considerations
What a Bed of Summer Greens Can Look Like
Selling Bouquets at Farmers Markets
How Nutrient Dense are They Really
Adding Varieties to Your Microgreens Repertoire
Some Basic REKO Ring Guidelines
The Numbers Behind Mushrooms
The 5S of the Lean System: Sorting
Choosing Which Varieties to Grow
A Veg Grower Dabbling in Flowers
Moving from Farmigo to Shopify
Pumpkin Farm Stand Sales
Err Towards Caution & Production
What Having a Business Lifestyle Means
Beta Testing Before Implementing Changes
The Carts and Horses of Tomato Nutrition
Seasonality in Crop Planning
Don't Burn Your Bridges
Aggregating From Other Farmers
Meeting Your Employee's Career Expectations
When Seeds are Taken Seriously
The Difference Between Growing Veg and Growing Flowers
Growing Tips for Summer Greens
Setting up an Online Farmers Market in 72 Hours
Woodchips in Walkways
Microgreens Packaging and Ecological Impact
Keeping Employees in the Off Season
Freeing Up More Bandwidth
Utilizing Leftover Fertility
Organic Certification for Non-Agricultural Land
Hybrids Can Taste Better Than Heirlooms!
Getting Creative with the Aggregator Model
Deep Compost Mulch System (with Chickens!)
Pushing the Borders of Your Brand
Off-Farm Farm Stand Visibility & Visibility
Progress as You Deem Progress
Microgreens and Sustainable Agriculture
Start and Stick with What Works
If a Farmers Market is a Good Fit
Strategizing Crop Variety
Considerations for Selling to Restaurants
Keeping Track of Restaurant Payments
Moving a Farmers Market Online
The Minimum Requirements to Start a Flower Farm
Starting with Selling Number 2 Produce
Working Efficiently with an Employee
Tackling Growing Greens in Summer
Living Wage++
A Farm is a Business
Quitting Vs. Moving On
Growing Celosia
Switching From CSAs to Farmers Markets
The Local Farmer's Edge Over Big Companies
Applying Lean Principles
Using Shade Cloth on Summer Greens
Pricing Your Product
Cognitive Dissonance of Running a Business
An Ergonomic Way to Clear Out Beds
Native Predatory Insects Taking Action
Maintaining the Quality of Summer Greens
How Scalable is Going No-Till?
Local Line Packaging and Delivery Logistics
Adding Egg Production to the Market Garden
What You Need to Sell to Local Florists
When the Farm Can't Be the Full-Time Thing
Irrigating in High Tunnels
When to Start Systematizing
Denser Planting for Better Quality Summer Greens
Business Fragility: Key Person Risk
Direct Marketing is Key to Small Farm Success
Growing Sunflower Shoots in Field Beds
Precisely Identify Value
Hoping for Favorable Mutations
Brainstorming to Get 100 Customers in One Week
Wages & Incentives
Tractors on an Organic Farm
Pros and Cons of a CSA Model
Interplanting is Not for Everyone
Selling Cut Flowers to Wholesalers
Pacing the Work Just Right
The Challenge of Growing Summer Greens in Tennessee
Considerations Behind Adding a Delivery Day
Where to Start with No-Till
Experimenting on 100-Foot Paper Chains
Your Seed Supplier and You
To Leave or Not to Leave Paperpot Chains
Native & Imported Beneficial Insects
Arriving at the Best Price for Microgreens
Old School Networking Selling to Chefs
Balancing a Strict Schedule with Unpredictability
Stand Up
Dealing with Bermuda Grass
Local Line Setup and Integration
A Small Flower Grower's Place in the Local Scene
Premium Limited Product
Replacing a Market with Online Sales
Gamechanging Tools for the Small Farm
Bootstrapping Your Farm
What to Look for When Hiring
Get Creative and Become Anti-Fragile
The Risks in Growing Microgreens in Compost
New Crops & Focus Crops
Creating SOPs and Checklists
Breeding Plants for Multiple Disease Resistance
Respecting Your Workplace Dynamics
Life Adapts to the Business
Adding a Design Business to Your Flower Farm
Choosing Tomato Rootstock
More Variety, Higher Average Order
What to Look for When Sourcing Seeds
Maximizing Farmers Market Booth Space
80-Hour Living Wage
Why Open Up Shop with Local Line
Working from the Customer Back to the Farm
Farming as a Secondary Business
Setting Up a Shopify Farm Store
Aggregating to Boost Sales
Getting Traction on Instagram
When to Sow Which Microgreens
Why Add Compost
Weighing the Positives More
12-Year Rotation System
An Overview of the US Flower Market
Field Struggles & The CSA
Checking Out & Focusing on the Moment
Taking the Time to Do Things Right
Selling Other Farmers' Number 1 & Number 2 Produce
Turning Down an Opportunity
No-Till, Healthier Soil?
Seed Qualities to Look For
Compost Will Pay Off
Are Heating Costs Worth It?
Growing Cosmos
Choosing an Organic Certifier
The Basics of Conventional Plant Breeding
Lean on What Sells
What Holds People Back from Farming
Increasing Farm Efficiency with Mechanizing
The Transferable Skills that Come with Experience
Type 1 & Type 2 Waste
Sourcing Product for Aggregation
Compatibility of Sprays & Beneficial Insects
A Life Beside Microgreens
High Tunnel Pay Back Period
A Checklist for the Organic Inspector
Bring in the Pros
Scaling Enough to Reach Life Goals
Business Fragility: Where Do You Sell?
Market Bouquets as Clean Up Hitters
Managing CSAs in Local Line
Trading Time for Experience
Find the 5% to Cut
Focusing on Income-Generating Work
Keeping Seeds Pathogen-Free
Running Ads for the Online Farm Store
Why Are F1 Varieties Unstable?
No-Till & Reduced Weed Pressure
The Pros and Cons of Buying Someone's Business
Recognizing Happiness (And Other Things)
Why Grow Rudbeckia
Predatory Insects' Lifespans
Integrated Plant Protection
Finding Non-Certified Organic Implements in a Certified Organic Farm
Mushrooms as a Market Garden Add-On
How Big to Go
Transitioning from Farm Time to Family Time
Hustle Now, Better Quality of Life Later
Technique vs. Principle
Selling Live Microgreens in Clamshells
Organic Farming as Food Insurance
High Tunnel Features for the South East
Encouraging Feedback
The Intention of Flexibility
Selling Flower CSAs to Restaurants and Businesses
Why Consider No-Till
Tweaks to Improve Germination Rates
Shoring Up Farm Income
Pay Attention to Your Farm's Feedback
Competitive Edge with Timing Your Flowers
Different Ways of Living
Cutting Off Overburden
Between Where You Are and Where You Want to Be
Where to Sell Your Hemp
Breeding Resistance into Plants
Doing Something for the Sake of Doing
Making Things Work with Fallbacks
Letting Go to Grow the Business
Growing Into Your Own as a Farmer
Timing Your Cool Season Flower Planting
Choosing Which Microgreen Varieties to Grow
Different Predatory Insects for Different Environments
You Don't Have to Spend a Lot of Time on Your Farm
Profitable Winter Crops
Burn Out & Time for Yourself
Balancing Farming and Family
Some Hiring Worries
Simplifying with a 6" Paperpot System
Opening Finance Conversations
Winter Microgreens
How Far Can Genetics Go
Special Needs and Checklists
Different Problems in a Year Four Farm
Being a Good Parent is Hard
Cover Cropping & Keeping Biomass
Waste Tasks vs. Value-Adding Tasks
Can a Small Scale Farm be a Long Term Business?
Should You Get an Organic Certification?
Hemp's Place in a Small Market Farm
Gaps in the Microgreens Conversation
Covercropping Under High Tunnels
Fulfillment in Empowering Others
Screening Employees & Granting Ownership
The Challenges of Farming on New Land
Business Fragility: Nuanced Diversification
Some Limitations with Square
Investing In Large Equipment
How Beneficial Insects Do Their Work
Tips for a More Efficient Post-Harvest Process
Burn Out and Asking for Help
A Job That Fits into Farming
Managing Fair Share Farm's Business
Defining Living Wage
More Forgiving Microgreens
Cold Season Flower Calendula
First Direct to Consumer Customers
Write Yourself a Check
We Need More Farmers
Plant Breeding & GMO Crops
Organic Inspections at Farmer's Markets
The Time Commitment for Microgreens
Choosing Which Ag Route to Go
Beware the Internal and External Haters
Standardizing to 6-Inch Paper Chains