Farmer to Farmer with Chris Blanchard
A podcast by Chris Blanchard
183 Episodes
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140: Andy and Melissa Dunham of Grinnell Heritage Farm on Growing a Vegetable Farm in a Sea of Corn and Soybeans
Published: 10/12/2017 -
139: Dave Chapman of Long Wind Farm on Growing Greenhouse Tomatoes, Managing a Business, and the Fight to Keep the Soil in Organic
Published: 10/5/2017 -
138: Kelly Kingsland and Russell Poe of Affinity Farm on Growing Small, Self-Awareness, and Giving Good Weight
Published: 9/28/2017 -
137: Shawn Kuhn of Vitruvian Farms on Growing Salad Greens, Selling to Restaurants, and Expanding into Retail Sales
Published: 9/21/2017 -
136: Sam Hitchcock Tilton of Michigan State University on Steps to Mechanical Weed Control Success
Published: 9/14/2017 -
135: Ruth Chantry of Common Good Farm on Biodynamic Farming, CSA, and Integrating Livestock and Vegetables on a Nebraska Farm
Published: 9/7/2017 -
134: Barb and Dave Perkins on Keeping the Community in a Large-Scale CSA, Seed Potatoes, Business Planning, and Farm Succession
Published: 8/31/2017 -
133: Jeff and Elise Higley of Oshala Farm on Picking a Niche and Getting to Scale in the Medicinal Herb Business
Published: 8/24/2017 -
132: Laura Davis of Long Life Farm on Soil Mineralization, Farming without Flea Beetles, and Organic Certification
Published: 8/17/2017 -
131: Anne Cure of Cure Organic Farm on Passion, Profits, and Growing into Diversity
Published: 8/10/2017 -
130: Chad Wasserman of Chad’s Organics on His Solo Operation in Hawaii, No-Till Farming under Cover, and Making Vermicompost for His Farm
Published: 8/3/2017 -
129: Chris Jagger of Blue Fox Farm on Scaling Up, Scaling Down, and Where Organic and Local Farming is Going from Here
Published: 7/27/2017 -
128: John Stoddard and Lindsay Allen of Higher Ground Farm on the Journey from Idealism to Practicality on a Rooftop Farm
Published: 7/20/2017 -
127: Brendan Grant of Sleepy G Farm Digs into Thinking Bigger, Surviving Crises, and Farming Organically in Northwest Ontario
Published: 7/13/2017 -
127: Brendan Grant of Sleepy G Farm Digs into Thinking Bigger, Surviving Crises, and Farming Organically in Northwest Ontario
Published: 7/13/2017 -
126: Ray Tyler of Rose Creek Farms on Farming in the South and the Journey from Failing as Farmers to Loving Life
Published: 7/6/2017 -
126: Ray Tyler of Rose Creek Farms on Farming in the South and the Journey from Failing as Farmers to Loving Life
Published: 7/6/2017 -
125: Eduardo Rivera of Sin Fronteras Farm & Food on Bootstrapping a Farm Business and Farming while Latino
Published: 6/29/2017 -
124: Chris Field of Campo Rosso Farm on the Bittersweet Life of Growing Specialty Chicory Farming
Published: 6/22/2017 -
123: Jess and Brian Powers of Working Hands Farm on the Tools and Processes that Have Supported Phenomenal Growth
Published: 6/15/2017
The organic and sustainable farming movement has its roots in sharing information about production techniques, marketing, and the rewards and challenges of the farming life. Join veteran farmer, consultant, and farm educator Chris Blanchard for down-to-earth conversations with experienced farmers - and the occasional non-farmer - about everything from soil fertility and record-keeping to getting your crops to market without making yourself crazy.