Cover image of Farm Small Farm Smart

Farm Small Farm Smart

Insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably. In each episode, I talk with a beginning or experienced farmer, diving deep into... Read more

Ranked #1

Podcast cover

Going No-Till - The Urban Farmer - S1W3 (FSFS3)

Going No-Till - The Urban Farmer - S1W3 (FSFS3)

It's Tuesday, March 31st, and the first farmers market is coming up in four days. What's Curtis up to? In this episode w... Read more

15 Apr 2015

50mins

Ranked #2

Podcast cover

Building a Brand and a Farm (FSFS201)

Building a Brand and a Farm (FSFS201)

This week we interview first-year farmers Quinn Richards and Theus Weiskopf of Farm Punk Salads in Portland Oregon. We’l... Read more

9 Mar 2020

1hr 12mins

Similar Podcasts

Ranked #3

Podcast cover

Can You Make a Living on a Small Farm? (FSFS196)

Can You Make a Living on a Small Farm? (FSFS196)

What does running a small farm really look like from a business perspective?  How much money can you make, how much work... Read more

20 Jan 2020

1hr 19mins

Ranked #4

Podcast cover

Challenges Growing and Managing a New Microgreens Business with Jon Grootveld (FSFS144)

Challenges Growing and Managing a New Microgreens Business with Jon Grootveld (FSFS144)

Jon Grootveld talks about some of the challenges and successes that he is having during the early start-up stages of his... Read more

20 Jun 2018

1hr 23mins

Most Popular Podcasts

Ranked #5

Podcast cover

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)

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)

Farming... is it expensive to start, or not? A lot of people want to get into farming, but they stall out when it comes... Read more

31 Aug 2016

57mins

Ranked #6

Podcast cover

Business Opportunities Growing Cut Flowers with The Flower Grower Benny Pino (FSFS165)

Business Opportunities Growing Cut Flowers with The Flower Grower Benny Pino (FSFS165)

If you think you need a lot of land to grow cut flowers or that cut flowers aren't profitable, then you might be wrong. ... Read more

30 Jan 2019

53mins

Ranked #7

Podcast cover

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

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

If you are a single worker farm then you only have so much time and energy to spend on the farm. If you spend a massive ... Read more

17 Aug 2016

58mins

Ranked #8

Podcast cover

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

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

In this episode Curtis and I dissect an article that was published on Alternet on January 1, 2016 by farmer Jaclyn Moyer... Read more

20 Jan 2016

1hr 5mins

Ranked #9

Podcast cover

Can Your Farm Earn You a Living Wage? (FSFS200)

Can Your Farm Earn You a Living Wage? (FSFS200)

Can you make a living farm?  Or rather can you earn a living wage farming?  What is a living wage?  And why a living wag... Read more

24 Feb 2020

1hr 9mins

Ranked #10

Podcast cover

Online Sales and Establishing Yourself as a New Farmer with Mark Chapman (FSFS137)

Online Sales and Establishing Yourself as a New Farmer with Mark Chapman (FSFS137)

Mark Chapman of Marks Market Garden joins me to talk about what his first year was like as a bike powered urban farmer i... Read more

18 Apr 2018

48mins

Ranked #11

Podcast cover

Top 10 Warm Season Flowers for Small Farms (FSFS168)

Top 10 Warm Season Flowers for Small Farms (FSFS168)

Benny and Courtney Pino from Loblolly Farm join me to talk about the Top 10 Warm Season Flowers for Small Farms.  We tal... Read more

27 Feb 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #12

Podcast cover

Pricing Products & Bringing On a New Employee – The Urban Farmer – S1W4 (FSFS4)

Pricing Products & Bringing On a New Employee – The Urban Farmer – S1W4 (FSFS4)

It is now April 8 and we are another week into the Urban Farm season with Curtis. What's happened on the farm so far. At... Read more

22 Apr 2015

44mins

Ranked #13

Podcast cover

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

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

Today we are going to start the series, by going back to the beginning.  This is the story of how urban farmer Chris Tho... Read more

14 Dec 2016

50mins

Ranked #14

Podcast cover

Why We Choose Flowers Over Vegetables with Loblolly Farm (FSFS123)

Why We Choose Flowers Over Vegetables with Loblolly Farm (FSFS123)

Benny and Courtney Pino join me to talk about their journey into small scale vegetable farming and why that journey shif... Read more

3 Jan 2018

1hr 31mins

Ranked #15

Podcast cover

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 3 - The Tools - The Urban Farmer - S2W24 (FSFS63)

Part three of our series on Small Scale Farming on the Cheap - What's the least you could spend to start a farm? Last w... Read more

14 Sep 2016

55mins

Ranked #16

Podcast cover

Marketing a New Farm and Overcoming Startup Challenges with Jay Reid (FSFS147)

Marketing a New Farm and Overcoming Startup Challenges with Jay Reid (FSFS147)

Jay Reid talks about how they have marketed their new farm and CSA program and what steps they have taken to stand out f... Read more

26 Sep 2018

1hr 7mins

Ranked #17

Podcast cover

Top 10 Cool Season Flowers for Small Farms (FSFS176)

Top 10 Cool Season Flowers for Small Farms (FSFS176)

Benny and Courtney Pino from Loblolly Farm join me to talk about the Top 10 Cool Season Flowers for Small Farms.  We tal... Read more

29 Apr 2019

1hr 31mins

“Podium: AI tools for podcasters. Generate show notes, transcripts, highlight clips, and more with AI. Try it today at https://podium.page”