Jesse talks with Eric and Nate about their collaborative farm and field management on 3 acres: field preparation, cover crops as test crops, mechanizing bed setup, the ABCD’s of a bed flip, no-till seed production, and WHOA.
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Jesse talks with Zach and Kasey of Prema Farm outside of Reno, Nevada about what working in a co-op taught them about vegetable quality, high-desert farming, rock-solid cold chains, fertility philosophy, and farming with kiddos.
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Jesse talks with Jennie Love about her 3-acre flower farm, no-till out of necessity, lisianthus from seed to harvest, and her NEW UPCOMING PODCAST! #cantwait
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Jesse talks with Beau and Paul about their farm partnership, the benefits of operating a tree service alongside a market garden, and transforming marginal land into something growable.
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Jesse talk with Jeff Lowenfels, the author of the "Teaming with" series: Teaming with Microbes, Teaming with Fungi, and Teaming with Nutrients, about the importance of balancing bacteria and fungi in annual crop production.
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Richard Perkins is back to talk about his new farm, a brief bout of burnout, and some philosophy on proper scale and interdependence. RichardPerkins.Co, the Farm Like a Hero project, an his book Regenerative Agriculture.
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Jesse talks with Jodi about doing high production field greens and roots in New Zealand, building soil from scratch, a simple approach to fertility, harvesting, marketing, and growing lots and lots—and lots—of micro greens efficiently.
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Jesse talks with Matthew and Nancy Kost of Buffalo Seed Company about small-scale seed production, naturally selecting for specific growing conditions and practices, regional adaptation, and resiliency.
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Jesse talks with Dr. Jones about how the human microbiome not only reflects, but is effected by the soil microbiome, microbial quorum sensing within those biomes, and some practical implications for the market garden.
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Jesse talks with Kip and Angelique of Smarter by Nature about hay mulch—super into hay mulch right now, can you tell?—and it’s effects, bed building process, and using as many of the resources they have freely or cheaply available.
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Jesse talks with Niva and Yotam Kay of Pakaraka Farm in New Zealand about their work growing no-till off-grid on small acreage. Everyone knows by now off-grid holds a soft spot in my heart…
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Jesse talks with Under Cover consultant Jan-Henrik Cropp about the nuts and bolts of his unique system of growing one’s own hay and haylage for no-till cropping systems and considerations for implementing it on your own farm.
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