JM Fortier is back to talk about Le Ferme Quatre Temps, living pathways, fertility at FQT, hedgerows, Growers & Co—get the magazine here—the growing culture of small-scale farmers, and what he sees for the future of the craft.
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Jesse talks with Andrew of Mans Organics about a biological focus on a larger scale, no-till one acre greenhouse, using sap analyses/BRIX, nutrient management, intercropping ginger, & biological greenhouse pest controls (quail?).
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Jesse talks with Steve Groff of Cedar Meadow Farm about his large-scale vegetable/hemp farm, the origins of the roller-crimper & tillage radish, challenges at scale, no-till tomatoes, & managing fertility with cover crops. Check out his book, Future Proof Farm.
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Jesse talks with James of Radical Roots Farm about leveraging leasing for learning, scaling-in instead of up, using the paperpot in deep mulch compost, beets, arugula, and leeks, pest/disease in the Northwest, tools, and employees.
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Jesse talks with Tracy Potter-Fins of County Rail Farm about bedless baby greens, grafted tomatoes, pay-what-you-can farmstand, organic certification, being a queer-run organic farm, & building reparations into her business plan.
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Farmer Jesse talks with Steve Larson of Living City Farms in about urban agroecology, effects of no-till cover crops on cash crop response, compost, following agronomists, & tempering our ideologies. A very grounding conversation.
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Jesse talks with Haley and Max of Harpeth Moon Farm about growing veg & flowers, relying heavily on an intensive cover crop no-till approach, moving away from compost because of contamination, & selling to chefs during COVID.
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Jesse talks with Nazirahk of Purple Mountain Organics about small-scale PROFITABLE grain production, dry-land rice from seed to sale, importing equipment from Japan, enhancing biology, and cover crops. A mind-bending episode.
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Jesse talks with Mark DeRaspinis of Esoterra Culinary about being a farm geared towards restaurants & chefs during a pandemic, foraging for wild edibles, radicchio forcing, epic sun choke production, and interplating strategies.
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After nearly 20 years in prison, Alfred Melbourne decided he did not want to see other youth go down the same road, so he started 3 Sisters Gardens to offer a real and grounding alternative. Amazing story. Amazing work. Support it HERE.
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Jesse talks with Ann & Bob of Hexhamshire Organics across the pond in UK about their profit-driven market garden they started after successful careers in other industries and how to lessen the work load mentally and physically.
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Jesse talks with The Rodale Institute farm manager Dan Kemper about the many trials they are doing with no-till production, roller-crimp cover crops, integrating animals into the garden, and comparisons between mulches.
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Jesse talks with Todd Ulizio of Two Bear Farm in Montana about growing on 13 acres of permanent beds, dealing with the ever-present threat of frost, spreading compost at-scale, adapting intensive no-till techniques to extensive outdoor production, and he shares a good bear story.
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Jesse talks with Jayne Merner Senecal of Earth Care Farm about inter-generational at-scale compost production, input sources, municipal compost -vs- compost with a purpose, persistent herbicides, and our favorite crop GARLIC!
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[Most] farming books focus on one farm. The Living Soil Handbook [is]… a choose-your-own farm adventure… not, “this is how things work on my farm,” but rather “this is how soil works, and how to make it work for you on your farm.”
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Singer-songwriter Gregory Alan Isakov joins Jesse to talk about market gardening in tandem with a creative profession—being a musician—and practical approaches to the market garden that support both vocations.
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