Mimo & Miranda of Urban Buds join Clara to talk about how they came to be urban flower farmers, preparing ground with compost/tarps, flower successions from greenhouse to high-tunnel to field, & their favorite cold grown varieties.
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Lydia of Cropthorne Farm in BC, Canada joins Clara to talk about starting small and growing to 20+ acres, farming collaboratively w/ family, managing fertility, seasonal workers, moveable tunnels, CSA, & reducing hours to make more time for family.
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Danya of Queen's Greens joins Clara to talk about Winter-only growing, low-tech infrastructure, a complete breakdown on spinach, Summer cover cropping in tunnels, community on a mid-scale farm, & farming towards a better quality of life.
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Vera & Gordon of Ten Mothers Farm join Clara to talk about experiences from very different farms, shifting more production to winter on a small scale, & living/working in the contradictory space between the wild and cultivated.
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David of Sunset Market Gardens joins Clara to talk about the transition between Summer and Fall/Winter production, managing a farm store, his backround in horticulture, fertility management, & being intentional about family life.
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Jade of Minoru Farm, “I asked… if I could make a statement about the increase in hate crimes against AAPI people with the release of my interview. We recorded this conversation before the mass shooting in Georgia ,otherwise…” [read on]
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Beth of Dandelion Spring Farm joins Clara to talk about her lease-long history of farming, five tunnels worth of production, pivoting from restaurants to CSA, and real the potential impact of resource intensive locally grown organic produce.
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Howard of Faithfull Farms joins Clara to talk farm ministry, growing up on a farmstead in Jamaica, becoming a chef-turned-farmer, winter greens production in the South with caterpillar tunnels and row cover, and farm parenthood.
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Clara talks with Erik of Root & Marrow Farm about leveraging learning on other farms, managing seasonal transitions, ginger!, the drawbacks—and many benefits—of farming year-round, and investing in the farm with off-farm income.
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Taylor Mendell of Footprint Farm in Vermont and Habit Farming joins Clara to talk designing a CSA around your members, farming with a newborn, her Patreon project HABIT FARMING, & farming to fit your lifestyle.
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Bil of Sky Island Farm joins Clara to talk about his path to farming, his DIY mentality, Winter growing in a temperate rain forest, his timber-framed tunnel, CO2 injection, and getting into the wreath business for some Winter income.
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What. A. Conversation. Folks… with Brain Bates of Bear Creek Organic Farm. He and Clara talk being intentional, real farm numbers, properly leveraging debt, employee management, microgreens, and—of course—winter growing.
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Cheyenne of Sundance Harvest Farm joins Clara to talk winter greenhouse growing in Canada, being a BIPOC farmer + her farm & food justice work with Growing in the Margins. Follow her informative and eye-opening Farmstagram.
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Liz of Happy Hollow Farm joins Clara to talk winter growing in the mid-South, building a farm from scratch, flipping, fertility, and irrigation management in tunnels, and she has plenty of good advice for prospective winter growers.
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