Practical Tools & Advice When Starting a Co-op with Kelly Maynard of UW Co-op Development
The No-Till Growers Podcast Network
Release Date: 12/11/2024
Crop Selection, Farmers Markets, & Compost Mulch on 1/8 Acre with Jarrad Hearman of Capland Acre
The No-Till Growers Podcast Network
On today's interview, Alex Ball sits down with Jarrad Hearman of in Somerset, UK. Like many other beginning farmers, Jared made the jump to farming during the pandemic and has been working ever since to dial-in his operation and maximize his production. We dig deep on scale-appropriate crop selection, selling at multiple farmers markets, and using compost as a deep mulch in cooler by climates. Folks who make the show possible... Rimol Greenhouses are strong, durable and easy to assemble, offering the quality you need to grow productively year-round. . Discover the beauty of BCS on your farm...
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Making Money from Cover Crops? + It's Feedback Friday!
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Welcome to episode 55 of Growers Daily! We cover: Feedback friday and cash crops from cover crops. Links from this episode: Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Show Sponsors: Tilth: Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇 5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL) 👀:...
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How Farms Collaborate + Do Legume Inoculants Last in the Soil?
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Welcome to episode 54 of Growers Daily! We cover: Carbon monoxide poisoning, farm collaborations, and do legume inoculants (rhizobia)persist in the soil? Links from this episode: Legume Inoculation primer: Portable Generator kills 12: Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Show Sponsors: Johnnys Selected Seeds: Farmhand: Other stuff and ways to support stuff...
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Tillage VS No-Till Economics + How to Dry Greens
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Welcome to episode 53 of Growers Daily! We cover: We cover: How to Dry Greens all the Way, tillage vs no tillage economics, and where to find a farm job. Links from this episode: MTN Roots Wash Pack: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3KoaRHV1I4 Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Show Sponsors: Johnnys Selected Seeds: Farmhand: Other stuff and ways to support stuff...
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Peasant Seeds with Léa Martinet Jannin & Ferdinand Beau of Buzuruna Juzuruna
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Léa and Ferdinand are two of the twenty-two members of , a 2 ha seed farm and school farm in Lebanon. In this episode, Léa and Ferdinand define the terms “peasant seeds” and “balady seeds” and the challenges of finding local seeds in Lebanon. They also discuss the role of international seed banks in preserving seeds and the importance of reclaiming these seeds and bringing them back to where they originated. Ferdinand describes the seed house at Buzuruna Juzuruna and how they control temperature and humidity. Léa explains how the seeds and crops they grow are distributed. In the...
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Ecological Winemaking + If You Could Do it All Again, Would You Farm (featuring Mimi Casteel)
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Welcome to episode 52 of Growers Daily! We cover: Today we talk about the future of the wine industry, cool ecological work in viticulture, and if you could do it all over again, would you farm? Links from this episode: ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 The biochar handbook : Revino Recycling Wine Bottles: Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Show...
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The Real Cost of Starting a Farm + How "Days to Maturity" Works
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Welcome to episode 51 of Growers Daily! We cover: Happy Monday. Today we are discussing what days to maturity means on a seed packet, we're talking about how to meet like-minded farmers, and we're talking about the real costs of starting a farm. Links from this episode: ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 First Year Expense Post from the Forum: High-density Maple syrup production: Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil...
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Black is the New Green, Demystifying Biochar with Kelpie Wilson of Wilson Biochar Associates
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You've all heard it. Black is the new green. We're gonna, we're talking today about biochar and a big, big topic these days in the arenas that we tread in. Kelpie Wilson, my guest today, wrote and just released the . Kelpie is founder of and a mechanical engineer, writer and consultant with a background in renewable energy and forest protection. Currently, she specializes in biochar technology and market development commissioned by a broad portfolio of clients. Ms. Wilson has been a reliable voice for Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment, and has authored white papers, research...
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A Simple Crop Planning Tactic + How to Be More Efficient on the Farm
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Welcome to episode 50 of Growers Daily! We cover: Feedback friday! Plus we discuss tips for a more efficient farm and the simplest of crop planning tactics. Links from this episode: ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 Bird Flu USDA hotline - 1-866-536-7593 CDC updates on Bird Flu outbreak: Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: Italian Copy German Copy: Show Sponsors: Johnnys Selected...
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No Tractor No Problem? + What Small Farmer's Should Know About Bird Flu
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Welcome to episode 49 of Growers Daily! We cover: A Guide to bird flu for small farmers, why I don't own a tractor, and where to get farm and market garden updates. Links from this episode: Bird Flu USDA hotline - 1-866-536-7593 Chris Newman Video on Farm Subsidies: Canadian Teenage with Birdflur: UVM guide to Bird Flu for backyard poultry: Sings in dairy cattle: CDC updates on Bird Flu outbreak: Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or MY BOOK! The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 French...
info_outlineKelly Maynard is a cooperative development specialist at the university of Wisconsin center for cooperative development and we're going to get into some practical advice and tools you can use when thinking about going into cooperative farming, yourself, or yourselves, as it were. This is the second coop development person, or forth depending on how you define that role, I’ve had on this season to, if nothing else, drive the point home that there are people out there who’s life work it is support the development of your “working together” ideas. Not only do you not have to farm alone, you don’t have to build cooperative systems alone.
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Farm Commons resource on FSA farm ownership loans
Farm Commons and UWCC toolkit on sharing labor
Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making
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