Growers Live

A bimonthly live show with professional ecological vegetable and flower growers, soil scientists, and small-farm centered companies from all over the world. Hosted by Josh Sattin.

Q&A w/ Andrew Mans of Mans Organics 09/16/2021

Q&A w/ Andrew Mans of Mans Organics Josh Q&As w/ Andrew Mans of in Alberta, Canada. Mans growers in an acre of protected culture and 100 acres of field production. And if you're in Canada, check out for Canadian-built caterpillar tunnels. This is Josh's LAST GROWERS LIVE... for a while. He's taking a break after more than a year of Grower's Live to focus on some other projects for both No-Till Growers and himself. If you haven't already, check out , which is a wealth of not only micro-farming information, but beautiful farm profiles of other growers around the South. He's does an absolutely phenomenal job, folks. Growers Live has been brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit to pitch in a few bucks a month to help us keep our content free and pay our contributors for their hard work. Y'all rock! /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/20491619

Q&A w/ Beau & Paul of Mountain Roots Farm 09/02/2021

Q&A w/ Beau & Paul of Mountain Roots Farm Josh Q&As with Beau & Paul of in Eastern Tennessee about their shared history in brewing, farming in partnership, beginning again on a new farm (i.e. set it up right!), growing mostly under protected culture, EARTHWORK, leveraging carbon through their tree service, and As to listener Qs. Mentioned in the show... New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit notillgrowers.com/support to pitch in a few bucks a month to keep it going. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/20344457

Q&A w/ Stephen Ciancioso of Buena Vista Gardens 08/19/2021

Q&A w/ Stephen Ciancioso of Buena Vista Gardens Aloha, y'all! Josh Q&As with Stephen Ciancioso of in Hawaii about simple, low-tech, high-production, veg farming in a tropical climate. Stephen is a fantastic grower in a unique context, even despite the challenges and limitations of growing on a rural island farm. A LOT of good technical insight, some challenging topics, and common sense in this one! New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit notillgrowers.com/support to pitch in a few bucks a month to keep it going. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/20190833

Q&A w/ Farmer Jesse of The Living Soil Handbook 08/05/2021

Q&A w/ Farmer Jesse of The Living Soil Handbook Josh Q&As with Jesse Frost, author of The Living Soil Handbook (finally, out now). Get it from No-Till Growers and more of your hard-earned $s will go toward making more podcasts and videos free for growers everywhere. New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit notillgrowers.com/support to pitch in a few bucks a month to keep it going. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/20032217

Q&A w/ Howard Allen of Faithfull Farms 07/22/2021

Q&A w/ Howard Allen of Faithfull Farms Josh Q&As w/ Howard Allen of in Chapel Hill, North Carolina about faith, family, and farming, growing mostly under tunnels, educating up-and-coming farmers, having an abundence mentality in the local marketplace, the KIS mindset and SOPs, making decisions with a long view of small-scale agriculture, and so SO much more. Howard is a great guest, grower, and guy. Score two alliterations in one show note. Check out these videos at Faithfull Farms New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit notillgrowers.com/support to pitch in for more free content. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/19886510

Q&A w/ Terrance Layhew of The Intellectual Agrarian 07/08/2021

Q&A w/ Terrance Layhew of The Intellectual Agrarian Josh Q&As w/ Terrance Layhew, an organic inspector and the host of podcast. He goes deep on organic certification from the other side of the clipboard (which is fascinating), how to be an important part of agriculture without being a farmer, answers some live organic certQs, & talks about his great agricultural philosophy podcast. and New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit notillgrowers.com/support to pitch in for more free content. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/19741406

Q&A w/ Evan Perkins of Small Axe Farm 06/24/2021

Q&A w/ Evan Perkins of Small Axe Farm Josh Q&As w/ Evan Perkins of Small Axe Farm about building a homestead and market gardening, off-grid, on-slope, at a high elivation in Vermont. Follow and check out their super rad Farm Tour! New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit notillgrowers.com/support to pitch in for more free content. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/19584320

Q&A w/ Erich Schultz of Steadfast Farm 06/10/2021

Q&A w/ Erich Schultz of Steadfast Farm Josh Q&As with Erich Shultz of about how his current operation better reflects his quality of life goals, farming with a systems-based mindset, details on his honor-system farmstand, being practical -and- clean, hiring and labor processes, growing in the Southwest, agrihoods, and of course soil managment. Erich is truly a leader in the small farm space for good reason and definitely a farmer you should be following his work on . New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit notillgrowers.com. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/19411250

Q&A w/ Jayne Merner Senecal of Earth Care Farm 05/27/2021

Q&A w/ Jayne Merner Senecal of Earth Care Farm Josh Q&As with Jayne Merner Senecal of , a professional high-quality , about the composting business, considerations when starting one, fostering microbiology in the composting process, some compost philosophy, persistent herbicides, and a ton of listener composting Qs. New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Order two or more caterpillar tunnels and get free shipping (as of podcast episode release). Also, brought to you by . Follow and on Instagram and visit notillgrowers.com. As always, patreons get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/19253768

Q&A w/ Jesse Frost of Rough Draft Farmstead & No-Till Growers 05/13/2021

Q&A w/ Jesse Frost of Rough Draft Farmstead & No-Till Growers Josh Q&As with Jesse Frost of and No-Tiill Growers about living pathways, dealing with poor drainage, experimentation, biodynamics and his history with wine, getting the most from tasks on the farm you love to do, the stress of early season CSA managment, being honest with your farmer self, and having a no-dogma approach to no-till. New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Order two or more caterpillar tunnels and get free shipping (as of podcast episode release). Also brought to you by and . Follow or visit to know when the next episodes will go live. As always, get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/19089488

Q&A w/ Taylor & Daniel of Briceland Forest Farm 04/29/2021

Q&A w/ Taylor & Daniel of Briceland Forest Farm Josh Q&As with Taylor & Daniel of Briceland Forest Farm in Humbolt, CA about how their respective histories led them to grow cannabis alongside veg, how policy has affected the profitability of small-scale growers, intercropping veg and cover crops with cannabis, the importance of growing cannabis in living soils, hugelkultur/lasagna style bed considerations, being thoughtful about local sources of fertility, the shifting ecological balance in California, farming OFF-GRID WITH KIDS, and engagement. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/18899960

Q&A w/ Jenny Quiner of Dogpatch Urban Gardens 04/15/2021

Q&A w/ Jenny Quiner of Dogpatch Urban Gardens Josh Q&As with Jenny Quiner of Dogpatch Urban Gardens about urban farming, running a professional farmstand and multi-faceted business, value-added goods like custom salad dressing, nerdin' out about Summer lettuce, and listener Qs. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/18733286

Q&A w/ Brian Bates of Bear Creek Organic Farm 04/01/2021

Q&A w/ Brian Bates of Bear Creek Organic Farm Josh Q&As with Brain Bates of in Michigan about the philosophical and financial trajectory of their farm over the last seven years, the makings of a compelling social media account, garlic, lavender, and salad greens production schedules, the economics of pivoting from farmers market to farmstand sales, and so much more. As always, Brian takes you deep into his farm numbers and philosophy for an insightful 90 minutes. New episodes of Growers Live are brought to you by . Order two or more caterpillar tunnels and get free shipping (as of podcast episode release). Also brought to you by and . Follow or visit to know when the next episodes will go live. As always, get first dibs on questions. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/18562214

Q&A w/ Jennie Love of Love N Fresh Flowers & the No-Till Flowers Podcast 03/18/2021

Q&A w/ Jennie Love of Love N Fresh Flowers & the No-Till Flowers Podcast Josh Q&As with the one-and-only Jennie Love of Love N Fresh Flowers and the No-Till Flowers Podcast. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/18372956

Q&A w/ Andrew Mefferd of Growing for Market Magazine 03/04/2021

Q&A w/ Andrew Mefferd of Growing for Market Magazine Josh Q&As with the prolific Andrew Mefferd, author of The Greenhouse & Hoophouse Growers Handbook, The Organic No-Till Farming Revolution, & Growing for Market Magazine. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/18184874

Q&A w/ Dan Oostenbrink of Local Harvest 02/18/2021

Q&A w/ Dan Oostenbrink of Local Harvest Josh Q&As with Dan Oostenbrink of Local Harvest about managing a deep compost mulch on 20+ acres!, staying on top of weeds, controlling soil moisture, hedgerows, what lean farming looks like at his scale, the importance of family farming, etc. Follow Local Harvest on Instagram. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/17983514

Q&A w/ Jodi Roebuck of Roebuck Farm 02/04/2021

Q&A w/ Jodi Roebuck of Roebuck Farm Josh Q&As with Jodi Roebuck of Roebuck Farm, about small farm efficiencies, farm/life balance, intensive farm education. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/17815136

Q&A w/ Micheal & Shannon of Hillview Farms 01/28/2021

Q&A w/ Micheal & Shannon of Hillview Farms Josh Q&As with Micheal and Shannon of Hillview Farms, CA. They talk about tradoffs between no/low-till approaches with regards to saving time, saving your back, and staying profitable while keeping soil health front and center and answer grower Qs. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/17723984

Q&A w/ Jonathan Dysinger of Farmers Friend 01/25/2021

Q&A w/ Jonathan Dysinger of Farmers Friend Josh Q&As with Jonathan Dysinger, owner and founder of Farmers Friend, about caterpillar tunnels and season extension. /episode/index/show/growerslive/id/17605226

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