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Starting up a farm is tough. A visit with Katie Rose of Head Over Fields: EP39
Today’s episode comes to you from Charlotte Vermont where we visit with Katie Rase Seward from Head Over Fields Farm. Katie Rose has been farming for 10 years and half of those are here on her home farm. She sells organic veg from about 5 acres in production with several high tunnels through a retail…
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Visiting Stones Throw Farmstead: EP38
Today’s episode comes to you from Shrewsbury Vermont where we visit with Jess and Connor of Stones Throw Farmstead. They are young farmers who are in their third season after moving to Vermont and focused on building up a 1 acre market garden to be part of the community and support the local farmers markets.…
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Completely Flooded 3 Times in 2 Seasons | Foote Brook Farm: EP25
Today’s episode comes to you from Johnson Vermont where we visit with Tony and Joie Lehouillier of Foote Brook Farm. They grow Sod, and 35 acres of vegetables for both wholesale markets and their on-farm store. We start off the episode seeing what’s growing in one of the greenhouses in early December, take a look…
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Lisa MacDougall of Mighty Food Farm: EP21
In this episode we visit with Lisa McDougall of Mighty Food Farm with a tour through her seven greenhouses and glance at some of the equipment that she’s using to farm over 14 acres of vegetables. We then chat in the greenhouse and have a deeper conversation about how she got started farming and has…
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Jacob Mills of McDonald’s Farmstand: EP20
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Adam’s Berry Farm – Berry Farm Business Development : EP19
Today’s episode comes to you from Charlotte Vermont, where we visit with Adam Hausmann and Jessica Sanford of Adam’s Berry Farm. Today’s visit is part 2. The previous episode was a farm tour and a field walk through the berry plants, high tunnels and barn. This episode shares the growing practices, farming history, and steps…
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Adam’s Berry Farm – Field Walk/Farm Tour : EP18
Today’s episode comes to you from Charlotte Vermont, where we visit with Adam Hausmann and Jessica Sanford of Adam’s Berry Farm. Our visit today will be split into two episodes, the first one, is a walking tour of his blueberry fields, and strawberry patches, and raspberry plantings. We step inside the high tunnels to look…
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John & Peter of Shenk’s Berry Farm & Hillside Cultivator: EP17
Today’s episode comes to you from Lancaster County Pennsylvania in a town called Lititz, where we visit John and Peter Shenk of Shenk’s Berry Farm. While their farm may not ring a bell, you may have seen these guys at a trade show or recognize their side business especially if you are into strawberries as…
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Brookdale Farm Supplies – A Tour with Trevor Hardy: EP5
This episode comes to you from Hollis New Hampshire, where we visit with Trevor Hardy of Brookdale Fruit Farm and get a tour of his farm supplies business. This conversation takes you on a walking tour with Andy Chamberlin, Chris Callahan and Hans Estrin as we visit with Trevor and see what equipment he’s got…
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DIY Cat Tunnels and Use in The Winter: EP10
The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers to discuss tools, tips or techniques to improve the sustainability of your farm. In this episode we visit with Kyle Doda and Betsy Simpson of 1000 Stone Farm (https://www.1000stonefarm.com/) to talk about their use of caterpillar tunnels, how they built them,…
