Tag: Vermont

  • Visiting Walker Farm with Jack Manix : EP10

    Visiting Walker Farm with Jack Manix : EP10

    Jack Manix of Walker Farm takes us on a tour of his 25 greenhouses, fields and tree farm where they’ve been operating a farm store and garden for over 50 years.

  • Speed Disking Rye with Mark Fasching: EP9

    Speed Disking Rye with Mark Fasching: EP9

    In this episode we take a ride in the tractor with Mark Fasching of Jericho Settlers Farm as he is incorporating a cover crop of winter rye using a speed disc. He explains how this piece of equipment works, and shares how he uses it to improve the soil health on their farm. Photos (Click…

  • Harrison Bardwell – Bardwell Farm: EP8

    Harrison Bardwell – Bardwell Farm: EP8

    Harrison Bardwell of Bardwell Farm shares a tour of his greenhouses, discusses his early pepper experiment, overwintered onions and shares how he developed his 30 acre farm business.

  • Strawberry Production Systems: Matted Row VS. Plasticulture: EP70

    Strawberry Production Systems: Matted Row VS. Plasticulture: EP70

    The Ag Engineering podcast is a conversation with small scale fruit and vegetable farmers 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 Stephen Park of Full Belly Farm in Monkton…

  • Precision Planting with the MaterMacc Vacuum Seeder: EP67

    Precision Planting with the MaterMacc Vacuum Seeder: EP67

    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 Harrison Bardwell of Bardwell Farm to talk about his custom built no-till MaterMacc Planter. Learn something from the show? Let me know…

  • Advice for Young Farmers: EP66

    Advice for Young Farmers: EP66

    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 Howard Prussack of High Meadows Farm who reflects on his career of farming and shares some tips for the next generation. Learn…

  • Rain-flo Plastic Mulch Layer: EP65

    Rain-flo Plastic Mulch Layer: EP65

    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 Howard Prussack of High Meadows Farm to talk about his Rain-flo plastic mulch layer used on his farm. Learn something from the…

  • Checking out New Equipment at High Meadows Farm: EP64

    Checking out New Equipment at High Meadows Farm: EP64

    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 Howard Prussack of High Meadows Farm to talk about some of the new equipment used on his farm. Learn something from the…

  • Checking Out Old Equipment at High Meadows Farm: EP63

    Checking Out Old Equipment at High Meadows Farm: EP63

    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 Howard Prussack of High Meadows Farm to talk about some of the old equipment used on his farm. Learn something from the…

  • DIY Hand tools for Efficiency & Ergonomics: EP62

    DIY Hand tools for Efficiency & Ergonomics: EP62

    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 Josh Volk of Slow Hand Farm to talk about his books and experience making hand tools for the farm. Learn something from…