Read my newsletter, Seeding Thoughts. Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network: Farm Small, Farm Smart Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily The Growing Microgreens Podcast

Read my newsletter, Seeding Thoughts. Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network: Farm Small, Farm Smart Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily The Growing Microgreens Podcast Check out Diego's book, Sell Everything You Grow, which is only $0.99 on  Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network: Farm Small, Farm Smart Farm Small, Farm Smart Daily The Growing Microgreens Podcast Check out Diego's book, Sell Everything You Grow, which is only $0.99 on  Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

Megan Neubauer from Pure Land Farm joins me to discuss her revolutionary you-pick farming model. The model is extremely profitable and gives her a lot of extra time each year to do things off the farm. Megan goes through her strategies for sales, marketing, and crop planning. You can learn more in Megan's book: Pick-Your-Own-Farming Get time and labor-saving farm tools at shop.modern grower.co Listen to other podcasts on the Modern Grower Podcast Network: Farm Small, Farm Smart Farm...

Alec Smith is a farmer planning to start his own farming business after working on farms. He discusses the details of his past experiences, his motivation to start his farm, and the steps he has taken or plans to embark upon to achieve this. This includes working part-time on his farm project while still working at his full-time farm job, the financial considerations, the specific goals for the first year and subsequent years, technological advancements he's excited about, and apprehensions...

(0:00) Scale into a new product slowly. Expand as there is demand. (0:21:45) Farmer Becky Hume from VRDNT Farm talks about her road to building a successful farm business. https://www.instagram.com/vrdnt.farm/ (1:52:45) Drunk Ideas - Phone blocking technology. Show feedback: [email protected] Check out my book, Sell Everything You Grow, which is only $0.99 on  Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF    

(0:00) Pay attention to business analytics and face the numbers—they don't lie.  (08:50) Listener Q&A with a Twist: How do you evaluate yourself as a parent?  (0:19:50) Farmers Amber Broxon and Justin Miller join me to discuss how the evaluate success on their farm. How they balance farm with life, farm budgeting, and more. (1:51:30) Drunk Ideas - F1 everything. Broxon Berry Farm: http://instagram.com/broxonberry Show feedback: [email protected] Check out my new book, Sell...

Paul Dysinger, co-founder of Seedtime, joins me to talk about his journey to build the best farm and garden software ever. He shares lessons that have helped him manage time, prioritize tasks, and balance work and life.  Learn more about Seedtime [Affiliate link] Shop all of our farm tools and equipment: https://shop.moderngrower.co/

(0:00) Thanksgiving food talk. Is the food better the next day? Top 5 sides. Pumpkin pie is gross. (0:31:56) Farmer Mark DeRespinis describes how he has built a very successful no-till farm raising high-quality vegetables and selling them to restaurants in the Boulder, CO area. (2:05:35) Drunk Ideas - The Michelin Star guide for produce. Mark's farm: https://www.instagram.com/esoterraculinary/ Check out our Black Friday Sale: https://shop.moderngrower.co/  

(0:00) Be careful who you take an opinion from. (0:15:53) Farmer Liz Calvelage talks about running her farm part-time with kids.  (1:11:20) Listener Q&A - Productivity Hack (1:15:49) Drunk Ideas - Car Siri Little Bean Farm: https://littlebeanfarm.com/our-story/ Check out my new book, Sell Everything You Grow - only $0.99 on  Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

(0:00) Be careful who you take an opinion from. (0:24:00) Farmer Ian Jerolmack talks about how they are crushing it on their farm and will do $500k in sales. (1:27:15) Listener Q&A - Cut expenses or grow revenue? (1:39:47) Drunk Ideas - The Auto Warner Check out my new book, Sell Everything You Grow - only $0.99 on  Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF

(0:30) When life gives you hard times, how do you react - crumble or take it head-on.  (12:35) Farmer Ian Caselli talks about his farming journey. Ian started farming part-time and tries to manage his hours to earn extra income for his family.  (1:08:50) Listener Q&A - Is a $500 farmers market worth it? (1:16:30) Drunk Ideas - The Foot Tent Check out my new book, Sell Everything You Grow - only $0.99 on  Amazon....

(0:30) The purgatory of mediocrity. What happens when you aren't good enough to succeed but not bad enough to fail? (14:25) Michael Russo a former chef, discusses his transition into farming. How he is making it work while working an off-farm job. (1:02:22) Listener Q&A (1:09:58) Drunk Ideas - The "It's OK to say NO" sign. Check out my brand new book Sell Everything You Grow - only $0.99 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF   ...

What makes a farm successful - the farmer or the system? People think it's the tools and other items that make it work, I argue it's the farmer that makes it work. (10:42) Jennifer Brand joins to discuss transitioning from the software field to farming. Raising unique vegetables and carving out a unique niche in her market. (1:26:51) The debut of Drunk Ideas. Partially thought out "good" business ideas. The mobile farmers market booth. Check out my brand new book Sell Everything You Grow -...

Broxon Berry Farm- https://www.instagram.com/broxonberry Want to learn more?  Check out my book Ready Farmer One - The Farmer's Guide to Sales and Marketing - Get it on Amazon. 

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