The Farmer's Share

Starting up a farm is tough. A visit with Katie Rose of Head Over Fields: EP39

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/747263/open_sms] 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 year round farm stand, CSA, wholesale, and farmers markets.  We start off with a winter tour of the farm after some fresh January snow where she shares about growing winter greens, getting water on the farm, and growing in varying soil conditions across the sloping landscape. We then pull up a stool in the wash pack and talk about how she got into ag, the challenges of starting a diversified veg farm in the 2020’s and how friends and mentors helped her through the growing pains she experienced while building up this farm business.  Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RHYMA9NZPGW4U] Visit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.com [https://thefarmersshare.com] Follow the show on Facebook [https://facebook.com/thefarmersshare]and Instagram [https://instagram.com/thefarmersshare]: @thefarmersshare Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare [https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare]

Visiting Stones Throw Farmstead: EP38

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/747263/open_sms] 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. We start off by looking at the farm stand, microgreens set-up, and how they’ve laid out their farm. They utilize several cat tunnels, inter cropping, and managing it with hand tools. We then sit down and learn a bit more about where they got their farming backgrounds, why they got into agriculture and why they chose to settle in Vermont. I hope you enjoy this episode, thanks for listening.  Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RHYMA9NZPGW4U] Visit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.com [https://thefarmersshare.com] Follow the show on Facebook [https://facebook.com/thefarmersshare]and Instagram [https://instagram.com/thefarmersshare]: @thefarmersshare Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare [https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare]

Field Walk - Produce and Popcorn with Ashley at Hurricane Flats Farm: EP37

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/747263/open_sms] Today’s episode comes to you from South Royalton Vermont where we visit with Ashley Loehr of Hurricane Flats Farm. She’s got over 25 years farming experience, and is getting a good feel for the land as this is her 4th season since buying this farm. This episode starts off in the field checking out pretty much all the crops. We talk about field prep, inter seeding, cover cropping, and weeds. We talk about vegetables, strawberries and high tunnels. She shows us around the barn where she stores equipment, and even processes their own popcorn. So whether you like crops, equipment, or organic agriculture this episode is a good one.  Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RHYMA9NZPGW4U] Visit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.com [https://thefarmersshare.com] Follow the show on Facebook [https://facebook.com/thefarmersshare]and Instagram [https://instagram.com/thefarmersshare]: @thefarmersshare Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare [https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare]

Growing, Drying and Selling Medicinal Herbs with Jeff Carpenter of Zack Woods Herb Farm: EP36

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/747263/open_sms] Today’s episode comes to you from Hyde Park, Vermont where we visit with Jeff Carpenter from Zack Woods Herb Farm. They grow medicinal herbs and have been doing so for 26 years. We start off with a look into his high tunnel where they grow their starts, discuss the construction of their batch dryer, check out a field of perennial herbs and take a look inside their packing shed. We then sit down on the back deck and chat about how and why they’ve built this business to meet their needs. He shares the lessons they’ve learned by scaling up too much, and how investing in labor savings tools has paid off. Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RHYMA9NZPGW4U] Visit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.com [https://thefarmersshare.com] Follow the show on Facebook [https://facebook.com/thefarmersshare]and Instagram [https://instagram.com/thefarmersshare]: @thefarmersshare Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare [https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare]

Fenceless Goat Grazing at Does Leap Farm: EP35

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/747263/open_sms] Today’s episode comes to you from Bakersfield Vermont where we visit with George van Vlaanderen of Does’ Leap Farm (https://doesleap.com/ [https://doesleap.com/]). He shares how they developed the farm from raw wooded land while raising children, goats and living in a yurt all at the same time over twenty years ago. He shares now how his grazing system has evolved using electronet fences to wireless collars and how he's improving the biodiversity of his pastures using the Vermont Ripsower.  VT Ripsower: https://www.landcarecoop.com/vt-ripsower [https://www.landcarecoop.com/vt-ripsower] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doesleapfarm [https://www.instagram.com/doesleapfarm] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@doesleapfarm [https://www.youtube.com/@doesleapfarm] Support the show [https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=RHYMA9NZPGW4U] Visit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.com [https://thefarmersshare.com] Follow the show on Facebook [https://facebook.com/thefarmersshare]and Instagram [https://instagram.com/thefarmersshare]: @thefarmersshare Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare [https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare]