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

Talking Sugaring with Jenna, Jacob and the Syrup Daddy at Baird Farm: EP42

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/747263/fan_mail/new] Today’s episode comes to you from Chittenden Vermont where we visit with Baird Farm. If you’ve heard of them you may recognize that they are NOT a diversified vegetable farm. They are a medium scale maple producer with about  15,000 taps. Vermont is known for its maple but what makes them unique is that 90% of their volume is sold directly to the consumer. They lean heavily on online sales, and agritourism for their retail business.  Like most of my shows the first hour features a walking tour where Jacob and Jenna provide an overview of maple production and what it looks like on their farm. We walk to the woods to see some trees and sap lines, pop our heads in a pump house then tour seeing the sugar house which includes the bottling room and retail area.  Once we’ve gotten the lay of the land we then pull up a stool in the farm stand. Jenna’s Dad, Bob, also known as the Syrup Daddy joins us for the conversation to share some insights to his history of Vermont agriculture and how it’s transitioned over the years into the business it is today.  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]

Farm Tour with Wes & Bryn of Solid Ground Farm: EP41

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/747263/fan_mail/new] Today’s Episode comes to you from Kingston New York where we visit with Bryn and Wes of Solid Ground Farm. They are growing on over a dozen acres, with 4 tunnels of mixed veg for their CSA.  We start of the episode with a tour of their wash/pack, cooler, CSA Space and growing areas before pulling up a chair in the kitchen to learn what motivates them to be a produce grower and how they are building the business to meet their families needs and how they can be an asset to the community.  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 Vermont Cranberry Company: EP40

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/747263/fan_mail/new] Today’s episode comes to you from Fletcher Vermont where we visit with Bob Lesnikoski of Vermont Cranberry Company. He is the one and only commercial cranberry grower in the state! We start off the episode with a tour of his packing barn where they sort and box up fresh cranberries, press juice, and bottle seltzer. We then pull up a stool in the commercial kitchen and learn more about the cranberry market in the Northeast.  I hope you enjoy this episode learning about Vermont Cranberries!  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]

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

Text me a message! [https://www.buzzsprout.com/747263/fan_mail/new] 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/747263/fan_mail/new] 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]