Welcome to episode 181 of Growers Daily! We cover: the current state of farmer's markets, the ins and the outs of a market manager's day, and market tensions that arise. Catt Fields White from Farmer's Market Pros and the Tent Talk podcast joins us for a chat! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Farmers' Market Pros: https://www.farmersmarketpros.com/ Tent Talk Podcast: https:/...
Jun 25, 2025•33 min
Welcome to episode 180 of Growers Daily! We cover: if natural dyes will become a market for small-scale growers, how to manage yourself in the heat, and then how to manage the garden. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Video Clip Request: Send a (no more than) 20 second clip that includes your name, where you are, and how your season is going to notillgrowers@gmail.com . Subje...
Jun 24, 2025•17 min
Welcome to episode 179 of Growers Daily! We cover: broadcasting cover crops into untouched ground, why no-till actually makes things harder, and the explosion of tick populations. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Video Clip Request: Send a (no more than) 20 second clip that includes your name, where you are, and how your season is going to notillgrowers@gmail.com . Subject l...
Jun 23, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 178 of Growers Daily! We cover: a potting soil horror story, how to understand your farmland, and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: OAK Event in Lexington: https://ccd.uky.edu/mwcfd Data Centers, electricity and farming article: https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2025/0320/data-center-alley-power-lines-farmland MUSIC from this episo...
Jun 20, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 177 of Growers Daily! We cover: if compost counts as a crop in a rotation, ants, and crop planning tips for a CSA. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: OAK Event in Lexington: https://ccd.uky.edu/mwcfd Compost and disease suppression: https://sci-hub.se/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rhisph.2020.100192 And another disease and suppression article: https://19january2...
Jun 19, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 176 of Growers Daily! We cover: garlic curing and storage, the overlooked relationship between manufacturing and farm land, and flower power. But the easy way. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: OAK Event in Lexington: https://ccd.uky.edu/mwcfd The industral park story: https://www.state-journal.com/business/residents-speak-out-against-proposed-industrial-pa...
Jun 18, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 175 of Growers Daily! We cover: deficiencies versus diseases (or pests), public lands being sold for development, and just to shake things up, do hedgerows work? We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: OAK Event in Lexington: https://ccd.uky.edu/mwcfd Nutrient Deficiency guide: https://www.rhs.org.uk/prevention-protection/nutrient-deficiencies Proposal to Develop...
Jun 17, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 174 of Growers Daily! We cover: garlic harvesting, if you have to follow the food safety guidelines, and how to use the different types of lettuce. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Listeria Outbreak: https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1215837 FSMA fact sheets: https://www.fns.usda.gov/f2s/fsma-produce-safety-rule TCS foods: https://dem.ri.gov/site...
Jun 16, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 173 of Growers Daily! We cover: chefs using AI, dealing with cover crops in the land where they will not die over winter, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The Chef and AI Article: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/dining/ai-chefs-restaurants.html 206?i=1000634603077 The Hardfork Podcast Episode about it: https://podcasts.apple.co...
Jun 13, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 172 of Growers Daily! We cover: what agricultural term best fits you, Comfrey, and diseases and crover crops! We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: A good comfrey breakdown: https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/comfrey-its-history-uses-benefits/#:~:text=In%20the%201950s%2C%20Hills%20developed,wound%20and%20apply%20light%20pressure. Comfrey medicinal concerns...
Jun 12, 2025•24 min
Welcome to episode 171 of Growers Daily! We cover: I had the absolute privilege of catching up with Betsy Lamb, part of Cornell University's Integrated Pest management program who offered us a ton of insight not just on how aphids work and what they do to plants but what we as growers can do to manage them. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Betsy Info: https://cals.cornell.ed...
Jun 11, 2025•41 min
Welcome to episode 170 of Growers Daily! We cover: walking on garden beds (or not), give a shout to the woods, and rotating crops in tight spaces. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: A review of forest therapy research: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1618866720304039#:~:text=There's%20growing%20scientific%20evidence%20that%20forest%20therapy,ability%20to...
Jun 10, 2025•18 min
Welcome to episode 169 of Growers Daily! We cover: a crop rotation puzzle, we'll discuss increasing your soil's health this summer, and sheep as complementary livestock to market gardening. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: None! MUSIC from this episode: Summer Dazes by baegel Mountains by The Eastern Plain Copper Horse by Kylie Dailey via www.epidemicsound.com Support our wo...
Jun 09, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 168 of Growers Daily! We cover: dirty produce, jumping worms, and it's feed back friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: 2024 Jumping worms research https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1164556323001267 good primer on jumping worms: https://warren.cce.cornell.edu/gardening-landscape/warren-county-master-gardener-articles/invasive-asian-jumpi...
Jun 06, 2025•23 min
Welcome to episode 167 of Growers Daily! We cover: trellising pole beans in a tunnel, what is actually going on inside of a compost pile, and cover some of the basics of soil amending. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Great Science of compost breakdown: https://cwmi.css.cornell.edu/chapter1.pdf OrganiCalc: https://growabundant.com Logan Labs: https://www.loganlabs.com/faq MU...
Jun 05, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 166 of Growers Daily! We cover: Becca Rodomsky-Bish with the Cornell Lab of Ornithology joins us to talk birds, bird ID apps, and what we can do, as farmers and growers, to help declining bird populations. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Cornell Lab of Ornithology: https://www.birds.cornell.edu/home/ Great Backyard Bird Count: https://www.birdcount.org/ A...
Jun 04, 2025•35 min
Welcome to episode 165 of Growers Daily! We cover: Erin Worrall from The Cedar Chest Farm joins us to talk about farming solo, farming and motherhood, and the tools that make solo farming easier. Follow Erin on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thecedarchestfarm/?hl=en We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Follow Erin on IG: https://www.instagram.com/thecedarchestfarm/?hl=en MUSIC fr...
Jun 03, 2025•32 min
Welcome to episode 164 of Growers Daily! We cover: the month of June, why pests are likely only going to become more and more of a problem, and what causes plants to just stop We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Rising Peach and Almond pests: https://www.nifa.usda.gov/about-nifa/impacts/climate-change-drive-surge-insects-attack-almonds-peaches-walnuts#:~:text=The%20UC%20study%2...
Jun 02, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 163 of Growers Daily! We cover: some hard truths about deep compost mulching slash no dig systems, some hard truths about hard work, and some hard truths about this week's topics because IT's feedback friday We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Paperpot video: https://youtu.be/R53jNXK2-qw Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: https://youtu.be/a1U1z...
May 30, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 162 of Growers Daily! We cover: if woodchips can be contaminated (like compost can), pests that refuse to be kept out, and buying the right broadfork. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Slug video: https://youtu.be/tO7ixysIph0?si=pTO33gKM6EzdSPLU Gulland Broadforks: https://gullandbroadfork.com Meadow Creature Broadforks: https://meadowcreature.com/ Podcast ...
May 29, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 161 of Growers Daily! We cover: my latest random farm model idea to critique, shaping the farm around kids , and does a tractor always lead to soil compaction? We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: The episode about three farms in one: https://youtu.be/BDrs-6XJsJ8 Teenage Depression: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8868033/#:~:text=A%20total%20of%20167...
May 28, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 160 of Growers Daily! We cover: green garlic (and others) as a cover crop, the magic of sunn hemp, and making mistakes so I can share them with you. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Sunnhemp cover crop: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/Sunn%20Hemp%20Cover%20Crop%20Fact%20Sheet.pdf Sunnhemp guide: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/sites/default...
May 27, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 159 of Growers Daily! We cover: planting into cover crop residue, thirstwaves (like heat waves but thirsty), and what it was like to leave the city all those years ago and start farming. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Thirstwaves article in Phys: https://phys.org/news/2025-04-thirstwaves-common-states.html Thirstwaves Research: https://agupubs.onlinelibr...
May 26, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 158 of Growers Daily! We cover: your cover crop queries, compost teas, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Podcast with Kelpie from Ring of Fire on biochar: https://youtu.be/a1U1zYrQrRs?si=3SmZPWXNlovvFqIb MUSIC from this episode: Lucky Man by Red Revision Silver and Gold by April Moon via www.epidemicsound.com Support our work (👊) ...
May 23, 2025•23 min
Welcome to episode 157 of Growers Daily! We cover: incorporating amendments into soil when you're not turning the soil over, pelleted seeds being annoying, and starting a garden on clay in a cold climate. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Pelleting study that suggests it preserves tomato seeds better: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/339877393_Impact_of_seed_pelleting...
May 22, 2025•20 min
Welcome to episode 156 of Growers Daily! We cover: a unique nightshade disease, does vermicompost lead to damping off, and weeding gear. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Edema/Oedema charicteristics https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/caes/documents/publications/fact_sheets/plant_pathology_and_ecology Paper on Edema and solutions from UConn: https://ipm.cahnr.uconn.edu/wp-content/...
May 21, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 155 of Growers Daily! We cover: if there is anything that can be done about squirrels in the garden, how to use buckwheat as a cover crop without it becoming a mess, and can you transplant corn, really? We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Mark Rober Squirrel Videos: https://youtu.be/hFZFjoX2cGg?si=PjuXMfFk3TfuWHD3 Transplanted corn case study: https://scholar...
May 20, 2025•21 min
Welcome to episode 154 of Growers Daily! We cover: terminating cover crops, and how to farm and garden for the long haul. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Tornadoes alley shifting eastward: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/watch-out-tornado-alley-is-migrating-eastward/ Very active tornado season already: https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-new-tornado-al...
May 19, 2025•19 min
Welcome to episode 153 of Growers Daily! We cover: managing shrub roses, how Garlic is so much more than just garlic, and it's feedback friday. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Shrub Rose in Washington: https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/weeds/multiflora-rose#:~:text=There%20are%20no%20approved%20biological,multiflora%20rose%20in%20Washington%20State.&text=Remember%20to%20carefully...
May 16, 2025•22 min
Welcome to episode 152 of Growers Daily! We cover: the annoying complexity of farm advice, starting seed company considerations, and the curious case of the disappearing compost. We are a Non-Profit! 👇 🙌 DONATE 🙌 https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=ALF4MZX26SVSQ https://app.candid.org/profile/16047666 Links for today: Selling and labeling farm seed in california: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/plant/pe/nsc/docs/seed/Selling_and_Labeling_Veg_Seed_for_Farm_Use.pdf Podcast with Kelpie from ...
May 15, 2025•19 min
