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Why Your Farm Will Fail Charging Low Prices (1 of 2)
October 5, 2026 · 13 minThere's a number most farmers never calculate: the minimum price you need just to break even. Diego walks through the math that separates small farms that survive from the ones that slowly bleed out: why wholesale is a volume game you…
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Increasing Carbon Stores in the Soil - Gardening Beyond Basics 90
October 4, 2026 · 15 minIn this episode, Dr. Johannes Lehmann of Cornell University talks about where the long-term carbon stores in the soil actually come from. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights!…
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The Profit Pie: Why Smart Farmers Choose Their Market Before Their Land (3 of 3)
September 28, 2026 · 13 minMargin tells you how much to keep. Volume tells you how much to grow. But none of it matters without the right place to sell it. In part 3 of the Profit Pie series, we break down the four sales channels: farmers markets, CSAs…
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Putting Fungi in the Soil - Gardening Beyond Basics 89
September 27, 2026 · 18 minIn this episode, author and educator Peter McCoy of Mycologos discusses putting fungi into soil by building up the soil. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market…
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The Profit Pie: 70% Profit Margin Doesn't Pay the Rent (2 of 3)
September 21, 2026 · 16 minIn Part 1, we built the Profit Pie, the framework for how much you keep on every bed. Here's what it doesn't tell you: a 70% margin on a bed doesn't pay the rent. Margin is how much you keep per bed. Income is margin times volume. Get one…
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Depending on What You Grow - Gardening Beyond Basics 88
September 20, 2026 · 13 minIn this episode, compost specialist and owner of Living Roots Compost Tea Troy Hinke breaks down the nuances of making and using compost tea depending on what you're growing and what your goals are. Subscribe for more content on…
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Refusing Expansion (MFB 61)
September 17, 2026 · 8 minMost entrepreneurs see growth as progress. What if the smartest move is to stop? Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and business insights! Get market farming tools, seeds, and supplies at Modern…
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The Profit Pie: What Actually Moves Your Farm's Profit (1 of 3)
September 14, 2026 · 18 minAsk most farmers what has the biggest effect on profit and they'll say inputs: seeds, soil, amendments, the stuff you put in the ground. They're wrong. After a decade of interviews, here's the profit pie: every factor that touches your…
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Farming on the Conservation Reserve Program - Gardening Beyond Basics 87
September 13, 2026 · 11 minIn this episode, soil specialist and consultant Dr. Jim Hoorman of Hoorman Soil discusses farming within the bounds of the Conservation Reserve Program. Subscribe for more content on sustainable farming, market farming tips, and…
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7 Years, 100k Invested, Zero Products (MFB 60)
September 10, 2026 · 18 minStruggling founders: detailed plans slowly, never execute. Successful founders: Build basic version, get it to customers, learn what actually matters, iterate. Difference isn't intelligence — it's velocity. The main thing: Build product…
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The Symbiotic Relationship Between Trichoderma and Plants - Gardening Beyond Basics 86
September 6, 2026 · 18 minIn this episode, Professor Emeritus at Cornell University College of Agricultural and Life Sciences breaks down what happens in a symbiotic relationship between trichoderma species and plant species. Subscribe for more content on…
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Farming Below Minimum Wage (MFB 59)
September 3, 2026 · 20 minDo you know how much labor goes into growing that bed of lettuce? Not just the planting and harvesting, the weeding, the washing, the selling, too? If you don't know your numbers, you might be in danger of farming below minimum wage…
About the show
Insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably.
In each episode, I talk with a beginning or experienced farmer, diving deep into their story to find out what makes their market farm successful. I focus on in-the-field farming. Soil preparation, weed management, post-harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm tools and equipment, and growing crops.
Hosted and produced by Diego Footer's Modern Grower Podcast Network.