Sinopsis
An honest look at what it takes to manage farms, businesses, and life all at the same time without having any of them fall apart in the process. Host Diego Footer takes a hard look at real reality of eco-entrepreurism highlighting the success and failures of people out there making a go of it repairing the planet, solving problems, producing products, and making a living doing it. Each episode gives you practical insights and advice that you put into action today.
Episodios
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Putting the Business Second
14/02/2025 Duración: 07minIn this episode, Seedtime co-founder Paul Dysinger talks about how easy it is to get lost in the business when it should be second in priority compared to family. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Getting Word Out Through Facebook
13/02/2025 Duración: 07minIn this episode, farming couple Tom and Marcy Bradley of Pleasant Valley Farms share about how they leveraged Facebook to get word out about their farm. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Top Performing Crops on a 2,000sqft. Farm
12/02/2025 Duración: 04minIn this episode, farmer Ian Caseli shares his best selling crops from his 2,000 sqft. farm. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Focus Less on Marketing and More on Sales
11/02/2025 Duración: 08minIn this episode, microgreen farmer Alex Dale of Hunter's Dale Microgreens discusses the importance of putting less time on marketing and more time on sales. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Lessons Learned From a 200-Acre Farm
10/02/2025 Duración: 06minIn this episode, farmer and farm rep Becky Hume shares the lessons she learned managing a 2000-acre farm that are applicable to running a sustainable market garden. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Life is Short - Do What Makes You Happy
09/02/2025 Duración: 07minIn this episode, marines-turned-entrepreneur-turned-farmer Lindsey Hauger talks about making the most of our time and going after what makes us happy. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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The Economics of Selling Seeds on a Small Scale
08/02/2025 Duración: 04minIn this episode, farmer Jay Tracy of The Cucumber Shop talks about the nuances of the economics of running a small-scale seed business. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Profitable and Not-So-Profitable Products
07/02/2025 Duración: 04minIn this episode, microgreen farmer Vincent Cuneo of Agrarian Feast talks about expanding their product offering to their customers by growing both profitable and not-so-profitable products. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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First Year Farming as a Stepping Stone
06/02/2025 Duración: 04minIn this episode,new farmer Alec Smith describes how the first year of farming serves as a learning experience towards building a sustainable farming business. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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The Disconnect Between What New Farmers Expect and Reality
05/02/2025 Duración: 08minIn this episode, farmer Cassie Pierce of Peace of Prairie Organic Farm in Oklahoma talks about what she hears new farmers think they should do to become successful farmers versus what they actually need to do for a sustainable business. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Water and Catchment
04/02/2025 Duración: 05minIn this episode, farmer and educator Jodi Roebuck of Roebuck Farm in New Zealand talks about the importance of knowing a farm property's catchment and how much water will pass through (or stay) there. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Best Investments of a New Farm
03/02/2025 Duración: 07minIn this episode, farmer Rob Moores of Passion4Plants UK talks to newbie farmer Alec Smith about the best tools and equipment a new farm should invest in first. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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What You're Willing to Risk to Start a Business
02/02/2025 Duración: 05minIn this episode, part-time farmer and homesteader Tony Barlow of Barlow Roots Market talks about the different things we're willing to risk to start a business as we move from different stages in life. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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You-Pick Season Pass
01/02/2025 Duración: 07minIn this episode, author and you-pick farmer Megan Neubauer talks about their exclusive you-pick season pass. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Kill Debt As Much as You Can as Fast as You Can
31/01/2025 Duración: 08minIn this episode, podcast host Diego Footer talks about getting rid of as much debt as fast as you can before starting a business. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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The Scary but Exciting Step of Hiring
30/01/2025 Duración: 08minIn this episode, farming consultant Ellen Polishuk talks about the next step of a growing farm business: hiring. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Legacy in Variety
29/01/2025 Duración: 07minIn this episode, cucumber seed farmer Jay Tracy talks about the history imbued in the lesser known cucumber varieties. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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The Logistics of Selling Live Uncut Microgreen Trays
28/01/2025 Duración: 05minIn this episode, microgreen growers Joey Jacques and Jerome Baca talk about the logistics of selling live microgreen trays. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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Market Research Before Growing Microgreens
27/01/2025 Duración: 04minIn this episode, microgreens farmer Vincent Cuneo talks about the wisdom behind doing market research prior to pursuing creating a product. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF
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No-Dig in Practice
26/01/2025 Duración: 04minIn this episode, computer engineer-turned-farmer Brian Sakurada talks about no-dig in theory versus no-dig in practice. Get time and labor-saving farm tools and microgreen seeds 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 Carrot Cashflow Podcast In Search of Soil Check out Diego's book Sell Everything You Grow on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/Sell-Everything-You-Grow-Homestead-ebook/dp/B0CJC9NTZF