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Real World Challenges and Concerns about Starting Up a Farm on Half an Acre - How to Make it Happen and What to Think About - A Case Study  - The Urban Farmer - S2W19 (FSFS59)

Real World Challenges and Concerns about Starting Up a Farm on Half an Acre - How to Make it Happen and What to Think About - A Case Study - The Urba…

FromFarm Small Farm Smart


Real World Challenges and Concerns about Starting Up a Farm on Half an Acre - How to Make it Happen and What to Think About - A Case Study - The Urba…

FromFarm Small Farm Smart

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Length:
73 minutes
Released:
Aug 10, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Farming, it truly is a lifestyle. And one that a lot of people seek out. This leads people down the road of thinking about how can they start or transition into small scale farming. And when they go down that path they inevitably run into issues. Because startup isn't always clear, or easy, and there are always unique challenges. Today we will take take a look at one listeners plan to transition into farming and startup an urban farm of his own. This is the story of Michael from LA, and Michael wants to be a farmer. He has a lot of resources, constraints, and questions. And that's what we'll be digging into today, in Season Two, Episode 19 of The Urban Farmer. Listen to past episodes at: https://www.paperpot.co/podcast Increase farm efficiency with the Paperpot Transplanter and Other Small Farm Equipment at https://www.paperpot.co/ Follow PaperpotCo on Instagram:http://bit.ly/2B45VKQ
Released:
Aug 10, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Weekly insights for vegetable farmers and market gardeners who earn, or want to earn, a living growing vegetables profitably. The show is hosted by Diego Footer of Permaculture Voices. Each week 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 farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil preparation, weed management, post harvest processing, appropriate technology, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance.