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The Small Farm Academy Podcast is hosted by me, Luke Callahan, and is an exploration of different small farming businesses. We cover everything from how to produce microgreens to understanding the importance a Profit & Loss Statement. This show is equal parts how-to, business skills, and bad jokes. Enjoy!
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2017-12-14 | For the second interview of a short segment on Nursery production, Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm joins me to talk the details of his nursery production. We get really into the details in this episode so if you're looking to get started growing out ... | |
2017-12-11 | Sean Dembrosky of Edible Acres joins me today to talk about his plant nursery and food forest. If you're interested in starting a food forest or plant nursery, you'll want to give this one a listen. Edible Acres: http://www.edibleacres.org/ Edible Ac... | |
2017-12-06 |
Mushrooms | Ivan Vincent of Ugly Barn Farm on Building Mushroom Farming Infrastructure Ivan Vincent of Ugly Barn Farm joins me today to talk about his experience building infrastructure for his mushroom operation. If you are interested in growing mushrooms or just building general infrastructure on your farm, there is a TON of wisdom to... |
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2017-12-04 | Sacha Begg of Bullygoth Farm joins me today to teach us how she has evolved her farm to specialize in growing and selling herbal blends. If you are interested in growing and selling herbs, I highly recommend listening to this episode and paying specia... | |
2017-11-30 |
Dahlias - Swan Island Dahlias w/ Nicholas Gitts & Heather Schloe Nicholas Gitts and his daughter Heather Schloe join me today to tell the story of Swan Island Dahlias. If you like dahlias, you will love this interview with them. We cover a LOT of ground in this interview. After listening you'll have a good sense o... |
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2017-11-17 |
Mushroom Workshops & Tinctures - Steven Kirk of Hexenring Mushrooms Steven Kirk joins me today to talk about the ongoing evolution of his family's farm. They started out by launching a crowdfunding campaign to raise money to build infrastructure for their mushroom farm. When they didn't meet their funding goals, they p... |
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2017-11-09 |
Shiitake Mushrooms - Producing 500 pounds a week w/ Alex Winstead of Cascadia Mushrooms Alex Winstead joins me today to talk about Cascadia Mushrooms in Bellingham, WA. He shares his experience from starting this as a hobby in 2005 to where he his now producing 500 pounds per week of primarily Shiitake mushrooms. Enjoy! |
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2017-09-05 |
Building a Mushroom Enterprise w/ Amy Fox of Fox Farm and Forage Amy fox joins me today to talk about Fox Farm and Forage in North Carolina. We talk about how she started growing mushrooms in her basement as a hobby and how that has evolved into building a 4000 SF mushroom production facility on a dedicated piece of... |
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2017-08-29 |
Growing Oyster Mushrooms Commercially w/ Willie Crosby of Fungi Ally Willie Crosby joins me today to talk about Fungi Ally in Hadley, MA. We talk about all of the details of Willie's production system of fresh oyster mushrooms for wholesale customers. Willie gives us great, detailed information, on all aspects of his f... |
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2017-08-22 |
010 - John Michelotti w/ Catskill Fungi - Mushroom Tinctures, Mushroom Walks, and More John Michelotti joins me today to talk about Catskill Fungi. Specifically, we talk about mushroom tinctures, mushroom walks, and the story of his farm. Enjoy! Click here to support the show on Patreon |