Welcome to episode 55 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Feedback friday and cash crops from cover crops. 

 

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Welcome to episode 54 of Growers Daily!

We cover: Carbon monoxide poisoning, farm collaborations, and do legume inoculants (rhizobia)persist in the soil? 

 

Links from this episode: 

Legume Inoculation primer: https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/plantmaterials/natpmtn13723.pdf

 

Portable Generator kills 12: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/europe/georgia-ski-resort-carbon-monoxide-poisoning.html

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Welcome to episode 53 of Growers Daily!

We cover: We cover: How to Dry Greens all the Way, tillage vs no tillage economics, and where to find a farm job.  

 

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Léa and Ferdinand are two of the twenty-two members of Buzuruna Juzuruna, a 2 ha seed farm and school farm in Lebanon. In this episode, Léa and Ferdinand define the terms “peasant seeds” and “balady seeds” and the challenges of finding local seeds in Lebanon. They also discuss the role of international seed banks in preserving seeds and the importance of reclaiming these seeds and bringing them back to where they originated.

Ferdinand describes the seed house at Buzuruna Juzuruna and how they control temperature and humidity. Léa explains how the seeds and crops they grow are distributed. In the deep dive, we talk about growing cucumbers for seed and how you shouldn’t assume every cucumber is a cucumber. Léa and Ferdinand also discuss how they work with ancient wheat varieties.

Free, Crop Planning for Seed Farmers minicourse: www.spreadsheet.farm/seedcropplan

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Welcome to episode 52  of Growers Daily!

We cover: Today we talk about the future of the wine industry, cool ecological work in viticulture, and if you could do it all over again, would you farm? 

 

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The biochar handbook :https://amzn.to/3ZAbgHc

Revino Recycling Wine Bottles: https://www.revinobottles.com

 

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Welcome to episode 51  of Growers Daily!

We cover: Happy Monday. Today we are discussing what days to maturity means on a seed packet, we're talking about how to meet like-minded farmers, and we're talking about the real costs of starting a farm. 

 

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First Year Expense Post from the Forum: https://notillgrowers.community.chat/post/a-financial-summary-of-a-firstyear-farm-13536423?trail=15

High-density Maple syrup production: https://www.youtube.com/@ATFence

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You've all heard it. Black is the new green. We're gonna, we're talking today about biochar and a big, big topic these days in the arenas that we tread in. Kelpie Wilson, my guest today, wrote and just released the Biochar Handbook. Kelpie is founder of Wilson Biochar Associates and a mechanical engineer, writer and consultant with a background in renewable energy and forest protection. Currently, she specializes in biochar technology and market development commissioned by a broad portfolio of clients. Ms. Wilson has been a reliable voice for Climate Change, Energy, and the Environment, and has authored white papers, research summaries, reports, cost study papers, grant proposals, and hundreds of articles. Her clients include the International Biochar Initiative, Cool Planet Energy Systems, Oregon Biochar Solutions, Frye Poultry, Pembroke Family Farmers. This is a very long list. It goes on and on and on. As communications editor and project development director for the International Biochar Initiative between 2008 and 2012. Kelpie managed the public process and document development to publish the first international standards for product definition and testing.

Kelpie’s links...

Pre-register for Kelpie's Practical Biochar Course on Regenerative Living

The Biochar Handbook by Kelpie Wilson now available for order

Order your Ring of Fire Biochar Kiln: RingofFire.earth

Check out my YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@KelpieWilson

Subscribe to The Biochar Prepper: https://biocharprepper.substack.com/Ms.Kelpie Wilson

Wilson Biochar Associates Email: [email protected]

JOIN THE DISCUSSION: If you'd like to subscribe to the free Biochar in the Woods Discussion Group, visit https://biochar.groups.io/g/Biocharinthewoods

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When you need proven varieties you can count on and detailed guidance from seeding to harvest, consider Johnny’s your trusted growing partner. Visit johnnyseeds.com

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... and, as always, our work is powered by the individual growers who support us every month over at patreon.com/notillgrowers. You can pick up a copy of The Living Soil Handbook if you don't have one already, as well as a No-Till Growers hat or other merch, check out our YouTube channel, and you can ask you questions or share your insights into ecological market gardening on our free growers forum at notillgrowers.community.chat

Welcome to episode 50  of Growers Daily!

We cover: Feedback friday! Plus we discuss tips for a more efficient farm and the simplest of crop planning tactics. 

 

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ORDER Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

Bird Flu USDA hotline - 1-866-536-7593

CDC updates on Bird Flu outbreak: https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html

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Welcome to episode 49  of Growers Daily!

We cover: A Guide to bird flu for small farmers, why I don't own a tractor, and where to get farm and market garden updates. 

 

Links from this episode: 

 

Bird Flu USDA hotline - 1-866-536-7593

Chris Newman Video on Farm Subsidies: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY5rTMGRPJY&t=625s

Canadian Teenage with Birdflur: https://www.medpagetoday.com/special-reports/features/113321#:~:text=Canadian%20public%20health%20officials%20closed,was%20released%20from%20the%20hospital.

UVM guide to Bird Flu for backyard poultry: https://extension.umn.edu/poultry-health/avian-influenza-basics-noncommercial-poultry-flock-owners#:~:text=Tremors,Laying%20down%20and%20pedaling

Sings in dairy cattle: https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/animal-health-and-welfare/animal-health/avian-influenza/avian-influenza-virus-type-h5n1-us-dairy-cattle#:~:text=Tests%20so%20far%20indicate%20that,of%20cows%20within%20a%20herd.

CDC updates on Bird Flu outbreak: https://www.cdc.gov/bird-flu/situation-summary/index.html       Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 

 

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French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374

  

Show Sponsors: 

Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com

Farmhand: https://www.farmhand.partners/notill

 

Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇

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Welcome to episode 48  of Growers Daily!

We cover:  Would Wood Chips Make a Good Surface mulch? Had a weedy year--here's what to do.  And the phases of a farm. 

Links from this episode:      Support our work (👊) at www.notillgrowers.com/support or www.Patreon.com/notillgrowers 

 

MY BOOK!

The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

French copy of The Living Soil Handbook: https://amzn.to/4h2bYot

Italian Copy https://www.terranuovalibri.it/libro/dettaglio/jesse-frost/il-manuale-del-suolo-vivente-9788866819967-236828.html

German Copy: https://www.oekom.de/buch/das-grosse-boden-handbuch-9783987261374

  

Show Sponsors: 

Johnnys Selected Seeds: https://www.johnnyseeds.com

Farmhand: https://www.farmhand.partners/notill

 

Other stuff and ways to support stuff like this 👇

5% off Neptune's Harvest Fish Fertilizers and More (offer Code: NOTILL)

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Preorder Dan Brisebois' Seed Book! 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

The Living Soil Handbook 📕 👉 https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook

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Forum 💬 👉 https://notillgrowers.community.chat

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Kelly Maynard is a cooperative development specialist at the university of Wisconsin center for cooperative development and we're going to get into some practical advice and tools you can use when thinking about going into cooperative farming, yourself, or yourselves, as it were. This is the second coop development person, or forth depending on how you define that role, I’ve had on this season to, if nothing else, drive the point home that there are people out there who’s life work it is support the development of your “working together” ideas. Not only do you not have to farm alone, you don’t have to build cooperative systems alone.

Mentioned in the show...

Farm Commons resource on FSA farm ownership loans

Farm Commons and UWCC toolkit on sharing labor

Facilitator’s Guide to Participatory Decision-Making

UWCC recorded webinars, see Tools for an Effective Board and Decision-Making Tools for the Board Room

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ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) will offer the Business of Farming Conference on Saturday, February 22, in Asheville, North Carolina. Find out more at asapconnections.org

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