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FSFS107: The Challenges and Successes of CSA Farming on 2 Acres with Sam McLemore of Bountiful Harvest Farms - Farm Small, Farm Smart

FSFS107: The Challenges and Successes of CSA Farming on 2 Acres with Sam McLemore of Bountiful Harvest Farms - Farm Small, Farm Smart

FromFarm Small Farm Smart Daily


FSFS107: The Challenges and Successes of CSA Farming on 2 Acres with Sam McLemore of Bountiful Harvest Farms - Farm Small, Farm Smart

FromFarm Small Farm Smart Daily

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Length:
82 minutes
Released:
Jul 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Sam's taken a perspective that he gained on hiking the Appalachian trail and he has used it to help navigate the equally hard journey into being a full time vegetable farmer. Like the trail, Sam's career as a farmer has spanned a lot of land going from 1/8 of an acre in town to two fenced acres a few years later. Today Sam and I will talk about some of the challenges of growing crops on two acres, how Sam has to design his market streams to his land base, working with limited labor, and the trade- offs between growing niche crops and a wide variety of CSA crops. We'll also touch on some of Sam's big takeaways from his days on the trail and how that's helped him as a farmer. Learn more at http://www.permaculturevoices.com/farmsmallfarmsmart
Released:
Jul 26, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

These down to earth conversations with farmers give us an inside look at what it really takes to earn an independent living being a farmer. Combine one part true inspirational stories with tangible tools and tactics and you've got this podcast: a unique way to gain insights that really work from successful farm-based entrepreneurs. These real, honest conversations will help show that you aren't alone in the grind, and give you the motivation to get after it.