The weekly podcast that talks all things food growing with those doing amazing things from across the UK and the world.
Every week we deliver you a podcast that interviews a fantastic food grower that is doing things differently, inspirationally or that has an awesome story to tell.
In this episode we have the incredible Jean-Martin Fortier talking to us from across the globe in Quebec.
JM has inspired both Chris and Jack's farms, as well as countless others in their growing journeys so we are super excited to bring you this episode which is packed full of info and inspiration.
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In the episode we chat about:
How it all started for JM, how he got into growing
Les Jardins de la Grelinette - JM's market garden generating a huge income
Ferme de Quatre Temps - JM's training farm
How Paris used to feed itself and travelling to learn
Regenerative Farming
No-dig / No-till and why it's not the most important focus
Why processes and procedures are so important
How to manage staff in a rewarding way
The management secret
Growers clothing and why it's important
JM's new video blog (It's awesome, link below)
The gameplan
Rose, Thorns and Buds
Growers Magazing (Link below)
So much more...

Plus the all important quick-fire questions of course…. Will JM Fortier be #teambeer or #teamcoffee ???
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This is a podcast that will hopefully inspire and inform you whatever experience you have… from aspiring grower, to casual allotmenteer, right through to fully fledged market gardener. We will be talking everything from no-dig to permaculture, mushrooms to marketing.
We are your hosts Chris from Fanfield Farm and Jack from Jacks Patch and we will be bringing you an inspirational interview, some tips and tricks from our own farms as well as the fun feature of quick fire questions that we ask every guest…. Obviously including whether they prefer an evening farm beer or morning farm coffee!!
Support the podcast and get the UNEDITED VIDEO VERSION of this interview here: https://www.patreon.com/foodgroweracademy (https://www.patreon.com/foodgroweracademy)
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Show Notes:
JM's New Weekly Vlog - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aejLMyCw2hY&list=PLiM0T_Y7peh-4nj7JKv6ICZNpt5rNfnAx (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aejLMyCw2hY&list=PLiM0T_Y7peh-4nj7JKv6ICZNpt5rNfnAx)
Growers and Co - https://growers.co/ (https://growers.co/)
Growers Magazine - https://growers.co/pages/magazine (https://growers.co/pages/magazine)
JM's Book - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Market-Gardener-Successful-Handbook-Small-scale/dp/0865717656 (https://www.amazon.co.uk/Market-Gardener-Successful-Handbook-Small-scale/dp/0865717656)
Les Jardins de la Grelinette - https://lagrelinette.com/ (https://lagrelinette.com/)
La Ferme de Quatre Temps (FQT Farm) - https://www.fermequatretemps.com/ (https://www.fermequatretemps.com/)
The Market Gardeners Masterclass - https://themarketgardener.com/courses/ (https://themarketgardener.com/courses/)
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This episode is sponsored by:
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