Arkansas Organic Chronicles

059 Jang Upgrades

Send us Fan Mail Upgrades to the JangGang complete. What did we do? Find us online at ArkansasOrganic.org Center for Arkansas Farms and Food YouTube

058 Back to the Grind January 2026 edited

Send us Fan Mail In this episode Luke and Joe talk about the Illinois Watershed court ruling regarding chicken waste, seed starting, and Jang seeder upgrades.   Find us

057 October Live with Luke and Joe

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Joe are live talking about carrot and beet tractor scale production and winter cover crops. Visit https://arkansasorganicag.uada.edu/events/ f

056 Organic Soybeans with Lanny Ashlock

Send us Fan Mail Lanny Ashlock from The Natural Soybean and Grain Alliance joins the show to talk organic soybean production and the status of their OREI funded conventi

055 September Live with Luke and Joe

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Joe talk about choosing the right cover crops for next years crop plan, upcoming events, and tractorizing your hand tool scale farm.  Find us

054 Midwest Weed Management Field Day Review

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, I recap my observations from the Midwest Mechanical Field Day in Ames, IA.  Find us online at ArkansasOrganic.org Center for Arkansas

053 August Live with Karen and Joe

Send us Fan Mail In the August live episode, Karen Maldenado joins the show to talk about keeping plants alive and healthy during the summer and getting ready for fall p

052 - Organic Transition Mid Year Review With Cailin

Send us Fan Mail Cailin Irby, CAFF Farm Manager, joins the show to talk about the goods and the bads of organic transition year 1! Find us online at ArkansasOrganic.org

051 Weed mgmt series part 10 small seeded crops

Send us Fan Mail Part 10 and the final episode of the weed management series. In this episode I wrap up the series with a discussion on cultivation tools for small seede

050 Weed mgmt series part 9 bare ground large seeds and transplants

Send us Fan Mail In this episode I talk about cultivating transplants and large seeded crops. This is part 9 of the weed management series! Find us online at ArkansasOr

049 July Live with Luke and Joe

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Joe talk seasonal updates. This episode air live on the CAFF Facebook and YouTube channels. Find us online at ArkansasOrganic.org Center for A

048 Weed Mgmt Series Episode 8 Plasticulture

Send us Fan Mail My thoughts on tools and best practices for cultivating the edge of plastic mulch without tearing it! Find us online at ArkansasOrganic.org Center for

047 Weed Mgmt Series Part 7 - Toolbar, shanks, and shovels

Send us Fan Mail In this episode we cover cultivator toolbars, shanks, and shovel. What's on the market and what do they do. Find us online at ArkansasOrganic.org

046 June Live with Luke and Joe

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Joe travel around the CAFF farm talking about pests, tomatoes, cover crops, and more! This episode aired live on YouTube and Facebook. Find us

045 Live with Luke and Joe May

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Joe discuss spring nitrogen assessment, mulches, and cabbage moth! This episode was recorded live on Facebook and YouTube. Find us online at A

044 Pest Trapping with Colin

Send us Fan Mail Colin Massey from UADA Extension joins the discussion to talk about scouting cabbage moth, corn earworm/tomato fruit worm, and squash vine borer.   Fin

043 April Live with Luke and Joe

Send us Fan Mail Cailin Irby, CAFF Farm Manager, joins the show today to talk about transitioning the small scale and tractor scale fields at CAFF to Certified Organic.

042 Weed Management Series Part 6 - What did I get wrong...

Send us Fan Mail Before we dive into toolbars, shanks, and cultivators, I provide a few updates on what I got wrong so far from a tractor perspective. I also talk about

041 March Live with Luke and Joe

Send us Fan Mail It's March and Luke and Joe are back for another live episode!  In this episode they talk about cover crops and supplemental nitrogen sources.  Fi

040 February Live with Luke and Joe

Send us Fan Mail Luke and Joe are live once again! Today we are talking about organic records for seeds and transplant media and talking cover crops. Find us online at