Growing For Market Podcast

Understanding our weird weather with meteorologist Keith Carson

Back when I first heard about climate change, I thought the weather patterns would stay the same, and it would just be a couple degrees hotter. However, as we’re finding

Answering greenhouse tomato frequently asked questions with Martijn van Stee of Enza Zaden in Holland

We’ve been getting a lot of greenhouse tomato questions lately, so we invited Martijn van Stee back to the podcast to find out how they breed varieties to deal with the b

Investing in land along with farmers with Martín Lemos of Dirt Capital Partners

Martín Lemos tells us how his background in farming helps him evaluate the impact of projects Dirt Capital Partners is considering funding from the farming side of things

Going to great lengths to protect the garlic seed supply with Warren Ham and Roshan Ghimire of August’s Harvest in Ontario

August’s Harvest was Canada’s first meristem clean seed garlic program providing virus and pathogen clean planting stock to North America. This week, we talk with Warren

Improving the greenhouse climate with convection tube heating and shade cloth with John Wells of Rimol Greenhouse Systems

There’s a type of heater setup that delivers heat right where you need it and can offer some important advantages over forced air heat, but we don’t see many of them in t

Modern draft animal power with Becky Frye and Donn Hewes in New York State

The Draft Animal Power Field Days are coming right up from October 2-4, and horse farmers Becky Frye and Donn Hewes tell us how they farm cooperatively thanks to a connec

Greenhouse culture of ranunculus, snapdragons, lisianthus and more with Rebecca Kutzer-Rice of Moonshot Farm in New Jersey

There are two sources of inspiration for this week’s interview: one was Rebecca Kutzer-Rice’s article “Why and how we automated our flower greenhouses,” which you can rea

Your bug questions answered part two with Dr. Anna Wallingford of New Hampshire Community Supported Research

When we asked what insect pests were bugging you, we got so many questions it turned into two podcast episodes! So, this week we sit back down with Dr. Anna Wallingford o

Building and scaling an authentic farm brand with Clarenda “Farmer Cee” Stanley of Green Heffa Farms in North Carolina

This week we have the pleasure of learning from Clarenda “Farmer Cee” Stanley, author of the new book, The Black Girl’s Guide to Building a Boutique Farm: Practical Advic

Your bug questions answered part one with Dr. Anna Wallingford of New Hampshire Community Supported Research

It’s that time of year when the pests and the questions about how to keep them in check are building up. So, in keeping with the mission of Dr. Anna Wallingford’s New Ham

Flower plug and propagation trends with Bailey Hale of Farmer Bailey plug and plant brokers

When he was running Ardelia Farm in Vermont, Bailey Hale found that many trending flower varieties were not available in quantities market farmers could use, or available

Greenhouse soil best practices with Judson Reid of Cornell University in New York State

Soil is finally getting the attention it deserves, and though many of the best practices in the field hold true in the greenhouse, there are some important differences an

The big peony episode with Kate-Lynn Clark of En Fleurs farm in Quebec

When Kate-Lynn Clark got the opportunity to take over a peony farm, it didn’t include the land. So she dug up and moved over 250 varieties of peonies to her family’s farm

Incorporating agroforestry into Delight Flower Farm with Maggie Taylor in Illinois

In 2023, Maggie Taylor wrote an article for Growing for Market Magazine about several projects she had started as part of a grant program incorporating agroforestry into

Lessons from 37 years of market farming with Chip and Susan Planck of Wheatland Farms in Virginia

Chip and Susan Planck ran Wheatland Farms growing vegetables in Virginia for 37 years, and in this interview, we talk with them about what worked, what didn’t and what ch

Breeding hyloom and disease-resistant tomatoes with Greg Vogel of Cornell University

“Hyloom” tomato varieties have become popular with growers for the combination of heirloom flavor and looks, and grower-friendly traits like improved vigor and disease re

Doubling greenhouse tomato yields and beyond using automation with Drew Cramer of Ghost House Farm in Michigan

On this week’s podcast we talk with Drew Cramer of Ghost House Farm in Michigan about how he more than doubled his greenhouse tomato yields through good management and au

Beyond NPK: micronutrients with macro impact with Gregg Forster of Wisconsin Mineral Solutions

Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium get a lot of attention, but there are other nutrients that are just as important for soil and plant health. In this week’s interview, w

Scaling and planning microgreen production with Garrett Corwin of Piedmont Microgreens and Microgreen Manager in North Carolina

Garrett Corwin started Piedmont Microgreens out of his garage in Durham, North Carolina, and after six years he’s scaled the business to 350-400 trays a week. In addition

Seattle Growers Market: Lessons from 15 years of cooperative flower marketing with SGM General Manager Carrie Read

One trend we’ve noticed is the growing number of flower farming cooperatives. We think it might be part of local growers banding together to increase market power as the