Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. In this episode of The Market Gardener Podcast, Stephanie Wang of Le Rizen in Quebec discusses the challenges in our food and agriculture systems and explores solutions for achieving global food sovereignty. Released May 9, 2024 As highlighted in the episode description: “Stephanie Wang, farmer, activist, and author, specializes in growing Asian vegetables and creating transformed products such as kimchi on her farm Le Rizen in southern Quebec. Her passion for food sovereignty was sparked by her experiences with Via Campesina, a peasant rights organization, during her early 20s. We take a deep dive … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Food Sovereignty & The Future Of Farming →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. On this episode of the Growing for Market Podcast, Megan Neubauer of Pure Land Farm in McKinney, Texas, discusses how to make pick-your-own more profitable than other markets. Released July 9, 2024 From the show notes: “Pick-your-own is an underused marketing channel for local vegetable and flower farms, one that could be transformative if implemented on anywhere near the scale of farmers markets or CSAs. Megan Neubauer of Pure Land Farm in McKinney, Texas, shares how she made PYO more profitable and efficient. She used these experiences to write the book, Pick-Your-Own … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: How to make pick-your-own more profitable than other markets →

Enjoy listening to this Farmer Podcast Club episode. This month, we are featuring an episode of The Winter Growers Podcast, where host Clara Coleman sits down with Kamal Bell, the founder of Sankofa Farms, to discuss advanced farming techniques and the human element of sustainability. Released June 13th 2022 From the show notes: “Sankofa Farms is a 12-acre farm in Cedar Grove, North Carolina that Kamal launched through a USDA direct farm ownership loan. The farm aims to improve the perception of agriculture as a profession through it’s Sankofa Farm Academy that exposes African-American youth to high-level farming techniques including bee-keeping and … Continue reading Farmer Podcast Club: Kamal Bell of Sankofa Farms →