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First Aired - 12/17/2009 02:00PM
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On this week's Greenhorn Radio, Severine interviews Arion of Mustard Seed Farms about starting a small farm in Iowa, and about the Christian Farmers Network.
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The Christian Farmers Network (25:19)
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farm rentals, CSA moneys, rural town, Ames Iowa, good farmland, good high-quality soil, in the middle of a conventional farm, pasture, trees, grapes, on the East of Arion's farm she plants corn and beans, difficulties of finding land, because land is very high quality in Iowa it is not all that easy to come upon, Arion's land has two wells and some buildings, people don't want to take land away from corn and beans to plant vegetables, first year cash rent on one acre, now signed a five year lease with the landlord family, do people from the local town interact with Arion and her farm?, a lot of people in the area care about local food, Iowa State students often lend their time to Arion's farm, economics are the last of Arion's motivations, the general trend towards low-paying farm jobs, what are Arion's plans for the farm in the coming year?, www.mustardseedfarm.org,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
First Aired - 02/25/2010 02:00PM
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This week Sev speaks with Mikey from Zone7 farms.
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Mikey from Zone7 (33:07)
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First Aired - 01/31/2012 01:00PM
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Sleeping Frog Farms is an intensive 75-acre farm nestled in the Cascabel corridor of the San Pedro River Valley. Founded on permaculture design and biodynamic growing principles, Adam Valdivia, Debbie Weingarten, CJ Marks, and Clay Smith are dedicated to providing their community with seasonal heirloom fruits and vegetables through farmer’s markets, Community Supported Agriculture (CSA), Farm to School, Food Coop, and restaurant sales. Their laying hens, dairy goats, honey bees, and earthworms are integral to pollination, soil-building, and recycling crop waste into food and fertilizer. They harvest a diverse selection of produce daily and at its peak ripeness, in order to bring the finest taste and nutrition to Southern Arizona. This episode is sponsored by White Oak Pastures.
"Our hope is that in 10-15 years that we can be doing a small scale grain operation to feed the animals."
--Adam Valdivia on Greenhorn Radio
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Greenhorn Radio: Farming in the Desert (30:42)
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Greenhorn Radio, Severine Fleming, Greenhorns, young farmers, farmers of a desert, Arizona, San Pedro river, local food scene, underserved population, market distiller, horticulture, grain production, desert, ground water, monsoon season, weeds, ironwood trees, wolf berries, gogi berries, locally based diet, cotton, vocational training, large scale mono crops, farmer training, agricultural training,To comment on this episode click here. There are currently Comments
