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The Farmer's SharePeak Season & Life is Busy with Andy Chamberlin: EP23Send us a textToday’s episode comes to you from the editor's desk. Farmer’s are busy during peak harvest season so in this episode your host, Andy Chamberlin provides a bit of background information on himself, his career, life and reflects on how hard a career in farming is. This one is short, and interviews with the experts will resume again shortly in the fall. Thanks for tuning in. Support the Show.Visit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.comFollow...2024-09-0231 min
The Farmer's ShareAdam's Berry Farm - Berry Farm Business Development : EP19Text me a message!Today’s episode comes to you from Charlotte Vermont, where we visit with Adam Hausmann and Jessica Sanford of Adam’s Berry Farm. Today’s visit is part 2. The previous episode was a farm tour and a field walk through the berry plants, high tunnels and barn. This episode shares the growing practices, farming history, and steps towards the development of this farm business. Support the showVisit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.comFollow the show on Facebook and Instagram: @thefarmersshareSub...2024-04-191h 33
The Farmer's ShareAdam's Berry Farm - Field Walk/Farm Tour : EP18Text me a message!Today’s episode comes to you from Charlotte Vermont, where we visit with Adam Hausmann and Jessica Sanford of Adams Berry Farm. Our visit today will be split into two episodes, the first one, is a walking tour of his blueberry fields, and strawberry patches, and raspberry plantings. We step inside the high tunnels to look at the fruit in there, as well as the barn which houses a kitchen, farm stand, and packing equipment. This visit had a bit of snow along the tree line, so if you hear a crunch at ti...2024-04-041h 36
The Farmer's ShareJohn & Peter of Shenk's Berry Farm & Hillside Cultivator: EP17Text me a message!Today’s episode comes to you from Lancaster County Pennsylvania in a town called Lititz, where we visit John and Peter Shenk of Shenk’s Berry Farm. While their farm may not ring a bell, you may have seen these guys at a trade show or recognize their side business especially if you are into strawberries as they also run the company of Hillside Cultivator. John and Peter take me around their farm in early February and share their experiences growing strawberries for over 40 years. With that we get into the detai...2024-03-082h 08
The Farmer's SharePooh Sprague - Edgewater Farm: EP16Text me a message!Today’s episode comes to you from Plainfield, New Hampshire where we visit with Pooh Sprague of Edgewater Farm. This episode is a bit of a ramble as a 50 year career in farming is expected to be! That being said in this episode Pooh Shares:How he got started in the early 70’sSelling bedding plantsLabor challenges 100 acres, over 30 high tunnels, 7 H2ATracking water usageFSMA Produce Safety RuleClimate Change ResilienceSoil stewardshipFarm transitionKnowing your marketNot being organicStrawberriesNo-Till and cover cropsSupport the showVisit the website to see photos/videos from the vi...2024-01-292h 32
The Farmer's ShareGeo Honigford - Hurricane Flats Farm: EP15Text me a message!This episode comes to you from South Royalton Vermont Where we visit with Geo Honigford of Hurricane Flats Farm. He’s grown mixed vegetables, popcorn, and hay for 26 years. He also made the decision to sell his farm just a few years ago and pursue a different career path. I thought this was unique and wanted to chat with him about this decision to sell and pivot to a new chapter in life. We start off by learning his background and experience at the top of the episode. Then we spend a s...2023-12-222h 07
The Farmer's ShareBecca Burke - The Meadow Farmstead: EP14Text me a message!Today’s episode comes to you from Au Sable Forks New York where we visit with Becca Burke of The Meadow Farmstead. She’s managed a diversified vegetable farm and CSA for the last few years on the Vermont side of lake Champlain, but finally landed some growing space of her own over in New York. She hit the ground running and I visited with her at the tail end of the first season on this new farm. We discuss strategic investments, lessons learned from other farms to set this new garden up righ...2023-11-2727 min
The Farmer's ShareThe Naked HomeFront - Ryan & Genica: EP13Text me a message!Today’s episode comes to you from Hyde Park Vermont where we meet with Ryan Demerast and Genica Breitenbeck. They run two businesses off of their farm of less than 3 acres. Ryan runs Naked Acre Farm, and Genica runs a gardening service business called Home Front Gardens. Together we sat down as they shared their winding paths into agriculture. They share the challenges they faced finding access to land and why they decided to settle here in Vermont, all while making the decision to purchase by digging through the snow in the...2023-10-302h 04
The Farmer's SharePaul Chamberlin - Chamberlin's Garden & Farm Market: EP12Text me a message!Today’s episode comes to you from Underhill Vermont where I interview Paul Chamberlin of Chamberlin’s Garden & Farm Market. This episode hits close to home, because it is home. This summer I took a rainy Saturday morning and sat down to interview my grandpa and capture a few of his favorite farm stories and some of the history of our farm. Grandpa and my Grandma Joan purchased the property in 1976, and were planning to have a garden and raise their family. The Farmer’s Share is supported by the Vermont Vegetab...2023-09-301h 09
The Farmer's ShareLove is Love Cooperative Farm: EP:11Text me a message!This episode takes us all the way down to Mansfield Georgia where we visit with Monica and Russell of Love is Love Cooperative Farm. Myself and a few other colleges visited in October 2022 as part of a farm tour focused on wash/pack design and produce safety. This project is titled SCRUB, Sanitizing and Cleaning Resources for Your Business. From this project we were able to learned what market farmers needed in order to improve their produce safety and we either collated or created resources to help improve the cleanliness, and reduce produce...2023-08-2159 min