LH 76: Starting an Organic Backyard Farm
Living Homegrown Podcast with Theresa Loe
English - November 11, 2016 14:41 - 49 minutes - 47.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 445 ratingsFood Arts Leisure Hobbies herbs vegetables beekeeping canning cheesemaking chickens compost ediblegardening fermenting food Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Although this podcast focuses on living farm fresh without a farm, many of the listeners DO want a farm or are already farmers themselves. Well, this episode is about one couple who decided they wanted to be farmers. And they wanted to farm their suburban backyard...as a business. Host Theresa Loe interviews new organic farmer, Emily Aarons. Although they are just starting out, Emily is able to share their successes so far as well as 5 important lessons learned. You learn: What made Emily and Andrew decide to be farmers, What sort of regulations were needed, What it means to be certified organic - even in a backyard, The truth about commercial egg labeling, How Emily juggles being a new mom and farmer at the same time, The 5 most important lessons they have learned so far. As always, you can go to www.LivingHomegrown.com/76 for more information, the full show notes, related links and a free PDF of the transcript.