Latest Hobbyfarming Podcast Episodes
Episode 78: Bonnie Warndahl
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - May 22, 2024 08:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsHow to find your dream farm, with Bonnie Warndahl! If you are searching for your dream farm, this podcast episode with Bonnie Warndahl has you covered. Bonnie searched for years to find the property that is now her Winnowburrow Farm and Florals, in Colfax, Wisconsin. Listen to Bonnie’s story a...
Episode 77: Lauren Manning
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - May 08, 2024 19:38 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this podcast episode, Arkansas rancher Lauren Manning talks about responsible grazing, lessons learned from starting a grazing operation from scratch and financing to support a regenerative food system. Learn how CrossFit — the popular fitness and lifestyle program — helped shape the focus ...
Episode 76: Florentina Rodriguez
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - April 25, 2024 12:36 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsUrban farmer and seed advocate Florentina Rodriguez talks seeds, seeds and, you guessed it, seeds. Hear about how Florentina started her Flora Seeds, all thanks to seeing the need for a community seed library in her village of Yellow Springs, Ohio. Her interest in seed education and in helping...
Episode 75: Michele Thorne
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - April 10, 2024 13:15 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFrom Oregon, Michele Thorne talks with show host Lisa Munniksma about support and resources for livestock farmers and meat consumers from The Good Meat Project, the challenges of farming on rented land, the finding value in “failure” and more. Hear about all the ways that Thorne engages with t...
Episode 74: Hillarie Maddox
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 25, 2024 14:16 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsHomesteader Hillarie Maddox talks about returning to the land, building community and mental health for farmers. Hear about Hillarie’s upbringing visiting her family members’ original homesteads in South Dakota and how her life came full circle, back to the land herself on Whidbey Island, in W...
Episode 73: Kimberly Haire
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 13, 2024 14:48 - 29 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsKimberly Haire talks with Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good host Lisa Munniksma about what it’s like to teach middle schoolers in Kentucky about growing food while she expands her own farming knowledge. Hear about how Kimberly uses the foundations of agriculture, local and global food systems...
Episode 72: Sara Martin
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 01, 2024 03:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAppalachian farmer Sara Martin asks us to put on our science hats and talks about farming at high elevation, running a truly diverse small farm, redistributing unsold produce and more. Hear about how Sara and her husband, Dustin Cornelison, became “accidental farmers,” as their homesteading ...
Episode 71: Holly Callahan-Kasmala and Chrisie DiCarlo, co-hosts of the Coffee with the Chicken Ladies podcast
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - February 14, 2024 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsThe Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good podcast meets the Coffee with the Chicken Ladies podcast with this episode’s guests, Holly Callahan-Kasmala and Chrisie DiCarlo. Learn about how these best friends of 40+ years started the Coffee with the Chicken Ladies podcast and why it’s important to t...
Episode 70: Anu Rangarajan, Cornell Small Farms Program director, talks about supporting farmers, a reduced-tillage technique and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - January 31, 2024 16:58 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsCornell Small Farms Program director Anu Rangarajan talks about supporting farmers as whole people, making farming communities more welcoming spaces, life as a strawberry farmer and a game-changing reduced-tillage technique. Hear about how the Cornell University Small Farms Program free classes...
Episode 69: Chyka Okarter on practicing lean farming, creative financing and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - January 03, 2024 10:00 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsChyka Okarter talks about farming an Extension work in Nigeria, putting the lean farming concept into practice, and finding creative financing from within the food system. Hear about what agriculture looks like in Nigeria—a pursuit with huge potential that Chyka feels is not being met in this ...
Episode 68: Keisha Johnson talks career transitions, skill sharing, poultry keeping and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - December 20, 2023 10:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTexas farmer Keisha Johnson talks career transitions, skill sharing, poultry keeping and more. Hear about Keisha’s career transition from administration and logistics to farming, and her advice for how anyone can take pre-farming-career skills into farm life—”turning your lifestyle into your l...
Episode 67: Ben Hartman talks doing less and getting more with lean farming
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - December 06, 2023 10:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIndiana farmer and The Lean Micro Farm author Ben Hartman talks about the logistics of downsizing. Hear about the CSA Ben started while still in high school and how this set him up for a career in farming. Ben shares the statistics that, by the end of this century, we will lose half of the fa...
Episode 66: Li Schmidt talks Asian-heritage crops, small-scale farming in Taiwan and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - November 22, 2023 10:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsTaiwanese-American farmer Li Schmidt talks about growing Asian-heritage crops, growing crops for seeds, small-scale farming in Taiwan and preserving cultural foodways. Hear about how Li started her Cultural Roots Nursery, in Northern California, in 2020, as a result of the pandemic rather than...
Episode 65: Susan Poizner talks fruit-tree care, community orcharding and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - November 08, 2023 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsToronto orchardist Susan Poizner talks fruit-tree care, community orcharding and more with Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good podcast host Lisa Munniksma. Hear about the evolution of the Ben Nobleman Park Community Orchard in Toronto, now in its 15th year. Susan admits to knowing less than she...
Episode 64: Reeba Daniel talks farm to school, land access, leadership in food systems and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - October 25, 2023 09:00 - 52 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsReeba Daniel talks farm to school, land access, leadership in food systems and more on this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good. Reeba talks about their business, Keep Growing Seeds, that allows them to create and manage school gardens, work with “learners” to grow and eat good food,...
Episode 63: Amy Glattly talks gleaning, fermenting, sheep shearing and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - October 11, 2023 09:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAmy Glattly talks about gleaning, fermenting, sheep shearing and more in this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good. Hear about the Lawrence, Kansas, food and farming scene. Amy talks about how they and fellow farmworkers started a totally volunteer-run gleaning program that donated 3,...
Episode 62: Frank Hyman talks gardening, chicken-keeping, mushrooms and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - September 20, 2023 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsChicken keeper, gardener and author Frank Hyman talks about his gardens, chickens, books and more. Hear about Frank’s books, Hentopia: Create a Hassle-Free Habitat for Happy Chickens and How to Forage for Mushrooms Without Dying: An Absolute Beginner's Guide. Hear about the design of Frank’s c...
Episode 61: Stephen Mackell has big thoughts about microgreens (and more!)
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - September 06, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsOhio farmer Stephen Mackell talks with podcast host Lisa Munniksma about microgreens, actually sustainable (profitable!) small-scale farming and food access. Hear about how Stephen found his passion for farming through the magic of starting seeds. Learn about the Mission of Mary Cooperative Fa...
Episode 60: Jann Knappage talks part-time farming, farmers markets, Extension and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - August 23, 2023 09:00 - 51 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsKentucky farmer Jann Knappage talks with Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good podcast host Lisa Munniksma about part-time farming, farmers markets, working behind the scenes in Extension, and food preservation. Get to know Cooperative Extension’s Nutrition Education Program and the behind-the-sc...
Episode 59: Denà Brummer talks farming, gardening and building a life around food
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - August 09, 2023 09:00 - 35 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsDenà Brummer talks farming, gardening and building a life around food in this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good. Hear about Denà’s journey from reading the recipes in Seventeen magazine to throwing epic house parties that were all about the food to studying culinary arts and growin...
Episode 58: Barbara Lawson of Meet Me in the Dirt Talks Gardening Through Grief
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - July 26, 2023 09:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn a Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good episode that’s just a little bit different than usual, Barbara Lawson talks about gardening’s place in moving through grief. Hear about how Barbara’s business, Meet Me in the Dirt, eventually grew out of her own grief over her mother’s death and the heal...
Episode 57: Miranda Duschack talks urban cut flower farming, supporting farmers and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - July 12, 2023 09:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn the second episode of the two-part series with the farmers at Urban Buds City Grown Flowers, Miranda Duschack covers urban cut flower farming, supporting farmers through an 1890 land-grant university and the realities of being a part-time farmer. Hear about the history of the land that this...
Episode 56: Mimo Davis talks growing flowers year-round, Black flower farmers and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - June 21, 2023 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsSt. Louis flower farmer Mimo Davis talks about growing flowers year-round, Black flower farmers, her work as vice president of the Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers and more! Listen to this episode of the Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good podcast to hear about Mimo Davis’ journey fr...
Episode 55: Marykate Glenn and Lindsey Melling on cooperative farming, sliding-scale CSAs, handcrafted herbal products and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - June 07, 2023 09:00 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFarmers Marykate Glenn and Lindsey Melling join Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good to talk cooperative farming, sliding-scale CSAs, handcrafted herbal products and more. Hear about Marykate’s and Lindsey’s individual backgrounds, how they each became farmers, and how they came together for col...
Episode 54: Rachael Harrop talks agriculture in Isle of Man, the Manx Wildlife Trust, rare British sheep and more.
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - May 24, 2023 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsRachael Harrop talks about agriculture in Isle of Man, the Manx Wildlife Trust, rare British sheep and more. Get to know the Isle of Man, a Crown Dependency island in the Irish Sea, which is the only UNESCO Biosphere Nation in the world (but is more famous for its TT motorcycle road races). He...
Episode 53: Helga Garcia-Garza talks crippling drought, cooperative organic farming and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - May 10, 2023 09:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsHelga Garcia-Garza talks about the farmer opportunities offered by Agri-Cultura Network and La Cosecha CSA, dealing with crippling drought in the Southwest US, and cooperative organic farming. Hear about how the community-led Agri-Cultura Network began in 2009 with just three small-scale farme...
Episode 52: Nathan Harkleroad talks discovering farming, cover cropping, peppers and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - April 19, 2023 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsOn this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good, Nathan Harkleroad, Program Director at Agriculture and Land Based Training Association, talks with us about his path to farming, the value of agricultural work, helping people get their own farms going and more. A San Diego kid and produ...
Episode 51: Maya Marie talks land, education, irrigation and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - April 05, 2023 09:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsNew York urban farmer Maya Marie talks about building your relationship to land, her Deep Routes educational project, irrigation and more. Hear about how various family members, educational settings and even Sesame Street have contributed to Maya’s life path. She talks about farming Afro-Indig...
Episode 50: Pantaleon Florez returns to talk about the Farm2School program, seed breeding, the "death of farming" and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 22, 2023 12:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn our 50th episode of Hobby Farms Presents, Maseualkualli Farms' Pantaleon Florez pays the podcast another visit to update listeners on what he's been up to since episode 16. Listen as the Lawrence, Kansas, farmer and food-systems thinker shares changes to the priorities he's working toward and...
Episode 49: Angela Kingsawan talks gardening, health care and all things herbs!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 08, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIndigenous urban farmer and herbalist Angela Kingsawan talks about gardening in Milwaukee, translating ancient knowledge into modern reality, connecting health care with healthy foods, and more. Learn about Angela’s early introduction to land stewardship and multicultural approach to herbalism...
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