Spring Has Sprung - Have You Started Your Plants?
Rene is back by popular demand, for his fourth episodes of The Grower & The Economist. We are reminded that growers range from hobby gardeners, homesteaders, small businesses, and commercial operation...
10 Apr 202445min
Is $6,000 for Data a Good Price?
Since last summer, Dr. Peter Konjoian and Michelle Klieger have been talking about metrics to evaluate business decisions. Peter likes ROI. Today, they work through a real-life ROI case study with a s...
27 Mar 202436min
What's The Deal with Peat?
There's been a lot of talk about peat as regulations in Europe impacts its availability and the definition of sustainability. Peat grows, very slowly, in bogs in Canada, the United States, and Europe....
13 Mar 202443min
Technology and AI: For the Small, Medium Sized Growers
Michelle and Peter sit down with Andrew Brooks from Priva to discuss global trends that are impacting the small and medium sized grower. Larger growers can manage temperatures to the 1/10 degree but y...
28 Feb 202417min
It's Global
Food systems are complicated. On The Grower & The Economist, we talk to and about small producers and local food systems. However, as many of you know, Michelle has a background in international trade...
21 Feb 20247min
Seed Catalogs Are Presents in January
Have you started planning your seed order for the spring? Peter and Michelle are too! We love talking about crop scheduling. This episode starts with some new thoughts about ordering seeds and plannin...
14 Feb 202446min
SNOW DAY!
Here at The Grower & The Economist we are experiencing our first snowstorm in two years. Winter is usually considered the slow season for small to medium vegetable growers but there is still work to b...
31 Jan 202427min
Software, Date & Analytics
We all know there are so many apps and software out there that could help grow our business but are they right for the small and medium size grower? This week's episode interviews Aaron Allison, co-fo...
17 Jan 202443min
