Food Education: From Classroom to Controlled Environment Agriculture
This is part two of our discussion with summer intern Natalie Olofsson on local and regional food. We've discussed how much local food is sold to farmers' markets. Another major buyer is school lunch ...
22 Juli 202024min
Local Foods: An Opportunity for Small Growers
This week we welcome Natalie Olofsson to the show. Natalie is a student at Lexington High School, in Lexington MA and is interning for The Grower & The Economist. Natalie conducting some research on l...
15 Juli 202026min
Bringing New Crops & Varieties into Rotation
Peter and Michelle met talking about indoor agriculture. Michelle used her seed industry experience to talk to indoor growers about improving their variety selection. As an experienced grower and educ...
8 Juli 202041min
Greenhouse & Vertical Farm Food Production Duet View
Greenhouse Product News' June Edition is out. This month Peter's guest expert is Michelle. In this article, they dive into cultivar selection, plant breeding, and seed quality. Even though we are 10 e...
24 Juni 202015min
Can Small Growers Survive?
GPN's top 100 growers list raised a lot of questions for Michelle & Peter. We prize large operations but is it possible to be small and successful? This question is more pressing today because nearly ...
17 Juni 202036min
How Farmers Can Transition from Supplying Restaurants to Home Consumers
Danielle Schwab is the founder of Illuminate Supply Chains and the host of the Illuminate Your Plate podcast. She has a background and global trade and supply changes and now she has built an online s...
10 Juni 202036min
Research Shows the Benefits of Flowers
This week, Mike Novakowski is our guest expert on TheGate. He is the New York sales representative for Harris Seeds. Mike spends his weeks visiting produce auctions and talking to growers about their ...
3 Juni 202034min
Pushing the Boundaries of Indoor Farming
Guest expert Kevin Jakiela is co-founder of Toronto-based Just Vertical. In this episode, Kyle shares how Just Vertical got started, what makes their product unique, and changes his company has seen s...
27 Maj 202037min
