Inflation 101 from Professor Klieger
This week’s podcast episode dives deep into inflation, rising input costs, and the economic relationships we can use to prepare for challenges in the upcoming growing season. One of the major drivers ...
9 Nov 202226min
Mega-Grocery Merger Impacts Local Farmers
Kroger and Albertson's grocery stores are looking to merge in a $26 billion deal. The resulting company will have 5,000 locations. Peter and Michelle discuss the impact on local farmers, local brands,...
2 Nov 20228min
Willy Wonka's Landscapes
Nathan Fouriner of Home Harvest Central Massachusetts is this episode's guest expert. With his engineering background and his love of systems, he has built a business that gives homeowners beautiful ...
19 Okt 202239min
On-Farm Risk Mitigation Strategies
This week’s episode is a continued discussion on the threats to agriculture, such as recent global droughts and input price inflation, as well as strategies to mitigate unforeseen risks. Michelle and ...
5 Okt 202231min
5 Steps to Leverage Input Purchases in Your Business
Guest expert, Jon LaPorte is the Farm Business Management Educator at Michigan State University. Michelle and Jon met as panelists on Greenhouse Grower's Grow Executive Series Webinar discussing how g...
21 Sep 202255min
Redefining Food Security
Food security is normally described in terms of affordability and accessibility. Dr. Marcus Coleman explains why acceptability and accommodations are important as well. Understanding what the communit...
14 Sep 20223min
The Power of Collaborative Farmer-to-Farmer Peer Networks
This week we take a look into what it means to develop a comprehensive curriculum for new farmers on a small and medium scale with guest expert, Dr. Marcus Coleman. He is currently serving as a Visiti...
7 Sep 202245min
Flowers without Smell?
Can you imagine that roses and other ornamental flowers without any fragrance? Dr. Konjoian tells us how it nearly happened. Plant breeding is power but single tracked improves sometimes have unintend...
31 Aug 20222min
