Improving Processes to Be More Time, Energy, and Labor Efficient AND more Profitable – The Urban Farmer - S1W33 (FSFS33)

TUF033 - Improving Processes to Be More Time, Energy, and Labor Efficient AND more Profitable – The Urban Farmer – Week 33: What's your time worth as a farmer? How much should should you be charging yourself to do tasks on the farm? That's an important metric to think about when you are a small operation. Because for a lot of farmers in this space, the labor force is a... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

49 min listen

TUF017 - Streamlining Tasks and Being More Efficient. Tips for Maximizing Effort and Time on the Farm – The Urban Farmer – Week 17: There are all sorts of things that Curtis does to make his efforts more efficient and more effective. Some are complex and involve a lot of time studying spreadsheets, and others are simple like minimizing you transit time. Growing the business while... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

58 min listen

Streamlining Tasks and Being More Efficient. Tips for Maximizing Effort and Time on the Farm – The Urban Farmer - S1W17 (FSFS17): There are all sorts of things that Curtis does to make his efforts more efficient and more effective. Some are complex and involve a lot of time studying spreadsheets, and others are simple like minimizing you transit time. Growing the business while... by Farm Small Farm Smart

58 min listen

Interns - The Good and The Bad - The Urban Farmer with Curtis Stone (FSFS82): Today, we are going to start out by taking a look at interns and farms. What's good, what's bad, and what could be improved upon. It's an issue that's really relevant and timely, because it's one that Curtis is dealing with right now, doing... by Farm Small Farm Smart

60 min listen

It's Not All About the Money - Keeping What Works and Getting Rid of What Doesn't - The Urban Farmer - S1W38 (FSFS38): How much work should you put into something before it gets to the point where it isn't worth it? At what point does the money, the effort, and the headache justify not doing it? With everything in business and farming, there is always a trade off, an... by Farm Small Farm Smart

55 min listen

The Importance of Record Keeping: You can only know where you’re going if you know where you’ve been. – The Urban Farmer - S1W28 (FSFS28): How can you a lot mistakes and wasting valuable resources by overproducing a crop, and the inverse of that, not producing enough? Good record keeping. Records on the farm are extremely valuable. When you start to get a few years of records and can... by Farm Small Farm Smart

48 min listen

Increase Profits and Get More Done.. by Doing Less Work - The Urban Farmer - S1W29 (FSFS29): Think about how much work you do on the farm now. How much of that work is actually being done efficiently and effectively? Are you making the best use of your time by focusing on the 20% of the tasks that generate the most return? Getting rid of... by Farm Small Farm Smart

51 min listen

TUF024 - Solving the Sales Problem – Optimizing Your Fresh Sheet to Increase Sales – The Urban Farmer – Week 24: As a farmer, how do you communicate what you have to sell each week, how much it costs, and when you need orders placed by, so you can deliver it on time? You use what is called a fresh sheet. At it's simplest a fresh sheet is a list of what you are... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

55 min listen

Solving the Sales Problem – Optimizing Your Fresh Sheet to Increase Sales – The Urban Farmer - S1W24 (FSFS24): As a farmer, how do you communicate what you have to sell each week, how much it costs, and when you need orders placed by, so you can deliver it on time? You use what is called a fresh sheet. At it's simplest a fresh sheet is a list of what you are... by Farm Small Farm Smart

55 min listen

How to Keep Weeds from Overtaking Your Farm, and How to Manage Them If They Do - The Urban Farmer - S2W20 (FSFS60): If you are a single worker farm then you only have so much time and energy to spend on the farm. If you spend a massive amount of that working with weeds then that's time take away from other farm tasks or other non-farm tasks like spending time with... by Farm Small Farm Smart

58 min listen

Why not add more land - How much land should YOU farm? - The Urban Farmer - S2W31 (FSFS70): Today Curtis takes on the question - Let's say you are starting a a new farm. And I gave you a bunch of land, 15 acres. All pretty flat, all pretty usable. How would you go about deciding how much of that land you would farm? We get... by Farm Small Farm Smart

50 min listen

Dealing with Real World Troubles and Issues with Restaurant Customers, and How to Prevent Problems from Arising - The Urban Farmer - S1W36 (FSFS36): In this episode we will be talking about real world issues and troubles with restaurant customers. How Curtis has dealt with customers who haven't paid in the past and how he has changed his procedures to help make sure that it doesn't happen again?... by Farm Small Farm Smart

47 min listen

Making More Money With Less Land – Maximizing The Farm versus Growing the Farm – Part 3 – The Urban Farmer – S2W29 (FSFS68): Today is part three in our series focusing on more money, less land, where we are brainstorming ideas to make more money off of your farm without, without adding more land. Over the last few weeks we have focused on a variety of ways to sell more... by Farm Small Farm Smart

40 min listen

TUF009 - Urban Farm Land - Gaining Access to Land and How To Convert the Land from Lawn to Mini Farm - The Urban Farmer - Week 9: In this episode we talk about acquiring new farm land. What it takes to get new land, how land deals are structured, and what information you want to know from a land owner before entering a land deal. We also discuss how you convert a conventional... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

48 min listen

Urban Farm Land - Gaining Access to Land and How To Convert the Land from Lawn to Mini Farm - The Urban Farmer - S1W9 (FSFS9): In this episode we talk about acquiring new farm land. What it takes to get new land, how land deals are structured, and what information you want to know from a land owner before entering a land deal. We also discuss how you convert a conventional... by Farm Small Farm Smart

48 min listen

Considerations and Constraints with Hiring Farm Employees with Curtis Stone (FSFS86): Today is another episode where Curtis and I will be widening the scope, stepping back and zooming out from the tools and techniques and his 1/3 of an acre farm, to take a look at some of the macro issues surrounding agriculture. The focus today... by Farm Small Farm Smart

61 min listen

Post Harvest Crop Processing and Small Farm Equipment That You Wouldn't Think Of – The Urban Farmer - S1W32 (FSFS32): In this episode we talk about post crop harvest processing, including how Curtis has changed some of his techniques over the years. We also talk about some of his farm equipment and infrastructure like his flame weeder and walk in cooler. Listen to... by Farm Small Farm Smart

43 min listen

Pricing Products & Bringing On a New Employee – The Urban Farmer – S1W4 (FSFS4): It is now April 8 and we are another week into the Urban Farm season with Curtis. What's happened on the farm so far. At this point in the season Curtis has prepared most of the growing beds on his various plots for the upcoming farm season and that... by Farm Small Farm Smart

45 min listen

When to Expand the Farm By Adding More Land and When NOT TO Expand By Maximizing What You Have – The Urban Farmer - S1W30 (FSFS30): Big isn't always better. More just for the sake of having more is pointless. Just because you have access to more land doesn't mean you need to take it. If you are getting bigger then you better have a reason why you are getting bigger... If you are... by Farm Small Farm Smart

46 min listen

TUF038 - It's Not All About the Money - Keeping What Works and Getting Rid of What Doesn't - The Urban Farmer - Week 38: How much work should you put into something before it gets to the point where it isn't worth it? At what point does the money, the effort, and the headache justify not doing it? With everything in business and farming, there is always a trade off, an... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

55 min listen

TUF014 - 5 Common Reasons Why Many Small Farmers Fail and How You Can Avoid These Pitfalls - The Urban Farmer - Week 14: To be successful as an urban farmer you need to be able to quickly adapt and solve problems on the fly. In this episode we talk about how Curtis has had to adapt in the past and how his system allows him to change his production quickly. I also talk... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

59 min listen

5 Common Reasons Why Many Small Farmers Fail and How You Can Avoid These Pitfalls - The Urban Farmer - S1W14 (FSFS14): To be successful as an urban farmer you need to be able to quickly adapt and solve problems on the fly. In this episode we talk about how Curtis has had to adapt in the past and how his system allows him to change his production quickly. I also talk... by Farm Small Farm Smart

59 min listen

TUF028 - The Importance of Record Keeping: You can only know where you’re going if you know where you’ve been. – The Urban Farmer – Week 28: How can you a lot mistakes and wasting valuable resources by overproducing a crop, and the inverse of that, not producing enough? Good record keeping. Records on the farm are extremely valuable. When you start to get a few years of records and can... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

48 min listen

TUF029 - Increase Profits and Get More Done.. by Doing Less Work - The Urban Farmer - Week 29: Think about how much work you do on the farm now. How much of that work is actually being done efficiently and effectively? Are you making the best use of your time by focusing on the 20% of the tasks that generate the most return? Getting rid of... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

51 min listen

It's REALLY Hot Out - Dealing with Summer Heat on the Farm For the Farmer and the Crops - The Urban Farmer - S2W16 (FSFS56): Heat causes issues on the farm. Not just with the farmer, but with the crops. Crops bolt quickly, pest pressure increases, water usage goes up, seeds dry up, transplants fry. How do you deal with those issues? How do you raise the crops that your... by Farm Small Farm Smart

44 min listen

TUF010 - How much money can you make as an urban farmer? And other questions answered. The Urban Farmer – Week 10: In this episode Curtis answers questions on.. -How much land you should start with your first year? -How much you could expect to make your first year of farming? -How he does his harvesting? -How he deals with crop residue in his no till beds.... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

40 min listen

Do You Have a Farm Business or a Farm Job? (FSFS161): Today I am asking the question - Can you farm business scale enough to matter? If not, then why are you doing it or what can you change? Can the business scale, do you have a business or a job, and can your markets handle enough sales... by Farm Small Farm Smart

31 min listen

Small Scale Farming on the Cheap - What's the least you could spend to start a farm? - Part 2 - The Tools - The Urban Farmer - S2W23 (FSFS62): Part two of our series on Small Scale Farming on the Cheap - What's the least you could spend to start a farm?. Last week in episode 22 we covered the base principles costs and equipment associated with farm startup. We established the point that... by Farm Small Farm Smart

58 min listen

Tips on Selling Into New Markets and Sourcing Products from Other Farmers – The Urban Farmer - S1W22 (FSFS22): This episode is all about being a better provider to your customers... In this episode we dig deep into sourcing products from other farmers, breaking into new markets, working with chefs and soliciting feedback. It's currently August 4, 2015 and the... by Farm Small Farm Smart

63 min listen

A Practical Look at Vegetable Farming and a Fragile Seed System with Chris Thoreau (FSFS126): Microgreen grower and local seed advocate Chris Thoreau and I talk about local seed - the challenges of it, what that means, and how practical it is. Subscribe to the NEW FEED: https://apple.co/2frSqwR Learn how Chris grows microgreens in his... by Farm Small Farm Smart Daily

76 min listen

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Improving Processes to Be More Time, Energy, and Labor Efficient AND more Profitable – The Urban Farmer - S1W33 (FSFS33)

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