Grassfed Life
By Diego Footer
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Weekly insights for small farmers and aspiring farm based entrepreneurs who want to earn a living on the land doing something that they care about. A weekly show that tracks the farm season featuring two hosts: Darby Simpson and Diego Footer of Permaculture Voices. We focus on small family farming, grass based livestock, pastured poultry, grassfed beef, pastured pigs, farmsteading, farm sales and marketing, and work-life balance.
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Telling Your Farm Story to Create a Deep Relationship with Customers
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May 18, 2022 |
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Carrot Cashflow - My New Farm Business Podcast - Preview Episode 1
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Mar 30, 2022 |
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Carrot Cashflow - My New Farm Business Podcast - Preview Episode 2
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Mar 29, 2022 |
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Thoughts on Free Ranging Pastured Poultry (Ask Darby)
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Feb 28, 2022 |
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Micro-Beef: Raising Cattle on Without a lot of Land - What's Possible (Ask Darby)
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Feb 14, 2022 |
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Keeping a Ram on the Farm (Ask Darby)
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Practical Thoughts on Farrowing Pigs (Ask Darby)
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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How to Begin Selling from a Farmstead (Ask Darby)
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Jan 03, 2022 |
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Farming with 40 to 100 Acres (Ask Darby)
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Thoughts on Farrowing Pigs on Farm (Ask Darby)
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Should I Raise Kune Kune Pigs? (Ask Darby)
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Cattle Grazing - The Rule of Thirds (Ask Darby)
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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Thoughts on Differents Cattle Breed Crosses (Ask Darby)
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Which Chicken Tractor Should I Use? (Ask Darby)
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Dealing with Pink Eye and Controlling Flies around Cows (Ask Darby)
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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Building and Branding a Value-Added Farm Product from Farm "Waste" (GFL148)
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Farm Marketing: Real World Proven Strategies with Darby Simpson
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Jan 18, 2021 |
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How to Sell More Meat for More Money - Simple Easy to Use Ideas (GFL147)
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Jan 04, 2021 |
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How to Produce More Product Faster for a Rapidly Growing Customer Base (GFL146)
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Apr 15, 2020 |
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Selling Online: Using REKO Rings - Connecting Producers with Consumers on Facebook (GFL145)
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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Pastured Poultry Alternatives to the Cornish Cross Chicken with Luke Groce (GFL144)
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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Pastured Raised Podcast - Luke Groce and Dave Shield of Pastured Life Farms (GFL143)
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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How Fragile Is Your Business - Thoughts on Strengthening a Business in Uncertain Times (GFL142)
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Mar 20, 2020 |
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Tips and Advice for Optimizing your Farm Website for Customers (GFL141)
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Mar 18, 2020 |
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Great Pastured Poultry Starts in the Brooder - Tips and Advice (GFL140)
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Feb 26, 2020 |
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Using The Winter for Planning Your Farm Season (GFL139)
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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Fiefdoms - A Great or Terrible Idea for Getting More Farm Businesses (GFL138)
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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10 Life Changing Lessons to Live Your Best 2020 (GFL137)
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Dec 30, 2019 |
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Beating Cancer & Living the Dream (GFL136)
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Dec 23, 2019 |
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Raising American Guinea Hogs, The Homestead Pig with Cathy Payne
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Nov 09, 2019 |
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75 Chicks to 10000 - No Experience to Full Time Farmer
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Oct 23, 2019 |
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Evolving for Success - 2019 Farm Changes with Darby Simpson and Luke Groce (GFL135)
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Sep 25, 2019 |
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Making a Small Farm Work with Luke Groce
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Sep 16, 2019 |
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How Pigs Saved My Farm with Luke Groce of Groce Family Farm
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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The Future of Agriculture - Changing the Concept with Mark Shepard
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Profitable Pigs for the Farmstead, Homestead or Small Farm
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Jun 17, 2019 |
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Advice on Choosing Hatcheries, Chicken Tractors, and How Darby Starts His 500 Broilers on Pasture
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May 27, 2019 |
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Regenerative Agriculture with Darren Doherty
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May 13, 2019 |
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Practical Tips for Increasing Sales at the Farmers Market (GFL134)
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Apr 15, 2019 |
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Selling More Product with Buying Clubs featuring Charles Mayfield (GFL133)
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Apr 08, 2019 |
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Brooding Chicks on Pasture Questions
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Apr 03, 2019 |
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Industrial Farmer to Regenerative Agriculture Icon, Will Harris III of White Oak Pastures
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Apr 01, 2019 |
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Selling Convenience - An Alternative Method of Selling Farm Products - Part 2 (GFL132)
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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Selling Convenience - An Alternative Method of Selling Farm Products - Part 1 (GFL131)
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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A Very Important Topic Affecting Farmers (and Everyone Else)
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Mar 11, 2019 |
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Farm Marketing: Real World Proven Strategies with Darby Simpson (GFL130)
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Mar 04, 2019 |
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Silvopasture: Increase Farm Resilience and Graze Marginal Land with Steve Gabriel (GFL129)
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Strategies to Grow Bulk Sales and Build Market Streams with Adam Trost (GFL128)
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Feb 22, 2019 |
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Thoughts on Growing Lush Perennial Pastures with Farmer Gabe Brown (GFL127)
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Feb 20, 2019 |
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Using Social Media to Grow Farm Sales with Paul Greive (GFL126)
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Feb 11, 2019 |
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$10,000 An Acre Pastured Poultry (GFL125)
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Doing The Most Important Things in 2019 with Javan Bernakevitch (GFL124)
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Jan 25, 2019 |
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Farm Changes & Design - Creating A Farm Business That Fits Your Life (GFL123)
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Jan 21, 2019 |
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How to Position Your Pastured Poultry as a Premium Product, and the Economics and Challenges of Doing It with Paul Greive of Primal Pastures (GFL122)
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Jan 14, 2019 |
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PROFITABLE Pastured Poultry Economics [AND 10 Proven Marketing Strategies] (GFL121)
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Jan 11, 2019 |
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Do You Have a Farm Business or a Farm Job? (GFL120)
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Jan 07, 2019 |
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10 Life Changing Audiobooks to Listen to With Your Cat When It's Snowing (GFL119)
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Dec 31, 2018 |
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Make 2019 Your Best Year Ever (GFL118)
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Dec 24, 2018 |
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10 Lessons From 2018 for a Better 2019 (GFL117)
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Dec 17, 2018 |
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Creating a Buzz About Your Products with Sales and Marketing Strategies (GFL116)
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Dec 10, 2018 |
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Converting a Row Crop Field to Pasture - Part 2 - The Results (GFL115)
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Dec 03, 2018 |
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Practical Strategies for Getting More (and better) Customers (GFL114)
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Nov 26, 2018 |
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THANKSGIVING EXTRAVAGANZA - Board Game Edition (GFL113)
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Nov 19, 2018 |
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Selling Convenience - An Alternative Method of Raising and Selling Turkeys (GFL112)
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Nov 12, 2018 |
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Why On-Farm Poultry Processing Can Be Best (or Worst) Option for Your Farm with Ben Grimes (GFL111)
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Nov 05, 2018 |
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Getting More Value from An Aging Layer Flock (GFL110)
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Oct 29, 2018 |
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How to Create a Startup Budget for a Pastured Poultry Business (GFL109)
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Oct 22, 2018 |
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How to Start Planning Your Farm Business (and Life) for Success (GFL108)
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Oct 15, 2018 |
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Facebook Farm Marketing and the Selling Meat Subscription Boxes (GFL107)
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Oct 08, 2018 |
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Farm Marketing with Radio Ads (GFL106)
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Oct 01, 2018 |
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The Challenges of Hiring Labor (When You Need It) for a Growing, Small Farm (GFL105)
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Jun 25, 2018 |
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Big Farm Aspirations and Funding Them with Kelly Bush of Vances Mill Farms (GFL104)
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Jun 18, 2018 |
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Making a Small Farm Work with Luke Groce (GFL103)
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Jun 11, 2018 |
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Farm Finances, Planning, and Growth with Richard Perkins (GFL102)
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Jun 04, 2018 |
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How a New Freezer Could Help You Sell More Product with Charles Mayfield (GFL101)
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May 28, 2018 |
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Converting a Row Crop Field to A Perennial Pasture (GFL100)
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May 21, 2018 |
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It's Never Too Late to Follow Your Farming Dreams with Debra Bruner (GFL99)
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May 14, 2018 |
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Brooder Nightmares - The Farming Journey with Charles Mayfield (GFL98)
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Apr 23, 2018 |
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Doing Less Work With the Same Pay - Pastured Poultry (GFL97)
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Apr 16, 2018 |
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Change Your Farmers' Market Display & Change Your Sales with Ben Grimes (GFL96)
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Apr 09, 2018 |
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The Burnout is Real - Struggles, Challenges, and Finding True Wealth Farming with John Suscovich (GFL95)
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Apr 02, 2018 |
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Make A Mistake, Learn, Try Again - The Farming Journey with Charles Mayfield (GFL94)
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Mar 26, 2018 |
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The Challenges of Transitioning into Farming Full-Time with Patrick Leclerc (GFL93)
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Mar 19, 2018 |
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The Unspoken Realities of Being a Farm Entrepreneur (GFL92)
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Mar 12, 2018 |
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Going from Near Bankrupt to Debt Free and Owning 15 Farms, Grazing Cattle on Leased Land with Greg Judy (GFL91)
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Mar 05, 2018 |
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Sophomore Year Farming Challenges and Struggles with Charles Mayfield (GFL90)
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Feb 26, 2018 |
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3 Questions Everyone Starting a Business Needs to Answer (GFL89)
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Feb 19, 2018 |
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Tips and Strategies for Planning Your 2018 Farm Business So You Don't Get Screwed (GFL88)
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Feb 12, 2018 |
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A Practical Look at Raising Goats for Profit - Meat and Dairy - with Gianaclis Caldwell (GFL87)
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Feb 05, 2018 |
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Start Your Successful Farm Business with Joel Salatin (GFL86)
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Jan 29, 2018 |
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The Fears and Challenges of Starting a New Business (GFL85)
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Jan 22, 2018 |
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Reasons For and Against Shutting Down A Profitable Pastured Poultry Business (GFL84)
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Jan 15, 2018 |
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Cutting a 10 Year Journey to 5 - Tips for Farm Startup (GFL83)
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Jan 08, 2018 |
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What the Entrepreneurial Lifestyle is Really Like (GFL82)
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Jan 01, 2018 |
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Increasing Farm Profits by Raising Turkeys (GFL34 Replay)
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Nov 20, 2017 |
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7 Traits of Successful Farmers and Farms (GFL81)
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Nov 13, 2017 |
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Homestead Sheep with Dan Ohmann of the Grassfed Homestead (GFL80)
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Nov 06, 2017 |
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The Independent Farmstead with Shawn and Beth Dougherty (GFL79)
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Oct 30, 2017 |
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The Sustainable Cattle Herd - An Introduction to Calving on Farm (GFL78)
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Oct 23, 2017 |
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Practical Farmsteading with Greg Burns of Natures Image Farm (GFL77)
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Oct 16, 2017 |
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How to Make Bulk Sales Simple so You Can Sell More Meat (GFL76)
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Oct 09, 2017 |
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Overcome: Battling Cancer While Starting a Farm with Lou Roman (GFL75)
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Oct 02, 2017 |
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Overcoming Challenges and Creating Success Farming on the Side with Charles Mayfield (GFL74)
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Sep 25, 2017 |
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Which Poultry Feed Is Best - Inside the Numbers and the Ideology (GFL73)
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Sep 18, 2017 |
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How to Balance the Pace of Progress with Reality (GFL72)
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Sep 11, 2017 |
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Five Farmers Talk About Their Experiences Raising Pastured Poultry on Small Acreage (GFL71)
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Aug 28, 2017 |
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Which Farm is Right for US - Analyzing and Buying a Farm with Emily and Patrick Nelson (GFL70)
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Aug 21, 2017 |
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Micro Beef - Raising Grassfed Beef on Less Land Than You Thought Possible (GFL69)
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Aug 14, 2017 |
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Profitable Pigs for the Farmstead, Homestead or Small Farm (GFL68)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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How to Convert a Fallow Meadow to a Usuable Pasture (GFL67)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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40 Years of Grazing, A Lookback with John Phelan (GFL66)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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$6000 and 600 Chickens - The 1 Acre Pastured Poultry Operation (GFL65)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Why an Off Farm Job Might Be Good For Your Farm (GFL64)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Preparing for Winter Now - The How, Why and Cost of Hay Production (GFL63)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Getting Customers to Come to You - Crushing on Farm Sales with Michael Covach (GFL62)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Getting More Farm Sales by Selling Into More Markets (GFL61)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Overcoming New Farm Challenges and Refining Fodder Economics with Tim Bork of Brush Arbor Farmstead (GFL60)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Far From Utopia – The Never-ending Challenges and Adaptations of Farming (GFL59)
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Aug 11, 2017 |
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Portable Electric Fence for Livestock 101 - Tips, Tricks and Advice with Stephanie Sexton of Premier 1 (GFL58)
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May 15, 2017 |
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A Beginners Look at Fencing for Livestock (GFL57)
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May 08, 2017 |
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Why I Would or Would Not Raise Grassfed Lamb... The Economics and Mechanics of Raising Grass Fed Lamb - Part 2 (GFL56)
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May 01, 2017 |
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30 Years of Truly Pastured Raised Lambs with Ulf Kintzel of White Clover Sheep Farm (GFL55)
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Apr 24, 2017 |
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Building Soil and Restoring Pastures by Grazing Sheep with Jodi Roebuck of Roebuck Farm (GFL54)
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Apr 17, 2017 |
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Raising 100% Grassfed and Certified Organic Lamb with Kinley Coulter of Coulter Farms (GFL53)
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Apr 10, 2017 |
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The Upside, The Downside, and the Risks of Raising Grass Fed Lamb - Part 1 (GFL52)
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Apr 03, 2017 |
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Beyond Homesteading with farmers and authors of The Independent Farmstead Shawn and Beth Dougherty (GFL51)
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Mar 27, 2017 |
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The Pros and Cons of On Farm Poultry Processing with Farmer John McAuley of Healthy Hen Farms (GFL50)
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Mar 20, 2017 |
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Farmsteading, A Profitable Alternative to Farming? (GFL49)
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Mar 13, 2017 |
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The Well Planned Farmstead with Greg Burns of Natures Image Farm [GFL48]
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Mar 06, 2017 |
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How Pigs Saved My Farm with Luke Groce of Groce Family Farm [GFL47]
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Feb 27, 2017 |
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3 Tips for Starting a Farm, Knowing What I Know Now with Darby Simpson [GFL46]
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Feb 20, 2017 |
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Practical Thoughts on Farmers Markets for The Upcoming Season - Part 2 of 2 [GFL45]
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Feb 13, 2017 |
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Practical Thoughts on Farmers Markets for The Upcoming Season - Part 1 of 2 [GFL44]
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Feb 06, 2017 |
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How to Create Cash Flow Early In the Season Using a CSA Program [GFL43]
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Jan 30, 2017 |
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Starting a Successful Farm on the Road with Wilson Marsh of Whole Earth Farm [GFL42]
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Jan 23, 2017 |
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Should I start farming with pigs, chickens, or both? – A Case Study [GFL41]
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Jan 16, 2017 |
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6 Things You Can Start Doing Now If You Want to Farm in 2017 [GFL40]
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Jan 09, 2017 |
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5 Reasons to Start Farming in 2017 [GFL39]
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Dec 26, 2016 |
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If It Was Easy, Then Everyone Would Do It [GFL38]
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Dec 19, 2016 |
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Important Considerations for Value Adding Meat and Choosing a Processor [GFL37]
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Dec 12, 2016 |
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When You are Almost Ready to Burnout, The Offseason Arrives [GFL36]
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Dec 05, 2016 |
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Thinking About Starting a Farm - Start Here First [GFL35]
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Nov 28, 2016 |
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Increasing Farm Profits by Raising Turkeys [GFL34]
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Nov 21, 2016 |
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Filtering Your Ideas into an Enterprise that Works For You [GFL33]
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Nov 14, 2016 |
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How to Raise Pigs Regeneratively in the Woods - Part 4 - The Numbers [GFL32]
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Nov 07, 2016 |
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Transitioning from a Full Time Career as an Engineer to Making a Living as a Full Time Farmer - Darby's Story [GFL31]
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Oct 31, 2016 |
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How to Increase Farm Sales by Taking Advantage of A Winter Farmers Market [GFL30]
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Oct 24, 2016 |
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Competition versus Coopetition - Advice for Entering a Crowded Market - Competing With Friends and Allies not Enemies [GFL29]
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Oct 17, 2016 |
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Getting Free Land by Building Pasture - More Grass Means More Animals - Part 2 [GFL28]
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Oct 10, 2016 |
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Getting Free Land by Building Pasture - More Grass Means More Animals - Part 1 [GFL27]
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Oct 03, 2016 |
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Old School and New School Farmers - When Paradigms and Views Don't Align [GFL26]
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Sep 26, 2016 |
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The Summer Grind - Dealing With and Setting Expectations for the Long Hours of Summer [GFL25]
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Sep 19, 2016 |
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Starting a Farm and Staying Married - A Couple's Farm Start-Up Experience [GFL24]
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Sep 12, 2016 |
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It's Your Dream, Not Mine - Farm Transition - The View from the Farmer's Wife with Brandy Simpson [GFL23]
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Sep 05, 2016 |
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8 Reasons Why You Might NOT Want to Start a Pastured Poultry Enterprise [GFL22]
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Aug 29, 2016 |
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Growing Sales in Order to Start Farming Full-time - A Case Study with Ben Grimes of Dawnbreaker Farms [GFL21]
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Aug 22, 2016 |
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Grassfed Cattle Basics – Why You Should and How Can Get Started with Cattle Using Stockers - Part 2 [GFL20]
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Aug 15, 2016 |
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Grassfed Cattle Basics - An Introduction to Raising Cattle on Grass - Part 1 [GFL19]
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Aug 08, 2016 |
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Farm Transition - Being a Great Employee, so You Can Be a Great Business Owner [GFL18]
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Aug 01, 2016 |
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Transitioning Chicks from the Brooder to Pasture - What to Do and When to Do It [GFL17]
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Jul 25, 2016 |
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The Ins and Outs of Brooder Management - New Chicks Arrive on the Farm Now What? [GFL16]
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Jul 18, 2016 |
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Raising your first batch of chicks - What should you focus on? [GFL15]
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Jul 11, 2016 |
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Declaring Independence in Your Own Life, From What Society Tells You It Has to Be [GFL14]
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Jul 04, 2016 |
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Farmers Markets, Farm Tours, On Farm Sales - Are they worth it? - The Steps and the Process [GFL13]
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Jun 27, 2016 |
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A Close Up Look at Poultry Processing Day - The Steps and the Process [GFL12]
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Jun 20, 2016 |
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How to Tell You Story Clearly and Effectively at Farmers Markets [GFL11]
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Jun 13, 2016 |
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How to Raise Pigs Regeneratively in the Woods – Part 3 – Selling Pork and Balancing Demand [GFL10]
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Jun 06, 2016 |
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How to Raise Pigs Regeneratively in the Woods - Part 2 - Infrastructure and Equipment [GFL9]
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May 30, 2016 |
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How to Raise Pigs Regeneratively in the Woods - Part 1 - The Basic Methodology [GFL8]
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May 23, 2016 |
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Sell What the Customer Wants and Will Pay For - Balancing Tomorrow's Ideology with Staying in Business Today [GFL7]
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May 16, 2016 |
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When Farming Sucks - A Realistic Look at The REALLY Hard Times as a Farmer [GFL6]
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May 09, 2016 |
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Time is Money - Advantages, Disadvantages, and Things to Consider for Farm Scale Poultry Processing [GFL5]
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May 02, 2016 |
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When Farmers' Market Sales Falter [GFL4]
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Apr 25, 2016 |
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Advice on Choosing Hatcheries, Chicken Tractors, and How Darby Starts His 500 Broilers on Pasture [GFL3]
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Apr 18, 2016 |
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A New Farm Season Begins - Making Improvements and Planning Ahead [GFL2]
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Apr 11, 2016 |
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Raising Cows, Pigs and Chickens Profitably on Pasture - Grassfed Life [GFL1]
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Apr 04, 2016 |