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Farms for Tomorrow

Farms for Tomorrow

25 episodes

1 month ago

Welcome Farmers and Farm Advocates. This podcast has been created for you. It is a practical resource for land-use planning. Our intention is to facilitate communication and idea-sharing that will benefit your farm, your community, and your future. The podcast addresses: Farmland Ownership and Preservation, Land Use and Stewardship, Community Building, and Farm Succession Planning. Your peers — fellow farmers and farm advocates — tell their stories and offer useful working models for addressing the critical issues of modern farming. Learn how farmers and farm advocates are designing successful farm operations. We are grateful for everyone who shared their perspectives and experiences and look forward to bringing more voices into this conversation. Join us.

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Welcome Farmers and Farm Advocates. This podcast has been created for you. It is a practical resource for land-use planning. Our intention is to facilitate communication and idea-sharing that will benefit your farm, your community, and your future. The podcast addresses: Farmland Ownership and Preservation, Land Use and Stewardship, Community Building, and Farm Succession Planning. Your peers — fellow farmers and farm advocates — tell their stories and offer useful working models for addressing the critical issues of modern farming. Learn how farmers and farm advocates are designing successful farm operations. We are grateful for everyone who shared their perspectives and experiences and look forward to bringing more voices into this conversation. Join us.

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Episodes (20/25)

Farms for Tomorrow

s04e02 – Walter Goldstein – The American Story of Corn

Corn breeder and researcher Walter Goldstein traces the long arc of corn’s evolution, from its Indigenous origins to modern breeding challenges. He explores corn’s deep history on the American continent, a story of the living relationship between people and plants. Walter describes his work at the Mandaamin Institute, where he breeds corn for organic farming with desirable qualities: high nutritional value, nitrogen-fixing capability through a relationship with bacteria, and resistance to GMO pollination. These excerpts are taken from Walter’s 2016 presentation at the American Dream Conference, hosted by the MaaViva Institute.

1 month ago

23 minutes 7 seconds

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s04e01 – Bill McDorman – Why We Should All Save Seeds

Lifelong seed-saving advocate Bill McDorman discusses the centralization of the seed industry, its impact on biodiversity, and the loss of traditional seed-saving practices. He explains the historical role of farmers in breeding resilient crops and how corporate patents have restricted seed-saving. Bill advocates for local seed-saving, regional food systems, and grassroots movements to reclaim agricultural sovereignty and biodiversity.

3 months ago

53 minutes 44 seconds

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s03e04 – Jon Frank – Building Plants Cell by Cell

Calcium is a central and often overlooked crop nutrient. Using examples to illustrate how it works, soil consultant Jon Frank introduces Carey Reams’ Biological Theory of Ionization as a framework to provide full-spectrum plant and animal nutrition. These improvements have huge implications for food quality and farm profitability.

1 year ago

37 minutes 55 seconds

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s03e01b – Joe Scrimger – Nitrogen, Water, and the Farm

Joe Scrimger connects the dots between nitrogen use on the farm, soil health and water quality. Day two.

1 year ago

1 hour 1 minute 50 seconds

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s03e03 – Sally Witkowski – Food as Medicine

Rancher Sally Witkowski describes how she and her husband Jim Witkowski got their entire family into grass-fed, grass-finished organic cattle ranching. Includes a look at regenerative practices, humane animal care, revenue streams, market trends, and the importance of a mission-driven mindset.

1 year ago

50 minutes 30 seconds

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s03e02 – Jim Koan – Almar Orchards

Organic grower Jim Koan reflects on the mindset needed to succeed with perennial crops like apples that require longer-term investments of labor and capital.

1 year ago

51 minutes 56 seconds

Farms for Tomorrow

s03e01 – Joe Scrimger – Nitrogen, Water, and the Farm

Joe Scrimger connects the dots between nitrogen use on the farm, soil health and water quality.

2 years ago

1 hour 7 minutes 43 seconds

Farms for Tomorrow

s02e05 – The Farm at Trinity Health Ann Arbor

Amanda Sweetman describes how a small farm on the hospital campus of Trinity Health St. Joseph Mercy Ann Arbor is having a big impact on food, medicine, community health, and local agriculture. Cultivating relationships (in addition to vegetables, flowers, and hay), The Farm at Trinity Health features a CSA that connects people with fresh produce from local farms.

3 years ago

1 hour 6 minutes 9 seconds

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s02e04 – Argus Farm Stop

Imagine a year-round, 7-day farmers market that sells only locally produced foods. With the opening of Argus Farm Stop in 2014, Kathy Sample and Bill Brinkerhoff made that happen, creating a win-win for the whole community: Customers have convenient access to fresh local food supplied by over 200 producers while producers receive 75 cents on every dollar sold by Argus on consignment. Listen to Kathy and Bill share about the farm stop model, which is now being replicated in other communities.

3 years ago

2 hours 12 minutes 7 seconds

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S02e03 – Barry Lonik – Buy-Protect-Sell + Leadership = Saving the Aprill Farm

When an exceptional piece of farmland became available in Scio Township, Michigan, longtime land conservation specialist Barry Lonik and township officials found a way to protect it through an innovative “Buy-Protect-Sell” transaction strategy.

4 years ago

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S02e02 – Eric Kampe – Green Things Farm Collective

Organic no-till farmer Eric Kampe speaks to the practices that he and his farm partners have used to maintain the integrity and viability of small farm operations in their community.

4 years ago

Farms for Tomorrow

S02e01 – Eric Kampe – Green Things Farm Collective

Organic no-till farmer Eric Kampe shares experiences and perspectives on launching a small farm enterprise with a focus on both personal values and farm economics.

4 years ago

Farms for Tomorrow

S01Ep11 – Wali Via – Winter Green Farm

Wali Via of Winter Green Farm in Oregon shares about farm leadership succession in the context of an LLC. The older farmers wanted to take a step back while ensuring the continuity of their successful land stewardship practices, and to remain in residence on site. The subdivision and sale of the larger business enabled stakeholders to balance economic benefits and responsibilities through contractually defined roles and written agreements.

5 years ago

10 minutes 59 seconds

Farms for Tomorrow

S01Ep10 – Bob Bower – Angelic Organics

Bob Bower describes the challenges and strategies of a community coming together to assist in the farm succession process at Angelic Organics farm in Illinois, where he worked from 1995-2010. A nonprofit organization emerged as a vehicle for community engagement that supported the longtime farmer through leadership transition.

5 years ago

14 minutes 18 seconds

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S01Ep09 – John Bloom – Krusen Grass Farm

John Bloom of the Yggdrasil Land Foundation talks about the role of the foundation in assisting the leadership transition on Krusen Grass Farm, located in Southeast Wisconsin. The foundation had a hand in supporting the farmer in finding a successor, provided financial backing, and helped integrate the operation into the local economy and larger community.

5 years ago

11 minutes 54 seconds

Farms for Tomorrow

S01Ep08P2 – Bob Wills and John Thomson – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op

This segment describes how farmers stabilized day-to-day farm operations at Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch through direct marketing and community involvement, and how the separation of land ownership from farm operations helps protect the land in the long term.

5 years ago

Farms for Tomorrow

S01Ep08P1 – Bob Wills and John Thomson – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op

Bob Wills and John Thomson share the story of how shared vision, individual personalities and emerging circumstances combined to form the land ownership and farm management model currently in place at the Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Community Farms Co-op.

5 years ago

Farms for Tomorrow

S01Ep08 – Bob Wills and John Thomson – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op

Bob Wills and John Thomson discuss how Tablehurst Farm was revitalized through a reorganization process that included transfer of land ownership to a trust and the onboarding of new, community-focused leadership for farm operations under a cooperative business entity.

5 years ago

Farms for Tomorrow

S01Ep07P2 – David Junghans – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op

Beginning with a discussion about how the scale of a farm enterprise impacts both its sense of community and economic viability, David Junghans then connects individual farms to big-picture questions about the emerging role of farms as centers for education and social change.

5 years ago

21 minutes 21 seconds

Farms for Tomorrow

S01Ep07P1 – David Junghans – Tablehurst and Plaw Hatch Farm Co-Op

David Junghans describes how he became managing director of Tablehurst Farm and shares advice for other young people interested in farming. The discussion also explores the critical role of intention in maintaining a farm’s integrity in farming practice, land ownership issues, and the farm’s relationship with the community.

5 years ago

20 minutes 41 seconds