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Talkin’ Dirt is a podcast about farming, soil, and the people working to grow real food today.Host Robert Peters travels to farms big and small, sitting down with growers, ranchers, and agricultural innovators who are rebuilding soil, feeding their communities, and finding…
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Flowers, Farming and a Healthy Dose of Optimism with Aimee Miklovic (opens the original)
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In this episode of Talkin’ Dirt, I sit down with Aimee from Full Bushel Farm in Montana’s Bitterroot Valley. Aimee didn’t grow up farming, but after finding her way into working with plants, she discovered she had a knack for growing things and eventually decided to turn that into a farm of her own. We talk about how Aimee got started growing flowers, what it was like building a business on rented land, and some of the challenges that came with trying to figure out flower farming as she went. We
From Starting a Small Berry Patch to Running a Commercial Pollen Business with Jennifer and Scott Beddard (opens the original)
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In this episode of Talkin’ Dirt, I sit down with Jennifer and Scott Beddard, former owners of Beddard Berry Farm in Washington’s Yakima Valley. Jennifer and Scott share the story of building their berry farm from the ground up, learning as they went, raising a family alongside the farm, and eventually making the difficult decision to close the operation. From there, we dive into a side of agriculture most people rarely get to see: commercial pollination. Jennifer and Scott spent years working wi
One Acre and a Full Heart with Pete Temrowski (opens the original)
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In this episode of Talkin’ Dirt, I sit down with Pete Temrowski of Full Heart Farm, a one-acre farm in Carnation, Washington. Pete’s path to farming took him from growing plants as a kid in Atlanta, to working in the cannabis industry, to eventually starting a farm of his own in the Snoqualmie Valley. Today, he’s building Full Heart slowly and intentionally, growing vegetables, herbs, flowers and perennial crops while experimenting with seed saving, composting, low-till practices and ways to imp
Virginia Hemp Under Pressure: The Cost of Compliance at Redfern Hemp (opens the original)
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In this episode of Talkin' Dirt, I sit down with Graham Redfern, founder of Redfern Hemp, and Joe Domino, the company's research director. Graham's path into agriculture wasn't a traditional one. After careers in construction and banking, he became convinced that industrial hemp had the potential to transform everything from building materials and textiles to wellness products and sustainable manufacturing. What followed was years of farming, research, product development, and advocacy as Redfer
Challenging Conventional Wisdom in AG with Jay Hayward (opens the original)
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In this episode of Talkin' Dirt, I sit down with Jay Hayward, owner of Hayward Garlic in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. Jay has built one of the country's leading seed garlic businesses, but his path into farming wasn't exactly a straight one. Jay shares how studying behavioral psychology, working in agricultural technology, and recruiting for manufacturing companies eventually led him back to the farm. We talk about what it takes to build a specialty crop business, the realities of marketing as a
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