Impacts of a Year Round Farmers Market on the Local Food System
Podcast: Listen in to hear about Market at the Mill, a new year round market for local businesses in Shenandoah Iowa, as well as learn about some of the community resources that helped Dr. Margaret Brady successfully implement this project. The Market at the Mill aims to create a year round market for local businesses […]
Profitability with Budding Moon Farm (Episode 15)
Podcast: Hear from Jared Lukens-Black of Budding Moon Farm about considerations and methods he uses to increase profitability while distributing 100% of his produce through CSA and Rx Programs. Recorded: Aug. 14, 2023
Determining Prices & Profitability of your Specialty Crops & Products (Episode 14)
Podcast: You’ve carefully selected your seeds, started them in just the right conditions, prepped your beds, weeded, harvested and then perhaps created a value added product with your produce. As you get ready to take it to the farmers market, the question you may be stuck on is how to price it. Hear from South […]
IPM for Melon (Episode 4)
Podcast: Amanda Bachmann, SDSU Pesticide Education & Urban Entomology Field Specialist discusses Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for Melon crops in South Dakota. Resource Link: https://sdspecialtyproducers.org/2021/05/23/podcast-ipm-melons/
IPM for Peppers & Tomatoes (Episode 3)
Podcast: An in-depth look at IPM for tomatoes and peppers. Kristine Lang, South Dakota State University discusses cover crops, high tunnel production, and specific pests and issues affecting producers in South Dakota. Resource Link: https://sdspecialtyproducers.org/2021/04/23/podcast-ipm-for-peppers-tomatoes/
IPM for Cucurbits (Episode 2)
Podcast: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for curcubits with special guest Marissa Schuh of the University Of Minnesota Extension. Resource Link: https://sdspecialtyproducers.org/2021/03/23/podcast-ipm-for-cucurbits/
IPM for Berries (Episode 1)
Podcast: Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for berry crops with special guest Dr Raymond Cloyd, extension specialist in horticultural entomology at Kansas St University. Resource Link: https://sdspecialtyproducers.org/2021/03/23/podcast-ipm-berries/
Raising Root Crops in South Dakota, (Episode 13)
Podcast: On this episode, Dirk Oudman of Blue Sky Vegetable Co., Worthing, SD, and Darin Waldner of Waldner Farms, Webster, SD, share their process to assure a healthy harvest of roots crops, such as potatoes, carrots and radishes. Resource Link: https://sdspecialtyproducers.org/2023/04/13/podcast-raising-root-crops/
Organic Specialty Crop Production in South Dakota (Episode 12)
Podcast: On this episode, Angela Jackson of Prairie Sun Organics in Vermillion, SD and Bernadette Barnaud with Owl Creek Organics in Nisland, SD will be sharing with us about what it looks like to be an organic specialty crop producer in South Dakota. Resource Link: https://sdspecialtyproducers.org/2023/03/23/podcast-organic-specialty-crop-production-south-dakota/
Growing Lettuce in South Dakota (Episode 9)
Podcast: Learn from two South Dakota producers who provide their fellow residents with a summer salad necessity- lettuce. Kent Wilsey of Elk Creek Foods and Peggy Martin of Cedar Creek Gardens will share how they produce lettuce on a large scale, while also giving ideas and tips that apply to producers of any scale. Resource […]