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  • Crop Value Rating #3: High Value Crops (MFB 13)
    2025/07/29

    Costs don't necessarily increase proportionally with price. Which produce fetches the best prices at your market, ones that sell for AT LEAST $4 a pound? If you're able to grow and sell those high-value crops, you're sure to cover your input costs, labor included!

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    26 分
  • Practical Concerns on Biochar: Quality, Cost, Usage, and Alternatives - Gardening Beyond Basics E29
    2025/07/27

    Associate Professor Dr. Ben Hoover of California Polytechnic State University shares some of his concerns on the production, cost, and usage of biochar.

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    8 分
  • Crop Value Rating #2: High Growing Density (MFB 12)
    2025/07/22

    Number 2 on the Crop Value Rating System: High Density! Particularly helpful when farming on limited land, being able to plant in high densities through vertical growing, intercropping, and solid succession planting means getting higher yields, which means better profits.

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    17 分
  • Material Limitations of Electroculture Equipment - Gardening Beyond Basics E28
    2025/07/20

    Farmer and Medical Qigong practitioner Chris Winters of The Fertile Current talks about the material limitations of electroculture equipment then and how far the technology has come today.

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    8 分
  • Crop Value Rating #1: Short Days to Maturity (MFB 11)
    2025/07/15

    In this episode, we break down Curtis Stone's Crop Value Rating (CVR) System, which will hopefully help you decide which crops to grow to maximize your farm's profits. First on the CVR is short days to maturity (DTM): quicker growing crops mean having more cycles in a year!

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    22 分
  • Baby Kale: The Economics of Premium Pricing (MFB 10)
    2025/07/08

    How profitable is baby kale? Very, if you play your cards right. In this video, we talk about the high profit potential of this quick-growing, high-yielding crop and why it rates a 5 out of 5 on the Crop Value Rating System.

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    16 分
  • The Dark Side of Growing Microgreens as a Business: Why This Crop Might Be Your Worst Nightmare (MFB 09)
    2025/07/01

    Thinking about starting a microgreens business? Take a minute to think it through! In this episode, we take a look at the hidden challenges of microgreens farming and learn why it might not be the right fit for you.

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    23 分
  • Choosing Quality Humic Acid Products for Your Soil - Gardening Beyond Basics E27
    2025/06/29

    Join Russell Taylor of Live Earth Products, Inc. to find out what to look out for when you're shopping for good quality humic acid products for your soil.

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    Ready Farmer One on Amazon

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    13 分