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We are alive! After a year long hiatus, TDC and crew is back in the studio, with extra special guest and market farmer William "Rusty" Stauffer from Ohio. After quickly catching up on the last year in hiatus, TDC gets busy talking about all new and interesting things in the small farm and garden world. Farming facebook groups are really taking off, lots of new information and techniques to be studied, the Planet JR. walk behind tractors are a big one, and Rusty comes in house to talk all things Planet JR, facebook grouping, and generally keeping the information informative and accurate, "weeding out the BS" as they say in the mid-west. Enjoy, listen, download, and subscribe.

Another great #CSAday episode coming to y'all with special in house guest - Dr. Jay of Smokey Point Chiropractic. The single man in charge of keeping TDC in tip top shape as he gets busy talking about getting the farm started for the 2016 season. Seeds are being planted, nursery plants are getting ordered and delivered daily, and the ladies are starting the fill the farm stand for the early season. A great interview session as Dr. Jay answers anything from why we should pay more for organic food, who can benefit from chiropractic care, and the modern science of making our immune systems work for themselves. Who is ultimately responsible for your health? Download now to find out more!

This winter episode is full of new ideas, with special in house guest Scott Stafne. This time of years farmers get some good rest and keep up with Organic Cert. renewals, and making sure our winter root crops keep us strong with phytonutrients betalains. The farm gets officially cleaned up, even under constant rodent pressure of all types. All the guests are giddy about another Seahawk playoff run, with predictions recorded. Our guest interview goes in depth about republic versus the empire, and its not related to Star Wars. We also keep the ideas spreading with a new Church of the Garden concept, and fraud in the foreclosure world making it hard on American families.

This early winter episode won't disappoint. After a long hiatus, the crew is back to talk about making the connection to your customers at the holiday farmers markets, bulk deals to increase your sales and get good prices to the customers, and ideas to winterize the farm. They also get pumped with new talk about the resurging Seahawks, The current state of the CSA movement, the Paris environmental summit, and record numbers of undocumented children no one is talking about coming across the border. Get the fire stoked, and turn up the volume, get informed, and enjoy our show!

Enjoy a local farm harvest show, the summer of hard work is paying off and we go deep into the fall crops of the farm this season. TDC goes in depth and the crew gets jitty about winter squash. Specialty neck pears go down pretty easy, and SWD’s are causing havoc in the organic and local soft fruit industry. A new season also brings back our Seahawks, and the crew has a few things to say about the season, and predictions for our game records for 2015. #12thman #gohawks

Hello rocking fans summer harvest is here! Do you ever wonder about pickles, and what makes a great ferment? This episode comes together with In house guest Trap Landry, one of America’s pickle brew masters and CFO - Chief Fermenting Officer. Join us while TDC, Kari K, and Uncle Jesse enjoy some samples of Black Market Kimchi, and the Hot n Sour pickles from this years crop. Get the late season harvest in, and hear our crazy questions while we learn ferments, and preservation of the harvest. A great show direct from the whisky barrel fermenting kitchen we call the Pickle Hatchery - Brittsliveculturefoods.com