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Pooh Sprague - Edgewater Farm: EP16

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Today’s episode comes to you from Plainfield, New Hampshire where we visit with Pooh Sprague of Edgewater Farm. This episode is a bit of a ramble as a 50 year career in farming is expected to be! That being said in this episode Pooh Shares:

  • How he got started in the early 70’s
  • Selling bedding plants
  • Labor challenges
  • 100 acres, over 30 high tunnels, 7 H2A
  • Tracking water usage
  • FSMA Produce Safety Rule
  • Climate Change
  • Resilience
  • Soil stewardship
  • Farm transition
  • Knowing your market
  • Not being organic
  • Strawberries
  • No-Till and cover crops

Support the show

Visit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.com
Follow the show on Facebook and Instagram: @thefarmersshare
Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare

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Chapters

1. Pooh Sprague - Edgewater Farm: EP16 (00:00:00)

2. Background (00:01:57)

3. Farming in various conditions (00:12:28)

4. How did you get started farming? (00:15:12)

5. Bedding plants (00:19:45)

6. Blueberries (00:21:33)

7. Wintertime Labor (00:26:17)

8. Tracking water usage (00:31:33)

9. What are you excited about this year? (00:36:13)

10. Climate Change (00:40:06)

11. Opportunities for Vegetable Growers (00:44:51)

12. Resiliency Practices (00:44:59)

13. High Tunnels & Greenhouses (00:51:44)

14. Farm Transition (01:00:08)

15. What's in Your Pocket? (01:05:52)

16. What is sustainable ag? (01:17:24)

17. Key's to success (01:23:33)

18. Not being organic (01:30:07)

19. Bioplastic (01:38:09)

20. Changes in the market (01:47:47)

21. FSMA (02:00:27)

22. What brings your joy? (02:17:31)

108 episodes

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Content provided by Andy Chamberlin. All podcast content including episodes, graphics, and podcast descriptions are uploaded and provided directly by Andy Chamberlin or their podcast platform partner. If you believe someone is using your copyrighted work without your permission, you can follow the process outlined here https://staging.podcastplayer.com/legal.

Text me a message!

Today’s episode comes to you from Plainfield, New Hampshire where we visit with Pooh Sprague of Edgewater Farm. This episode is a bit of a ramble as a 50 year career in farming is expected to be! That being said in this episode Pooh Shares:

  • How he got started in the early 70’s
  • Selling bedding plants
  • Labor challenges
  • 100 acres, over 30 high tunnels, 7 H2A
  • Tracking water usage
  • FSMA Produce Safety Rule
  • Climate Change
  • Resilience
  • Soil stewardship
  • Farm transition
  • Knowing your market
  • Not being organic
  • Strawberries
  • No-Till and cover crops

Support the show

Visit the website to see photos/videos from the visit: https://thefarmersshare.com
Follow the show on Facebook and Instagram: @thefarmersshare
Subscribe to the YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@thefarmersshare

  continue reading

Chapters

1. Pooh Sprague - Edgewater Farm: EP16 (00:00:00)

2. Background (00:01:57)

3. Farming in various conditions (00:12:28)

4. How did you get started farming? (00:15:12)

5. Bedding plants (00:19:45)

6. Blueberries (00:21:33)

7. Wintertime Labor (00:26:17)

8. Tracking water usage (00:31:33)

9. What are you excited about this year? (00:36:13)

10. Climate Change (00:40:06)

11. Opportunities for Vegetable Growers (00:44:51)

12. Resiliency Practices (00:44:59)

13. High Tunnels & Greenhouses (00:51:44)

14. Farm Transition (01:00:08)

15. What's in Your Pocket? (01:05:52)

16. What is sustainable ag? (01:17:24)

17. Key's to success (01:23:33)

18. Not being organic (01:30:07)

19. Bioplastic (01:38:09)

20. Changes in the market (01:47:47)

21. FSMA (02:00:27)

22. What brings your joy? (02:17:31)

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