Simply Growing Food

Interview with Brittany from Two Dogs Coffee Co.

You're going to like this one! Take a listen, farmers Dillon and Cassidy sit down with local entrepreneur or should we say coffee-preneur, Brittany from their favorite local coffee company, Two Dogs Coffee Co. Two Dogs Coffee Co. is a local coffee roasting company located in the quiet corner of CT. Not far from Daigle Farm. They focus on providing high quality coffee at reasonable prices while also staying aware of how that coffee is grown and farmers growing it all around the world. Learn about "Organic Coffee" and "Free Trade Coffee" and why labels matter/don't matter. Enjoy the content and please leave us some feedback. Visit their website at https://www.twodogscoffeeco.com/ and get caffeinated!
 
Visit https://www.simplygrowingfood.com/ to learn more about Daigle Farm and how they are Simply Growing Food! Leave a review or message and let us know what you think of the show. All feedback is welcomed!

Apple Trees, Neem Oil, and Chemicals Everywhere!!!

Hey folks, here is another installment of the Simply Growing Food Podcast. In the episode, Farmers Dillon and Cassidy sit down and talk about their apple trees, natural sprays for your plants, and chemicals all around us. They discuss Cassidy's recent trip to our nation's capital, a lesson from a local honey guys, and how No-Till is a simple marketing strategy and not a better way to farm. Situation dependent of course. Take a listen and enjoy! Leave us some feedback, we want to hear from you! 
 
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Flock Share, Herb Garden, and Weird Customer Encounters

Hey there SGF family! Here is a solo episode with farmer Dillon Daigle. He chats about our first Flock Share of the season, things you should ask your farmer, our herb garden, and strange Customer Encounters!
Keep an eye out for the new episodes each week! Please if you can, give us a listen. Share the link below and start listening today.
Any feedback is welcomed!

Opening Day Craft Fair Extravaganza!

We're BACK! Sorry we took a week off of Podcasting to plan and orchestrate a craft fair here on the farm for our opening weekend. Our farm stand is now open each weekend (Saturday and Sunday)  through Christmas. Take a listen, we recap all the ins and outs of our opening weekend. Our event got more than 300 local people to come on out and meet some really cool crafters and artisans. 
We also chat about the crops we have planted at this point (End of April). Learn a little bit about how early spring planting works on the farm. We appreciate any feedback on our show. Thanks in advance!

Raised Beds and Chicken Heads!

Hey there and happy Tuesday. We are a day late with our Podcast because yesterday's weather kept us outside farming! Farmers Cass and Dillon sit down and discuss Raised Bed Gardening, Predators on the farm in Spring, and tomatoes and their biological differences. Hope that interests you!  Any feedback is welcomed. We want to hear from you! 

Craft Fair and Farm Pickin

It's Media Monday again and that means more content. This week farmers Dillon & Cassidy sit down and talk about their Opening Weekend/Craft Fair event here at the farm. They also chat about the new office space build on the farm, farm pickin, and other projects on the farm. Farmer Dillon talks about the history of several local farms and the sinister history behind a farm right here in Brooklyn. Take a minute, give us a listen. Our content is meant to educate and help you learn about the crazy world of small farming. Leave us some feedback, we want to hear from you!

Interview with Sterling Flower Farm

Hey there and happy Monday! Here is this week's Podcast episode. Take a listen, this week we sat down with Zoe, owner and head farmer of the Sterling Flower Farm. Her farm is 100% woman owned and they focus on growing flowers in the most sustainable way possible. From basic flower bouquets to wedding flower arrangements, Sterling Flower Farm is blooming! 
 
You can also find a link to Zoe's website below. If you have someone looking for wedding flowers or you are interested in her farm check her out at : 
 
https://www.sterlingflowerfarm.com/?fbclid=IwAR0IL_LwJmFCFp3K2ufAPgX289jLqeu8POtZjjalCeNRwJHyRYQIYky-Abo

Organic or not Organic, that is the question

Hey everyone! We hope that you are enjoying the Simply Growing Food Podcast thus far. This week we get into the nitty gritty of what some food labels and explain what ORGANIC really means. Please take a listen and for those who doubt what we say or would like to do more research, check out the links in the description on the Podcast page. You will see all of our sources and you can be the judge. We also talk about farmers markets and one of the seed companies we work with.
 
Please click the link below  and start learning and educating yourself on your food! Food is so important and we want to educate you on this crazy industry.
 
As always we appreciate the support folks and we want to hear from you. Please leave us some feedback, your voices should be heard! Thanks again, please let us know how you feel about the show thus far.
 
http://npic.orst.edu/ingred/specchem.html
https://www.agdaily.com/technology/the-list-of-pesticides-approved-for-organic-production/
https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr
https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-7/subtitle-B/chapter-I/subchapter-M/part-205/subpart-G/subject-group-ECFR0ebc5d139b750cd
 

Dud Spuds and Van Funds

Hey there! Coming at you with our newest episode of the Simply Growing Food Podcast on this windy Media Monday. This week Farmers Dillon and Cassidy sit down and chat about their 2024 Garlic crop, failed potato cultivation, plant nutrients, and the Van Fundraiser. Take a listen, you may find this episode helpful with your own crops. We are here to educate and inform you all about this crazy farming world we live in.Our Van Fundraiser ends April 1st so there is still time to help out and enter to win some really awesome farm made prizes. Minimum value of the raffle items is $60.00 and goes as high as $250.00 in value. Tickets are $25.00 each. See attached flyer for details. Thanks again for the support! We keep Simply Growing Food because of the support from the community and folks like you. If you have any questions please let us know. Hope you enjoy the Podcast!

Do you know the Mushroom Man?!

Happy Monday! It's that time of the week where we try to promote our awesome Podcast. Do you know the Mushroom Man?!?! This week we sat down with a local Mushroom expert who we have worked with in the past. Mushroom Man Aaron  knows so much about Fungi it is mind blowing! In this episode, we talk about his history and love of mushrooms, foraging for mushrooms, mushroom cultivation and so much more! 
 
Super educational and super interesting! We appreciate any feedback you can provide to us. Are you enjoying the content we are making? Do you find it useful? How often do you listen? Anything you would like to know more about? Let us know!
 
Thanks again for all the support. We look forward to some feedback. If you don't like Podcasts we understand they aren't for everyone. If you know someone that might be interested in our content, please share our show with them. We are trying to educate with the Simply Growing Food Podcast and not monetize it. If you have any questions you would like us to answer on the show please write in.
 
This episode was brought to you all in part by PBC Home Improvement. We advertise for free for local businesses. We want all local and small businesses to thrive and get their message out there. The ad in the beginning of this episode was made for free, not for profit. If you know a local business that would like to get their name out there, tell them to write to us, we will throw together an ad for fun!