752: Daniel Sweeney on Seven Springs Farm Supply

07/11/23 • 45 min

The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson

752: Daniel Sweeney on Seven Springs Farm Supply

Bringing farming supplies to the organic grower

In This Podcast:

Greg has a great chat with Daniel Sweeney to more about how the Seven Spring Farm Supply organization began and what they are doing now. Greg really wanted to know more about their values and how they treat their customers. Listen in and see what Greg found out. Plus see what special Seven Springs has for our listeners.

Daniel has been the Crop Adviser at Seven Springs since 2018 and he enjoys working with farmers and helping them find solutions. Prior to joining Seven Springs, Daniel managed, large fruit and vegetable farms. He now raises a flock of registered Shetland sheep and experiments with sunflowers and other fun cover crops.

Seven Springs Farm Supply has been serving farmers and gardeners since 1990. They offer a comprehensive selection of soil amendments, growing mixes, pest and disease control products, and cover crop seeds for the organic grower.

Click HERE to shop at Seven Springs and get the special discount using code URBAN7

Visit www.UrbanFarm.org/SevenSprings for the show notes and links on this episode!

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752: Daniel Sweeney on Seven Springs Farm Supply

Bringing farming supplies to the organic grower

In This Podcast:

Click HERE to shop at Seven Springs and get the special discount using code URBAN7

Visit www.UrbanFarm.org/SevenSprings for the show notes and links on this episode!

Need a little bit of advice or just a feedback on your design for your yard or garden?

The Urban Farm Team is offering consults over the phone or zoom. Get the benefits of a personalized garden and yard space analysis without the cost of trip charges.

You can chat with Greg, Janis or Ray to get permaculture based feedback.

Click HERE to learn more!

Become an Urban Farm Patron and listen to more than 775 episodes of the Urban Farm Podcast without ads. Click HERE to learn more.

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751: Mike Crimmins and Gary Woodard on Logging The Rain

Collecting rainfall information in a cooperative community project

In This Podcast: Rainlog.org is one of the coolest Citizen science projects available. Simply purchase a rain gauge create an account and track your rain. Join Farmer Greg as he chats with the creators of the site. Mike and Gary came together 20 years ago to track rural rainfall in Arizona and their project has expanded worldwide and includes millions of readings.

Mike is on the faculty of the Department of Environmental Science at the University of Arizona and is an Extension Specialist in Climate Science for Arizona Cooperative Extension. He has been in this role for 18 years working with ranchers, farmers and natural resource managers across Arizona to integrate climate information in their planning and decision making and assisting them in developing strategies to adapt to a changing climate.

Gary has more than 40 years of experience in municipal water resource issues both a consultant, and as a researcher at the University of Arizona. He specializes in integrating economic analysis with water resources issues, providing a critical bridge often missing from policy decisions. He works on projects that involve modeling municipal water demand, forecasting trends, evaluating the impacts of drought and climate change on water demand, rainwater harvesting, and assessing water conservation programs.

Together they have developed an incredible citizen science data collection page called Rainlog.org

Visit www.UrbanFarm.org/rainlog for the show notes and links on this episode!

Need a little bit of advice or just a feedback on your design for your yard or garden?

The Urban Farm Team is offering consults over the phone or zoom. Get the benefits of a personalized garden and yard space analysis without the cost of trip charges.

You can chat with Greg, Janis or Ray to get permaculture based feedback.

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753: Seed Saving and Climate Change - A Seed Chat

753: Seed Saving and Climate Change.

A chat with an expert on seeds.

In This Seed Chat:

This is the June 2023 Seed Chat discussing Seed Saving and Climate Change. Have you noticed anything odd recently? Perhaps climate change has your community a bit up in arms. Unexpected rain, hotter high temps, lower low temps. How do we prepare for changing climatic conditions in terms of growing and saving seeds? Bill McDorman and Greg Peterson will delve into this ever-evolving topic and offer tips for riding the waves of uncertainty. Come Chat with Us!

Visit www.urbanfarm.org/seeds23 june for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library!

What is the Seed Chat?

At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman, the former Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013.

Come join us for the next live class, or catch up on our previous classes through our podcast episodes. Either way you will expand your seed knowledge and gain new perspectives on your food system.

Register anytime for the next event.

Register Here for the Monthly Seed Saving Class with Live Q&A

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