For the Love of Farming
Episodes
30 episodes
Cully Neighborhood Farm and Slow Hand Farm with Josh Volk
In today’s episode we spend time with Josh Volk of Cully Neighborhood Farm https://cullyneighborhoodfarm.com/ in Portland. The conversation begins in a fitting way, meeting d...
Green Gate Farm with Mary Eichler
Some lives reveal how extraordinary they are, the moment you start listening. Mary Eichler of Green Gate Farm in Corvallis has lived one of those lives. Her story sounds like a legend or a movie script, not because it’s embellished, but becaus...
Wee Family Farm with Ann Partridge
In today’s episode we’re visiting a small farm tucked into the rolling hills of Yamhill County, where oak trees lean over the road and the landscape opens into sloped pasture and woodland. This is Wee Family Farm (
The Shearing Life with Phoebe Smith
In our first episode of Season 3, we are brought into the fast, physical, deeply skilled world of professional sheep shearing. We sit down with Phoebe Smith, the only woman in Oregon shearing full‑time at a commercial scale. I arrived curious a...
Spring Up Farm with Kelly Huckestein - Coastal Farm Series
In this episode of For the Love of Farming, we sit down with Kelly Huckestein of Spring Up Farm, just 14 miles east of Astoria. After years of working on other farms, Kelly and her partner founded Spring Up Farm in 201...
Johnson Farms with Ed Johnson - Coastal Farm Series
Join us in Brownsmead, Oregon, where Ed Johnson has farmed tidal floodplains for nearly 50 years. From pole beans grown on repurposed gill nets to U-pick berries and Christmas trees, Ed’s story is a living history of coastal fa...
Euchre Creek Farm with Sara O’Neill - Coastal Farm Series
Nestled in a misty valley of Siletz OR en route to Depot Bay, Sara O’Neill runs a 117-acre regenerative livestock farm. She raises cattle and sheep, manages riparian zones for salmon habitat, and operates a one-woman show selli...
Beaver Creek Blooms with Rita Ruddiman - Coastal Farm Series
Ten miles inland from Seal Rock, Rita Ruddiman turned a pandemic layoff into a thriving flower farm and soap-making business. Beaver Creek Blooms reflects her creativity and commitment to sustainability, growing seasonal flower...
Miller Farms with Tim Miller - Coastal Farm Series
In the lush Siletz River Valley, Tim Miller carries on a third-generation cattle operation. After military service and years of off-farm work, Tim returned to raise grass-fed beef entirely on-site using rotational grazing and ...
Rainbow Acres Community Farm with Lydia Brennan
In today’s episode, I sit down with Lydia Brennan of Rainbow Acres Community Farm near Cottage Grove, Oregon. After two decades of building farm businesses, integrating goats and horses, and engaging the community—all while navigating unstable ...
Pleasant Valley Cider Apples with Ashley Lindsay
In this episode, we have the pleasure of sitting downwith orchardist and consultant Ashley Lindsay of Pleasant Valley Cider Apples. In 2015, Ashley and her husband, Brian, started the process of transforming a 40-acre fallow farm in th...
Lulay Livestock and Ostara Livestock Services with Adrienne Lulay
In this episode we sit down with Adrienne Lulay of Lulay Livestock Company and Ostara Livestock Services. Adrienne manages beef cattle and breeding stock on 60 acres in Scio and runs an AI – That is Artificial Insemination company that serves c...
Camas Swale Farm with Amber Lippert
In today’s episode we sit down with Amber Lippert of Camas Swale farm located on 16 acres of river bottom land north of Coburg, Oregon in the Willamette Valley. Camas Swale Farm is a family operated certified organic vegetable farm. Amber and ...
Sunwave Farms with James Miller
In this episode we sit down with James Miller from Sunwave Farms, a dahlia and vegetable farm near Elmira, OR. James is entering his 5th year farming and their third year farming on their own 5 acre property. James came into farming with a back...
Cast Iron Farm and Godspeed Hollow with Christine Anderson and Sarah King
In today’s episode we sit down with Christine Anderson of Cast Iron Farm (http://castironfarm.com/) in McMinnville, OR and Sarah King of Godspeed Hollow (https://www.godspeedhollow.com/) in Newburg,...
Winter Green Farm with Shannon and Chris
In this episode we sit down with Shannon and Chris of Winter Green Farm (https://wintergreenfarm.com/). The farm is an integrated livestock and vegetable operation on 171 acres in Noti, OR. About 25 acres are devoted to mixed vegetables and b...
Goodfoot Farm with Beth Hoinacki
In this episode we sit down with Beth Hoinacki of Goodfoot Farm (https://www.goodfootfarm.com), a small family farm located in the Hoskins area of Kings Valley,...
Fat Cat Farm with Erik Dietz
In Today’s episode I sit down with Erik Dietz of Fat Cat Farm (https://www.fatcatfarmdx.com/) in Dexter, OR located in the Southern Willamette Valley. The farm ha...
Wolf Gulch Farm with Maud Powell
In today's episode I sit down with Maud Powell of Wolf Gulch Farm in the Little Applegate Valley. Maud and her husband, Tom, have owned and operated their certified organic farm for the past 24 years. Tom works full time on the farm while ...
Adaptive Seeds with Sarah Kleeger and Andrew Still
In Today’s episode I sit down with Sarah Kleeger and Andrew Still of Adaptive Seeds. A 35 acre certified organic, farm based seed company near Sweet Home, Oregon. They steward rare, diverse and resilient seed varieties for ecolo...
PK Pastures with Kait Crowley
In today's episode I sit down with Kait Crowley of PK Pastures outside of Sweet Home, Oregon on the traditional lands of the Kalapuya people. They raise pigs for meat and chickens for both meat and ...
Flying Coyote Farm with Lili Tova
In today’s episode I sit down with Lili Tova of Flying Coyote Farm in in Sandy, Oregon, located on the unceded territory of the Clackamas band of the Upper Chinook Tribe. Lili Tova owns and manages a 37-acre farm that grows over 100 different v...
Four Wands Farm with Katy Stokes
In today's episode we sit down with Katy Stokes of Four Wands Farm. Katy is 75 years old and has been stewarding and homesteading on this piece of land for the past 47 years. They provide most of their diet from the land through a l...
