Episode #67: Jesse Frost

Published: March 31, 2021, 7:01 p.m.

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Jesse Frost is the Co-Owner of Rough Draft Farmstead in central Kentucky and host of the No-Till Market Garden Podcast. Jesse\\u2019s rich background in researching and experimenting with no-till practices lead to his first book, \\u201cThe Living Soil Handbook: The No-Till Grower\\u2019s Guide to Ecological Market Gardening,\\u201d which will be published this summer.

Throughout their conversation John and Jesse discuss:

  • How Jesse got his start as a farmer and how a mission to uncover regenerative techniques lead to a promising career in market gardening.
  • The economic opportunities surrounding market gardening, including the positive impact of collaboration and Jesse\\u2019s thoughts on land ownership.
  • The best way to strategize and implement a direct-to-consumers business model.
  • Two management styles that work for no-till growers on a smaller scale: Jesse\\u2019s thought on the basic cover crop model and the deep compost mulch system
  • An overview of the four different types of compost: inoculating compost, fertilizing compost, nutritional compost, and mulching compost.
  • The current state of the average farmer\\u2019s psyche and the power of relationships and community building.
  • Jesse\\u2019s current intercropping practices and how they are implemented for pest and disease control.

Pre-order Jesse\\u2019s book here: https://www.notillgrowers.com/livingsoilhandbook/d9z5gkf1bbnhu0w5xxb3trngiqhwgo

Check out \\u201cThe No-Till Organic Vegetable Farm: Human-Scale Methods for Intensive Commercial Production and Ecological Health\\u201d by Daniel Mays here: https://www.frithfarm.net/book.html

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