Blake Cothron on growing berries and other small fruit for profit
Iām super excited to share with you all what is about to be a deep dive into one of the most promising and often overlooked small farm enterprises, small fruit […]
Today Iām back with part 2 of my interview with Blake Cothron, the author of the new book āThe Berry Grower: small scale organic fruit production in the 21st century.ā Just in case you missed the first part of this episode, Blake Cothron is an organic farmer, educator, professional horticulturist and small business owner in Stanford, Kentucky, USA. He has been a grower for over 25 years and has been operating an organic plant nursery business for almost 10 years. His specialties are small fruit production, orchard care, nursery production, and temperate fruit growing. Thereās a lot more to his backstory, but he explained everything in part 1 of this interview so be sure to go back and listen to it if you havenāt already.
Building on the topics we covered in the beginning, Blake starts by explaining all you need to know about sourcing plants and propagation material and navigating the complicated world of plant nurseries and online plant vendors. It turns out thereās a whole lot more to it than most people are aware of. We also break down the practical assessments for planning a profitable berry business and how to design and plan your cultivated space to ensure you donāt have difficulties and inconveniences that cause you to lose money.
As a bonus to this series on small fruit and berry growing, Iām also giving away two copies of Blakeās new book, thanks to the generous people at New Society Publishers, to members of our Regenerative Skills Discord server. If youāre not already a member you can join for free on the homepage of the website at regenerativeskills.com or through the link in our linktree on the Instagram Bio. Once youāre in, just send me a DM and let me know youād like to be entered to win a copy of the book. Iāll be announcing the winners one week after the second part of this series comes out
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