The future of market farming in the era of digital sales with Amelia Ihlo of Rooted Farmers and Jill Shea of the Connecticut Flower Collective

About this episode

The episode discusses the evolution and future of market farming with insights from industry experts.

Our guests this week, Amelia Ihlo of Rooted Farmers and Jill Shea of the Connecticut Flower Collective had the bright idea to take the 35th anniversary of Growing for Market Magazine as an opportunity to step back and look at the last 35 years of market farming, and think about what the next 35 years will bring.

People in this episode

Hosts: Andrew Mefferd, Katie Kulla, April Parms Jones

Guests: Amelia Ihlo, Jill Shea

Topics covered

• market farming
• digital sales
• future of agriculture
• entrepreneurship
• sustainability

Keywords

• market farming
• digital sales
• agriculture
• sustainability
• entrepreneurship
• Rooted Farmers
• Connecticut Flower Collective

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rooted Farmers, Connecticut Flower Collective, Growing for Market Magazine

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