Growing, Drying and Selling Medicinal Herbs with Jeff Carpenter of Zack Woods Herb Farm: EP36

About this episode

In this episode, Andy Chamberlin interviews Jeff Carpenter about growing, drying, and selling medicinal herbs at Zack Woods Herb Farm.

Text me a message! Today’s episode comes to you from Hyde Park, Vermont where we visit with Jeff Carpenter from Zack Woods Herb Farm. They grow medicinal herbs and have been doing so for 26 years. We start off with a look into his high tunnel where they grow their starts, discuss the construction of their batch dryer, check out a field of perennial herbs and take a look inside their packing shed. We then sit down on the back deck and chat about how and why they’ve built this business to meet ...

People in this episode

Host: Andy Chamberlin

Guest: Jeff Carpenter

Topics covered

• medicinal herbs
• farming
• business development
• sustainable agriculture
• herb drying

Keywords

• medicinal herbs
• Zack Woods Herb Farm
• herb drying
• sustainable farming
• Vermont agriculture

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Zack Woods Herb Farm

Places: Hyde Park, Vermont

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