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As I'm sure you're both very well aware, about a third of food produced globally ends up being wasted.

um i saw in that you know a really major problem right there are all sorts of negative environmental and economic consequences to that waste but also saw it as a huge opportunity right there that food that organic matter is not inherently waste it is being wasted um but there is in fact value that that can be brought back from it um and as i was kind of exploring different aspects of this problem i came to understand that microorganisms are how nature recycles organic matter and that if we could develop the right combination of microbes to do that job really consistently and efficiently we could build a biotech company around that and so again it kind of started with the problem and then of course came to recognize that Farms are where there's a huge amount of organic matter left in the field in the same place where fertilizer will be applied.

If we can get our microbes there, we also simplify a lot of logistics challenges and can kind of create that value in a context where it's very meaningful to the end customer.

Yeah, I think it's super interesting.

Welcome to Growers Daily, your daily dose of ecological farming insight.

Today we are hanging out with Max Boudreau of Winslow Farm in Falmouth, Maine to talk everything from growing up on a farm to you pick blueberry economics to transitioning to no-till.

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or visit tilthsoil.com to learn more today we have another great interview for you as we are going to try to do this uh every tuesday all winter for tilth tuesdays this one with max boudreaux of winslow farm in maine just outside of portland i had first heard of max when i was sent a short film about crop rotation from benjamin grenet which you should watch it will be hanging out there in the show notes in a link form for you to watch all about uh the crop rotations in organic no-till farming but I got the chance to talk to Max about everything from his transition to no-till to his you pick blueberry patch to growing up on a farm and farming and irrigating somewhat complicated land.

Farmers continue to operate in the red even as grocery prices rise.

Despite that, many consumers don't know the challenges facing farm country.

Details after the break.

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Farm income is not keeping up with the rising costs of groceries.

Terri Moore, vice president of communications for the American Farm Bureau Federation, says farmers get a very small share of every dollar spent on food.

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With your ag news, I'm Farm and Ranch Director Sarah Heinrich.

The White House last week announced an aid package to help farmers battle the high cost of diesel.

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The Trump administration announced it will provide $8 billion in relief for farmers getting squeezed during harvest by the high price of diesel fuel.

He expects ups and downs along the way as the market adjusts to these changes.

With your ag news, I'm Farm and Ranch Director Sarah Heinrich for the Growing Harvest Ag Network.

exactly yeah how did you going back to your French people how did they enjoy Stirling

they did to be honest I didn't see them all the 25 of them because they'd gone on but they'd been to two or three Farms down there, very impressed.

I know they were going to Weddley the day after I'd seen them.

Fantastic out for you being to Weddley yourself, Mark, you know that.