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Welcome to episode 353 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are chatting with Dan Gangon of Broadfork Farm in Virginia. I saw Dan and his partner Janet speak at the VABF conference a few years back and I just loved how down to earth they were about the ups and downs of winter farming, farming in general, and work life balance, which is a lot of what we chat about today. We are also gonna be talking about how and why they certify as Certified Naturally Grown, and how that label has worked for them. We are a Non-Profit! 

If a donor has ever gone silent after a few “great” meetings, let me gently suggest:It's probably not you. It's probably qualification.We move from conversation to cultivation to ask — without getting real, explicit consent to go deeper.Qualification isn't a wealth screen or a good vibe.It's mutual clarity:Are we aligned on timing?Do you actually want to explore a bigger partnership?Did we agree on the next step?When we skip this, we ask too soon, donors feel surprised, and we start doubting ourselves.Qualification isn't a hurdle.It's respect.Fix this step, and everything downstream gets easier.Important Links:Webinar: https://go.rheawong.com/donorjourneyauditwebinar-2026 Book a Call: https://connect.rheawong.com/ My Big Ask Gifts Program: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/big-ask-gifts-program⁠ My Book, Get That Money Honey: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/get-that-money-honey⁠ My Newsletter: ⁠https://www.rheawong.com/⁠

Welcome to episode 352 of Growers Daily! We cover: not transferring a certain potato disease from the tubers, solving big problems little-ly, and it's feedback friday, of course. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 351 of Growers Daily! We cover: why plants can go from good to bad so quickly sometimes, cover cropping in raised beds, and a nightmare straw scenario.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 350 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking coffee! As a coffee drinker and soil nerd myself, I was very excited when I met Patricia Cordero at the OAK conference last month and she told me her area of study was soil conservation in coffee production in Puerto Rico. So, naturally, I asked her to come on and talk a bit about the coffee production and soil there and oh boy is it both very awesome with lots of multispecies plantings among the coffee, and also quite sad with the state of agriculture there and farmers struggling to find the labor they need to keep their farms going. But we talk all things coffee from what makes good coffee beans to the techniques they use for soil conservation and so much more. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 349 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we're talking air, we discuss speeding up the potatoes, and flailing the fire out of some grass and weeds. Or just a special type of mower. Or both.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 348 of Growers Daily! We cover: growing for green tomatoes (and not the heirloom types) and fats in the compost pile We are a Non-Profit! 

Stop fundraising like you're buying lottery tickets.In this episode, I'm breaking down why chasing random donors and one-off opportunities keeps you stuck in scarcity mode—and what to do instead. If your fundraising strategy feels like crossing your fingers and hoping for a miracle, it's time for a shift.We're talking about how to build a signal-driven pipeline—one rooted in consent, clarity, and real relationships. When you focus on signals (who's engaged, who's responding, who's leaning in), you stop wasting time convincing people who were never a fit in the first place.This isn't about hype. It's not about viral moments. And no, Mr. Beast is not coming to save you.It's about building a sustainable, repeatable system that works—without burnout or magical thinking.If this resonates and you want to learn more about creating a consent-based fundraising system, head to riawong.com and sign up for my newsletter. I share details about upcoming webinars where I teach this framework in depth.Important Links:Book a Call: https://connect.rheawong.com/ My Big Ask Gifts Program: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/big-ask-gifts-program⁠ My Book, Get That Money Honey: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/get-that-money-honey⁠ My Newsletter: ⁠https://www.rheawong.com/⁠ 

Welcome to episode 347 of Growers Daily! We cover: some soil blocking alternatives (with a fun AI question attached—you know how that goes with me), saving the soil for the future, and it's feedback friday!  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 346 of Growers Daily! We cover: we will put the N in no-till (see what I did there—N? Nitrogen), anyway we will also be keeping basil looking fresh, and talking about what to look for in a software.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 345 of Growers Daily! We cover: we are checking in again with our friends Mikey and Kez down there at five tales farm in Australia to see how the season has treated them so far. February is basically their august, so although things are winding down, they're still cranking and we chat about why they grow what they grow, and they also bring along a surprise topic to ask me at the end.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 344 of Growers Daily! We cover: getting hyped for foraging season, we'll talk about what 2025 taught me for 2026, and we'll discuss one of the most important family of tools on the market garden—the rake. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 343 of Growers Daily! We cover: spring broccoli and the risks of lawn clippings.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 342 of Growers Daily! We cover: hobby farming but literally, we are taking a WILD question about composting, and it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 341 of Growers Daily! We cover: Working on a farm, about remediating the soil of chemicals with plants, and resources for midsize farms. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 340 of Growers Daily! We cover: Back in November, Hannah and I headed to Columbia South Carolina for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association's Sustainable Agriculture conference.  I recorded my talk on Maintaining Living Soils and Applying the Three Principles of Soil Health. Enjoy! We are a Non-Profit! 

This episode is a raw look at the season where everything stopped working at once. I share how a forced pause, deep healing, and time with God revealed the quiet mental loops that had been running my decisions for years, and why interrupting those patterns changed everything.

Welcome to episode 339 of Growers Daily! We cover: the many species of HUMANS who once walked the earth together, valuing your labor, and I'm gonna bring you along while I start some seeds.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 338 of Growers Daily! We cover: spinach from seed to table, and taking a quick question about grants for market gardeners. We are a Non-Profit! 

Real talk: I tried very hard to avoid this episode. Because boards + fundraising can get… messy.But if we're serious about major gifts, we can't keep skipping this conversation.In this episode, I unpack why boards and executives keep blaming each other for fundraising results and why the real issue usually isn't effort, motivation, or commitment.It's the system.Most of us are driving a fundraising “car” that was built for a different era. When it breaks down, boards say, “You're driving wrong,” and executives say, “You're not giving me enough gas.” Meanwhile, everyone's exhausted and nothing changes.If fundraising feels heavy, risky, or dependent on one or two people, this episode is for you.Bring a partner. Come ready to be honest.No replay because real change needs shared presence.Let's stop blaming the driver, the gas, or each other and fix the dang car.Important Links:Register Here: https://go.rheawong.com/murkytomoneysignup My Big Ask Gifts Program: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/big-ask-gifts-program⁠ My Book, Get That Money Honey: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/get-that-money-honey⁠ My Newsletter: ⁠https://www.rheawong.com/⁠ 

Welcome to episode 337 of Growers Daily! We cover: water filtration for municipal water, self sustaining farms, and it's feedback friday!  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 336 of Growers Daily! We cover: starting market gardens and finding customers, balancing soil disturbance and cover crops, and stretching them muscles so you don't hurt yourselves. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 335 of Growers Daily! We cover: your spring prep questions-LIVE! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 334 of Growers Daily! We cover: what to do if you can't trust your local mulch options, harvest bins, and some takeaways from the oak conference. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 333 of Growers Daily! We cover: radishing HARD, and we'll take a question about weed control in the orchard. We are a Non-Profit! 

If your fundraising feels scattered, exhausting, or like it all lives in your head, this episode is for you.In today's conversation, I'm breaking down why the old fundraising model is no longer working—and why in 2026 we can't keep relying on vibes, guesswork, or the heroics of one person. Activity isn't a system, and burnout isn't a strategy.I share what it actually looks like to build a donor-driven, consent-based major gift system that replaces pressure with clarity and makes fundraising feel human again.I'll leave you with this question:What would change if fundraising stopped living in your head?Important Links:Book a Call: https://connect.rheawong.com/ My Big Ask Gifts Program: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/big-ask-gifts-program⁠ My Book, Get That Money Honey: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/get-that-money-honey⁠ My Newsletter: ⁠https://www.rheawong.com/⁠ 

Many business owners rush into building more income streams looking for relief, stability, or freedom, without realizing that expansion doesn't fix underlying patterns, it amplifies them. In this episode, I talk about the psychology behind overextension, urgency, and burnout, the hidden cost of building “more” without clarity, and how awareness becomes the foundation for income that actually supports your life.

Welcome to episode 332 of Growers Daily! We cover: deer fencing,  what is standing in the way of the history I want to learn about (which will or possibly WON'T make sense presently) and it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 331 of Growers Daily! We cover: chicken manure in the compost bin, aphids on the plant starts and liability insurance for u-pick flowers. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 330 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are chatting with Lincoln Fishman of Momentum Ag all about living mulches. We discuss his own evolutions to planting directly into living covers. We discuss his aha moment using them. Some of the challenges, ideas, and gaps in knowledge on the subject. And the many ways to look at this idea of planting directly into or with perennial crops. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 329 of Growers Daily! We cover: what the next month will look like on the farm (assuming all the ice melts), bed shapers vs rotary plows, and the standing soil blockers. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 328 of Growers Daily! We cover: shallots in all their lovely entirety, plus earwigs—good, bad? We'll see.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 327 of Growers Daily! We cover: where the microbes go in winter, what happened when we started telling time(hint: it kind of started telling us) and it's feedback friday! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 326 of Growers Daily! We cover: checking in on KNF and JADAM, we ask if magnetizing irrigation water works, and we take a question about too much mulch on garlic. Is it a thing? We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 325 of Growers Daily! We cover: today we are chatting with Keenan McVey of Blue Goose Farm in Ontario Canada. Keenan, along with his wife Ashley, run this small farm and along with it a really interesting, in-town Farm Store that is a little different from what you might think of as a farm store and has proved to be an invaluable marketing option for them. Keenan's roots are in the culinary world, and the farm was also started with another chef from the area some of you may know, named Matty Matheson (of the excellent show The Bear). Keenan tells us that story as well as helps detail the technical stuff about how the gardens were created and how they are maintained. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 324 of Growers Daily! We cover: wetlands and agriculture going fisticuffs (but not really), using legumes to fertilize heavy feeders (?), and I will break down my favorite garden hoes (in my context). We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 323 of Growers Daily! We cover: breaking down Leeks, we take a fun wide ranging series of questions about unconventional tunnel crops, tomatoes dropping flowers, and so much more. We are a Non-Profit! 

If your fundraising results depend entirely on one person holding everything together, that's not strategy- that's a vulnerability.And I see this all the time.Too many development programs are built on transactional asks, heroic effort, and one exhausted fundraiser keeping the whole thing afloat. That's not sustainable, and it's definitely not the future. 2026 is the year we stop doing fundraising to people and start building consent-based systems that actually work- systems that respect donors, reduce pressure, and create clarity instead of chaos. That's why I'm hosting a free webinar. No fluff. No vague theory. Just real systems that don't rely on one person's personality or stamina to succeed. Important LinksFree Webinar:https://go.rheawong.com/MajorGiftSystem2026 How to Train ChatGPT:  ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/annual-fundraising-plan-tracker1-3127-4300⁠ My Big Ask Gifts Program: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/big-ask-gifts-program⁠ My Book, Get That Money Honey: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/get-that-money-honey⁠ My Newsletter: ⁠https://www.rheawong.com/⁠ 

Welcome to episode 322 of Growers Daily! We cover: a year-round cover crop conundrum, we are embracing the "progress" dissenters throughout history, And it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 321 of Growers Daily! We cover: We are talking about alfalfa pellets, plastic mesh inside your sod, Stink bugs infestations, sanitizers in wash water, should I swap my tractor for a walk-behind, and a small fruit conundrum, SO MANY topics! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 320 of Growers Daily! We cover: we chat with Jamie Swofford of Old North Farm and Old North Shrub to chat about the farm he owns with his partner Keia, his transition from chef to farmer, selling to chefs, and much much more. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 319 of Growers Daily! We cover: if you need grow lights or heat lamps (and what the pros use for their starts), we discuss newspaper as a mulch or assistant mulch, and we'll go out to the field and do a little soil-block-a-long.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 318 of Growers Daily! We cover: a full crop breakdown of Peas, and we'll take a question about how much bug damage is too much to sell your produce.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Nonprofit friends — I've been thinking a lot about why so many of us feel exhausted heading into 2026. And honestly? It's not because we're lazy or unmotivated. It's because we're trying to do everything.This week on Nonprofit Lowdown, I talk about focus — real focus. Not the kind that adds another priority to the list, but the kind that asks us to choose one thing and let the rest go. The kind that replaces fundraising chaos with clarity, and pressure with consent.So much of our burnout comes from fundraising theater — lots of motion, not enough impact. And leadership, real leadership, is about subtraction. Saying no. Protecting your energy. Deciding what actually moves the needle and having the courage to stop doing the rest.If you're craving a calmer, more intentional way to lead fundraising this year — one that honors your time, your donors, and yourself — this episode is for you.And if you want to go deeper, I'm hosting a free training on January 21 at 12 PM ET on building a major gift system that feels aligned, focused, and human. No forcing. No chasing. Just clarity.Important Links:How to Train ChatGPT:  ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/annual-fundraising-plan-tracker1-3127-4300⁠ My Big Ask Gifts Program: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/big-ask-gifts-program⁠ My Book, Get That Money Honey: ⁠https://go.rheawong.com/get-that-money-honey⁠ My Newsletter: ⁠https://www.rheawong.com/⁠ 

Welcome to episode 317 of Growers Daily! We cover: controlling horsetail (and other rhizomatous weeds), the place of cities and suburbs, and it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 316 of Growers Daily! We cover: wool in the garden, taking a CSA crop diversity question, and we talk trellising in wider beds.   We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 315 of Growers Daily! We cover: today I am so excited to share this conversation with my buddy Eric Nordell of Beech Grove Farm in Pennsylvania to chat about, well, a lot of things. Eric and his wife Anne have run beech grove farm since 1983 and they do things a little differently (like farming with horses) but they dry farm which we discuss, they use some cover crops in the paths in interesting ways (also discussed) and in fact, we get into a whole digression about their deer fencing that you're gonna wanna hear. We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 314 of Growers Daily! We cover: what to consider with soil mixes, soil blocking tips to keep them from drying out and being a big, heavy waste of time and money, and also flameweeding! We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 313 of Growers Daily! We cover: planting and raving about fennel, and we get a question about lowering and leaning stuff.  We are a Non-Profit! 

Welcome to episode 312 of Growers Daily! We cover: jumping worms and solarization, we evaluate the good or badness of cities, and of course, it's feedback friday.  We are a Non-Profit!