In this episode, microbiologist and co-creator of the Johnson-Su bioreactor, Dr. David Johnson, schools us on how to tell if a soil is healthy and of good quality.

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Diego has identified what breaks farm business owners. It's not the physical work: it's everything else.

And the difference between farmers who barely survive and those who thrive? Systems.

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Search "most profitable crops" on YouTube and you'll get saffron, ginseng, cannabis. After interviewing 200+ small-scale farmers over a decade and running a farm supply company, I can tell you almost nobody is making real money on anything from those lists.

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