{"id":108700,"date":"2023-04-19T08:00:37","date_gmt":"2023-04-19T12:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=108700"},"modified":"2024-07-02T09:10:57","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T13:10:57","slug":"episode-52-nathan-harkleroad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/episode-52-nathan-harkleroad\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 52: Nathan Harkleroad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bobcat.com\/na\/en\/equipment\/tractors?_ref=b23natpodhf4cta\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-107407\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Bobcat_AD.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Bobcat_AD-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/NgWEjBfg-Bobcat_AD-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/Bobcat_AD.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-108701\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/NH-banner.jpg\" alt=\"Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good Nathan Harkleroad\" width=\"800\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/NH-banner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/AE1ffzXd-NH-banner-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/NH-banner.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/26579283\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"s1\">On this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good, Nathan Harkleroad, <\/span><span class=\"s2\">Program Director at Agriculture and Land Based Training Association, talks with us about his path to farming, the value of agricultural work, helping people get their own farms going and more. <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">A San Diego kid and product of Southern California&#8217;s surfing scene, Harkleroad had no plans for a career in farming growing up. (He didn&#8217;t even have 4-H in his urban community.) But opportunities to work on farms abroad in Panama and Scotland planted the seeds for agricultural work in his life. He found work on a university farm upon his return to California, learning the full gamut of farming knowledge to pursue a career in agriculture. Working alongside other farm workers, he heard the hopes and dreams of fellow farm workers to start their own farms. Today, he works as an educator and program director with Agriculture and Land Based Training Association, a role that involves, in part, helping aspiring farmers learn the skills to own and operate their own farms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Hear Nathan discuss the importance of training and empowering populations that want to do the hard work of farming. Listen in as he talks about cover cropping, which he describes as his favorite type of farming for the value it brings to soil. Learn his favorite farm meal, which he, as a food lover, describes as &#8220;ironic,&#8221; and hear his recommendation for a hearty farm-fresh meal option. Also, peppers!<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/albafarmers.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">Agriculture and Land Based Training Association (ALBA)<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ALBAFarmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ALBA Facebook<\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/albafarmers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span class=\"s2\">ALBA Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOBBY FARMS PRESENTS: GROWING GOOD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5349,"featured_media":96389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10465],"tags":[11047,11383],"class_list":["post-108700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-hobby-farms-presents-growing-good","tag-nathan-harkleroad"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Episode 52: Nathan Harkleroad - Hobby Farms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Episode 52 of Hobby Farms: Growing Good with Nathan Harkleroad! 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