Thinking Outside The Soil

By Sean Short

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Episodes: 168

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Thinking Outside The Soil is the next evolution of a podcast with more than 160 episodes behind it. It began as a broader exploration of hydroponics and agriculture. Now, the show narrows into a focused format on the real-world operators using hydroponic fodder for horses and chickens. Expect straight talk on outcomes, constraints, economics, and implementation. New episodes drop every Tuesday for horses and every Friday for chickens.

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Episode Date
Season 7: Ep. 3 - A Different Way to Grow Out Meat Birds with Jessica Jackson
Mar 20, 2026
Season 7: Ep. 2 - How to Use Fodder for Healthier Horses: Insights from Paul Johnson
Mar 17, 2026
Season 7: Ep. 1 - Relaunching a Feed Revolution
Mar 13, 2026
Season 6: Ep. 16 - The Art of Sprouting
Jul 02, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 15 - Thanks to Ranchers
Jun 25, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 14 - Broilers, pt. 3
Jun 18, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 13 - FarmBox Foods
Jun 14, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 12 - Aquaponics in the Coop Keynote Presentation
Jun 11, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 11 - Shell Eggs: Ensuring Food Safety
Jun 04, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 10 - Putting The Bloom in Blooming Health
May 28, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 9 - Eggs
May 24, 2024
Season 6: Ep 8 - Organic Eggs!
May 21, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 7 - Live Farm Chores and Organic Egg Thoughts
May 17, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 6 - Revolutionize Your Chicken Farm with Hydroponic Fodder
Apr 30, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 5 - Peak Kitchen
Apr 23, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 4 - Seven Years without a Drink
Apr 19, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 3 - Using Our Farm to do Restorative Justice
Apr 16, 2024
Season 6: Ep 2 - Solar Eclipse
Apr 09, 2024
Season 6: Ep. 1 - Thank You For The Support So Far!
Mar 29, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 13 - Goslings (again!)
Mar 15, 2024
Season 5: Ep 12 - [Sprouting is] Hydroponics
Mar 12, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 11 - To My Brother Kyle and Our OG Chicken Pimp Elliott Keith
Mar 05, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 10 - Another Revolution Around The Sun
Mar 01, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 9 - Redundancy in Hydroponics Systems
Feb 27, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 8 - Congratulations to Our Farmers Ethan and Shay!
Feb 23, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 7 - Does Hydroponic Fodder Make For More Goose Eggs?
Feb 20, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 6 - Aquaponic Chicken Farming
Feb 16, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 5 - Do You Ferment Your Feed?
Feb 13, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 4 - Keeping The Coop Warm
Feb 02, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 3 - Chicken Crack Winter Blend
Jan 30, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 2 - Picking Up Chicks at the Post Office
Jan 26, 2024
Season 5: Ep. 1 - Brief Intro to the BARK
Jan 23, 2024
Season 4: Ep. 9 - Guardian Geese Gone Wild!
Dec 22, 2023
Season 4: Ep. 8 - Happy Birthday Corps
Nov 10, 2023
Season 4: Ep. 7 - Mile Wide and Inch Deep
Nov 07, 2023
Season 4: Ep. 6 - Guest Interview Justin Benton and the Secrets of Success
Oct 26, 2023
Season 4: Ep. 5 - Customer Q&A: Will My New Hens Know Where To Lay?
Oct 20, 2023
Season 4: Ep. 4 - A Secret to Growth Is Thinking...A Lot
Oct 13, 2023
Season 4: Ep. 3 - The Plan to Expand Our Flock and Maybe Yours?
Oct 11, 2023
Season 4: Ep. 2 - "New" Farm Vehicle
Oct 03, 2023
Season 4: Ep. 1 - Broilers pt. 2
Sep 26, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 15 - The Equinox and Its Agricultural Significance for Poultry
Sep 22, 2023
Season 3: Ep. - 14 Hatch the Chicken
Sep 19, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 13 - Your Layers and The Changing Light
Sep 15, 2023
Season 3 Ep. 12 - Did Sean Just Share His Secret Formula?
Sep 05, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 11 - Do You Sprout? If So, Let's Grow Together!
Sep 01, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 10 - Let's Sprout Together!
Aug 22, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 9 - Pimp Your Homestead
Aug 15, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 8 - Chicken Chatter and Thoughts On Our Egg-cellent Programming
Aug 11, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 7 - Water Savings with Our Sprouting
Aug 01, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 6 - Our Original Sprouts...
Jul 21, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 5 - Blooming Health Farms on the Front Cover of the Greeley Tribune
Jul 11, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 4 - Farm Visits
Jul 07, 2023
Season 3: Ep 3 - Sprouting v. Fermentation
Jul 04, 2023
Season 3: Ep. 2 - (More) Hydroponic Chickening
Jun 30, 2023
Season 3: Ep 1 - Summer is Here!
Jun 23, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 24 - The ABCDs of Hydroponic Fodder
Jun 20, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 23 - Ciardullo Ranch
Jun 16, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 22 - Ancient Hydroponics
Jun 05, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 21 - Did We Get Fox’d or Raccoon’d?
May 26, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 20 - Interview Snafu with MaryJo
May 23, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 19 - Aquaponics Masterclass
May 19, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 18 - Workforce Development
May 16, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 17 - Chick Sprouts
May 08, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 16 - Printing Sprouting Lids
May 05, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 15 - Chick Gratitude
May 02, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 14 - Guest Interview pt. 2: Rachel von Bodungen
Apr 30, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 13 - Guest Interview pt. 1: Rachel von Bodungen
Apr 29, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 12 - West Texas Hydroponic Warehouse Site: A Turning Point for Agriculture
Apr 28, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 11 - Hydroponics: A New Era for Farmers
Apr 25, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 10 - Egg-To-Table
Apr 21, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 9 - Colorado Poultry Association
Apr 18, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 8 - Success with Sprouting
Apr 14, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 7 - Happy Easter!
Apr 10, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 6 - "Write" To Be Rich
Apr 07, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 5 - Thinking Outside The Soil Audiobook Now Available!
Apr 03, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 4 - Guardian Goslings
Mar 31, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 3 - Ethan and Shay
Mar 27, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 2 - Hydroponic Chickening
Mar 24, 2023
Season 2: Ep. 1 - Vernal Equinox and Hydroponic Chickens
Mar 20, 2023
Season 1: Ep. 87 - About Me pt. 8: Transformation
Mar 19, 2023
Season 1: Ep. 86 - Post-Fodder Workshop Thoughts
Mar 18, 2023
Season 1: Ep. 85 - My Excitement about the Fodder Workshop
Mar 17, 2023
Season 1: Ep. 84 - Hydroponic Fodder "Stump" Speech
Mar 16, 2023
Season 1: Ep. 83 - Sprouting For Livestock
Mar 15, 2023
Season 1: Ep. 82 - Our Aquaponic Cherry Tomato
Mar 14, 2023
Season 1: Ep. 81 - A Brief about Biofiltration
Mar 13, 2023
Season 1: Ep. 80 - Chick Foundations
Mar 11, 2023
Ep. 79 - Opportunities For Hydroponic Fodder
Mar 10, 2023
Ep. 78 - Sprouting For Success Benefits
Mar 09, 2023
Ep. 77 - Opportunity Costs of Sprouting
Mar 08, 2023
Ep. 76 - Opportunity Costs of Hydroponics
Mar 07, 2023
Ep. 75 - Opportunity Costs
Mar 06, 2023
Ep. 74 About Me pt. 7
Mar 05, 2023
Ep. 73 - Sarah's Aquaponic Chickens
Mar 04, 2023
Ep. 72 - Hydroponic Barley and Rabbits
Mar 03, 2023
Ep. 71 - Small-Scale Poultry Flock by Harvey Ussery
Mar 02, 2023
Ep. 70. Water in Eggs
Mar 01, 2023
Ep. 69 - Salvation Army and Freight Farms
Feb 28, 2023
Ep. 68 - Fodder in CEA Meta-Review
Feb 27, 2023
Ep. 67 - About Me pt. 6: My Mentors, the Sawyers and John
Feb 26, 2023
Ep. 66 - Be Like Water
Feb 25, 2023
Ep. 65 - Sprout Q & A
Feb 24, 2023
Ep. 64 - Fodder Grants in Utah?
Feb 23, 2023
Ep 63 - WUE Tips For Farmers
Feb 22, 2023
Ep. 62 - Thoughts on Water Quality in Aquaponics
Feb 21, 2023
Ep. 61 - Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture
Feb 20, 2023
Ep. 60 - About Me pt. 5: Wastewater Treatment in the Oilfield
Feb 19, 2023
Ep. 59 - Wait...You Can RENT Chickens!?
Feb 18, 2023
Ep. 58 - Hydroponic Fodder Workshop
Feb 17, 2023
Ep. 57 - Sprout Secret #3
Feb 16, 2023
Ep. 56 - Sprout Secret #2
Feb 15, 2023
Ep. 55 - Sprout Secret #1
Feb 14, 2023
Ep. 54 - Not All Sprouts Are Equal
Feb 13, 2023
Ep. 53 - About Me pt. 4
Feb 12, 2023
Ep. 52 - Simply STEM
Feb 11, 2023
Ep. 51 - Agricultural Education pt. 2
Feb 10, 2023
Ep. 50 - Farmer Ed's Aquaponics
Feb 09, 2023
Ep. 49 - Elliott
Feb 08, 2023
Ep. 48 - Farmer Ed
Feb 07, 2023
Ep. 47 - Agricultural Education
Feb 06, 2023
Ep. 46 - About Me pt. 3: Intro To My First Mentor, Dr. Harry
Feb 05, 2023
Ep. 45 - Fleeting thoughts about Flooding
Feb 04, 2023
Ep. 44 -Fun with AI
Feb 03, 2023
Ep. 43 - Witnessing Wildfire
Feb 02, 2023
Ep. 42 - Some More Drought Talk
Feb 01, 2023
Ep. 41 - Drought
Jan 31, 2023
Ep. 40 - Water Use Efficiency
Jan 30, 2023
Ep. 39 - About Me pt. 2
Jan 29, 2023
Ep. 38 - Is Sprouting For Success A One Beer System?
Jan 28, 2023
Ep. 37 - Hydroponic Fodder and Food Borne Pathogens
Jan 27, 2023
Ep. 36 - Sprouting For Success
Jan 26, 2023
Ep. 35 - Advantages of Hydroponic Fodder
Jan 25, 2023
Ep. 34 - Feeding Factors
Jan 24, 2023
Ep. 33- Beef, it's what's for dinner...
Jan 23, 2023
Ep. 32 - About me pt. 1
Jan 22, 2023
Ep. 31 - Hydroponic Sunflower pt. 2
Jan 21, 2023
Ep. 30 - Duckweed pt. 2
Jan 20, 2023
Ep. 29 - Hydroponic Clover
Jan 19, 2023
Ep. 28 - Hydroponic Cowpea pt. 2
Jan 18, 2023
Ep. 27 - Hydroponic Corn pt. 2
Jan 17, 2023
Ep. 26 - Hydroponic Barley pt. 2
Jan 16, 2023
Ep. 25 - Hydroponic Alfalfa pt.2
Jan 15, 2023
EP. 24 - Fodder for Small Flock Owners
Jan 14, 2023
Ep. 23 - Feathers
Jan 13, 2023
Ep. 22 - Broilers
Jan 12, 2023
Ep. 21 - Health of Barley/Sunflower Fodder
Jan 11, 2023
Ep. 20 - Barley and Sunflower Sprouts
Jan 10, 2023
Episode 19 - Chicken Eggs
Jan 09, 2023
Episode 18 - How I Came to Be a Chicken Man
Jan 08, 2023
Episode 17 - Hydroponic Sunflower Fodder
Jan 07, 2023
Episode 16 - Duckweed Fodder
Jan 06, 2023
Episode 15 - Hydroponic Clover Fodder
Jan 05, 2023
Episode 14 - Hydroponic Cowpea Fodder
Jan 04, 2023
Episode 13 - Hydroponic Corn Fodder
Jan 03, 2023
Episode 12 - Hydroponic Barley Fodder
Jan 02, 2023
Episode 11 - Hydroponic Alfalfa Fodder
Jan 01, 2023
Episode 10 - Zoos
Dec 31, 2022
Episode 9 - Exotics, Oh My!
Dec 30, 2022
Episode 8 - The Beasts
Dec 29, 2022
Episode 7 - The Birds
Dec 28, 2022
Episode 6 - ABCD'S of Hydroponic Fodder
Dec 27, 2022
Episode 5 - Thinking About Agriculture Differently
Dec 26, 2022
Episode 4 - Western SARE
Dec 25, 2022
Season 1: Ep. 3 - Hydroponic Fodder
Dec 24, 2022
Season 1: Ep. 2 - The USDA and Hydroponics
Dec 19, 2022
Season 1: Ep. 1 - Sustainable Agriculture and Hydroponics
Dec 17, 2022
Thinking Outside The Soil (Trailer)
Dec 16, 2022