Greg meets Saskia, a young woman who was motivated enough to transform her life and career to encompass the ideals of permaculture. However, she was not happy just making her own garden, Saskia has a goal of having everyone or every yard have the chance to garden.
Greg meets another kindred spirit in Storm Kirk with her connection to gardening, making a difference in the community, trusting in nature, and making a choice to be happy every day. Storm shares her story of how she started gardening with no skills or experience and is now the founder of a very special place for healing and learning.
Greg is excited and a bit envious of the kids who have participated in the natural world learning experiences explained by the Whitney in this podcast. She paints a beautiful picture of the resources of Life Lab’s gardens and how the programs offer many unique and awesome natural world laboratories for kids to learn.
Greg takes the time to get to know Lyn and is moved by his persistence and dedication to making a difference in his community. Lyn tells how he has always been doing something with food, and how he has worked with some well-known chefs on his way to opening up his own very special restaurant.
By Sarita Douglas. 1. Educate students! This is a school’s number one role in going green: change the mindset and behavior of the next generation
Missy introduces us to the Master Gardener Program and what the role and purpose of this program, as well as a new Master Food Preserver Program. Then she educates Greg about two distinct climates zones maps…
121: Mary Maranville on Agriculture Education for Children. Improving food literacy in the community through inventive education programs. Mary was raised on a Holstein dairy farm in the foothills of
120: Morag Gamble on Permaculture Education. Living a full life, simply and in conjunction with nature’s principles. Morag loves living a permaculture life. She is a passionate permaculture teacher, an
106: Jessica Piper on Jarden’s Can-It-Forward Day Jessica is a home canning expert and has worked for Jarden Home Brands for over 11.5 years. She currently is an Analytics Specialist
103: DeBorah Prince on Learning How to Garden from the Internet Gardening has been DeBorah Prince’s passion and therapy for over 20 years. She grows a huge range of fruits
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