295: Emily Mickley-Doyle on Community Agriculture. Bringing healthy food and education to urban tables through community engagement. Emily earned her degree in Sociology from Loyola University New Orleans in 2008.…
272: Lori Rose on School Garden Programs. Motivating the necessary people to create and maintain a lasting grade school garden program.. Lori is a college instructor for biology, nutrition, herbal…
265: Kateen Fitzgerald on Designing Dynamic Food Systems. Shifting a food-growing landscape into a more natural system. Kateen is a tree of many branches; she’s a design consultant, mentor, teacher,…
260: Amanda Jordan Starks on Vacant Land into Urban Gardens. Nourishing a community and its youth through transformative garden programs on vacant properties. Amanda is third generation Californian, raised…
Greg Peterson – Special 250th Podcast. Interviewing Farmer Greg himself – about his life mission and creating The Urban Farm. – – – – Greg has lived at the Urban…
234: Ruth and Grace Pepler on Agritourism. Experiencing life on the farm as a vacation destination. – – – – Ruth has been a registered nurse, private chef, and caterer,…
233: Colin Walker on Gardening with Ecology at its Heart. Focusing on a larger picture to understand how to effectively grow a good garden. – – – – Colin grew…
Greg chats with an inspiring couple of women from Backyard Growers. Anna and Meghan help explain the purpose of this community organization and how satisfying it is to watch kids and community members learn about growing food and cooking the food they grow.
Greg chats with an old college friend who is now teaching botany at Phoenix College. Elena shares what she is doing now and how she has brought her classrooms outdoors and into the garden. She describes how she believes it is important to make a connection with nature right outside your door, and how some of her students are surprised how easy it is to grow things in the desert.
Greg meets another permaculture enthusiast in Matt, who after a significant wake-up call regarding the health of his wife decided to pursue a healthier lifestyle for him and his family. This decision led him on the path to education and gardening which he combined with a new understanding of regenerative design to become an activist of permaculture education.
