170: Don Tipping on Seeds and Plant Breeding
Greg chats with an organic seed farmer and educator Don Tipping who shares his story about how he started growing seeds. Don also explains how and why a couple cooperatives got started including the Open Source Seed Initiative. He has been able to open his farm to host intensive seed academy classes and he guides Greg through the topics that are covered.
NonComposting on the Urban Farm
Noncomposting on the Urban Farm We have a deep, dark secret at the Urban Farm. It’s the reason our greens spring to life, our flowers are happy, why everything grows […]
Simple Ways to Make Your Kids LOVE Vegetables
Simple Ways to Make Your Kids LOVE Vegetables Sometimes it’s painful trying to get kids to eat their vegetables. Here are five things to shift your mindset and invite imagination into […]
Vermicompost: Harvesting Black Gold
Vermicompost:Harvesting Black Gold By Anne-Marie Miller (Dash) Editor’s note: This is a follow-up article to Vermicompost: Black Gold for the Garden. I am excited to announce that it is time […]
54: Carol Deppe on the Eat-All Greens Growing Method
54: Carol Deppe on the Eat-All Greens Growing Method Oregon plant breeder Carol Deppe holds a PhD in genetics from Harvard University, and specializes in developing Open Source varieties of […]
45: Marjory Wildcraft on The Homegrown Food Summit
45: Marjory Wildcraft on The Homegrown Food Summit Marjory is the founder of the [Grow] Network, which is the online home of a global network of people who produce their […]
41: Joel Karsten on Straw Bale Gardening
41: Joel Karsten on Straw Bale Gardening Joel is a farm boy who grew up tending a soil garden like others have for centuries, but he shook up […]
40: Mark Ridsdill Smith on Gardening in Tiny Spaces
40: Mark Ridsdill Smith on Gardening in Tiny Spaces Mark is founder of Vertical Veg, an initiative that inspires and supports growing food in containers in small urban […]
33: Kari Spencer on Composting Made Easy
33: Kari Spencer on Composting Made Easy Today on the Urban Farm Podcast, we welcome frequent special guest and Urban Farm U instructor Kari Spencer, urban farmer and a Master […]
26: Christal Blessin on Using the Garden in the Kitchen
Christal is a writer, horticulturist, and cook.
Her son and daughter-in-law encouraged her to start blogging. She shares what she does every day with a larger audience.
She spent many years in permaculture and interior scaping.
