Managing a family-based full participation farmers market. – We meet Kathy Mortensen who manages a community market from an entirely different state. The health focused market in Naperville, Illinois is growing with big events, strategic booth placement, and fun vender-involved themes. We find out what she is doing to make it a successful event for the local community.
A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – This is the November 2022 class discussing Grain Culture! Heritage and ancient grains are taking center stage in all kinds of gardening programs and on tables across the country. Find out why these grains are easier on bellies, easy to grow and a lot easier to process than you may think.
A Garden Chat with Greg, Janis, and Doreen. – The holidays are just around the corner, and we all love to share gifts from our heart with our friends and family. Join us as we share our ideas for some cool gardening gifts both from and for the garden. This is sure to be an inspiration filled class. Our team members Janis Norton and Doreen Pollack joined Greg in this fabulous brainstorming session.
Balancing the energies around us to create sanctuaries that we love. – Greg chats with Kathryn Wilking to discover how feng shui concepts can be used in our home and gardens to enhance and beautify our spaces. She introduces three core concepts of…
Using Nutrition To Prevent And Reverse Disease. We have an amazing chat with Dr. Joel Fuhrman about how our food choices make such a huge difference in our health. This is a full-length interview with many of his tips and recommendations to achieve good health without relying on pills. He offers a natural eating plan that reduces disease and maximizes longevity. This is one interview you will want to listen to a few times just to get all the great details.
707: Steve Churchill on Worm Composting. Simplifying vermicomposting and making it easy for anyone to start. In This Podcast: A chance encounter at a farmers market led Greg to meet
A Garden Chat with Peter Burke. – It makes sense to keep our herb gardens close to our kitchens for easy access, and for some people that means gardening indoors. There are a variety of culinary options to our inside gardens and this month Janis stepped in to chat with Peter Burke to get some useful and inspiration tips for practical…
A Seed Chat with Bill McDorman. – “How do you store your seeds?” is the most asked question we get in all our educational programs. Our quick answer: keep your seeds cool, dark, and dry. That is the mantra. But there are a few other tricks of the trade to make sure that your seeds will germinate year…
704: Clara Roza on Conquering Australian-sized farming challenges. growing food while overcoming droughts, record rains and floods, and catastrophic fires. In This Podcast: We are releasing this podcast without
Educating about soil and planetary health with peat free planting mix. – Justin “Jules” Giuliano may be a relative newcomer to the garden, but his love of the outdoors and his willingness to make mistakes have grown into a lifelong passion for the soil. Combining that passion with his roots in…
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