Gathering gurus to help gardens grow – Growing up gardening side-by-side with her parents helped Stacey Murphy have a solid connection with food. She lost this connection when she went to college and began working as an engineer and architect. It wasn’t until she was living in…
By Guest blogger: Ricardo Aguirre The Earth’s environment is constantly changing, but even for an environment that changes with relative balance, natural disasters are a fact of life on earth. However, due to human based agricultural and industrial impacts, mankind appears to have adversely…
Making good use of rain water in the community – As Ricardo Aguirre was about to become a father, he took stock of his life. Would he continue to work as a civil engineer as he had for 15 years or would he do something that would have a positive effect on the earth? Which one would he be proud to…
By Guest blogger – Waste is not a bad thing. In fact, it is the stuff of which new stuff is made in permaculture. If you are reading this blog, you have most likely already learned from Farmer Greg what permaculture is all about and how it can regenerate the planet and help you grow abundantly. If you are…
A chat with a seed expert on wild crop relatives, biodiversity, and more – This is the January 2019 episode of a Seed Saving Class – Listen and learn about the importance of wild crop relatives, the importance of biodiversity, the…
Teaching how to garden with limited space – Struggling with their children’s multiple food allergies convinced Nicky Schauder and her husband Dave to go organic. Dealing with the expense of all this organic food impelled them to start growing it themselves. This began their adventure with…
by Guest blogger: Kat Granger – (Re)connecting humans to the magical “community” to which we belong, to me, is the panacea we seek. The great “forgetting” of our connection with the natural world is wreaking havoc with our own health and the health of our beautiful planet. We ARE…
418: Kat Granger on Starting a Small Seed Business. Promoting ecological diversity and preserving the health of our planet. Kat is a Master Gardener and creator of Seeds of IMBOLC, in…
Farming with an eye on the future – As a child Michael Foley visited a Montana ranch and dreamed of being a gentleman farmer one day. His path however, took him into academia. After being estranged from the land for for several years he eventually found his way back to…
A chat with a seed expert on the seed paradigm, seed history, and more. There is always a bounty of information available in conversations with Bill McDorman. This is the November 2018 episode of a Seed Saving Class – learn about the seed paradigm, seed history, and so much more.
