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.
by Guest blogger: Sarah Botwala-Messina – We think composting is just like cooking a special dish. The tools, ingredients and techniques deserve attention. And it takes time, love and patience. The only difference is that in composting the role of ‘chef’ is played by…
Transforming waste into soil, jobs, and community – Sarah Boltwala-Mesina, along with other parents, hoped to start a recycling program at their children’s school. This was the first step on her journey to creating Food2Soil, her business that collects food scraps from people and businesses in San Diego and turns those scraps into…
From green lawns to green vegetables – As his wife and youngest daughter began struggling with celiac disease, John Brubaker believed that the pesticides used on vegetables were perhaps weakening their immune systems. This was his entry into organic urban farming. He began small with…
Challenging the mono-CULTURE of farming – A passion for the soil, the earth and her community started when Leah Penniman began farming at the age of 16. Through the years she has continued to work towards ending a racism and injustice in our food system, and also on land reparations for…
By Guest Blogger: Ben Klempner – Making Korean Natural Farming (KNF) inputs is easy and something you can do at home. Here are few “recipes” to get your hands wet.
Mixing up a health drink for soil organisms – When Ben Klempner and his family moved from Jerusalem to the holy city of Tiberias, he researched how to make the soil healthy in order to grow his vegetables. Finding information that was beneficial wasn’t the only hurdle—he was so far away from the…
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