by Guest blogger: Michael Foley – The current crop of business advisers for the new generation of farmers sincerely hopes they can help those young farmers to successful farming careers. Business advisers to farmers have always been convinced they could help farmers…
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…
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…
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…
406: Nika Forte on Farming for the Under-Served. Managing an urban farm for families in poverty or homeless. Nika is the Urban Farm Manager for St. Vincent de Paul where
396: Marie Viljoen on Wild Inspired Cuisine. Incorporating wild ingredients into every day and special occasion fare. Marie is a celebrated New York City forager, gardener, cook and author who
395: Karin Fields on Growing Food in the Tropics. Weathering the challenges of growing food in South Florida. Karin has over 20 years of vegetable gardening experience in South Florida
394: Tonya Antle on the Organic Grower Summit. Propelling organic produce from fringe to mainstream. Tonya grew up on her family’s table grape and citrus farm in Delāaaano, California. From
388: Jess Mazour on Building a Resilient Food System. Reinforcing local food and ag in the heartland of America. Jess is a Farm & Environment Organizer for Iowa Citizens for
384: Rachel Petitt on Military Veterans who Farm. Assisting our food-growing veterans who feed their communities. Rachel worked on small-scale farms for six years after earning a degree from UC
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