416: Sarah Boltwala-Mesina on Community Composting

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…

414: Leah Penniman on Liberating the Land

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…

413: Ben Klempner on Fermented Soil Amendments

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…

396: Marie Viljoen on Wild Inspired Cuisine

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

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

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 […]

384: Rachel Petitt on Military Veterans who Farm

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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