46: Ira Wallace on Seed Saving Ira Wallace is an owner of the cooperative Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, an organization that helps people keep control of their food supply through seed saving and sustainable gardening. Ira is also a co-organizer of the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello, a fun, family-friendly event featuring an old-time seed swap, local food, and…
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A Simple Way to Grow Fresh Greens Indoors (Even in the Winter!) Editor’s note: This article is based on new book by Peter Burke, called Year-Round Indoor Salad Gardening. I would like to personally note that I ordered this book after listening to Peter Burke on our podcast and am absolutely in awe of his method and…
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The Paleo Diet:A Sustainability and Nutritional Perspective By Emily Powell The Paleo Diet is a strict regimen of natural and whole foods whose popularity has taken the U.S. by storm, creating swaths of followers that have taken a metaphorical oath to avoid all food products of our industrialized agricultural system. It was sparked by the…
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45: Marjory Wildcraft on The Homegrown Food Summit Marjory is the founder of the [Grow] Network, which is the online home of a global network of people who produce their own food and medicine. “Home grown food on every table” is the solution. Marjory was featured as an expert in sustainable living by National Geographic,…
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44: Anna Steude on Mojo Garten Anna grew up in Leverkusen, Germany and has spent the last 4 years in Cologne. She studied law at the University of Bonn and Cologne and is currently preparing for the Bar exam.Living in the city, she misses the rural area she grew up in and thus was inspired…
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43: Sarica Cernohous on Traditional Foods for Optimal Digestion Sarica Cernohous is a licensed acupuncturist in Arizona and California. Her formal education includes Traditional Oriental Medicine, Chinese Herbal medicine, the unique and involved theoretical construct of Asian medicine, western biomedicine, and both western and eastern perspectives on nutrition. She uses techniques such as fermentation and…
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42: Dave Young on Weather Prediction for Homesteaders Cap’n Dave has been gardening since he was a kid, and his Dad taught him fishing, hunting, gardening… and the myriad skills of a self-reliant outdoorsman. He has been a SCUBA instructor and dive boat captain, has now been in professional aviation for over 2 decades, currently a…
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41: Joel Karsten on Straw Bale Gardening Joel is a farm boy who grew up tending a soil garden like others have for centuries, but he shook up the gardening world with his first book on his breakthrough concept, straw bale gardening. Joel earned a BS in Horticulture from the University of Minnesota…
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40: Mark Ridsdill Smith on Gardening in Tiny Spaces Mark is founder of Vertical Veg, an initiative that inspires and supports growing food in containers in small urban spaces such as balconies, patios, and more. Mark grew over £900 ($1,300) of food in one year on his small balcony and window sills in…
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39: Vynnie McDaniels on Water Wise Gardening Vynnie McDaniels has been gardening in the Phoenix area for over 15 years, teaching organic gardening and holistic living. His handy work has graced the pages of Phoenix Home & Garden, Popular Mechanics, and Dwell magazines. He’s been on various local television programs (Your Life AtoZ & Sonoran…
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