Bonus Episode 21: Seed Saving Class September 2018

Bonus Episode 21: Seed Saving Class Sept 2018 A chat with a seed expert. In This BONUS Podcast: We are harvesting even more seed information in this chat with Bill McDorman. This is the September 2018 episode of a Seed Saving Class – seed names, medicinal plants, plant knowledge, landrace, and so much more. Join…

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391: Catherine Bukowski on Community Food Forests

391: Catherine Bukowski on Community Food Forests. Building urban food resiliency with more that just vegetables. Catherine is a researcher, author, educator and consultant. She’s worked internationally and domestically in sustainable land use and natural resource management, agroforestry, permaculture, and project planning to strengthen communities. She pursued her passion for tropical ecosystems by earning a…

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390: Lena Roos on Religion and Gardening

390: Lena Roos on Religion and Gardening. Bringing together nature and theology. Lena is a Full Professor, teaching History of Religions in Stockholm Sweden. She is also an avid allotment grower of vegetables who last year harvested (literally) a ton of vegetables from her 120 square meters in two allotments in urban Uppsala. Originally a…

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389: Dawn Folsom on Village Farming

389: Dawn Folsom on Village Farming. Healing forgotten children through gardening opportunities. Dawn is a former foster kid who chose to be a catalyst of change for young people aging out of the foster care system. She became an advocate and mentor 13 years ago and has a passion to help people heal through village…

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Crops to Diversify Your Urban Farm

Crops to Diversify Your Urban Farm by: Lettie Stratton Any farmer knows that it can be difficult to make a living on a small farm. There’s only a certain amount you can charge for vegetables, no matter how beautiful, organic, or heirloom they may be. The challenge of creating a viable business is one of…

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388: Jess Mazour on Building a Resilient Food System

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 Community Improvement (CCI), a 5,000-member non-profit. She organizes with local communities to develops statewide strategies to stop corporate factory farms from building.  In 2013-2015 Jess…

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387: Daniel Oladokun-Dybowski on a Casa Grande Community Garden

387: Daniel Oladokun-Dybowski on a Casa Grande Community Garden. Empowering a community by growing food together.  Daniel is an urban gardener with big hopes of solving major world problems by focusing on his local community. He is an anthropologist and social worker aiming to lift marginalized people up and establish a source of free, healthy…

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