Bonus Episode 15: Seed Saving Class February 2018 A chat with a seed expert. In This BONUS Podcast: There is always a bounty of information available in conversations with Bill McDorman. This is the February 2018 episode of a Seed Saving Class – patents, descriptions, regional adaptation, open sourced seeds, and so much more. Join…
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344: Jennifer Pratt on Easy Garden Spacing. Making simplified gardening even easier. Jen is an entrepreneur and inventor. After a frustrating first attempt at growing a family garden, she and her husband saw the need for a tool that would simplify the process of both planting and tending their vegetable garden – and felt that…
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Bonus Episode 14: Seed Saving Class January 2018 A chat with an expert on Seeds, Bill McDorman. In This BONUS Podcast: There is always a bounty of information available in conversations with Bill McDorman. This is the January 2018 episode of a Seed Saving Class – Grain school, original peanuts of South Carolina, inspiring gardeners,…
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“TO THE WEEDS, TO THE WILDERNESS” A letter to our readers about inspirational compelling filmsand the art of ‘re-wilding’ from Guest blogger: Vivienne de Courcy Dear Urban Farmers:Brace yourselves, because I am going to talk to you today about how “lawns” can save the world. But, its initially because of my lawn experience that I…
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343: Ocean Robbins on the 2018 Food Revolution Summit. Spreading the word about healthy and sustainable eating. Ocean is the CEO, Co-founder and Co-host of the 450,000+ member Food Revolution Network, and the co-host of the Food Revolution Summit since it started in 2012. He has facilitated more than 50 week-long gatherings and 100 day-long…
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342: Ken Berry on Discussing Health with Your Doctor. Using your doctor as a valuable resource. Ken is a Family Physician, Speaker and Author of the self-published book Lies My Doctor told me. He has been practicing Family Medicine for over a decade. He is board certified in Family Medicine, and has been awarded the…
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341: Mary Reynolds on Care of Earth, Food and Nature. Bringing awareness of the beauty of nature. Mary grew up on a small mixed farm in Wexford, in the south of Ireland and eventually set up her own company designing gardens in Dublin. A few years later, and having lost the will to live from…
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340: Vivienne De Courcy on A Wild Nature Story. Telling a story of young environmentalists reaching for their dreams. Vivienne came from a long family line of market gardeners, academics and rebels, yet somehow found herself having lived for 20 years in a Chicago high rise practicing corporate finance law. She really missed the landscape…
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Planting for Bees Feeding bees and ourselves by Cricket Aldridge, Newsletter Editor Pollination is a vital link in our ecosystem. It’s important for the genetic diversity in all of our flowering plants, and t’s important for the production of food for people and animals. Honeybees and native bees contribute hugely to this process, but it…
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339: Frank Bergin on Feeding your Chickens. Optimizing the diet for backyard poultry. Frank is currently General Manager of Strategic Ventures & Innovation for Eggland’s Best, LLC (EB). He has always wanted to run a food business since he was a teenager working in his family’s summer bakery. After spending seven years as a US…
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