332: Barbara Masoner on Growing Food Locally. Caring about local communities and their vegetable gardens. Barbara’s background is in environmental studies. Her first garden was a 4-H project in 5th grade. Thanks to her many gardening mentors, including her great grandfather, she has found gardening rewarding, fun and inspirational. In 2009 she was one of…
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Bonus Episode 11: Seed Chat, October 2017. 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 October 2017 episode with a Seed School Chat Class – continuing the conversation with some motivational quotes, adjusting for…
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331: Zach Brooks on Sustainability and Worms. Turning waste into gold with off-the-shelf, readily available items. Zach semi-retired from Healthcare Management at age 42 when his consulting company went public. And when his first of three grandchildren were born, he went back to Arizona State University to get a second Masters Degree, in Sustainability. Frustrated…
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Featured Farmer: Mandy May from Side Yard Farm I have a little corner of heaven I affectionately call Side Yard Farm. This cute little name came from my sweet hubs, who wasn’t at all too happy about the “farmy” mess I was making on the north “side” of our yard. My story goes a…
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330: Ben Hartman on Growing Lean Vegetables. Finding efficient processes to help make farming productive. Ben is the author of The Lean Farm (winner of the prestigious Shingo Award), and The Lean Farm Guide to Growing Vegetables, both published in 2017 by our friends at Chelsea Green. In that same year he was appointed to the 2017…
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329: Ryan Agrey on Successful Indoor Gardening. Putting fresh, organic food within reach of the kitchen counter. Ryan is from a small town in Alberta Canada, just north of Washington. Along with his father Brad and sister Tessa, he spent the last 2 years developing a simple “plug and play” indoor garden that allows anyone…
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328: Tim Young on Growing a Farm Business. Helping small farmers build their brands and grow their business. Tim’s a corporate executive turned modern homesteader and founded Nature’s Harmony Farm in Georgia, produced award-winning farmstead cheese, grassfed beef & lamb, woodlot pork, and pasture raised chicken. This is where he, his wife Liz and their…
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Bonus Episode 10: Ask Jake and Greg. A Q&A session with two experts on Gardening and Fruit Trees. In This BONUS Podcast: Jake Mace the Vegan Athlete and Greg Peterson of The Urban Farm are both gardening educators offering classes, podcasts, and videos on a large variety of gardening topics. Every month they get together…
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327: Robert Reeder on Protecting Banana Crops. Paying attention to the pests and diseases that affect crops. Robert is a plant pathologist working with the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International (CABI), based in the United Kingdom. His areas of interests are in international development and the management of pests and diseases of tropical crops.…
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326: Jan McCarthy on Making Hot Spicy Jams. Adding some sweet and spice to life through delicious fruit jams. Jan worked in her parents’ bakery from age 12 until she was 32 when she went back to school to be a para legal which she has done for 30 years. Ready to put some of…
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