287: Dani Replogle on Millenial Food Awareness. Educating and empowering the upcoming generation to be part of their food system. Dani is a second-year law student at Lewis & Clark in Portland, Oregon. She fell in love with the sustainable food movement while working as an eighth-grade science teacher in Colorado and spending her Saturdays…
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286: Emily Rockey on How Life Begins in the Soil. Breaking down the recipe for good, healthy soil. Emily received her degree in Plant Sciences from the University of Arizona. In the past, she worked at Longwood Gardens in Pennsylvania, Walt Disney World’s Epcot Center, and the Tucson Botanical Gardens. She is currently the Director…
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Bonus Episode 6: Ask Jake and Greg. An August 2017 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…
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285: Cyfrin Barefoot on Moving From Poverty to Paleo. Overcoming poverty and creating a business focused on paleo food products. Cyfrin’s childhood was rooted in deep poverty in the Detroit ghetto. As an adult, she raised six children and found an avocation of fighting for food justice. She made her living as an organic farmer…
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284: Lynn Williams on The Decline of Honey Bees. Engineering a solution to a real threat affecting honey bees worldwide. After a long career on both the engineering and sales sides of industrial supply, Lynn Williams started the hobby of beekeeping to increase the productivity of his family’s gardens. A decade and a half later,…
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Small Plot Intensive (SPIN) Farming: Path for Profit Making! By James Smith SPIN, which stands for “small plot intensive,” has the vibe of an imperative, big, and auspicious thought, and it is one that fits into urban culture delightfully. So, what is it? Today I have something to share about SPIN farming, which…
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To Crow or Not to Crow? That is the question. By Anne-Marie Miller A good place to start this story is in the spring. This spring was full of new beginnings for us with baby rabbits and fuzzy, yellow, sweetly chirping chicks. My daughter, her bestie and little brother picked an even dozen baby chicks…
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283: Elizabeth Murphy on The Importance of Healthy Soil. Understanding the living matrix that affects the quality of our food. Elizabeth has a passion for growing food which led her to a master’s degree in soil science from University of California, Davis, where she researched soil’s organic matter storage and a farmer’s ability to improve…
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282: Stephanie Elson Bruneau on Benevolent Bees. Understanding a gentle and helpful creature essential to our food production. Stephanie is a beekeeper, herbalist, and artist. She runs The Benevolent Bee, where she spends her time educating all of us about bees. At the Benevolent Bee “Teaching Apiary” Stephanie observes, learns, and teaches about bees…
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281: Shawna Coronado on Gardening Hacks. Making gardening easier through a series of simple shortcuts, and changing your life through gardening. Shawna is an author, columnist, blogger, photographer, and spokesperson for organic gardening, green lifestyle living, and culinary preparation, as wells as and avid campaigner for social good. Her goal in authoring gardening and green…
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