Featured Farmer: Lori from Rose-Xanadu Editor’s Note: Lori was recently on The Urban Farm Podcast! Listen to our interview with Lori here. Tell me a little about your urban farm. What’s its name? Size? I call my urban farm Rose-Xanadu, because it’s my little slice of joy and pleasure. It was created on my…
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273: Hilary Kearney On Beekeeping. Buzzing through some basics on bees, hives and honey. Hilary owns and operates Girl Next Door Honey, and is a full-time beekeeper in her home town of San Diego, California where she provides educational opportunities for hundreds of new beekeepers each year. She is the author of the blog Beekeeping…
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272: Lori Rose on School Garden Programs. Motivating the necessary people to create and maintain a lasting grade school garden program.. Lori is a college instructor for biology, nutrition, herbal and wellness classes, as well as a board-certified nutrition professional & holistic nutrition consultant, registered herbalist, and holistic health coach. She also created, developed, and…
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6 Ways to Create Farmers’ Market Fun with Kids By Deanna Cook Editor’s Note: In the spring, Deanna joined us on The Urban Farm Podcast to discuss kids and farmer’s markets! She allowed us to repost this article she wrote to the blog. Listen to the podcast episode here. One of the great pleasures of…
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Defending the Last Ripe Melon: A Story of a Squirrel, Two Boys with BB Guns and the Dallas Police! By Anne-Marie Miller (Dash) Author’s note: Things have been pretty serious on here on the homestead, so I thought we could all use a good chuckle. Yes, just in case you wonder, this is a…
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271: Brigitte Mars on Identifying Wild Plants. Learning the identity and uses for common plants growing wild in North America.. Brigitte is an herbalist and nutritional consultant of Natural Health with almost fifty years of experience. She is also the author of more than a dozen books and DVDs. However, today we are most interested…
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Bonus Episode 4: Ask Jake and Greg. A July 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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Improving results in your garden through planning and record keeping: Putting a brand new edible landscape together for homeowners and even apartment communities in the Seattle area is just another work day for Colin McCrate, and he loves it. So, after several years and many gardens built & maintained, he…
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269: Sarah Schlichte Sanchez on Lyme Disease. Spreading education and support about an oft dismissed, yet devastating disease. Sarah contracted Lyme Disease as a teenager, however it took 17 years of pain and suffering before she received an accurate diagnosis. Since starting treatment at the age of 37, she has devoted her time to help…
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268: Julie Murphree on Marketing the Direct-Market Farm. Assisting urban and rural farmers negotiate the maze of promotion and marketing. Julie previously ran her own public relations & marketing firm supporting clients in the agriculture and technology industries before joining the Arizona Farm Bureau as the Outreach Director. She works with farmers and ranchers throughout…
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