Leaving the Mud Bath Salon Behind & Becoming a Fruit Tree Slum Lord Part two of: My journey to becoming an urban orchardist (Read Part 1 HERE) By Janis Norton Do you remember my plans to be an urban orchardist? I am not an expert yet, but one thing I do know about fruit trees is…
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Raising Animals for Meat on an Urban Homestead By Anne-Marie Miller Editor’s Note: The Urban Farm U community is made up of conscious eaters, including vegans, omnivores, and everything in between. At Urban Farm U, we have not taken sides on the ethics of raising animals for meat, but hope to provide balanced information from both perspectives…
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267: Jim Thebaut on Food, Water and National Security. Addressing the impact water scarcity will have on food resources at a national level. Jim is a former Regional Environmental Planner and was responsible for numerous Environmental Impact Statements, and Planning Studies in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Alaska. He is currently president and CEO of The…
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266: Jonathan Pereira on What is Beyond Sustainable. Creating a cooperative circular economy business model for mutual benefit. Jonathan holds a BS in Geology and a Masters in Science Education, and has worked as an informal science educator for over 15 years before joining the non-profit organization Plant Chicago. He has developed numerous innovative…
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265: Kateen Fitzgerald on Designing Dynamic Food Systems. Shifting a food-growing landscape into a more natural system. Kateen is a tree of many branches; she’s a design consultant, mentor, teacher, farmer, gardener, and mom. After 20 years of teaching and mentoring, she decided to create something more. In 2007, she purchased 40 acres of land near…
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Bonus Episode 3: Brendan Gaughran on Liver Health. A chat with an expert on Gut Health. In This BONUS Podcast: Brendan Gaughran was a podcast guest not too long before this Chat with An Expert took place. There was so much great information that Greg invited him back to discuss gut health further and…
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264: Anne Biklé on Microbial Roots of Life and Health. Mapping the nutritional highway that connects healthy soil to healthy plants. Anne is a biologist and avid gardener whose wide-ranging interests have led her into watershed restoration, environmental planning, and public health. She uses her broad background and endless fascination with the natural world to…
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263: Deanna Cook on Kids and Farmers Markets. Creating an early love of healthy foods & cooking through fun activities. Deanna graduated from college and received a Watson Fellowship to travel around the world and collect recipes from kids. This led her to write her first book The Kids’ Multicultural Cookbook.Keeping her focus on kids…
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262: Bill Sadler on Nutrition to the Soil and Plants. Developing solutions for our growing mediums. Bill began farming at the age of eight, when under the watchful eye of his father, he both successfully managed his own tomato & vegetable stand selling his own harvests, and helped raise Nubian dairy goats on the family…
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261: Brigitte Mars on Natural First Aid. Preparing a resource for quick response to emergency incidents with simple and natural ingredients. Brigitte is an herbalist and nutritional consultant of Natural Health with almost fifty years of experience. She teaches Herbal Medicine at Naropa University, and The School of Health Mastery in Iceland and has taught…
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