Craft Beer and Sustainability By Emily Powell I wouldn’t be able to name on my two hands the craft breweries that have popped up within the last five years in Arizona (the state I call home). And although I can’t yet enjoy a cold, tall pint of whatever ale/stout/lager Phoenix breweries have to offer due to my…
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71: Jake Mace: Humanity’s Global Future is Local In today’s episode, Jake Mace will talk about why humanity’s global future is local and 3 ways to ensure your fruit trees thrive. Jake is The Vegan Athlete, runs Longevity Gardens in Phoenix, AZ with his wife Pam, and is one of the most passionate food advocates that…
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70: Don Titmus on Permaculture and Bees Don grew up in London and at age 16 spent 4 years being trained in horticulture through an apprenticeship and a college course. From there he continued landscaping in his hometown until he moved to Arizona in 1981, where he worked in landscaping and then starting his own…
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69: Matthew Hoffman on Saving Organic and Heirloom Seeds Matthew and his wife Astrid co-founded of The Living Seed Company, an organic and heirloom seed company, serving the greater Bay Area. Dedicated to planting the seeds of World Peace through supporting the act of families, friends and communities growing food together. The Living Seed Company…
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My First Hive:A New-Bee’s Introduction to Beekeeping By Tayler Jenkins I’ve always had an affinity for bees. In the first grade, I started a “club” called The Buzzers, where willing classmates and I “studied” bees at recess instead of playing on the playground. I would stand in between the bushes, marveling at the pollen on…
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68: Laura Ten Eyck on Hop Farming Laura operates Indian Ladder Farmstead Brewery and Cidery in Altamont, New York with her husband, Dietrich. The two have been growing hops and brewing beer at home while working to restore local hop production in the northeast. Their orchard has been in Ten Eyck’s family for four generations, and…
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67: Stewart Jacobson on Food Safety Stewart Jacobson is with the Agricultural Consultation and Training Program (ACT) of the Arizona Department of Agriculture. A 37-year employee of the department, Stewart has spent over 33 of those years as enforcement with Meat and Poultry Inspection, as an inspector, trainer and the Program Manager. Now with ACT,…
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66: Hassena Kassim, The Worm Whisperer Today on The Urban Farm Podcast we have Hassena Kassim of Vermi-Love Worm Farm & More LLC to talk about her experience with vermicomposting. Sena (also known as the Worm Whisperer) holds degrees and certificates in herbalism, nutrition, landscaping, arboriculture and water harvesting. Edible gardens, vermicomposting and water harvesting are all…
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Eating Bugs: Sounds unappetizing, but can it save our planet? By Emily Powell On average, westerners eat about half a pound of animal products or animal meats every day. The agricultural operations which support this habit release an incomprehensible mass of greenhouse gas emissions, which are possibly the most tangible problem within our fossil fuel…
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Poolside Fish Farmer By Robert Glisdorf Note from Greg Peterson: When I was young my first interest was fish ponds. In fact my first business was cleaning and servicing fish ponds here in the Valley of the Sun. That was in 1976 and I was 15 years old. Around that time I had a client contact me…
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