By Guest Blogger Tayler Jenkins : I really like food. Eating food, cooking food, harvesting food, thinking about food. Truly, I can never really get food (and food systems) off my mind.
My activism started at a young age. From encouraging neighbors to vote on animal welfare propositions in 8th grade, to co-leading the organization Real Food ASU in college, to working for Urban Farm U, to gardening and…
Grinding out award-winning chocolate. — In This Podcast: Early influences helped Kasey McCaslin develop a love for food and making things, and that eventually led her to try making small-batch chocolate to sell at the farmers market. From there she has gone on to develop recipes that have earned…
Cultivating a community with a non-profit urban farming project. – John Wann-Ángeles is building the south Phoenix farming community in a big way! He shared with us how a school project turned into a community farming effort that now involves a 19-acre piece of land and a local farmers market. Listen in to learn about community farming opportunities and…
From green lawns to green vegetables – As his wife and youngest daughter began struggling with celiac disease, John Brubaker believed that the pesticides used on vegetables were perhaps weakening their immune systems. This was his entry into organic urban farming. He began small with…
Creating healthy, nutritious snacks – Tanya Batche loved to bake but didn’t necessarily think of it as a career. Looking at the frightening trend of obesity and diabetes, she knew there must be a way to still enjoy, and allow others to enjoy her delicious endeavors. Tanya turned her love of baking into…
404: Lyndsay Ludden as a Farmer at the Market. Bringing farm products to the local market. Lyndsay and her husband Eric started a farm several years ago to raise and…
402: Ciara Bennett on Premium Homemade Granola. Creating a line of homemade nutritious and delicious snacks. Ciara is the founder of VintageOats, a Phoenix based, premium granola company. Originally from…
360: Sara Matlin on Selling at Farmers Markets. Building local food systems through community markets. A native to the Phoenix Area, Sara is passionate about building community and supporting local…
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…
China’s Polluted Land… Our Polluted Food By Greg Peterson I am continually on the lookout for valuable data to share in our Urban Farm Lifestyle Newsletter. In doing this, I…