Building a living green mulch – After a long career in retail, Katie Fiore knew it was time for a change. Part of her future vision was a backyard full of fruits and vegetables. The other part was a flexible, fulfilling lifestyle educating others. Katie discusses changing her life direction at 37 years old, how…
By Guest Blogger: Katie Fiore – When you love to garden, it’s not always easy to explain why you love it. Often, we make a joke about how we like to play in the dirt. And that’s a legit reason! There’s scientific proof that playing in the dirt exposes you to soil microbes that stimulate your body to produce serotonin. Other times, we excitedly start talking about…
Teaching how to garden with limited space – Struggling with their children’s multiple food allergies convinced Nicky Schauder and her husband Dave to go organic. Dealing with the expense of all this organic food impelled them to start growing it themselves. This began their adventure with…
Mixing up a health drink for soil organisms – When Ben Klempner and his family moved from Jerusalem to the holy city of Tiberias, he researched how to make the soil healthy in order to grow his vegetables. Finding information that was beneficial wasn’t the only hurdle—he was so far away from the…
My Soil Experiment by Guest blogger: Steve SzuderaFounder of Table Top Farmer Listen to his podcast at HERE October of 2014 at a conference dinner reception it was suggested from
395: Karin Fields on Growing Food in the Tropics. Weathering the challenges of growing food in South Florida. Karin has over 20 years of vegetable gardening experience in South Florida
391: Catherine Bukowski on Community Food Forests. Building urban food resiliency with more that just vegetables. Catherine is a researcher, author, educator and consultant. She’s worked internationally and domestically in
Religion and Gardening by Guest blogger: Lena RoosProfessor, Study of Religion Listen to her podcast HERE Growing food connects all religions In the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus uses the image
390: Lena Roos on Religion and Gardening. Bringing together nature and theology. Lena is a Full Professor, teaching History of Religions in Stockholm Sweden. She is also an avid allotment
389: Dawn Folsom on Village Farming. Healing forgotten children through gardening opportunities. Dawn is a former foster kid who chose to be a catalyst of change for young people aging
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