Living the good life while selling from a small farm . In This Podcast: How does one become a farmer when you haven’t gone to school for agriculture? Emily Heller did just that using local education programs and opportunities. Here, she discusses successful selling as a small space producer, parameters for success in gardening, and…
Several years ago, I started my adventure with wicking garden beds. I found the concept powerful and wondered, how can I use this concept in a different way? I consulted the internet and found a few good ideas, but not quite what I wanted. I needed something I thought might stand up to the unrelenting summer heat of Phoenix, Arizona and produce a nice vegetable harvest. I came up with this design of a grow bucket.
By Guest Blogger: Joel Karsten – For northern gardeners, starting vegetable plants as early as possible is key to a productive and successful food garden, since sometimes it seems we only have about a three-week growing season! That might be a slight exaggeration, but certainly gardening in the north is challenging. One of the key advantages of the Straw Bale Gardening method is…
Improving geographic, economic, and informational access to healthy foods for residents in food deserts. – What is it like growing up without fresh, healthy food available? Rob Horton used his experience living in a food desert as motivation for creating Trap Garden. In this community garden in Nashville, he is teaching kids, community members, and college students not only how to grow…
By Guest Blogger: Laurie Ouding, RN – Chicago’s population of 2.7 million consists of numerous neighborhoods, varying greatly in income levels and subsequently, the health of its citizens within those neighborhoods. Food inequity in areas often referred to as food deserts, bring a plethora of health related…
400: Eliot Coleman on 30th Anniversary of ‘The New Organic Grower’. Being a resource for organic growers for over three decades. Eliot has over fifty years’ experience in all aspects
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
387: Daniel Oladokun-Dybowski on a Casa Grande Community Garden. Empowering a community by growing food together. Daniel is an urban gardener with big hopes of solving major world problems by
369: Lanita Perry on Garden Based Education. Actively teaching through growing food. Lanita is a Special Education teacher at Irving Elementary in Cleeeburne, Texas and teaches in a Preschool Program
330: Ben Hartman on Growing Lean Vegetables. Finding efficient processes to help make farming productive. Ben is the author of The Lean Farm (winner of the prestigious Shingo Award), and The Lean
