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…
By Guest Blogger: Ben Klempner – Making Korean Natural Farming (KNF) inputs is easy and something you can do at home. Here are few “recipes” to get your hands wet.
393: Brad Lancaster on Wild Food Forestry. Harvesting native foods in the Sonoran Desert. Brad runs a successful permaculture consulting, design, and education business. He is focused on integrated and sustainable…
380: Derex Zellars on Plant and Soil Health. Studying microbiology in soil and its relationship to plant life. Derex holds a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Sciences from The University…
327: Robert Reeder on Protecting Banana Crops. Paying attention to the pests and diseases that affect crops. Robert is a plant pathologist working with the Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences…
271: Brigitte Mars on Identifying Wild Plants. Learning the identity and uses for common plants growing wild in North America.. Brigitte is an herbalist and nutritional consultant of Natural Health…
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…
Greg talks with one of the foremost experts on soil health Dr. Elaine Ingham and learns a lot about the world of microbiological life in the soil. Her studies have been amazing and it is easy to see how being a student in one of her classes can be quite informative. She tells about how she became so focused on the microbiological life in the soil and educates us on the importance of those first few dozen inches of earth our food is grown in. This is a mini course of science in just one podcast.
