Making growing healthy food at home fast, easy, and fun. – In This Podcast: The idea of growing 20% of your own food at home can be intimidating, but Jason Pechenik found a way to make it attainable, affordable, and fool-proof. He shares how his hydroponic Farm Stand saves water, energy, shortens time…
Documenting the many unique aspects in seed varieties. – In This Podcast: The Utopian Seed Project’s Chris Smith shares how they are focusing on bringing seed and food diversity to the south. They are currently testing southern crops such as cowpeas, heritage beans, 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.
406: Nika Forte on Farming for the Under-Served. Managing an urban farm for families in poverty or homeless. Nika is the Urban Farm Manager for St. Vincent de Paul where…
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…
212: Jenny Beasley on Community Gardening. Building a community revitalization garden project from scratch. – – – – Jenny received her certification as a health coach at the Institute for…