237: Scottie Jones on Farm Stays
237: Scottie Jones on Farm Stays. Experiencing farm life at the source, a few days at a time. – – – – Scottie is a woman of many talents. She…
236: Roza Ferdowsmakan on Sourcing Food in the Digital Age
236: Roza Ferdowsmakan on Sourcing Food in the Digital Age. Helping foodies find chefs, and chefs find local farms, all through their phones. – – – – Roza wants to…
235: Colin Walker on Keys to Growing Nutrient-Rich Food
235: Colin Walker on Keys to Growing Nutrient-Rich Food. Connecting important ecology-centered concepts for producing nutrient dense food. – – – – Colin grew up in a rural community near…
227: Jan Dohner on Predators on the Urban Farm
Adjusting to a new normal with predators near our farms. Permaculture can be understood as the growth of agricultural ecosystems in a self-sufficient and sustainable way. This form of agriculture draws inspiration from nature to develop synergetic farming systems based on crop diversity, resilience, natural productivity, and sustainability.
Phoenix Youth Plant and Harvest Seeds of Change
Almost one year ago, Asiyah, homeschooling mother of four, took her children on a field trip to visit St. Vincent de Paul’s (SVdP) Urban Farm located next to the downtown Phoenix dining room. What she didn’t anticipate was how this small plot of land that grows food to feed those in need would greatly impact the lives of her children.
Featured Farmer: Raymond Jess from Phoenix, AZ
Featured Farmer: Raymond Jess from Phoenix, AZ Tell me a little about your urban farm. What is its name? Size? I’m not sure I can call my small backyard an…
Building my Wicking Garden Bed
Building my Wicking Garden Bed By Raymond Jess Updated: May 2017 with new pictures at bottom.Check out Wicking Beds 2.0 and Wicking Beds 3.0 next!I discovered wicking garden beds when…
216: Emiley Kight on Loving Natural Foods
A chance meeting at the Farmers Market connected Greg to Emiley Kight, a Nutrition Consultant who tells about how she helps people to make little changes and enjoy natural foods. She explains about how her focus on food was taking her towards the kitchens of large food corporations until her mom’s illness and the realization that real food information and options were not included in recovery discussions and she decided to work on changing that.
215: Suzanne Bontempo on Gardening without Pesticides
215: Suzanne Bontempo on Gardening without Pesticides. Contemplating the best options for:If, when, and what type of insect control to use in the garden. – – – – Suzanne has…
214: Michael Matheson Miller on Poverty in the World
Examining the problems of poverty and solutions we need to reconsider. Greg gets a chance to talk about a serious social sustainability topic when he interviews Michael Matheson Miller, the Director-Producer of Poverty Inc. Michael has examined this issue at great lengths and tells why some of the things we think are helping are really fostering additional problems and why we should be asking if we are part of the problem.
