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The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden Amendments Using locally Sourced Materials to make mineral and Biological Extracts and ferments. Nigel Palmer has been a lifelong gardener in New England relying on the amazing complexity of nature to inspire his gardening philosophy, as well as working as an aerospace engineer until recently... sorting, organizing, and resolving complex technical issues....

On today's "Digging in te Dirt" my guest is Craig Floyd Farm Manager of the Giving Garden at Coogans Farm of the Denison Peqoutsepos Nature Center in Mystic CT. Craig is  passionate about using his extensive farming experience creating a sustainable, healthy no-till, no-spray garden in order to give quality food to the needy.  Today I asked Craig here to talk to us about the current dilemma we fin...

My guest on this episode of "Digging in the Dirt is Farmer Craig Floyd, Craig is Coogan Organic Farm’s Giving Garden full time farmer, “A no-spray, no-till farm "which supplies fruit and vegetables to 90 different community food banks. Coogan Farm, is a 400 year old Connecticut farm in Stonington Ct. on a peaceful, rural property on the banks of the Mystic River as part of the Denison Pequotsepos...

Lynn Zinser the founding editor of Climate Liability News, (Now Defunct) she was responsible for all editorial content, social media and media partnerships for CLN. Climate Liability News is a not-for-profit news site dedicated to reporting on the issues at the intersection of climate change impacts and law. Those issues include government and corporate responsibility and accountability for global...

On this segment of Digging in the Dirt, Host Kevin Gallagher speaks with Mark Fulford a well known, independent farm consultant and educator whose range of topics and expertise encompasses: transitioning from conventional to organic and biological agriculture; soil, crop, and forage nutrition; and preparing agriculture for peak oil, climate change and economic drift. He also teaches non-electric w...

On this segment of DITD Small Business owner Joe Magazzi walks us through many of the organic products for the lawn and garden that his company brings to consumers. We all have issues around the home with pests and disease pressure and Joe has a lot of quality organic solutions. Green Earth Ag & Turf

Through the world wide internet I have gotten to know that my cousin in Ireland is quite the gardener and lover of nature, just like me. I was curious to talk with him about our mutual interests in nature. My Grandmothers brother married his Grandmother and thats the connection. Marcus is a great guy who kissed the Blarney Stone so we had a great talk. I just wish radio had sub-titles! Enjoy a fam...

My guest on this episode of DITD is Sefra Alexandra. Her web site describes her as a "The Seed Huntress," …....an endurance race ethnobotanist on a perennial expedition to save the seeds of our wild + cultivated lands. She has fortified community seed banks internationally on island nations, hunted for rare endangered seeds for Seeds of Success and  is now taking the lead of CT NOFA's pollinator h...

Bryan O’Hara has been growing vegetables for a livelihood for more that 25 years at Tobacco Road Farm in Lebanon, CT.  He speaks throughout the Northeast on vegetable production techniques and is known for providing “mountains of details in a concise, practical, and cohesive manner.” While interviewing people for DITD, numerous times I've been told to get Bryan on the show. More than just a farmer...

On this episode of "Digging in the Dirt" my guest will be garlic farmer Doug Johnson of Sunrise, Sunset Farm in Woodbury CT. We'll talk about everything garlic and the Bethlehem Garlic festival coming up next weekend Oct. 6th & 7th. Listen in and I guarantee you'll be growing garlic in the backyard next season.

My guest today is here to talk about ways to save your garden excess for later enjoyment. Sherri Brooks Vinton has written a few very useful books called PUT EM UP! , The Put em Up! Perserving answer book. And Put Em Up, Fruit.

Khadijah Muhammad is a Urban farmer in Bridgeport Connecticut. She talks with me about the struggles to foster her passion of growing healthy food and educating her community to the advantages of gorwing and eating your own food.

I sat down with well known author and speaker, Triple board certified, Dr. Zach Bush, to talk to him about the state of American health today. Among other thing, specifically the relationship between gut health and the microbiome and how that can translate to a healthy immune system. We also get into the major threat posed to all of us by glyphosates, better known as the weed killer Roundup.

Host Kevin Gallagher speaks with Michael Astera the author of the book the ideal soil is kevins guest, as he talks about the secrets of soil mineral balance that create ideal soil, plant, and animal health are revealed here for the first time. The amazing results that can be achieved by balancing the major cation minerals Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and Sodium in the soil according to the teachi...

On "Digging in the Dirt" Host Kevin Gallagher spends one hour talking with Michael E. Mann about Climate Change. The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have written a new book together entitled "The Madhouse Effect". Mann and Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers...

My guests on this episode are Kelsey Brennan currently the farmer at Wakeman Town Farm in Westport Ct. She studied sustainable agriculture and development economics at the U of Conneticut and Christy Colasurdo – Events Director for the Wakeman Town Farm and author of The CT Farm Table Cookbook, a cookbook she co-wrote about 4 years ago paying homage to hardworking CT farmers and the talented local...

My guest on DITD this segment, is Dianna Cohen the co-founder and Executive Director of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. A group of over 700 organizations and individuals dedicated to,.. at the very least, stopping the use of single use plastic. Dianna and I delve into the major crisis that is Plastic Pollution. It's everywhere and causing major problems. What's going on and what can we as consume...

There is a fight to protect the definitions of Organic and fraudulent mislabeling of organic products and your right to know what you are eating. My guest is Ronnie Cummins a co-founder and International Director of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) www.organicconsumers.org , and its Mexico affiliate Via Organica, and they are at the forefront of that fight. The Organic Consumers Association...

Join me for a fascinating conversation about the food and the people behind the stove of our southern states. John T. Edge calls himself a Cultural Spelunker going after tales of the south. He is the Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance and has written an extremely interesting, complex book about the South. Using Southern food as a jumping off point, John T. digs deeply into the history of i...

On this "Digging in the Dirt" we talk to Matt Hill of One Tree Planted, A non Profit organization focusing on Global reforestation. They work with reforestation organizations around the world that need financial support to help them get more trees in the ground. One dollar. One tree.

My guest on segment of DITD is Bob Halstead a well known person in Bridgeport Ct. Bob has worked this 28 years in housing & community development and real estate in Bridgeport, and is president of the Bridgeport Community Land Trust which has been around for 40 years. Bob is an architectural Preservation advocate and a community Garden and land use activist, Sometimes known as the Garden Guy,...

Recently I started Vermicomposting in my basement. That's right, I have 1000 worms (soon to be 6000), reducing our kitchen waste and the New York times into "Black Gold", WORM CRAP! Join me on "Digging in the Dirt" to hear my conversation with my guest Rhonda Sherman. Rhonda is a solid waste specialist in the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University. She is considered...

My guest on this episode of DITD is Tradd Cotter author of the book 'Organic Mushroom Farming and Myco remediation' His book is an exploration of the best organic mushroom cultivation practices, Whether the goal is to help a community clean up industrial pollution or simply to grow your own mushrooms to enjoy in your meals...Tradd's book is geared toward readers who want to grow mushrooms without...

On this episode of " Digging in the Dirt" on listener supported community radio WPKN.org , I have invited on 2 guests who are CT. locals right here in WPKN 's backyard running a cool little business called Wiggle Room for their lively hood, while trying to make a difference at the same time. Monique Bosch and Justin Hawrysh are the Mother and son team behind Wiggle Room a Vermicomposting company b...

On this episode of Digging in the Dirt, join me in a conversation with Director Sarah Mabruck. Sarah followed the lives of six aggressively ill cancer patients for nearly eight years with her camera, as they tried an alternative cure based on a radical diet change. The Food Cure - Hope or Hype is an extraordinary film that runs the gamut of emotions and will change the way you think about what you...