The Garden Journal

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what to do in your vegetable garden in August. See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com

Steve Cary, the New Mexico "Butterfly Guy" Hear a conversation with Steve Cary, local butterfly expert and author of "Butterfly Landscapes of New Mexico", to learn about butterfly diversity in our state and how to support these brilliant insects in our gardens and beyond. Links: Butterflies of New Mexico online guide

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Tannis Fox of the Western Environmental Law Center, Sarah Knopp of Amigos Bravos, and retired hydrogeologist Dale Doreumus of Rio Grande chapter of the Sierra Club, as they discuss the New Mexico Environment Department’s Water Protection Division regulatory proposal that could result in the discharge and use of treated fracking wastewater, also referre...

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Lorraine Gray, Slow Food Turtle Island representative and Executive Director of Four Bridges Traveling Permaculture Institute about her time at the inaugural Terra Madre Americas conference in Sacramento, California in May.

Giant Veggie Gardener edition with Jannine Cabossel - June 2024

Extension Office Director Tom Dominguez and Family Consumer Science agent Michelle Stizza joins host Alexa Bradford to talk about updates and information on current and upcoming events at the Santa Fe Cooperative Extension Service campus, including Family Consumer Science and Agriculture & Natural Resources, See more at: https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/index.html

Tune in to hear Mace Vaughn, Pollinator and Agricultural Biodiversity Co-Director for the Xerces Society, speak with Kaitlin Haase about the inception of Xerces' Pollinator and Agricultural Biodiversity Program and its various projects and partners across North America working to reverse pollinator declines. Invertebrate Conservation Resources - https://xerces.org/ Santa Fe Pollinator Trail Habita...

Slow Food Santa Fe - June 2024

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel "The Tomato Lady" about what to plant in our vegetable gardens in June and how to organically manage those pesky weeds, beet leafhoppers and squash bugs. https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jesse Roach, to discuss his “What’s Up With Water” report on Santa Fe’s water resources, the status of Two Mile Pond, and upcoming projects. See the slide presentation at: https://santafenm.gov/2023_Whats_Up_With_Water_27April2023.pdf

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview members of the newly established New Mexico Cheese Guild to learn how this organization will help aspiring cheesemakers.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Avra Leodas, Project Lead for the annual Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners Garden Fair, and Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,”. Topics include an introduction to the May 11 Garden Fair and what to do (and what not to do) in your vegetable garden in May.  https://www.sfemg.org/garden-fair

(Originally aired 2/22/2020) Join hosts Christine Salem and Pam Wolfe in this re-broadcast of an interview with Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Back Yard.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with three senior Santa Fe Botanical Garden staff members: Christie Collins, Director of Education and Interpretation; Linda Churchill, Horticulture Director; and Carole Aigne Langrall, Director of Development. https://santafebotanicalgarden.org/

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with the Food Depot's Meredith Lorencz and Bonnie Murphy about the new federally-funded Regional Farm to Food Bank program which enables farmers to sell directly to food banks.

Tom Dominguez, Director of the Santa Fe County Extension Service, and Michelle Stizza, Family Consumer Science Agent, join host Alexa Bradford to update us on Extension Service plans for 2024. https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/

Host Carrie Core, on her last show for the Garden Journal, features a montage of farmers, gardeners, advocates and professionals talking about their connections to land, soil, water and community.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Terry Sullivan, New Mexico state director for The Nature Conservancy, about the Conservancy’s history and initiatives throughout New Mexico, the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, and the debate over the popular Two Mile Pond. https://www.nature.org/en-us/

Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Shahid Mustafa, Taylor Hood Farms, about water issues related to food and farming in this time of a changing climate.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what to do in your vegetable garden in March and the Brix Refractometer method of testing for sweetness. See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com/

In celebration of African American History Month Food Farms & Friends presents a rebroadcast of a panel discussion after a viewing of the feature film "Follow the Drinking Gourd" a documentary about the Black food justice movement.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Melanie McWhorter, Executive Director of the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, and Master Gardeners Ruthbeth Finerman and Alix Peters, to learn about their collaboration on the beautiful, historic El Zaguan Gardens on Canyon Road in Santa Fe. Historic Santa Fe Foundation

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Melanie Kirby, entomologist, beekeeper, and extension educator for the land-grant program at the Institute of American Indian Arts on our continuing 2024 theme of climate change impacts on growing food.

Host Carrie Core invites Shahid Mustafa, of Taylor Hood Farms, to the table to read his recently published essay on farming in New Mexico, "Where the Water Lands".  And, she visits Ojito Farm to speak with Paul Michael about the past and future of the land.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Kaitlin Haase, the Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Specialist for the Southwest, here in Santa Fe, to hear about the organization’s mission and a discussion about native bees and honey bees. The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation https://www.xerces.org/blog/want-to-save-bees-focus-on-habitat-not-honey-bees