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238: Mimi Arnold on Farm-to-Table, Resort Hotel Style  Building food and garden resources for an ocean-front, secluded ranch hotel. In this podcast:  We hear from Mimi Arnold, the gardener who is helping initiate a farm-to-table program at one of California’s beautiful coastal hotels. She explains how she has been working with the owners and the chef to help design and provide the resour...

237: Scottie Jones on Farm Stays Experiencing farm life at the source, a few days at a time In this podcast:  Moving to a farm gave Scottie Jones and her husband a new chapter in her life. Yet that story changed completely when she decided to open her farm to guests and realized there was no association or group available to help organize farms as a vacation resource. She tells us about how s...

236: Roza Ferdowsmakan on Sourcing Food in the Digital Age. Helping foodies find chefs, and chefs find local farms, all through their phones. In this podcast:  We are excited to share this conversation with Roza Ferdowsmakan, someone who cares about building up the local food economy as much as we do.  Roza decided she could make a difference in her community by connecting foodies, culin...

235: Colin Walker on Keys to Growing Nutrient-rich Food  Connecting important ecology-centered concepts for producing nutrient dense food. IN THIS PODCAST:  Previous guest Colin Walker goes further into ecology-centered concepts and describes the key points he has developed to focus on growing better foods.  He has taken years of experience, research, and study and compiled it into...

234: Ruth & Grace Pepler on Agritourism Experiencing life on the farm as a vacation destination  IN THIS PODCAST:  We meet two very special ladies in the mother-daughter team with Ruth and Grace Pepler who are helping us understand the concepts of Agritourism and Guest Farms. Ruth is inspiring with her story of transforming their small homestead into a very active community building...

233: Colin Walker on Gardening with Ecology at its Heart Focusing on a larger picture to understand how to effectively grow a good garden.  In this podcast: Part one of two with Colin Walker, a long-time gardener and educator from New Zealand, who helps explain a gardening concept that brings the world into focus while looking at the garden bed. The decades of experience and know-how are evid...

232: John Vespasian on Rational, Self-Reliant Living. Learning lessons of resilience from history. IN THIS PODCAST:  We chat with John Vespasian about learning from the mistakes found in some of history’s interesting stories.  Not satisfied with what he could find in most books at the time, John decided he could do a better job and set out to write a book that he would like to read.&nbsp...

231: Trent Lindsey on Converting to Plant Based Nutrition   Chronicling the transition to a vegan lifestyle and helping educate others. In This Podcast:  We hear from Trent Lindsey about what it was like to convert to a plant based diet or lifestyle.  Choosing to go vegan can seem intimidating, however Trent is helping others understand by sharing this journey and opening up ab...

230: Katie Hess on Blooming into Your Full Potential   Connecting with nature to empower the natural self. In this Podcast:  We are learning about a natural-medicine aspect of plant essences through this conversation with flower alchemist Katie Hess. This is a new way for us of connecting with nature, and leads us to understanding more about why we feel at home when we are in our gardens...

229: Barbara Pleasant on Gardening to fill your Pantry Taking home-grown foods into food storage. In this podcast: We meet Barbara Pleasant who helps expand our ideas for food storage beyond the simple basics.  She also has tips for the new gardener and the ‘old hands’ that might give you some impetus to move a little dirt.  Barbara is an Award-winning writer having been covering or...

228: Sheri McLane on Soil and Plant Testing. Improving plant yields through expert analysis of growing mediums. In this podcast: Soil scientist Sheri explains how she found her calling in an agronomy and is driven to help farmers and gardeners with their soil questions.  There is a great deal of science in determining the chemical make-up of soil samples and figuring out what is needed for di...

227: Jan Dohner on Predators on the Urban Farm Adjusting to a new normal with predators near our farms. In This Podcast:  We learn quite a bit from Jan who has spent four decades researching livestock guardians and the predators they guard against.  She helps explain why there has been a resurgence in these wild predators and what steps can be taken to guard our precious farm resources f...

226: Kevin Van Eekeren on Store Bought vs Home Raised Eggs  Recognizing eggs from lovingly raised hens and factory raised, regardless of labeling. In this podcast: We get to know the personal motivations behind Kevin Van Eekeren, a tactical advisor and egg farmer with a focus on clear visioning 10 years into the future.  He tells us how his experience developing tactical training has hel...

225: Edward Griffin on Indoor Smart Gardens  Solving some space and time issues around growing fresh food. In This Podcast:  We meet Edward, a millennial concerned about sustainability and food equity issues, who also wanted to have an active lifestyle and still grow his own food.  Not having a backyard did not stop Edward as he took agricultural and sustainability concepts he...

224: Lisa Steele on Gardening with Chickens  Incorporating chickens into the gardening process as willing workers.  In This Podcast:  We connect again with Lisa Steele to get some great suggestions on how to bring the chickens out of the coop and into the garden.  She explains how these feathered friends can do even more to earn their keep and become true gardening partners. Li...

223: Paten Hughes on Heirloom: Tomatoes and a Web Series.  Growing tomatoes when life gives you lemons In This Podcast:   We get the inside scoop from actress Paten Hughes on the inspiration for her new web-series which is based on her transition of actor-to-tomato-farmer. She did not just plant a few, she planted more tomato plants than most people can even conceive and now she has seve...

222: Heather Szymura on Hydroponic Container Farming.  Growing limited-season crops year-round regardless of climate extremes. In This Podcast:  We meet Heather who decided to change directions away from a professional one towards one more in tune with nature and healing and to her surprise ended up becoming a farmer! She is selling lettuce and kale she is growing year-round in the subur...

221: Ocean Robbins on the Food Revolution Summit. Finding a path of health, hope, and possibility through better food choices. In This Podcast: This is a special podcast interview with food activist Ocean Robbins about his Food Revolution Summit happening April 29 to May 7. At 15, Ocean was a co-founder of the Creating Our Future environmental speaking tour, on which he and three other participant...

220: Ben Raskin on Practical Advice for Community Gardens In This Podcast : For those envisioning a perfect community garden, Ben Raskin has put together a fabulous resource to guide, inspire, and empower the designers and leaders of future neighborhood plots. He tells Greg about the purpose he had for writing his latest book and some of the lessons he’s learned during his years of farming. O...

219: Jennifer Osuch on Fundamentals of Self Reliance. Teaching back to basics food preparation and preserving skills. In this podcast: Jennifer tells about the importance of self-reliance skills and why they are becoming needed once again. She explains what led her to this place in her life where she teaches some of these old traditions that traditional homesteaders relied on daily. Jennifer is th...

218: Nafsika Antypas on Living a Plant-Based Life. Understanding the reasons and options for choosing a vegan lifestyle. Nafsika is the Host and Creator of the world’s first plant based lifestyle TV series that focuses on a plant-based diet living.  She has studied about olive oil and the Mediterranean diet in Greece through her father’s business, Pilaros Inc, a Mediterranean food importer, w...

217: Sine Lindholm on an Urban Farming 'Growroom' Creating and sharing an open-sourced growing sphere to create poetic spaces.  Sine is from Denmark and has a degree in architecture from Aarhus School of Architecture along with an emphasis on psychology. This shows in her projects where she is combining the two, with her main focus on the theoretical and abstract part of architecture. She gre...

216: Emiley Kight on Loving Natural Foods. Making little changes towards more real foods and feeling better. Emiley has always loved food, and wanting to share this passion she dove into a Culinology® degree to explore a role as an R&D chef at SW Minnesota State University. That was until her mom became sick and she put her career on hold to act as her mom’s caretaker throughout her treatment...

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 worked in the horticultural industry for over 20 years in a variety of capacities; as a landscape contractor, a fine gardener leading garden maintenance teams, and in retail nursery management.  Currently she is an environmental...

214: Michael Miller on Poverty in the World.  Examining the problems of poverty and solutions we need to reconsider. Michael is a Research Fellow at the Acton Institute and the Director and Producer of Poverty, Inc. Previously, Michael was the Director of Media and Director of Programs International at the Acton Institute and has appeared in various videos including Doing the Right Thing. Bef...