Archive for November 2015
101. Don Tipping | Seven Seeds Farm and Siskiyou Seeds | Southern Oregon
100. Bill McDorman | Saving Seeds | Cornville, AZ
Bill McDorman has been growing his own food and saving seeds for years. Along with his wife Belle Star they now run SeedSave.org where they work to promote regional seed saving and locally grown food. They recently started a Seed School where they teach people all around the Rocky Mountains and the rest of the nation about the importance of saving seeds as well as how to do it. To learn more see full show notes at www.organicgardenerpodcast.com
Back To The Classroom Schedule Change
Please visit our website www.OrganicGardenerPodcast.com because I just got a new site redesign I was saving for episode 100! Please sign up for our email and you will get updates delivered directly to you plus I will be starting a Facebook group after the new year that will be fun and full of valuable gardening tips as well as a place to connect with other listeners and trade gardening challenges and successes!! I wanted to let everyone know that the schedule is going to change one more time back to one episode a week released on Mondays until about Valentines Day while I fill in for a teacher who had a baby at my local school.
99. Ron Hanson Returns | Fair Judge | Eureka, MT
97. Missoula Urban Demonstration Project | Ellie Costello | Missoula, MT
The Missoula Urban Demonstration Project otherwise known as MUD was establish in 1987 to demonstrate that sustainable living in an urban setting is possible. Their feature service is a Tool Library where members can borrow over 2000 tools to help with home and garden projects. The also offer a variety of educational workshops that helps community members learn how to complete many domestic projects.
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96. Alison Parker | Radical Root Farm | Healthy Soil and Permaculture Success from Food Forest to CSA | Libertyville, IL
The Radical Root Farm is a small family farm located in Libertyville, Illinois north of Chicago. Radical Root Farm has a unique story because they got started by graduating from the Farm Business Development Center at the Prairie Crossing Farm and the Liberty Prairie Foundation.
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95: Growing Microgreens | Sarah Harding | Buggy Road Farm | Whitefish, MT
94: Ryan Pesch | Lida Farm: Good Food, Grown Well | Farmer’s Markets, a CSA and a new Winter Passive Solar Greenhouse Ryan shares his Organic Gardening Journey | Pelican Rapids, MN
Ryan Pesch is the extension agent for the University of Minnesota as well as a husband and father of 3 children and owner of Lida Farm. Ryan shares his extensive knowledge after over a decade of farming organically and providing produce for multiple Farmer’s Markets, CSA shares and building community. This year he even added a new passive solar greenhouse which he describes how to build in detail. He shares great resources, expert advice and first hand knowledge of how to succeed on a small farm. See Full Show notes at www.organicgardenerpodcast.com