118: Building Community through Volunteers | Purple Frog Gardens | Pam Gerwe | Whitefish, MT

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Pam Gerwe from Purple Frog Gardens has over 20 years experience growing for market and vegetable production and creating community in Whitefish, MT. Building relationships with CSA volunteers and throughout the community Gerwe and her husband feed and nourish encouraging local agriculture and caring for the planet. Read more at www.organicgardenerpodcast.com

104. Jacob Cowgill | Prairie Heritage Farm | Power, MT

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Jacob Cowgirl is a member of AERO (Alternative Energy Resource Organization as well as one of the fenegade farmers Liz Carlisle wrote about in the Lentil Underground from episode 103. He runs Prairie Heritage Farm with his wife Courtney, where they grow fresh vegetables, heritage turkeys, ancient and heritage grains (Prairie Farro being our favorite), lamb and kiddos. They sell most of what they grow through Community Supported Agriculture, or CSA, farm shares in the Great Falls area just outside Power, MT. See full show notes at www.organicgardenerpodcast.com

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

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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

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88: Adam Pruett | Biology Student • Community Garden and Farmer’s Market at Wayne State University | Detroit, MI

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52. Shelly Clark | Educator and Gardener | Butte, MT

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