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Civil Disobedience with Vegetables
Today on the podcast we head to Quebec City to talk about civil disobedience: Civil disobedience with vegetables. Marie-Hélène Jacques from the not-for-profit organiz...
Making Home and Corporate Vegetable Gardens
Today on the podcast we head to Montreal to hang out with Shawn Manning from Urban Seedling (https://www.urbanseedling.com/). He tells us how, 10 years ago, he channel...
Foraging as an Outdoor Classroom
We chat with forager and a wild-food educator Mike Krebill in Iowa. Krebill shares foraging tips, his insights into teaching, his approach to outdoor education—and st...
Forest Gardens and Fruit
We chat with forest garden designer and edible landscaper Mark Lord in south-western Germany.“A garden should be a holistic experience, feeding all of your senses, and...
Step-by-Step Vegetable Gardening
We chat with author, horticulturist, and plant breeder Joseph Tychonievich (https://www.josephgardens.com/). Tychonievich shares his top tips for new vegetable garden...
Backyard Urban Farming in Toronto
We chat with Arlene Hazzan Green and Marc Green, co-owners of The Backyard Urban Farm Company (BUFCO) in Toronto about their mission to help people grow food at home. ...
Hunger Relief through Growing
We head to San Diego, California to chat with Mim Michelove and Nan Sterman, who share a love of growing food and involvement in food activism. As unemployment in the...
Crater Garden, Regenerative Farm and Family
We head to Montana to chat with Tim Southwell of ABC Acres, the permaculture homestead he and his his wife Sarah created. Southwell, who grew up in suburban Houston, ...
Harvest More with No-Dig Gardening
We chat with Vermont garden educator and radio host Charlie Nardozzi (https://www.gardeningwithcharlie.com/), who discusses his journey into no-dig gardening—and why i...
Youth and Gardening
What inspires youth and children to garden? In today's show we speak with a 15-year-old on a mission to inspire other teens to garden, and find out about an organizati...
Breeding Tomatoes for the "Holy Grail"
With a reputation for unusual and wildly popular tomato varieties, tomato breeder Brad Gates focuses above all else on flavour. He didn’t start out working in tomato ...
Home and Community Cold Cellars
What’s old is new: Cold cellars are back. Transition Guelph launches an initiative to build local food-storage capacity through cold cellar education and installatio...
Harvest More With Garden Bed Covers
We chat with vegetable gardening expert Niki Jabbour about using garden bed covers. She is the author of the new book, Growing Under Cover: Techniques for a More Pro...
Raspberry-Leaf Tea and other uses of the Genus Rubus
It’s an astringent. And it might already be growing in your yard or nearby. Today we take you beyond eating raspberry fruit to explore the herbal and medicinal prope...
Cultivate a Taste for Bitter Foods...and Cardoon Plants
Chef and author Jennifer McLagan (https://www.jennifermclagan.com/) joins us to talk about bitter foods, explaining what bitterness is, and how to effectively use bitt...
Tasty Tomatoes for Small Spaces
We’re joined by tomato expert Craig LeHoullier to talk about the Dwarf Tomato Breeding Project, preserving seed varieties, and to find out what’s new in his garden. Le...
Farming Cold-Hardy Citrus in South Carolina
The Johnny Appleseed of cold-hardy citrus, Stan McKenzie, joins us to talk about how to grow citrus in cold climates. McKenzie talks about how he became a "citraholic"...
Plant Partners: Science-Based Companion Planting
We’re joined by Pittsburgh-based horticulturist and author Jessica Walliser (https://www.jessicawalliser.com/) to talk about her new book Plant Partners: Science-Based...
From Market Farming to Italian Seeds
We head to Kansas to speak with Lynn Byczynski and Will Nagengast about market farming, cut flowers, farm journalism, Italian culinary traditions, and seeds. Their fam...
Grow Herbs in Containers
In a broadcast that originally aired live on The Food Garden Life Radio Show, we chat with herb expert Sue Goetz about growing herbs in containers. Goetz is an award-w...