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The Ruminant: Audio Candy for Farmers, Gardeners and Food Lovers

For people passionate about farming, gardening, food politics, food security, and the intersections among these topics. Jordan Marr, a certified organic farmer in British Columbia, interviews farmers,... Read more

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e.46: Growing Great Potatoes

e.46: Growing Great Potatoes

This episode, Ruth Genger, a researcher with the University of Wisconsin in Madison Organic Potato Project, joins me to ... Read more

16 Apr 2015

55mins

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e.34: Culinary Herb Production Done Well part 1 of 2

e.34: Culinary Herb Production Done Well part 1 of 2

Veteran farmer Chris Blanchard built a thriving culinary herb business on his Iowa Farm, and thinks you can, too. In thi... Read more

28 Jan 2015

35mins

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What our Ancestors Ate and Why it Matters Today

What our Ancestors Ate and Why it Matters Today

Today's guest: Stephen Le, author of 100 Million Years of Food. Stephen is an anthropologist who argues that if we want ... Read more

9 Apr 2016

47mins

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e.68: Epic Tomatoes

e.68: Epic Tomatoes

I stumbled across Craig LeHoullier's book, Epic tomatoes, by accident one day when I was trolling the internet looking f... Read more

23 Jan 2016

46mins

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Foliar Feeding w/ Steve Solomon

Foliar Feeding w/ Steve Solomon

Steve Solomon is back to talk about what's turning his crank in the garden these days: foliar feeding. Steve is the auth... Read more

23 Apr 2018

46mins

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e.42: Molly Haviland on the Soil Food Web, part 1 of 2

e.42: Molly Haviland on the Soil Food Web, part 1 of 2

This episode, we hear from Youssef Darwich about cool ways to plan your farm using GIS and other tools. Then: my convers... Read more

26 Mar 2015

46mins

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e.92: The Farmers Aren't All Right

e.92: The Farmers Aren't All Right

Farming is tough work. The unpredictability of the job and the pressure to present a curated, bucolic version of the wor... Read more

4 Mar 2017

45mins

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e88: Cut Flower Maintenance, Farm Internship Workshop

e88: Cut Flower Maintenance, Farm Internship Workshop

This ep: Jessica Gale of Sweet Gale Gardens is back with suggestions for taking good care of your cut flowers throughout... Read more

25 Jul 2016

39mins

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e.05: Irrigation Tips from Troy Peters

e.05: Irrigation Tips from Troy Peters

This episode: Troy Peters, an irrigation expert with the Washington State University Extension Service, talks about best... Read more

25 Sep 2015

37mins

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e.06: Better Nutrient Managment for your Soil

e.06: Better Nutrient Managment for your Soil

This episode, a rerun from 2013, when Soil Scientist Clare Sullivan joined me to talk about managing nutrient cycles on ... Read more

24 Jul 2015

45mins

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e.35: Culinary Herb Production Done Well part 2 of 2

e.35: Culinary Herb Production Done Well part 2 of 2

Culinary Herb Production, pt. 2: Veteran farmer Chris Blanchard built a thriving culinary herb business on his Iowa Farm... Read more

5 Feb 2015

33mins

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Rerun: e.16 Steve Solomon on Intelligent Gardening Part 2

Rerun: e.16 Steve Solomon on Intelligent Gardening Part 2

Here's a past episode that, until now, hasn't been included in this podcast feed. I've added a new intro, as well as a b... Read more

21 May 2015

1hr 22mins

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e106: How to Gross 250K on 1/2 Acre

e106: How to Gross 250K on 1/2 Acre

This ep: my conversation with urban farmer Kevin Sturdy, author of a book getting a lot of buzz: You're Welcome: How to ... Read more

21 Feb 2019

16mins

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e85 Assembling a Herd| Mobile Hoophouse Design

e85 Assembling a Herd| Mobile Hoophouse Design

This ep, Susan Kerr of WSU extension returns to talk about the right way to build a healthy herd; Hermann Bruns returns ... Read more

29 May 2016

37mins

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e93: Stop Washing Your Children So Much!

e93: Stop Washing Your Children So Much!

The microbes that colonize us when we're in the womb and as infants have lasting impacts on our health later on. My conv... Read more

18 Mar 2017

50mins

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e.61: Growing Perennial Fruits: Jim Riddle and Blue Fruit Farm

e.61: Growing Perennial Fruits: Jim Riddle and Blue Fruit Farm

At Blue Fruit Farm in Minnesota, Jim Riddle and Joyce Ford grow a range of perrenial tree fruit and berries of the blue ... Read more

14 Nov 2015

34mins

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Shifting the workload to your livestock

Shifting the workload to your livestock

Meg Grzeskiewicz is the owner of Rhinestone Cattle Company in NY State. A grass-fed animal producer who concentrates on ... Read more

4 Jun 2015

34mins

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e.60: We've Missed the Point on GMO Food

e.60: We've Missed the Point on GMO Food

This episode, I'm joined by farmer and writer Forrest Pritchard, whose September 22, 2015 column in the Huffington Post ... Read more

23 Oct 2015

34mins

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e.44: Peter McCoy on Radical Mycology

e.44: Peter McCoy on Radical Mycology

Peter McCoy, mycologist and co-founder of radicalmycology, joins me for this episode to talk about the vital importance ... Read more

2 Apr 2015

48mins

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