My guest today is here to talk about ways to save your garden excess for later enjoyment. Sherri Brooks Vinton has written a few very useful books called PUT EM UP! , The Put em Up! Perserving answer book. And Put Em Up, Fruit.

Khadijah Muhammad is a Urban farmer in Bridgeport Connecticut. She talks with me about the struggles to foster her passion of growing healthy food and educating her community to the advantages of gorwing and eating your own food.

I sat down with well known author and speaker, Triple board certified, Dr. Zach Bush, to talk to him about the state of American health today. Among other thing, specifically the relationship between gut health and the microbiome and how that can translate to a healthy immune system. We also get into the major threat posed to all of us by glyphosates, better known as the weed killer Roundup.

Host Kevin Gallagher speaks with Michael Astera the author of the book the ideal soil is kevins guest, as he talks about the secrets of soil mineral balance that create ideal soil, plant, and animal health are revealed here for the first time. The amazing results that can be achieved by balancing the major cation minerals Calcium, Magnesium, Potassium and Sodium in the soil according to the teachings of Dr William Albrecht and Dr Carey Reams have changed the world of agriculture.

On "Digging in the Dirt" Host Kevin Gallagher spends one hour talking with Michael E. Mann about Climate Change. The award-winning climate scientist Michael E. Mann and the Pulitzer Prize–winning political cartoonist Tom Toles have written a new book together entitled "The Madhouse Effect". Mann and Toles have been on the front lines of the fight against climate denialism for most of their careers. They have witnessed the manipulation of the media by business and political interests and the unconscionable play to partisanship on issues that affect the well-being of billions. The lessons they have learned have been invaluable, inspiring this brilliant, colorful escape hatch from the madhouse of the climate wars. You can hear about "The Madhouse Effect" on "Digging in the Dirt" here on WPKN.org,

My guests on this episode are Kelsey Brennan currently the farmer at Wakeman Town Farm in Westport Ct. She studied sustainable agriculture and development economics at the U of Conneticut and Christy Colasurdo – Events Director for the Wakeman Town Farm and author of The CT Farm Table Cookbook, a cookbook she co-wrote about 4 years ago paying homage to hardworking CT farmers and the talented local chefs who support them. She is the former co-chair of Wakeman Town Farm .

My guest on DITD this segment, is Dianna Cohen the co-founder and Executive Director of the Plastic Pollution Coalition. A group of over 700 organizations and individuals dedicated to,.. at the very least, stopping the use of single use plastic. Dianna and I delve into the major crisis that is Plastic Pollution. It's everywhere and causing major problems. What's going on and what can we as consumers do about it. Listen in. www.plasticpollutioncoalition.org/

There is a fight to protect the definitions of Organic and fraudulent mislabeling of organic products and your right to know what you are eating. My guest is Ronnie Cummins a co-founder and International Director of the Organic Consumers Association (OCA) www.organicconsumers.org,
and its Mexico affiliate Via Organica, and they are at the forefront of that fight.
The Organic Consumers Association is a non-profit, U.S. based network of two million consumers, dedicated to safeguarding organic standards and promoting a healthy, just, and sustainable system of agriculture and commerce. The OCA’s primary strategy is to work on national and global campaigns promoting health, justice, and sustainability that integrate public education, marketplace pressure, media work, litigation, and grassroots lobbying.

Join me for a fascinating conversation about the food and the people behind the stove of our southern states. John T. Edge calls himself a Cultural Spelunker going after tales of the south. He is the Director of the Southern Foodways Alliance and has written an extremely interesting, complex book about the South. Using Southern food as a jumping off point, John T. digs deeply into the history of it's people and their struggles with the legacy of Slavery, race relations and the food their region is known for.

On this "Digging in the Dirt" we talk to Matt Hill of One Tree Planted, A non Profit organization focusing on Global reforestation. They work with reforestation organizations around the world that need financial support to help them get more trees in the ground.
One dollar. One tree.