My guest on segment of DITD is Bob Halstead a well known person in Bridgeport Ct. Bob has worked this 28 years in housing & community development and real estate in Bridgeport, and is president of the Bridgeport Community Land Trust which has been around for 40 years. Bob is an architectural Preservation advocate and a community Garden and land use activist, Sometimes known as the Garden Guy, early on Bob had great success advocating turning the empty the lots of Bridgeport into community gardens. Currently he is working with the Harding Community Garden at Harding High School.

Recently I started Vermicomposting in my basement. That's right, I have 1000 worms (soon to be 6000), reducing our kitchen waste and the New York times into "Black Gold", WORM CRAP! Join me on "Digging in the Dirt" to hear my conversation with my guest Rhonda Sherman. Rhonda is a solid waste specialist in the Department of Horticultural Science at North Carolina State University. She is considered one of the leading authorities on vermicomposting. She was formerly a member of the Board of Directors of the U.S. Composting Council and a contributing editor to BioCycle Journal of Composting and Organics Recycling.
Rhonda has a two‐acre Compost Learning Lab at The Lake Wheeler Road Field Laboratory. The Compost Learning Lab has, among other things, a 40‐ft by 30‐ft building called the Worm Barn. To say Rhonda knows a lot about worm poop, would be an understatement.

My guest on this episode of DITD is Tradd Cotter author of the book 'Organic Mushroom Farming and Myco remediation'
His book is an exploration of the best organic mushroom cultivation practices, Whether the goal is to help a community clean up industrial pollution or simply to grow your own mushrooms to enjoy in your meals...Tradd's book is geared toward readers who want to grow mushrooms without the use of pesticides. Cotter takes "organic" one step further by introducing an entirely new way of thinking..one that looks at the potential to grow mushrooms on just about anything, just about anywhere, and by anyone

On this episode of " Digging in the Dirt" on listener supported community radio WPKN.org , I have invited on 2 guests who are CT. locals right here in WPKN 's backyard running a cool little business called Wiggle Room for their lively hood, while trying to make a difference at the same time. Monique Bosch and Justin Hawrysh are the Mother and son team behind Wiggle Room a Vermicomposting company based in Bridgeport, CT. In simpler terms they sell worm castings, worm poop, BLACK GOLD, .

On this episode of Digging in the Dirt, join me in a conversation with Director Sarah Mabruck. Sarah followed the lives of six aggressively ill cancer patients for nearly eight years with her camera, as they tried an alternative cure based on a radical diet change. The Food Cure - Hope or Hype is an extraordinary film that runs the gamut of emotions and will change the way you think about what you eat.

The most chemically toxic environment you and your children and pets are exposed to is your landscaping. Find out what you can do about it, when Kevin Gallagher talks to “Chip” Osborne, Jr. , President of Osborne Organics. Chip has over 10 years experience in creating safe, sustainable and healthy athletic fields and landscapes through natural turf management and 35 years experience as a professional horticulturist. Chip is also a board member of Beyond pesticides. Chip has recently founded the Organic Landscape Association as this segment of the landscape industry begins to grow ever so rapidly.

Dan Kittredge is Executive Director of The Bio-Nutrient Food Association. Dan is making his 4th appearance on Digging in the dirt as we follow the BFA's effort s to develop a Bionutrient meter.
Listen in to hear about the Bionutrient Meter and the upcoming 8th annual Soil and Nutrition Conference in Southbridge Mass.
The conference will be.... “Exploring principles, techniques and practices at the intersection of farm and human ecosystems that can be applied to improve environmental sustainability, food quality and overall well-being.”

Dan Kittredge

Bionutrient Food Association

Digging in the Dirt

Kevin Gallagher

WPKN

Bionutrient Meter

Kathleen Di Chiara is a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition® Practitioner, among other things and Author of the bestselling book, The Hidden Connection. Her personal journey through a major health crisis and "cure" has brought her to her current calling as a nutrition educator and researcher, Kathleen has dedicated her work to increasing the public’s knowledge about the connection between nutrition and patterns of disease. She advocates a wide range of nutritional wisdom, food savy and self-care techniques.

My guest this afternoon is Suzanne Duesing. Suzanne lived and worked with her partner Bill Duesing on the Old Solar Farm for three decades. Together they raised animals, fruits and vegetables for their family and community ...Her husband Bill is the founder of the CT chapter of NOFA, the Northeast Organic Farming Association, part of the larger network of chapters throughout New England, New York and New Jersey. He dedicated his entire adult life to the perpetuation of a sustainable, local and
organic food system.

Host Kevin Gallagher speaks with Director Sean Kaminsky to discuss his film about one of the world’s most precious resources that is at risk. This timely and emotionally moving documentary illuminates what is at stake and what can be done to protect the source of nearly all our food: SEEDS. Seeds provide the basis for everything from fabric, to food to fuels. Seeds are as essential to life as the air we breathe or water we drink…but given far less attention.