My guest is E. Hardy Kern lll, The Director of Government relations pesticides and Birds Campaign for the American Bird Conservancy. Hardy will address “Neonics” Neonicotinoids, the New DDT pesticide and it’s threat to birds.   The American Bird Conservancy is a non-profit membership organization with the mission of conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Its focus is on threats to birds in the Western Hemisphere – threats which include overuse of pesticides, urban sprawl, habitat destruction, and invasive species.

I'd like you to welcome to Digging in the Dirt Brad Kurtz Vineyard Director of Gloria Ferrer vineyards. Brad has led his winery into becoming a leader in sustainable and regenerative practices within the California sparkling market.
 Brad focuses on sustainable agricultural programs and technology to advance wine quality across a broad range of varietals and vineyard sites. Brad is here to talk about all that….. as well the fact that Gloria Ferrer recently was named winner of the California Green medal.

My guest on this edition of "Digging in the Dirt" is  Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State Michael E. Mann who has come back for his 3rd visit to DITD to talk with me about his new book The New Climate war the Fight to take back our planet. It’s a timely analysis of where we are at in the debate over climate warming and recent current events in our society that are changing the playing field in favor of the planets ecosystem.

If your in your 20's or 30's and you're already thinking about owning a home in a coastal community, you need to listen to my interview with Jeff Goodell, because by the time your ready to retire, living near the water could be radically different than today. Jeff's new book, The "Water will Come, Rising Seas, Sinking cities, and the remaking of the Civilized World," has been described as "A frightening, scientifically grounded, and starkly relevant look at how climate change will affect Coastal cities." The book is full of tales of people dealing with sea rise right now in 2017.

My guest on this edition of "Digging in the Dirt" is world known Innovative farmer and Consultant Mark Fulford. Mark has traveled the world to learn more about age old practices of farming that he brings back to his farm in Maine and shares with anyone who wants to listen. Check out the wisdom of Mark Fulford on "Digging in the Dirt"

My guest today on Digging in the Dirt is Dina Brewster. Dina was the Executive Director of The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (CT NOFA), she owns The Hickories a one acre vegetable garden and has overseen the development of new products and new acreage as the family business has grown. Committed to connecting people with working land, Dina chose to return to her family's farm in Ridgefield and start the Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Program, one that still exists as the backbone of the farm's business plan.

My next guest on DITD is Nicholas Money. NIK is is a gentleman of letters, mycologist, and professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He most recently authored the book “The Selfish Ape: Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction. The selfish Ape explores human genetics, reproduction, brain function, and aging,... viewing man as a brilliantly inventive, yet a very self-destructive animal. This is a book about human biology, the intertwined characteristics of human greatness and failure and the way that we have plundered the biosphere.

World-renowned leader in soil microbiology, Dr. Elaine Ingham joins Kevin to discuss the Soil Foodweb. . Dr Ingham is founder, president, and director of research for Soil Foodweb. Elaine has dedicated her career to exploring the organisms which make up the soil food web, with the goal of translating this knowledge into practical actions that ensure a healthy ecosystem that promotes plant growth and reduces reliance on inorganic chemicals.

My guest on this episode of Digging in the Dirt is Director Rob Herring who along with Ryan Wirick Directed wrote and produced the film “The Need to Grow” which lays out the many issues of modern industrial farming and what it will take to change over to a more sustainable, regenerative system of growing our food.

My guest on this segment of DITD is Organic Certification Inspector, ethnobotanist and educator, Mark Cohen....... Mark, lives in Southern Ohio at Far Valley Farm a 30 year old intentional community he helped co-found....... he grows a wide range of crops, seeds,honey, mushrooms and medicinals. Mark also founded the agroforestry Research in Belize where he lived for 25 winters, practicing and teaching tropical permaculture. Mark not only is an expert in these areas he lives it.