Claudia is a Colombian-born, Montana chef and home decorator. Claudia’s approach to food and decor is a mash-up of global inspirations using Montana-grown and -raised products, and creations from local, talented artisans. She cooks, teaches, and produces condiments and seasonings out of her colorful business, Claudia’s Mesa, which brings a slice of Latin America, the…

Honey lives in the southwest. Has a website with over 2000 videos where readers can learn about homesteading. Tell us a little about yourself. Passion for urban homestead for over 10 years. Side yard is like a double plot, yard is as big as the house which was originally designed to be sold as a…

35: Véronique Raskin | from the Organic Wine Company | Speaks About Organic Viticulture   Bonus Episode for Earth Week! Véronique Raskin is the founder of the Organic Wine Company.  Born in the South of France, Véronique has been a pioneer in the organic movement providing organic wines since 1980. I think listeners will enjoy how Véronique…

Peter Vasilas shares a passion and love of gardening and growing organic Orient Organics Farm on Long Island in NY. This is part 2

Lisa Mason Ziegler who wrote the book Cool Flowers: How to Grow and Enjoy Long-Blooming Hardy Annual Flowers Using Cool Weather Techniques is back with us today, she was my guest number 2 back in February when I very first started recording and I was probably so nervous I think I spent the whole time looking at Garage Band saying…

Adam is another intelligent student from Wayne State University who uses innovative techniques in their community garden to produce food for their weekly Farmer’s Market in an completely urban setting!  In Episode 81 Tess Byzanski from the Detroit Spore Company talked with us about mushrooms and their school garden in Detroit, Michigan! In today’s episode Adam shares secrets for producing a large amount of food…

Tell me about your first gardening experience? Father did serious gardening, used manure. What does organic gardening/earth friendly mean to you? Using manure and weeds to amend the soil and lots of worms. Who or what inspired you to start using organic techniques? Dad and other elders How did you learn how to garden organically?…

Cathy is a worm advocate environmental education business with a focus on worm composting and organic diversion. Cathy is all about food security, waste management and doing it naturally. Her amazing list of awards for her environmental activism can be seen at her website as well as tons of information about vermicomposting and how it…

Tesses and my converstation about the peace corps is continued in Part 2: I do know that UMT has a large percentage of alumni that do go back and join the peace corps in later life! (We’re listed #6 for medium colleges in 2015 with 27 alumni volunteering) But I think it’s probably easier to do when your…

Tell us a little about yourself. Grew up in Michigan, works as a registered nurse, gardening is a hobby. Was in the Peace Corps, in Malawi, Africa and learned a little bit about permaculture worked with Stacia Nordin. Is currently taking the master gardener class through Michigan State University. Tell me about your first gardening experience? Mother…