The Garden Culture Podcast with Bailey Van Tassel

Bailey Van Tassel interviews Steven Hoffen, a high-schooler who started a hydroponics non-profit that feeds over 33,000 people yearly in underserved populations. Steven went to Isreal in seventh grade and was inspired to make a film about women coming together to grow their own food with hydroponics. That quickly turned into his pursuit of using hydroponic systems to help people who are incarcerated, the elderly, and asylum seekers. Steven was named a CNN Hero and is on his way to creating something immensely dynamic, all with the power of food. He shares about what his towers do, how they work, and what his mission is.

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Bailey Van Tassel talks about how to design your own kitchen garden, prioritizing aesthetic versus space for veggies, and the way she breaks down client projects. Fall and Winter are great times to tackle new builds, so you can get a jump on Spring.

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Bailey Van Tassel interviews author and journalist Simon Parkin about his book, The Forbidden Garden - The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice. Bailey recommends this as one of her favorite books, as it is wildly important in modern times to understand the importance of seeds and their ultimate fragility. Parkin talks about how he came to find this story and the importance of telling it. There are a few spoilers in the interview, but not many. Parkin shares his exploration of this question: should the botanists in charge of the world's first seed bank use the seeds to feed people amidst starvation and a harsh winter, or do they stick to their pledge of saving the seeds for the sake of humanity's future, and scientific progress in finding better ways to grow invaluable crops?

Listen in to hear more about the telling of this story and what we can learn from it.

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For more info on Simon Parkin go to www.simonparkin.com

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This week Bailey Van Tassel interviews Emilie Toups, founder and CEO of Toups & Co Organics, a clean skincare line that specializes in tallow and animal-based products. Emilie digs into the main question of, "What actually makes products clean?" and shares how she's healed thyroid disorder, eczema, and more. Bailey and Emilie also talk about the special Toups tallow rendering process, why animal-based skincare is so good for you, and so much more.

Emilie's Toups Picks:

Frankincense Tallow

Glow Serum

Resurfacing Mask

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This week Bailey digs into two ecological practices that have enhanced and redirected her home garden experience, boidynamics and permaculture. She explains why she's making a biodynamic 500 preparation of putting fresh cow manure into a raw cow horn and how shes designing her space to be more symbiotic with nature than in opposition with it.

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Bailey Van Tassel is joined by Angela Yoder, the co-founder of Yoderbilt who makes greenhouses, chicken coops, and other homestead structures. Angela talks about how her husband built her a greenhouse seeking to solve for sturdiness and also beauty. They now have a thriving business that serves just that purpose: to build beautiful and functional structures that add charm and purpose to your farm or garden. Angela shares about her journey into greenhouse growing and what she found out the hard way. She shares about finding your function for the greenhouse (overwintering or starting seeds) and digs into why insulation, heating, and airflow are important. Angela shares some fun and practical stories about her success with citrus, how they came to create new designs and all the mistakes that we need to avoid.

For more information on Yoderbuilt, go to www.yoderbilt.com

Angelas favorite book: Cut Flower Garden by Erin Benzakein

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In this episode Bailey shares about what living a "garden-inspired life" means and gives some encouragement for gardeners. She talks about some of the evolutions that take place within the gardener as they learn, as well as a the importance of things like community and sharing the harvest.

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In this episode, Bailey Van Tassel reviews the four methods that she recommends for filling a raised bed for the very first time.

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In this episode, Bailey Van Tassel gives an update on their cross-country move from California to Tennessee and the hidden benefits. She also shares the reality of the actual move itself and answers her most-asked questions about it all from her community.

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Today Bailey interviews the founders of Juna, a plant-based wellness company that uses science, herbalism, biology, and naturopathy to create formulas that enhance our health. Taylor Lamb and Jewel Zimmer share each of their stories in coming to the wellness and plant space - one fueled by a childhood in the family-owned plant nursery and one a chef. Over the course of the conversation, they talk about the 90,000 chemicals introduced to Americans in the 1970s, how 90% of women experience anxiety, and how the terpenes in plants influence our bodies with 1,000s of molecules and benefits. This is a great conversation about the power of plants and how every woman deserves to feel their best no matter what.

For more information on Juna, go to www.junaworld.com

The products we talk about are Gut Therapy, Nightcap, and Detox Drops

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