Greenhorns Radio
299 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 7 years ago - ★★★★★ - 16 ratingsGreenhorns Radio is radio for young farmers, by young farmers. Hosted by acclaimed activist, farmer and film-maker Severine von Tscharner Fleming, Greenhorns Radio is a weekly phone interview with next generation farmers and ranchers, surveying the issues critical to their success. We hold no punches. Greenhorns is a six year old grassroots cultural organization with a mission to recruit, promote and support young farmers in America by producing media, events and stunts that connect and and inspire.
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Episode 296: Greg Hart, The Family Farm
April 11, 2017 20:44 - 27 minutes - 25.6 MBGreg Hart farms 1500 acres in Hawkes Bay, New Zealand. He works on the property with his wife and 3 young children, as well as 3 other workers and various WWOOFers from all around the world. The Harts practise regenerative agriculture and try to raise awareness about the urgent need to transition to a food production system based on nature that heals the earth and society.
Episode 295: Erika Rumbley, The New Garden Society
April 04, 2017 20:43 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBErika Rumbley is the Co-Founder and Director of The New Garden Society (TNGS). Each year The New Garden Society trains 100+ incarcerated students in the art and science of plants, building a bridge from Greater-Boston prisons and youth detention facilities to local careers in organic land care. Erika is also the Greenhouse Manager at Langwater Farm, a 50-acre, certified organic vegetable, fruit, flower and herb farm south of Boston. Her most formative experiences as an adult educator include...
Episode 294: Ildi Carlisle-Cummins, Cal Ag Roots Project
March 28, 2017 20:37 - 38 minutes - 35.7 MBIldi Carlisle-Cummins is Director of the Cal Ag Roots Project at the California Institute for Rural Studies. Cal Ag Roots puts historical roots under current California food and farming change movements by telling the story of California agricultural development in innovative, useful, and relevant ways. There is deep knowledge about the structures, driving forces, and key moments that have shaped California's food system among recognized experts; and those who have participated in the creati...
Episode 293: Robert Olivier, GrubTubs
March 21, 2017 21:12 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBRobert Olivier, founder of GrubTubs, Inc. invents and develops all aspects of insect based technologies, from conceptual design work to prototyping and final fabrication. Currently he is engineering a bioconversion facility in Austin, TX, to transform food waste into animal feed. Olivier holds a bachelor's degree in environmental sciences and business administration from Southern Methodist University. He received the Departmental Academic Excellence Award in Geological Sciences upon graduati...
Episode 292: Marie Hoff, Capella Grazing Project
March 07, 2017 22:04 - 33 minutes - 31 MBMarie Hoff founded Capella Grazing Project in 2013. Using rare, heritage breed Ouessant sheep, she grazes in such unlikely spots as vineyards, orchards, on cover crop at local farms, and for landowners seeking holistic lawn-mowing services. In this unconventional manner of ranching, she blends ancient shepherding with modern day integrated agricultural and economic systems, stewarding both landscape and livestock genetics.
Episode 291: Locky Catron, Oggun Tractor
February 28, 2017 21:43 - 26 minutes - 24.7 MBLocky Catron graduated from Iowa State University with an Agricultural Business degree and joined the three-person Cleber, LLC, team in Alabama. Her experiences working both in Big Ag and on organic farms led her to have a passion for regional food systems and a more diversified agriculture. Cleber's business model is one that encourages local/regional manufacturing by using an open system design approach. Their first piece of equipment is the Oggun Tractor - a simple, versatile tractor insp...
Episode 290: Thomas Baldwin, Ulua Palms Farm and Nursery
February 21, 2017 21:42 - 29 minutes - 27.4 MBTom Baldwin is the Farm Director of Ulua Palms Farm and Nursery in Makawo, HI. A permaculture designer and nurseryman, he is currently engaged in the development of a 5-acre homestead property on Maui in addition to maintaining an 18-acre farm on Big Island. This includes the current planting of a collection of roughly 50 avocado varieties, and an extensive renovation of an old family homestead built in 1906. Tom stewards an extensive collection of plants, including a repository of rare frui...
Episode 289: Sara Day Evans, Accelerating Appalachia
February 14, 2017 21:34 - 35 minutes - 32.4 MBBased in Kentucky and North Carolina, Sara Day Evans works through Accelerating Appalachia to advance the regenerative economy for North America's most diverse foodshed: the Appalachian region. She's a program developer, social entrepreneur, and living bridge who for over 20 years has delivered powerful impact through strong leadership, creativity, and collaboration. Launching Accelerating Appalachia was borne out of a variety of circumstances: a natural evolution of her ongoing commitment t...
Episode 288: Miles Teitge, Syringa Mountain School
February 07, 2017 21:48 - 24 minutes - 22.8 MBMiles Teitge took his first steps in the old growth forests of Vashon Island, WA, and was transplanted to the Idaho high mountain desert in 1983. Graduating from the Community School, he took up surfing in Kauai, trekked India, and biked across the U.S. to study Anthroposophy for a year at Camphill Village in Copake, NY. This Rudolph Steiner inspired community serves those with special needs, and is also the home of Turtle Tree Seed, a producer of biodynamic seeds. He earned a Bachelor's deg...
Episode 287: Michael Bologna, Green Lion Partners
January 31, 2017 21:35 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MBMike Bologna, CEO of Green Lion Partners, is a decisive and personable leader with a comprehensive background in supply chain technology consulting, process analysis, and operational strategy. Using this experience, Mike focuses on ensuring organizational success by improving efficiencies, minimizing waste, and bringing socially conscious processes to the forefront. Green Lion Partners is a Denver, CO based business strategy firm focused on early stage development in the regulated cannabis i...
Episode 286: Jeff Conant, Friends of the Earth-US
January 24, 2017 21:42 - 33 minutes - 30.5 MBJeff Conant directs Friends of the Earth's international forests program, which campaigns to protect forests and the rights of forest-dependent peoples by addressing the economic and political drivers of forest destruction. Prior to joining Friends of the Earth, Jeff ran communications and popular education efforts around climate and development justice with Global Justice Ecology Project, International Accountability Project, and other advocacy organizations, and co-authored A Community Gui...
Episode 285: Maddie Elling, Hosta Hill
January 17, 2017 21:44 - 28 minutes - 26.6 MBBerkshire native Maddie Elling and her partner Abe Hunrichs run Hosta Hill, a Berkshire-based business growing and making lacto-fermented vegetables. A lover of the outdoors, food, and dynamic work, Maddie spent four years after high school WWOOFing and wandering. After meeting Abe, they both settled in the Berkshires: dabbling in odd jobs and raising various animals and crops. Inspired by the Berkshire landscape and food scene they were eager to create a business of their own. They settled ...
Episode 284: Ben Dobson, Stone House Grain
January 10, 2017 21:34 - 35 minutes - 32.6 MBBen Dobson grew up in Hillsdale, New York, on a small organic farm and started his first agricultural business in 2001. After two years on his own, he joined forces with his father Ted Dobson and managed the fields at his salad and tomato farm in Sheffield, MA, from 2003 through 2006. Since then Ben has started, managed, and overseen the sale of two agricultural businesses: One of which, Atlantic Organics, founded in 2007, was the largest organic vegetable farm in the state of Maine. The oth...
Episode 283: Dorn Cox, Tuckaway Farm
December 20, 2016 21:35 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MBDorn Cox, PhD, is an agriculturist, and farmer working his 250-acre diversified organic family farm in Lee, New Hampshire. He is a co-founder of the FarmOS software platform, a founding member of the Farm Hack community, and is active in the national soil health movement to develop systems that improve global agricultural knowledge exchange and local regenerative production capacity. He has a PhD from the University of New Hampshire.
Episode 282: Erica Frenay, Shelterbelt Farm & Cornell Small Farms Program
December 13, 2016 21:37 - 33 minutes - 31 MBErica Frenay manages 35 acres of sheep, cattle, ducks, orchard, apiary, and high tunnels at Shelterbelt Farm near Ithaca, NY, with her husband and two young kids. She has also worked for the Cornell Small Farms Program for 11 years, co-founding the Northeast Beginning Farmer Project in 2006. She is a certified educator of Holistic Management and has completed permaculture design training, both of which have informed the design and management of her farm. She is passionate about connecting pe...
Episode 281: Amanda Swinimer, Dakini Tidals Wild
December 06, 2016 21:36 - 33 minutes - 31 MBAmanda Swinimer completed her BSc+ at Dalhousie University with an advanced major in Marine Biology and a minor in Oceanography. Amanda furthered her education by apprenticing for two years with a wise herbal teacher, Bernice Woolham, and studying with the ‘Kelp Doctor’, Dr. Louis Druehl. Her deep love of the ocean and the rainforest brought her to the west coast of Vancouver Island where she started her own business, Dakini Tidal Wilds, in 2003. For 15 years, Amanda has been sustainably har...
Episode 280: Graison Gill, Bellgarde Bakery
November 29, 2016 21:33 - 27 minutes - 25.5 MBGraison S. Gill is the owner of Bellegarde, a commercial bakery and stone mill in New Orleans bound to local ingredients, heritage, and flavor. He has been baking professionally for eight years and was trained at the San Francisco Baking Institute under Michel Suas, Mac McConnell, Mike Zakowski, and Frank Sally.
Episode 279: Alexandra Hudson, Kaleidoscope Foods
November 22, 2016 21:41 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBAlexandra Hudson is a holistic chef, clinical herbalist, and regenerative food system advocate. In 2013 Alexandra founded Kaleidoscope Foods, a California Bay Area-based producer of bone broth infused kale chips, to provide deep on-the-go high integrity nutrition to her community. Alexandra is committed to weaving a food system that regenerates at every step of the process, from the vibrancy of the soil to the health of her customers.
Episode 278: Jonny Price, Kiva
November 15, 2016 21:34 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBJonny leads Kiva's work to reach financially excluded and socially impactful small business owners, artisans and farmers in the United States with 0% interest loans. He first came to Kiva in 2009 as a volunteer, and joined full-time in 2011 to lead the Kiva U.S. team. Jonny graduated with a degree in History from the University of Cambridge. He is married to Ali, who he met at Kiva, and a few weeks ago he became the proud father of Felicity Grace Price!
Episode 277: Becky Brand, Brandmoore Farm
November 08, 2016 21:40 - 26 minutes - 24 MBBecky Brand, of Brandmoore Farm, joins today's episode of Greenhorns Radio. Becky grew up in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and later attended University of New Hampshire– landing her on the New Hampshire Seacoast. After studying Environmental Horticulture at UNH, she worked in Massachusetts at Appleton Farms and New Hampshire at Meadow’s Mirth where she continued to learn about organic and sustainable farming practices. Becky and her husband Phil Brand started Brandmoore Farm in 2012. Brandmoore...
Episode 276: Tristan Gooley, Natural Navigator
November 01, 2016 20:37 - 29 minutes - 26.7 MBTristan Gooley is a natural navigator and award-winning author of three of the world's only books covering natural navigation. The best selling books are: The Natural Navigator (2010), The Lost Art of Reading Nature's Signs (2014) and How to Read Water (2016).
Episode 275: Alex Pino
October 25, 2016 20:33 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBBorn and raised in Chicago, Alex Pino moved to New Mexico at age 20. After years working unfulfilling jobs and seeking solutions for the industrialized food system he began farming on a rocky Piñon & juniper covered hillside near Santa Fe. Pino now farms four properties from Pecos along the river to La Cienega, growing heirloom garlic on rented, drip-irrigated land. Pino sells at Santa Fe area Farmers' Markets year round. He organizes farmers through the National Young Farmers Coalition's lo...
Episode 274: Theo Wadman, Helios Farms
October 18, 2016 20:29 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBTheo Wadman grew up on a small farm raising livestock and worked in conventional agricultural and food industry jobs operating equipment for local farmers, seed cleaning plants, and frozen food companies. Theo received a bachelor's degree in Engineering Physics from Oregon State University, built a small publishing company, a technical writing company, and then a successful translation and software localization company, which is now part of translations.com. Along the way, two of Theo’s sons...
Episode 273: Adam Nordell, Songbird Farm & Sassafras Stomp
October 11, 2016 20:35 - 29 minutes - 26.9 MBTogether with his partner Johanna Davis, Adam Nordell runs Songbird Farm, an organic vegetable and grain farm in Unity, ME. The farm is built around wholesale vegetable sales to organic distributors and food cooperatives in Maine, and both wholesale and CSA marketing of heritage flint cornmeal, wheat and rye flour. Adam and Johanna also tour in the off-season as the folk music duo Sassafras Stomp, and perform high energy traditional fiddle music and original songs reflecting on farming and c...
Episode 272: Brianna Bowman, National Incubator Farm Training Initiative
October 04, 2016 20:37 - 32 minutes - 29.4 MBBrianna Bowman lives and works in Massachusetts, where she manages the National Incubator Farm Training Initiative, which supports the development and strengthening of programs that train new farmers. She is interested in how to promote an ecosystem of success for beginning farmers which extends well beyond their time in training and touches upon how we value, access, and enjoy food. Brianna studied Peace Studies and holds a Masters in International Development and Sustainable Agriculture. S...
Episode 271: Robin Grey
September 27, 2016 20:35 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBThis week on Greenhorns Radio, Severine welcomes musician Robin Grey. Inspired by the timeless work of Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen and Joanna Newsom amongst many others, Robin colours in his songs about love and life with guitar, banjo, ukulele, mandolin, piano, double bass, organ, percussion toys and any other instruments he can afford and fit into his little east London studio. Robin devised and performs a show called Three Acres And A Cow, A History Of Land Rights And Protest In Folk Song ...
Episode 270: Nels Veliquette
July 12, 2016 20:27 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBNels Veliquette lives in Victoria, British Columbia with his wife Michelle and son Axel. Raised in Michigan in the tart cherry business, one generation removed from the dairy, he is active in business planning, policy development and education. Nels has direct experience in production, logistics, agri-tourism development, land preservation and finance. He has a Masters Degree in Administration and is a writer, educator and business consultant who does not fear the future.
Episode 269: JennaDee Detro of Cat Spring Tea
July 05, 2016 21:03 - 30 minutes - 28 MBThis week on Greenhorns Radio, Severine is joined by JennaDee Detro, Co-Founder and Head of Production of Cat Spring Tea. JennaDee has 3 years of yaupon harvesting experience and has developed the production practices. Previously, she was a professional photographer and graphic designer. She loves that Cat Spring Yaupon Tea is a return to family values and pure American goodness.
Episode 268: Andre Entermann, Sunnfield Farm Owner
June 28, 2016 20:40 - 23 minutes - 21.3 MBAndre Entermann grew up in Southern California surfing, skateboarding, sailing and spearfishing. After a stint in the U.S. Coast Guard as a Helicopter Rescue Swimmer, he turned to food and farming and worked on many farms abroad. Andre landed his dream of running a goat dairy here on Lopez Island with his wife Elizabeth.
Episode 267: Dan Kittredge, Bionutrient Food Association
June 21, 2016 20:35 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBThis week on Greenhorns Radio, Severine is joined by Dan Kittredge. Dan is the Founder and Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food Association. Raised by parents who are prominent leaders in the organic food movement, Dan has been an organic farmer since childhood. His experience managing organic farms and developing sustainable agriculture techniques has connected him to farmers in Central America, Russia, India and the U.S. Dan lives in Central Massachusetts with his wife and three ch...
Episode 266: Jessika Tantisook, Starvation Alley Social Purpose Corporation
June 14, 2016 20:54 - 29 minutes - 27.2 MBJessika is a small business owner and food systems aficionado. As co-founder and CEO of Starvation Alley Social Purpose Corporation, a cranberry company located in Southwest Washington, Jessika spends much of her time building a new business that supports regional cranberry farmers through the organic certification process. Though she is passionate about farmers, her favorite part about her job is getting to partner with many other inspiring Pacific Northwest food producers to create collabo...
Episode 265: Brendon Rockey, Rockey Farms
June 07, 2016 20:33 - 13 minutes - 12.1 MBBrendon Rockey is a third generation farmer from Center, CO. He is currently managing the farm that his Grandpa started in 1938, and he is returning to the same fundamentals that the farm was founded on. His Grandpa Floyd use to preach that you must take care of the soil before the soil can take care of you. Rockey Farms has eliminated their dependency on toxic chemicals and synthetic fertilizers by managing the farm as a complete system. Rockey Farms raises high quality specialty potatoes ...
Episode 264: Natalie Kilmer
May 31, 2016 20:06 - 27 minutes - 24.9 MBNatalie Kilmer lives in Oakland, California where she owns and is the lead gardener for a socially minded, mini-farming and consulting business called, The Little Acre. Natalie also works with Bay Area pioneer, Greywater Action giving lectures and leading hands on workshops across Northern California. Natalie graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Religious Studies. She continued her ongoing studies through Permaculture Design at Esalen Institute, a gardening internship at Occidental Arts a...
Episode 263: Jack Motter of Ellwood Canyon Farms
May 24, 2016 20:25 - 24 minutes - 22.6 MBJack Motter and Jeff Kramer, owners of Ellwood Canyon Farms, are life-long friends who grew up in fourth generation farming families in the small town of Brawley, located in the Imperial Valley in the desert of Southeastern California. They each attended college in Santa Barbara and have lived there for the last fifteen years. Jack established Ellwood Canyon Farms in 2009, and Jeff has been on board since 2010. They currently grow mixed organic produce on 50 acres, focusing on organic method...
Episode 262: Russ Cohen
May 17, 2016 22:08 - 36 minutes - 33.4 MBUntil his retirement last summer, Russ Cohen’s “day job” was serving as the Rivers Advocate for the Massachusetts Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Ecological Restoration, where he had worked since 1988, and where one of his areas of expertise was riparian vegetation. Now Russ has more time to pursue his passionate avocation, which is connecting to nature via his taste buds. He is an expert forager and the author of Wild Plants I Have Known…and Eaten, published in 2004 by the Essex C...
Episode 261: Robert Bauer and Jacob Marty
May 10, 2016 20:53 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MBRobert Bauer joined Southwest Badger Resource Conservation and Development Council, Inc as the Grazing Broker on October 12, 2015. As Grazing Broker, Robert connects landowners of grasslands with livestock producers to increase acreage of well-managed grazing. He also assists in determining the fair market value of grasslands, writes grazing plans, and provides technical assistance to both producers and landowners. Robert works closely with a multi-agency team to coordinate educational ev...
Episode 260: Learner Limbach
May 03, 2016 20:26 - 40 minutes - 37.4 MBLearner Limbach a committed leader in the local food and agriculture movement. He has been a farmer, an educator, a community organizer, a business professional and a consultant. Through this work Learner has grown increasingly passionate about eliminating the barriers that make it difficult for farmers to be successful. In 2013 Learner spearheaded the creation of the Orcas Food Co-op, a consumer-owned co-op that he now manages as his full-time job. With a central goal of creating a sustaina...
Episode 259: Nikiko Masumoto
April 26, 2016 20:23 - 35 minutes - 32.3 MBBorn in the Central Valley of California, Nikiko Masumoto spent her childhood slurping over-ripe peaches on the Masumoto Family Farm (an 80-acre organic farm in Del Rey, CA). She has never missed a summer harvest. In 2007 she graduated from UC Berkeley with a B.A. in Gender and Women’s Studies. It was there that she realized she wanted to return to the Valley to farm. But first she completed a M.A. in Performance as Public Practice from UT Austin. Her research focused on the performance of m...
Episode 258: Allie Barker
April 19, 2016 20:26 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MBAllie grew up in Ohio on her parents' farm shoveling poop, climbing trees, and playing in the dirt. These formative years were not easy to wash off and stuck with her. She ended up studying sustainable agriculture, herbal medicine, alternative energy and sustainable architecture at The Evergreen State College. Most of Allie’s life has been spent in the out-of-doors, mountain guiding and growing food. She naturally migrated to Chickaloon, Alaska, in the heart of the Matanuska Valley at the ag...
Episode 257: Cory Carmen
April 12, 2016 22:54 - 18 minutes - 17 MBCory grew up ranching on her family’s fourth-generation ranch in rural Oregon. After graduating from Stanford University and working on Capitol Hill and in Los Angeles, she returned to the ranch to try a different production model and transitioned Carman Ranch to grassfed beef production. After a decade of successfully raising and selling grassfed beef, she joined the the Pasture One team to help create a national presence. In her role as the Director of Production, she leads the growing c...
Episode 256: Marc Millitzer
April 05, 2016 20:21 - 27 minutes - 25.1 MBMarc Millitzer is the owner and farmer of Tree of Life Gardens in Cuba City, Wisconsin. Marc grew up in the city moving around a lot with his family until the age of ten when his family settled in eastern Iowa. Marc grew up helping on other farms. His farming experience came mostly from his extended family and neighbors. After a small career in glassblowing Marc pursued healthy living in the country and discovered organic gardening was a passion. He then traveled to Belize receiving educati...
Episode 255: Dave Oien
March 22, 2016 22:05 - 29 minutes - 27.3 MBOn this week's episode of Greenhorns Radio, Severine speaks with Dave Oien, a third generation farmer who continues to work his family’s land in Montana. Dave transitioned the land to organics back in the 80’s and started an organic seed and edible legumes business in 1987, along with three business partners. Dave, as well as Timeless Seeds and its other Montana-based legume growers, recently became publicly visible after being the focus of Liz Carlisle’s recent book, The Lentil Underground.
Episode 254: Jason Angell and Jocelyn Apicello
March 15, 2016 20:43 - 24 minutes - 22.1 MBToday’s guests on Greenhorns Radio, Jason Angell and Jocelyn Apicello, came to farming later in life, transitioning from white collar jobs in NYC. They learned most of their methods on a small farm in Patagonia, Argentina and moved back to family land to start Longhaul Farm in 2011. They are a micro-farm (with one acre in vegetables, three in livestock, and a CSA of fifty families) — a model that they believe is accessible to those who want to grow their own food and live more sustainably. ...
Episode 253: Effie Rawlings, Todd Darling and The Gill Tract Protest
March 08, 2016 23:59 - 31 minutes - 29.3 MBThis week on Greenhorns Radio, our guests are Effie Rawlings and Todd Darling. Todd and Effie were both involved in the Gill Tract protest, and the film that came out of this conflict, “Occupy The Farm.” They are excited to talk about the Gill Tract, food justice and organization tactics, as well how they captured this work on film. OCCUPY THE FARM tells the story of 200 urban farmers who walk onto a publicly-owned research farm and plant two acres of crops in order to save the land from b...
Episode 252: Sage Dilts and Nathan Hodges of Barn Owl Bakery
March 01, 2016 21:51 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBSage Dilts owns and operates Barn Owl Bakery alongside her husband, Nathan Hodges. After earning a B.A. in Community Planning and Development, Sage spent time in politics and the non-profit sector working on food and nutrition issues. Then, looking for a more direct way to manifest her ideals about functional food systems, she began her baking in the Headland Center for the Arts in the Marin Headlands, working with Eduardo Morel of Morel’s Bread. The focus on small scale wood fired naturally...
Episode 251: Farming in Alaska
February 18, 2016 17:51 - 26 minutes - 24.4 MBOn today’s episode of Greenhorns Radio, Megan Talley is coming to us from Spring Creek Farm in Alaska. Spring Creek Farm is a project of Alaska Pacific University, “which cultivates sustainable produce for a local market, and trains new growers.” Megan is excited to chat about what it means to farm in Alaska, and the food and agricultural context unique to the state. Megan also comes from a creative arts background, and has much to say on the role of farming and art in the community. “Alask...
Episode 250: Rianne de Beer
February 09, 2016 21:03 - 36 minutes - 33.6 MBThis week’s featured farmer on _ Greenhorns Radio _ is Rianne de Beer. When Rianne de Beer was asked to come work as a ships cook for -what was supposed to be only- a month on sailing cargo vessel Tres Hombres ‘because they really needed one at the time’, little did she know she was going to sail the world for the following two years. This dynamic and organic way of evolving is distinctive for the expanding fleet of Fair Transport. The three bro’s, Andreas, Arjen and Jorne, started the whole...
Episode 249: Evan Marks
February 02, 2016 22:11 - 31 minutes - 29 MBTune in for this week’s episode of Greenhorns Radio with guest Evan Marks. With his formal education and background in permaculture and agroecology, and, having worked extensively in domestic and international domains, Evan knows that people have the ability to directly impact the environment through individual change. As the founder and Executive Director of The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano, Evan and his team focus on activating change through individual and collaborative effort t...
Episode 248: John Chester
January 19, 2016 21:31 - 23 minutes - 22 MB_ Greenhorns Radio _‘s featured guest this week is John Chester. While elbow deep in a cow assisting a difficult birth, you’d never guess that John spent the first 20 years of his career making documentary films. As the director of such critically-acclaimed films as Lost in Woonsocket (OWN) & Rock Prophecies (PBS), as well as the star and show runner of Random 1 (A&E) has built many teams in his career, which certainly helps to develop the amazing group of people at Apricot Lane Farms. John...
Episode 247: Ryan Power
January 13, 2016 00:17 - 34 minutes - 31.9 MBToday’s featured guest is Ryan Power. Ryan Power farms where he grew up in Sebastopol, CA. He attended the apprenticeship in ecological horticulture at the Center For Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems in Santa Cruz, CA. He spent time on a small farm in New Mexico learning to use draft horses, which he then used for the first four years farming in Sebastopol. Now, as co-owner of New Family Farm, he manages 15 acres of diverse, organic vegetable production, and a side project growing ...