Latest Hobbyfarming Podcast Episodes
Episode 49: Angela Kingsawan talks gardening, health care and all things herbs!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 08, 2023 10:00 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIndigenous urban farmer and herbalist Angela Kingsawan talks about gardening in Milwaukee, translating ancient knowledge into modern reality, connecting health care with healthy foods, and more. Learn about Angela’s early introduction to land stewardship and multicultural approach to herbalism...
Esisode 48: Denzel Mitchell talks urban farming in Baltimore, heirloom Baltimore Fish peppers and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - February 22, 2023 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsDenzel Mitchell talks about urban farming in Baltimore, bringing up new farmers, the heirloom Baltimore Fish pepper and more. Hear about how food and farming have been part of Denzel’s whole life, from his extended family’s 600-acre homestead in Oklahoma to his college English professor’s home...
Episode 47: Christina Joy Neumann talks beekeeping, honey sustainability and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - February 10, 2023 10:00 - 54 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsPittsburgh apiarist Christina Joy Neumann talks with Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good host Lisa Munniksma about beekeeping, sustainability in the honey industry, and more. Learn about the evolution of Christina’s Apoidea Apiary and how she sees her career in architecture and her work with be...
Episode 46: Roy Kady talks traditions, sheep flocks, fiber arts and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - January 25, 2023 10:00 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode, shepherd and Diné fiber artist Roy Kady talks about the importance and traditions of the Navajo-Churro sheep breed, flock management, fiber arts, and more. Recorded on Winter Solstice (in the Northern hemisphere), Roy explains the importance of solstice in Diné lifeways. Learn...
Episode 45: Celina Ngozi talks food-sovereignty work, earth-based practices, fam meals and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - January 11, 2023 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsCelina Ngozi is a Black/Igbo agrarian and the founder of Ala Soul Earthworks/Dry Bones Heal Bottomland, joining Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good today to talk about her food-sovereignty work and earth-based practices. Hear about the Central Texas land that has been in Celina’s family since 1...
Episode 44: Dr. Mehmet Öztan of Two Seeds in a Pod
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - December 21, 2022 10:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good, Dr. Mehmet Öztan talks seed justice, selecting seeds for saving, the Seedy Talks speaker series, and more about his work as an underrepresented minoritized farmer in West Virginia. Hear about how Dr. Öztan went from receiving a PhD in civi...
Episode 43: Reingard Rieger talks all things compost!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - December 07, 2022 10:00 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsMaster Composter Reingard Rieger, Ph.D., breaks down composting, urban gardening and Seattle’s Master Composter Sustainability Steward program in this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good. Learn about Tilth Alliance’s Master Composter Sustainability Steward program, which trains 30 t...
Episode 42: Jeff Tober talks ecology, pastured pigs, farm planning and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - November 23, 2022 10:00 - 44 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsNew Jersey farmer Jeff Tober talks farming for ecological and community health, pasture-raised pigs, farm planning, and more with host Lisa Munniksma in this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good. Hear about how a potato growing in a compost pile in the Philadelphia suburbs sparked a c...
Episode 41: Tiffany Bellfield on family land and legacies, pollinator habitats and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - November 09, 2022 10:00 - 42 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsKentucky farmer and community organizer Tiffany Bellfield covers family land and legacies, pollinator habitats, Community Farm Alliance, and more on this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good. Hear about the deep history of Ballew Estates, the land that Tiffany’s great-grandfather, Atr...
Episode 40: Arwen Donahue Talks Balancing Creativity With Farming & More!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - October 26, 2022 09:00 - 39 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsThis episode features Arwen Donahue, her life on a Kentucky farm and her new book, Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year. Arwen tells us about her and her husband, David Wagoner’s, Three Springs Farm. You’ll hear about how they searched for their niche and revived themselves from burnout in smal...
Episode 39: Lilian Hill discusses dryland farming, traditional foodways & farming systems
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - October 12, 2022 09:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsListen in on this conversation with land steward, Native American Food Sovereignty Alliance Executive Director and Hopi Tribe member Lilian Hill as she talks about dryland farming, traditional foodways, farming systems and more. Hear about Lilian’s family and community heritage and how she co...
Episode 38: Pete Charlerie talks free farming equipment, USDA incentives, financial stability and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - September 28, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good, Pete Charlerie dives into financial sustainability for small farms, free equipment and information resources, USDA incentives and more. Pete tells us about his journey from his family’s citrus grove in Trinidad to the University of Marylan...
Episode 37: Kirstin Bailey talks intergenerational farming, farm transitions and much more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - September 14, 2022 09:00 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsNebraska farmer Kirstin Bailey talks intergenerational farming, farm transitions, and the free support for farmers offered by the Center for Rural Affairs. Hear about the four generations of Kirstin’s family living on Fox Run Farms, where they grow fruits and vegetables and keep bees. Kirstin ...
Episode 36: Demetra Markis talks medicinal herbs, community sheep grazing and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - August 24, 2022 09:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFarmer Demetra Markis joins Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good for a chat about her farm, Milleflora Farm, where she and her partner grow medicinal herbs for natural medicine clients and a small vegetable harvest to share with neighbors. Demetra talks about this farming endeavor, as well as shar...
Episode 35: Emily Trabolsi talks cooperative farming, connecting growers and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - August 10, 2022 09:00 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFilipino-Hawaiian farmer Emily Trabolsi joins Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good to talk about what farming in the Pacific Northwest looks like from a cooperative perspective. Learn about growing upland rice just outside Seattle. Hear about the Agrarian Trust organization and their concept of la...
Episode 34: Meighen Lovelace is back to talk community food, the Farm Bill and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - July 27, 2022 09:00 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsHobby Farms Presents: Growing Good brings you part two of the conversation with Colorado farmer Meighen Lovelace. In this episode, Meighen talks about the Colorado Blueprint to End Hunger and John Ikerd’s work in bringing to life a community food utility—like a rural electric cooperative, but fo...
Episode 33: Meighen Lovelace talks water issues, permaculture, food systems and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - July 13, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsOn this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good, Colorado farmer Meighen Lovelace talks water issues in the West, empowering people to grow food in community, and your chance to speak truth to power with the White House Conference on Hunger, Nutrition and Health. This is episode one of two...
Episode 32: Felicia Bell talks traditional agriculture, family business, farmers helping farmers and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - June 22, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode, fourth-generation Mississippi farmer Felicia Bell talks about traditional agriculture, family business, farmers helping farmers, and more. Find out how you can get free sustainable farming advice and technical assistance from the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NC...
Episode 32: Felicia Bell
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - June 22, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsIn this episode, fourth-generation Mississippi farmer Felicia Bell talks about traditional agriculture, family business, farmers helping farmers, and more. Find out how you can get free sustainable farming advice and technical assistance from the National Center for Appropriate Technology (NC...
Episode 31: Aaron De La Cerda on becoming a "plant person," urban farming, natural-systems growing and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - June 08, 2022 09:00 - 48 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAaron De La Cerda is on this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good to talk about the Acta Non Verba Youth Urban Farm Project, fruit gleaning, growing cannabis as a teenager, and why he prefers to be a “lazy” farmer. You’ll learn about how a life decision he was asked to make in third g...
Episode 30: Chereen Leong Schwarz talks local food, from raising to serving and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - May 25, 2022 09:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsChef and farmer Chereen Leong Schwarz is on this podcast episode to talk about “local” food from all perspectives. Hear about why Chereen has never eaten a McDonald’s hamburger and how that ties in to her from-scratch, locally sourced food philosophy and her love of cooking and eating country-st...
Episode 29: Fatuma Emmad talks farming, foodways, food system politics and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - May 11, 2022 09:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFarming, political science and the food system intersect for Colorado farmer, organizer and professor Fatuma Emmad, the guest on this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good. Hear about how her family’s immigration and emigration shaped her understanding of the food system and how that led...
Episode 28: Cheryl Browne on permaculture, herbal wellness, urban sustainability and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - April 27, 2022 14:39 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsOn this episode of "Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good," host Lisa Munniksma talks with permaculturalist, urban farming educator and New York City garden designer, Cheryl Browne. A co-founder of the Black Permaculture Network, Browne helps people bring the outdoors in through her business, Urban...
Episode 27: Mariel Gardner on urban farms, pollinator gardening and the “economy of decency”
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - April 06, 2022 09:00 - 27 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsUrban farmer Mariel Gardner talks about 5th Element Farms (aka Apocalyptic Acres), where Dope Beets, Dope Rhymes is the motto for the vacant city lot they reclaimed as a space to grow food for their community. Their food access model is to feed the people as best they can with the hope that othe...
Episode 26: Zoe Fuller chats about Alaskan farming, root cellars, indigenous foodways and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 23, 2022 09:00 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsYoung farmer Zoe Fuller talks about the growing agriculture scene in Alaska, where US farming statistics are being turned on their heads. You’ll hear about small-scale farmers coming together in the Matanuska Valley and creating a community-based economy in Alaska. Hear also about indigenous foo...
Episode 25: Tyler Eschleman talks desert farming, raising goats, regenerative growing and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 09, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAt Virsylvia Farm in the high desert of New Mexico, Tyler Eschleman and his wife raise goats for dairy and fiber; sheep for dairy, meat and fiber; alpacas for fiber; laying hens; and some vegetables. Hear about the realities of regenerative farming at 8,000 feet above sea level, from the challen...
Episode 25: Tyler Eshleman talks desert farming, raising goats, regenerative growing and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - March 09, 2022 10:00 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsAt Virsylvia Farm in the high desert of New Mexico, Tyler Eshleman and his wife raise goats for dairy and fiber; sheep for dairy, meat and fiber; alpacas for fiber; laying hens; and some vegetables. Hear about the realities of regenerative farming at 8,000 feet above sea level, from the challeng...
Episode 24: Missy Singer DuMars talks egg CSAs, on-farm dinners, fiber production and more!
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - February 16, 2022 10:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsMissy Singer DuMars tells us about her 13-acre Crown Hill Farm, outside Buffalo, New York, from the Lake Erie sunset views to her sheep and market gardens. Learn about fiber production, the art of scaling up slowly, and how to choose the best varieties to grow and sell. Missy has been hosting...
Episode 23: Juliann Salinas on Women, Food & Ag Network, beekeeping, food systems and more
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - February 02, 2022 10:00 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsFrom her .25-acre mini farm in New Mexico, Juliann Salinas talks all about beekeeping, the fragility of the local food system exposed by the pandemic, the Women, Food & Ag Network, and more. You’ll learn a quick history of WFAN’s 25 years, from environmental justice to racial justice, all focuse...
Episode 22: Bevin Cohen on home-pressed oils, intentional simplicity and small farming
Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good - January 19, 2022 10:00 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 26 ratingsOn this episode of "Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good," host Lisa Munniksma talks with herbalist, seed enthusiast and Hobby Farms contributor Bevin Cohen. Cohen and his family left city life some years ago to pursue simple living at their 3-acre Small House Farm—only to find his farming whims p...
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