Episode 109: From Urban Organizers to Organic Pioneers with Julie Rawson and Jack Kittredge
Admin2024-03-14T14:06:44+00:00March 14th, 2024|
Julie Rawson and Jack Kittredge are co-owners of Many Hands Organic Farm, an organic CSA farm that serves 150 families in Barre, MA. They met while doing community organizing work in Boston, and in 1982, made the decision to move out to the country to raise their kids in [...]
Episode 108: Increasing the Nutrient Density of Wine Grapes with Nicole Dooling and Michael Frey
Admin2024-03-07T12:29:40+00:00March 7th, 2024|
Nicole Dooling and Michael Frey help operate Mariah Vineyards in the Mendocino Ridge alongside Nicole's parents, Dan and Vicki. As founders, Dan and Vicki have mindfully tended their land for over 40 years, putting in the hard labor of planting and growing this vineyard from the ground up. Their [...]
Episode 107: Sustainable and Profitable Agriculture with Marty Travis
Admin2024-02-29T11:08:08+00:00February 29th, 2024|
Marty Travis, a former furniture maker turned farmer, co-owns and operates Spence Farm in Illinois with his son, Will. Spence Farm grows a wide array of heirloom and native crops, heritage animals, and a huge diversity of agricultural opportunities on the 160 acres. Marty embraced sustainable farming, catering to [...]
Episode 106: The Cumulative Benefits of Regeneration with Will Harris
Admin2024-02-22T11:05:13+00:00February 22nd, 2024|
Will Harris is a fourth-generation cattleman and the owner of White Oak Pastures, a holistically managed regenerative farm raising cattle, pigs, poultry, rabbits, sheep, and organic vegetables in Bluffton, Georgia. After graduating college in 1977, Will returned to Bluffton, where he and his father continued to raise cattle using [...]
Episode 105: Moving From Organic to Regenerative Management with Steven Cardoza
Admin2024-02-15T11:05:52+00:00February 15th, 2024|
Steven Cardoza is a second-generation organic raisin grape grower. His 400-acre farm is south of Fresno, California. His father transitioned from conventional to organic growing in 1998 after discovering some of the inputs he was using were making him ill. Steven took over the business in 2017 with a [...]