“Digging in the Dirt” is a podcast and radio show featured on WPKN (wpkn.org) with climate change experts and activists, promoting organic and regenerative farming techniques, showing the way to grow healthier food in a way that respects the planet’s health. In addition to nationally known movers and shakers in this niche, Kevin loves to feature food authors, local farmers and gardeners pushing the envelope by encouraging us to take personal responsibility, as consumers and gardeners, toward ...
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Dina Brewster - Farmer at the Hickories & Former Exec. Dir. Ct. NOFA 2021
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27:32My guest today on Digging in the Dirt is Dina Brewster. Dina was the Executive Director of The Northeast Organic Farming Association of Connecticut (CT NOFA), she owns The Hickories a one acre vegetable garden and has overseen the development of new products and new acreage as the family business has grown. Committed to connecting people with worki…
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Mark Fulford Innovative farmer and consultant
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55:05My guest on this edition of "Digging in the Dirt" is world known Innovative farmer and Consultant Mark Fulford. Mark has traveled the world to learn more about age old practices of farming that he brings back to his farm in Maine and shares with anyone who wants to listen. Check out the wisdom of Mark Fulford on "Digging in the Dirt"…
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Nicholas Money - The Selfish Ape Human nature and our path to extinction.
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26:32My next guest on DITD is Nicholas Money. NIK is is a gentleman of letters, mycologist, and professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. He most recently authored the book “The Selfish Ape: Human Nature and Our Path to Extinction. The selfish Ape explores human genetics, reproduction, brain function, and aging,... viewing man as a brilliantly inve…
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Soil Foodweb. Inc - Elaine Ingham- Executive Director
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22:39World-renowned leader in soil microbiology, Dr. Elaine Ingham joins Kevin to discuss the Soil Foodweb. . Dr Ingham is founder, president, and director of research for Soil Foodweb. Elaine has dedicated her career to exploring the organisms which make up the soil food web, with the goal of translating this knowledge into practical actions that ensur…
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"The Need To Grow" Documentary Filmmaker Rob Herring 2020
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32:26My guest on this episode of Digging in the Dirt is Director Rob Herring who along with Ryan Wirick Directed wrote and produced the film “The Need to Grow” which lays out the many issues of modern industrial farming and what it will take to change over to a more sustainable, regenerative system of growing our food.…
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Mark Cohen Regenerative Farmer, Organic Inspector
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47:05My guest on this segment of DITD is Organic Certification Inspector, ethnobotanist and educator, Mark Cohen....... Mark, lives in Southern Ohio at Far Valley Farm a 30 year old intentional community he helped co-found....... he grows a wide range of crops, seeds,honey, mushrooms and medicinals. Mark also founded the agroforestry Research in Belize …
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Sean Sublette - Meteorologist Climate Central / Climate Matters 2019
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30:10Research shows that meteorologists are trusted messengers on climate change. The majority of weather people understand that climate change is real and that the science of climate change needs to be communicated to the public. To my mind, there seems to be a dearth of reporting on our climate crisis on the drive time news and Climate Central is one …
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The Real Organic Project - Dave Chapman Farmer Activist 2020
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38:12Dave Chapman runs Long Wind Farm in Vermont and is a Co-Director of the Real Organic Project. He is a founding member of the Vermont Organic Farmers. He has been active in the movement to Keep The Soil In Organic. He is proud to be a current member of the Policy Committee of the Organic Farmers Association. He served on the USDA Hydroponic Task For…
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"Epic Tomatoes" Craig LeHoullier - Author 2019
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44:23I was very pleased to have Craig LeHoullier as my guest here on "Digging in the Dirt". Craig is one of the best tomato growers and seed savers in the country, having gone so far as to give the heirloom tomato, Cherokee Purple it's name and write a couple of books, one of which is the fabulous “Epic Tomatoes” It's a great resource book for any level…
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Dr. Alexander "Sande" Beddoe - Reams Biological Theory of Ionization 2019
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29:28My guest on this program is Dr. Sande Beddoe A leading authority on Dr. Carey A. Reams' Biological Theory of Ionization and how it applies to soil, plant, animal and human nutrition. Whether you grow veggies for fun or are a corporate agricultural operation covering thousands of acres, you can have a part in changing the health of the world, if you…
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Dan Kittredge Executive Director Bionutrient Food Association 9-17-2019
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23:12My next guest has been here many times before. He is Dan Kittredge. Dan is a Farmer, founder and Executive Director of the Bionutrient Food . Dan is here to talk about what's going with on with the BFA's "Real Food Campaign" and the their upcoming annual Soil and Nutrition conference in November.Kevin Gallagher által
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Bryan O'Hara - Farmer, Author No -Till intensive Vegetable Culture
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31:38My next guest on Digging in the Dirt has been here before. Bryan is a master vegetable Farmer. Bryan and I cross paths at various conferences now and then and I have gotten to know what high regard Bryans knowledge of growing is held in. . Bryan O’Hara has been growing vegetables on his Connecticut farm, Tobacco Road for over 25 years. He speaks th…
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Seed: The untold story - Director Jon Betz
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27:05Kevin is joined by Jon Betz of Collective Mind Films, to talk about his gorgeous, maddening new film Seed: The Untold Story. Here is what the directors, Taggert Siegel and Jon have to say about their new effort. "For years, we have passionately made films that reveal our deep connection to nature and our food. The Real Dirt on Farmer John (2005), t…
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Compostable Bioplastics with Dan Martens V.P, of Novamont North America
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41:41Diggng in the Dirt" Monday Feb 10th at 5 pm, My In studio guest on Digging in the Dirt will be Dan Martens Vice President of Novamont North America. He is a Board Member on the Council of Canadian Composters, Board Member Biodegradable Products institute, Advisory Board Member 5-year USDA SCRI Compostable Product in Soil Study, Winner Innovation of…
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Ungardening Native Plants - Aubree Keurajian 2021
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20:35Aubree Keurajian Aubree is an ecologist from central Connecticut, and the founder of Ungardening Native Plants, a small scale nursery and yard consultation service working to make the tools and ideas of ecological restoration accessible to all. She has a bachelor's degree in Systems Ecology from Cornell University, and worked in the public, private…
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Robin L. Avant Author The Spirit of Gardening
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27:10My guest on this DITD is author Robin l. Avant a local lady who lives here in Bridgeport and is Academic Dean at Housatonic Community College. Robin is an enthusiastic gardener. So much so, she has written a lovely, personal book called “The spirit of Gardening” Gardening for new Bees, the life revealed through gardening.…
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Kami McBride - The Herbal Kitchen 2021
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35:04My guest on this segment of Digging in the Dirt is Kami McBride. Kami is a clinical herbalist and the author of The Herbal Kitchen detailing uses for 50 Easy-To-Find Common Herbs and with over 250 Recipes. For at least 25 years she has been teaching people to grow and use herbs in their daily lives for every day common ailments.…
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Clare Maloney - Ft. Myers Florida 3 years after Hurricane Ian
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33:53My guest today is someone special to me. It's my youngest sister Clare. In light of what's going on in Los Angeles with the horrific destruction by the wind driven fires and what a monumental task of rebuilding will be. I thought what she has to say about her recent experience in Ft. Myers Florida would be interesting to you. What she experienced d…
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Lori Cochran-Dougall Director of the Westport Farmers Market and Kaitlyn Kimbal Agriculture Director Cityseed, New Haven CT.
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54:30Lori Cochran-Dougall Director of the Westport Farmers Market and Kaitlyn Kimbal Agriculture Director Cityseed, New Haven CT. join me to about farmers markets in the area, specifically the Westport Farmers market. Then Samantha Jo, Project Manager of Rewild Long Island, joins me to tell you about their upcoming Sustainable Garden Design online work …
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Lisa Shanahan - The new Gas Leaf Blower ordinance in Norwalk CT.
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16:01Lisa Shanahan is the President of the Norwalk Land Trust, an organization that provides an important education function to Norwalk along with preserving open spaces. She is Chair of the Ordinance Committee of the Norwalk Common Council. She is here to Tell us, among other developments, about the new Gas Leaf Blower ordinance in Norwalk.…
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Susan Vogel board member of the Norwalk River watershed Association working to restoring riparian buffers
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20:50Today's guest on "Digging in the Dirt" is Susan Vogel. Susan is a board member of the Norwalk River Watershed Association working to restore and expand native habitats along the waterways in her area known as "riparian buffers". She has lived in Connecticut for almost 30 years and currently calls Norwalk home.…
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Peter Byck Director, producer and writer of the Film "Roots so deep you can see the devil down there". Plus, Gloria Frazee of RewildLongIsland.org on their community gardens grant program.
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55:32My guest on Digging in is Peter Byck director, producer and writer of a 4 part documentary series called Roots so deep, you can see the devil down there. He’s also currently producing an on-going series of short films called Carbon Cowboys. The film documents a $10 million research project comparing Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing with convent…
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Dr. Elizabeth Sawin -Director of Multisolving Institute.
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45:28Dr. Sawin is an expert on multisolving, actions that address equity, climate change health, well-being, and economic vitality as integrated issues. She developed the concept after studying bright spots around the world where people created systems change by building connections across silos. In 2021, Beth founded Multisolving Institute to share thi…
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Mark Haubner the President of the North Fork Environmental Council, Kris Liem, master gardener Eastern Long Island Surfriders, Ocean Friendly Gardens Committee, Rewild Long Islands Gloria Frazee, The ...
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54:10This episode of "Digging in the Dirt". my guests will be Mark Haubner the President of the North Fork Environmental Council on Long Island who is working closely now with Biodiversity for a Livable Climate. Mark talks to me about several projects and events coming up on the North Fork of Long Island. Then, I speak with Kris Liem, master gardener wh…
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Jeff Masters (Hurricane Expert, Yale Climate Connection), Kaitlyn Kimball (Director of Agriculture for Cityseed, New Haven), James Blanchfield (Wilton, Connecticut Fire Chief and Emergency Management ...
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54:51This week on Digging in the Dirt, it's all about heavy weather. The first of Kevin Gallaghers three guests will be Yale Climate Connection meteorologist, and hurricane expert, Jeff Masters who will review how hurricane Helene became so devastating. Next up is farmer Kaitlyn Kimball Director of agriculture for Cityseed in New Haven. She weighs in on…
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Chuck Collins of ClimateCriminals.org
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42:56Chuck Collins of climatecriminals.org is my guest on this "Digging in the Dirt". Chuck is here to talk about why he believes It’s time to name the names of the individuals delaying climate action and financing the climate crisis, so they can be held accountable. Chuck Collins is an American author and a senior scholar at the Institute for Policy St…
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Brad Kurtz - Vineyard Director of Gloria Ferrer vineyards
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27:24I'd like you to welcome to Digging in the Dirt Brad Kurtz Vineyard Director of Gloria Ferrer vineyards. Brad has led his winery into becoming a leader in sustainable and regenerative practices within the California sparkling market. Brad focuses on sustainable agricultural programs and technology to advance wine quality across a broad range of vari…
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Kaitlyn Kimball Farmer at Sunset Organic Farm Naugatuck Ct.
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41:51Organic farmer Kaitlyn Kimball is my guest on this show. Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. with her husband Lawrence Passeck. Sunset is a USDA Certified Organic vegetable and flower farm focused on sustainability and community. Kaitlyn is also Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven. CitySeed has a mission to "create…
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Carl Safina - Author of "Owls in our yard"
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25:00I'd like to welcome back Dr. Carl Safina from the Safina Center to Digging in the dirt. Carl has taken the story of his previous book "Alfie and Me" to another level and created a picture book for children called "Owls in our yard" ! Carl is a good friend of Digging in the Dirt and WPKN radio. Dr. Safina is the endowed chair for Nature and Humanity…
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