Podcasts
Agriculture in Interior Alaska? Yes, Interior Alaska is a place that encourages many people to start an agricultural enterprise. Farming Produce, Foraging Mushrooms, Keeping Bees, Raising Chickens; it’s all here. It’s the passion of these individuals that is changing the landscape of Interior Alaska. It’s their vision, their stories and I bring these visionaries and their stories to you. Join us for fun conversations, surprising disclosures, challenges, the trials, the joys and disappointments and the community support all surrounding this basic ingredient of life, FOOD.
Hawks Greenhouse: 65 years of Beauty, Blooms and Community
This podcast is the third in the Greenhouse series. It’s the inspirational story of Chuck and Elaine Hawks who traveled the ALCAN highway with three kids to Alaska in search for a better life for
Yellow Wood Farms, nurturing and raising farm animals ethically.
In this episode I sit down with Michael and Jessica Shaffstall, to talk about their journey in starting a farm in this very cold climate. It was a dream of theirs for many years. Mike
Last Month of the Year. Lessons Learned and Insights Gained”
As the year 2024 ends, I’m reflecting back to when I started this podcast, my reasons, my challenges, my journey. The insights I gained. If not for this podcast, I would not have met the
Calypso Farm, growing food and educating
On this episode I sit down with Tom Zimmer, who is the Director of the ecology Center, although he calls himself the maintenance man. He and his wife started Calypso Farm twenty five years ago
Mighty Melissa Sikes, a consummate educator and food security guru
How to address food security in Interior Alaska? Well, you start with Mel Sikes, go to schools, and community, teach about growing a garden, composting, preserving and then put programs in schools where kids are
Farm to Fresh, Offbeet farm and a modern root cellar
On this episode, my guest is Sam Knapp. He is the only farmer in Interior Alaska that has a cold storage farm and produces winter storage vegetables, a niche that he has cultivated for himself
Birth to Bacon Farm. Is it just about the pigs?
In this Episode I have a wonderful conversation with Mitch and Melissa Berggren, local farmers who always had raised pigs, not just for their own use but for others who wanted to buy pigs from
Hannah Hill, Feeding People and affirming lives in Fairbanks, Alaska
In this episode Hannah Hill, Executive Director of Breadline, Inc speaks about food security and the need to address and reduce hunger in our community. Bread Line is an anti-hunger organization that has been serving