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.
Jodie Anderson, the force behind the Institute of Agriculture at UAF
Meet Jodie Anderson, Director of Institute of Agriculture at UAF. Don’t let her laughing, bubbly and fun personality fool you, She is the force behind all good things that are happening at the IANRE. She
Georgeson Botanical Garden, the farthest north botanical garden
Georgeson Botanical Garden is the the farthest north accredited Botanical garden in the United States. People from around the world have visited Georgeson Botanical Garden to look at the beautiful peonies that bloom 120 miles
AFFECT program’s farmer training supports growing more food.
On this episode, I sit down with Callen Christensen, Callen has been involved with the AFFECT program as its coordinator since last summer. AFFECT stands for Alternative Fairbanks Farming Educational Cooperative Training. AFFECT provides an
Frontieress Farm, a small and diversified farm in interior Alaska
On this episode I sit down with Megan Schulze to learn about her small but diversified farm in Interior Alaska, called Frontieress Farm She farms only one and a half acre of land and grows
North Pole Peonies: Exporting Peonies from Interior Alaska
On this episode, I sit down with Ron and Margi Illingworth of Noth Pole Peonies, a commercial peony farm that has been successfully growing and exporting peonies for twenty years. Their story is one that
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