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.
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
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