Podcasts about seed school

Howard Grad Dr. Jubria Lewis is Head of School for L.A.'s new public boarding school which is free and currently accepting applications in South Los Angeles. The school is a county charter in collaboration with LA METRO. www.SEEDSchoolLA.Org

In this episode, Elin and Christina have a conversation with Dr. Natalie Mejia. The founding principal of the only boarding school in California. It was a great conversation with so much for school leaders to take away and reflect on. Dr. Natalie Mejia has been serving our community as a dedicated, transformational educator for 11+ years. She is currently an educational coach and consultant, founding principal to the SEED School in Los Angeles County, and an adjunct professor to aspiring teachers. --- ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Buy our Book: The Power of Reflection⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Work With Us! Book a Clarity Call.⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Follow us on ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: @elinandchristina ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Facebook⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠: Empowered Conversations with Elin & Christina Check out our website at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠www.empowereducationalconsulting.com ⁠ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/elinandchristina/support

At the graduation of The SEED School in Washington, DC, breaks down the latest Supreme Court voting rights cases (calling it a banana in the tailpipe) and why we must be like smoke and stay vigilant. There's also a brief, #Trump indictment. #InClasswithCarrFor more breadcrumbs (and a full meal) JOIN KNARRATIVE: https://www.knarrative.com it's the only way to get into #Knubia, where these classes are held live with a live chat.To shop Go to:TheGlobalMajoritySee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

715: What is Happening in the World of Seeds.A Chat with an Expert on Seeds.In This Podcast:This is the December 2022 Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman discussing what is happening in the world of seeds. Bill recently returned from the 9th Session of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in New Delhi. He shares what he learned about how the world is protecting the genetic resources of smallholder farmers in the global south who contribute so much to the diversity and genetic pool of our precious seeds. At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class. Join the class! Register anytime for the next event.Register Here for the Seed Saving Class with Live Q&ABill McDorman is the co-founder of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Seedsave.org, Seed School and the Great American Seed Up. Bill has been teaching seed saving for decades and is dedicated to educating communities about the value of seed saving and local seeds as a foundation for a local food system. Visit www.urbanfarm.org/seeds22dec for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library!

Lesley Poole serves as the chief executive officer for The SEED Foundation (www.seedfoundation.com). She is responsible for the overall health and vitality of SEED's network of public, college-preparatory boarding schools and SEED's mission-critical college success programming. Lesley has been serving the students and families of the SEED community since 1998. She was one of the founding faculty at The SEED School of Washington, D.C., and held several positions during her tenure. At The SEED Foundation, Lesley's expertise in government relations and philanthropy has been instrumental in securing the public-private partnerships necessary in Annapolis, MD; Tallahassee, FL; and Los Angeles, CA, to make The SEED School of Maryland, The SEED School of Miami, and The SEED School of Los Angeles possible. Lesley began her career in education as a mathematics instructor and later served as the service area director for the school division of San Francisco Educational Services (SFED). She holds a bachelor's degree from Patten College in organizational management. Lesley is a member of the spring 2017 cohort of Pahara-Aspen Fellows, which seeks to strengthen and sustain diverse, high-potential leaders who are reimagining public education. She is also a fellow with Seeding Disruption, a fellowship that brings together a diverse group of Washington, D.C.'s, senior leaders to generate, seed, and catalyze disruptive practices for the purpose of dismantling systems of racial inequity. Lesley serves on the board of Educare, an early childhood education school and community center in Washington, D.C.'s, Ward 7, as well as Excellence Christian School, located in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.   Lesley had a number of amazing insights during our conversation. Some of them include: “My optimism fuels my leadership and how I see the world” (6:50). “What started in 1998 is I grew a family which has also created a network for young people” (8:35). “Don't get on every bandwagon, but the ones you get on ride them to the end” (10:50). “[Optimism] can be modeled… [and] if someone is motivated, it can be learned” (11:30). “If I had to list my core values, optimism, over the course of 25 years, has increasingly become in the top 5” (12:20). “I am fiercely loyal. If you are my friend, you are my friend” (13:05). “I don't know if my loyalty gets in the way, but it certainly comes with a cost” (14:30). “I've built in myself a sense of comfort with not knowing how to accomplish something” (15:30). “We need to double down on opportunity to learn” (18:30). “If we create a space for being comfortable with not knowing, then we also create this intentional opportunity to innovate” (18:45). “Part of how we foster a spark [at SEED] is we find opportunities” (21:55). “We believe in community” (26:25). “The boarding experience is an opportunity of discovering” (30:15). “We all have to live in various worlds” (31:00). “We all have an innate need to be proud and to belong” (42:30). “A community not being resource rich doesn't say anything about the people [who belong to it]” (43:10). “We all experience some burnout” (52:50). “Every day, at some point in the day, I sit with at least 15-30 minutes of quiet” (53:00). “I spend a lot of time asking myself how I'm doing” (54:00). “What I'm trying to do is create an environment of transformational leaders who really own the vision of SEED and we are all intentionally moving in the same direction” (57:00).   Additionally, please visit SEED at www.seedfoundation.com! Thank you so much to Lesley for coming on the podcast! I wrote a book called “Shift Your Mind” that was released in October of 2020, and you can order it on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. Additionally, I have launched a company called Strong Skills, and I encourage you to check out our new website https://www.strongskills.co/. If you liked this episode and/or any others, please follow me on Twitter: @brianlevenson or Instagram: @Intentional_Performers. Thanks for listening.

Meetings are a great way to communicate with large groups, but sometimes they exclude something important to share. Here's a solution borrowed from a teacher ----------------------------------------------- Welcome to Ever Better Today: the daily podcast for creating your optimal business, career, or overall life in ten minutes or less. I'm Lisa Conners Vogt, Executive and Leadership Coach and founder of Ever Better Coaching and Consulting. Let's jump in! ----------------------------------------------- I value diversity and inclusion and strive to include as many voices as possible in meetings that I facilitate. I learned about equity sticks while working with the SEED School of Maryland's leadership team. Equity sticks are a tool frequently used by teachers. Sidenote…Teachers are the greatest facilitators in the world! I'll be looking for more tips from them!   Here are some of the disadvantages of having a different skin color in society I observed throughout the years: As the meeting starts, each person writes their name on 3-5 craft sticks/popsicle sticks. you can also use index cards, pieces of paper, or another tool. The sticks are collected and the facilitator holds them in a cup. As opportunities to participate arise, the facilitator picks a stick from the cup and calls on that person. that stick is then placed in a separate cup. The sticks set the expectation that everyone in the meeting will participate. This eliminates the common challenge of one or two people dominating the conversation and helps to ensure that all voices are heard equitably. When we encourage each other to share their thoughts and stories, every voice has a chance to be heard and our perspectives are enriched. ----------------------------------------------- To learn more about working with Ever Better, send me an email here or book a complimentary call with me here

A chat with Bill McDorman.  In This Garden Chat: Your tastiest vegetables can be grown again and again from your own garden! Future harvests are just a few steps away from what you are growing now and Bill McDorman can help you see the path to the future you want.  Explore the benefits of seed saving, learn how to take those first steps, and keep your journey on course with a free class recommendation.   On the last Tuesday every month we host The Urban Farm Garden Chats where Greg Peterson has a relaxed conversation in a Zoom room with a special guest to cover useful gardening topics, and they answer questions from the live listening audience. To join us for the next event, go to www.GardenChat.org or Click HERE to register for the Monthly Garden Chat with Live Q&A Our Special Guest: Bill McDorman got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013.  He authored the book Basic Seed Saving in 1994, and in 2010 he and his wife, Belle Starr, created Seed School, a nationally recognized week long training.  Bill is a passionate and knowledgeable presenter who inspires his audience to learn to save their own seeds and so much more!

It's Green Witchcraft month, and we've got Herbalist and Forest Witch Deb Accuardi with us for this great episode about herbalism, gardening, plant allies and developing relationships with plants and the land. We also discuss ways to involve children in herbalism and green witchcraft, as well as chat about fire cider and other tonics, tinctures and teas! Y'all come on in! OUR GUEST Deb Accuardi is an herbalist, forest witch and teacher living at the base of Mt Hood in Oregon. In her business, Chicken Coop Botanicals, she creates tinctures, salves and other remedies to heal the body physically and emotionally. At the Moon and Seed School of Herbalism she teaches you the tools to do this yourself with devotion to the plant world. Visit www.chickencoopbotanicals.com to learn more or visit www.moonandseed.org for more information about the Moon and Seed School of Herbalism and the classes Deb teaches. CONTACT MELA Facebook & Instagram @bellebookcandlesc Youtube under Belle, Book & Candle Become a patron www.patreon.com/bellebookcandle Or, if you'd rather, you can buy Mela a coffee! www.buymeacoffee.com/bellebookcandle CREDITS My dad wrote the lyrics to my theme song, and we sing it together at the beginning. Thanks to my husband for his contributions. Thank you to our guest, Deb Accuardi. RESOURCES Garden Witch's Herbal by Ellen Dugan Llewellyn's 2018 Magical Almanac (Earth Beat by Monica Crosson pg. 18) Original Broadcast: 4.8.21 --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bellebookcandle/message

Mary Kenner Glover is the founding director of Awakening Seed School in Phoenix, Arizona. She has been an educator since 1977 and holds a master’s degree from ASU in elementary education. Mary is an artist, yogi, grandmother and great-grandmother. She loves to travel and stay curious about life. Mary lives in Phoenix with her husband, Bill.

Belinda Gordon-Battle is a Licensed Clinical Therapist and the Founding Mental Health Counselor/Coordinator at Seed School of Miami. Ms. Gordon-Battle --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/educationconcierge/message

Show Highlights:Importance of saving your own seedsAdvantages of saving your own seeds over buying from a catalogueClimate adaptation (Heat tolerance, cold tolerance, drought tolerance, flood tolerance, seeds adapt to local soils, etc)Taste ProductionDisease resistanceSaving seeds from hybrid seedsHow to save seedsEasiest seeds to start saving (Hint: Peas/beans, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers)Starting a seed librarySeed Schoolhttps://permacultureforthefuture.com/episode4/About Bill McDormanBill McDorman is Executive Director and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance (RMSA), a non-profit seed conservation organization serving the Rocky Mountain West and beyond. He was previously the director of Native Seeds/SEARCH in Tucson. Bill founded 3 seed companies including High Altitude Gardens and co-founded several non-profits including the Sawtooth Botanical Garden in Hailey, Idaho. He is the author of Basic Seed Saving which he wrote in 1994. He and his wife Belle Starr, former Deputy Director of NS/S and Deputy Director of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance created an innovative week-long training called Seed School, Seed School Teacher Training, Seed School Online, Grain School and recently an upcoming training called, Seed & Grain Forum. The courses have graduated over 1200 Seed Citizens since the original program began in September of 2010 including many seed librarians, growers and educators. Bill's latest passion is to bring awareness to certified organic, patented seeds that cannot be saved which flies in the face of fostering biodiversity and resilient seed systems.Links:Rocky Mountain Seed AllianceSeed School OnlineDirectory of Seed Libraries

Sefra Alexandra is “on the hunt to preserve the biodiversity of our earth,” and with over 90% of vegetable varieties already extinct, safeguarding remaining seeds is serious work. Preserving global seed diversity is both deeply important to maintaining our seed stewarding lineages and offering a means of community and self-facilitated resilience amidst a changing climate. We are honored to have Sefra join For The Wild on this episode as we explore seed as ancient embryo and listen to the call for our re-participation in agrarian ritual and proper stewarding of local landscapes. Sefra Alexandra, The Seed Huntress, is on a perennial ethnobotanical expedition to conserve the biodiversity of our farms and forests by safeguarding the world’s seeds. As a Genebank Impacts Fellow for the Crop Trust, she has gathered stories of the importance of utilization and sharing of plant genetic resource to adapt to changing climatic conditions. She has established community seed banks on island nations after natural disasters to fortify a regenerative model of resiliency, which supports food security & nutritional diversity through seed sovereignty. In her home state of Connecticut, she is reviving a once prolific allium heirloom to promote stewardship of the historic agrarian landscape. She holds her Masters in Agroecological Education from Cornell University, is a wilderness skills instructor, member of the Explorers Club & is designing a treehouse near a hot spring as a budding oologist. Sefra and Ayana begin their conversation by looking at the current loss of seed diversity, what does it mean that we are letting foods that we have eaten for thousands of years rapidly disappear? The conversation carries into the culture of seed saving, the importance of diversity in the global food supply, the grave impacts of seed relief on local agro-economic systems, undermining seed oligarchies, and the ways in which being in relationship with seeds offer us a deeper connection to all dimensions of life. We invite you into this conversation where we are reminded of the value of listening to and learning from the beauty, patience, and ingenuity of seeds. ♫ Music by Lotte Walda :diamonds: ACTION POINTS + REFERENCES :diamonds: To begin relearning the ancestral art of seed saving, visit The Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance’s Seed School https://www.rockymountainseeds.org/attend/seed-school To join in the great global exchange of heirloom seed varieties, visit Seed Saver Exchange https://www.seedsavers.org To learn more about global genebanks, crop wild relatives, & how you can support this work, visit The Crop Trust https://www.croptrust.org To find a seed library near you, visit http://seedlibraries.weebly.com/sister-libraries.html To learn the basics of seed saving, visit Native Seeds SEARCH https://www.nativeseeds.org/pages/seed-saving-instruction To Adopt-A-Crop, specifically drought-adapted plants, visit Native Seeds SEARCH https://support.nativeseeds.org/campaign/adopt-a-crop/c235109

Bill McDorman, executive director of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance in Ketchum, Idaho, and co-founder of the Seed School, has been saving seeds for over three decades. He explains the dangers of the massive biodiversity loss that's happened in the last fifty years, and how seed saving can move us toward a well-adapted local agriculture.  

Original Air Date: June 30, 2018 Seed School Today we are talking with Bill McDorman of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance located in Ketchum, Idaho. Bill is presenting a six-day “Seed School” at Sterling College up in Craftsbury Common. This is an immersion course, August 5th through 10th. The course covers both the mechanics of seed saving and breeding as well as the politics of seeds.  I like the Bumper Sticker “No Farms-No Food” and I think it is safe to add, “No Seeds- No Farms – No Food”.  Seeds is where it all begins. Now we know it is the chicken or the egg it’s the seed that came first. Questions!  You can tell I’ve been reading your syllabus! What is a Seed Citizen? Tell us about the Seed School you are teaching at Sterling College. Can you put this in Context both Locally, and Globally? What does it mean to “explore the appropriate scale of seed saving? Have you heard about the Gilfeather Turnip bred here in Vermont? What are a few good varieties for a small gardener to start with? How can a small gardener help to keep our Heritage seeds? I watched the documentary “Seeds: The Untold Story” and saw what you referred to as “Mother Corn” my question is how, how the heck did you get a hold of that corn? How do you ‘own’ a seed?  If you can, I’d like to own dandelions! One of our local bakeries, Red Hen Bakery, offers a bread made with an old grain called Cyrus Pringle. For answer to these questions please listen to the Podcast.  For more information on the Seed School seminar at Sterling College call (802) ​586-7711 or go to their website https://sterlingcollege.edu/ and get details there.  That’s it for this week, thanks for listening.  See you on the radio next week July 7, 2018.  We will be preempted July 14th by an early game with the Toronto Blue Jays.

Bonus Episode 2: Seed Chat July 2017 A chat with experts on Seeds, Bill McDorman and Julia Coffey. In This BONUS Podcast:Bill McDorman brings a friend and fellow seed enthusiast Julia Coffey to the chat to help explain about running a seed business.  Together they talk to Greg about being a seed grower, germination testing, maintaining seed projects,  running a seed business and much more in this the July 2017 episode of Seed School Chat. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for weekly podcast updates Julia Coffey is the president of Seeds Trust: an incredible company dedicated to encouraging customers to save seeds and reverse the loss of biodiversity not only in our backyards but around the world.  She is from Denver, Colorado and when not measuring out seeds, printing packets, growing tomatoes, hunting down the most resilient and special seed varieties, she likes to take full advantage of the magnificent swath of Rocky Mountains by hiking, backpacking, climbing, and breathing fresh air. She likes to sing and is a member of the Colorado choir, an 80s a cappella group, a hip hop a cappella group, and a rock and roll/blues band.  She graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder with degrees in Linguistics and French and lived in France teaching English and learning about local food market economies vs. the global industrialized food model. She met Bill McDorman while visiting a permaculture farm in Lyons, CO. He was giving a lecture on seeds and seed diversity and it genuinely changed her life. She immediately found him after the lecture and told him she wanted to be involved in whatever way she could. She ended up attending one of Bill and Belle's first Seed School workshops and continued to apprentice with him in Cornville, Arizona. Julia helped Bill and Belle run Seeds Trust until she bought the business from him in 2011. She then returned to Denver to provide high altitude adapted seed to mountain growers. Go to www.urbanfarm.org/bonus5 for more information, photos and links on this podcast and to find our other great guests.

Bonus Episode 2: Seed Chat June 2017 A chat with an expert on Seeds, Bill McDorman In This BONUS Podcast: There is always a bounty of information available in conversations with Bill McDorman. This is the June 2017 episode with a Seed School Chat Class covering Seed School Online, de-hybridization, seed patents, and so much more. Don't miss an episode! Click here to sign up for weekly podcast updates Bill McDorman is Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013. He authored the book, Basic Seed Saving, in 1994. In 2010, he and his wife Belle Starr created Seed School, a nationally recognized week-long training. He served as Executive Director of Native Seeds/SEARCH from 2011 to 2014. Bill is a passionate and knowledgeable presenter who inspires his audiences to learn to save their own seeds.

193: Chat With An Expert - Bill McDorman Bill McDorman is Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail-order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013.   He authored the book, Basic Seed Saving, in 1994.  In 2010, he and his wife Belle Starr created Seed School, a nationally recognized week-long training. He served as Executive Director of Native Seeds Search from 2011 to 2014.  Bill is a passionate and knowledgeable presenter who inspires his audiences to learn to save their own seeds. This is the first in a handful of special interviews in our chat with an interview series.  Bill joins us to share what is happening right now in the Southwest region with seed saving, including the upcoming Seed Summit and other seed events in the region.  Bill shares a few insights and a couple interesting stories about some unique and really cool seeds.   

Miles Teitge took his first steps in the old growth forests of Vashon Island, WA, and was transplanted to the Idaho high mountain desert in 1983. Graduating from the Community School, he took up surfing in Kauai, trekked India, and biked across the U.S. to study Anthroposophy for a year at Camphill Village in Copake, NY. This Rudolph Steiner inspired community serves those with special needs, and is also the home of Turtle Tree Seed, a producer of biodynamic seeds. He earned a Bachelor's degree in education at Antioch University, while volunteering at the Seattle Tilth Children's Garden. Miles interned at the Herb Pharm in Williams, OR, and continued his education at Seed School (with local legend Bill McDorman), and the Fungi Perfecti mushroom cultivation course (with visionary Paul Stamets). He joined The Mountain School shortly after it opened, inspired to learn and teach principles of permaculture and the gardening arts; be it cultivating vegetables, gathering medicinal herbs, grafting trees, laying out hugelkultur beds, bee-tending, greenhouse design, poultry care, humane composting, worm wrangling or the like, there is a lifetime of learning on this path! He and Sweet Clover teacher, Jessica Banks, are the proud parents of SMS student Edyn Crow Teitge. Miles is delighted to continue with the Syringa Mountain School's Sustainability Arts program and plans to share his deep reverence for the natural world, plant fruit for future generations, and grow the largest watermelon the Wood River Valley has ever seen in 2017!

18: Bill McDorman on Playful Plant Breeding Today on The Urban Farm  Podcast we have Bill McDorman to talk about seeds and playful plant breeding! Bill McDorman is Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013. He authored the book, Basic Seed Saving, in 1994. In 2010, he and his wife Belle Starr created Seed School, a nationally recognized weeklong training. He served as Executive Director of Native Seeds/SEARCH from 2011 to 2014. Bill McDorman is Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013. He authored the book, Basic Seed Saving, in 1994. In 2010, he and his wife Belle Starr created Seed School, a nationally recognized weeklong training. He served as Executive Director of Native Seeds/SEARCH from 2011 to 2014. Bill is a passionate and knowledgeable presenter who inspires his audiences to learn to save their own seeds. To find more links and resources for this podcast go to   http://www.urbanfarm.org/blog/2015/12/26/bill-mcdorman/ 

After having graduated over 500 Seed Citizens from their mobile Seed School, Bill and Belle from Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance are taking Seed School online. And you're invited... it all kicks off with a FREE online session on April 28, 2015. Plus... tip of the week from Lindsey and listener question from Nicole. For links and more, visit the show notes at: http://KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/109

Know Your Food: Seed Saving Connects Communities Seed saving - why should we do it and how do you get started? Meet Bill McDorman, author of the free online book Basic Seed Saving and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. His mission: to connect communities with the seeds that sustain them. Bill and his team created (and take on the road) the innovative Seed School which has graduated over 550 Seed Citizens near and far. All that and more on today's podcast. Plus... the tip of the week! Links and more at the show notes: http://KnowYourFoodPodcast.com/89

Seed saving — why should you do it and how do you get started? Meet Bill McDorman, author of the free online book Basic Seed Saving and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance. His mission: to connect communities with the seeds that sustain them. Bill and his team created (and take on the road) the innovative Seed School — which has graduated over 550 Seed Citizens near and far! Get to know Bill and more about seed saving through the links and information below, and of course through this podcast. Plus… the tip of the week! Won’t play for you? Try here. Mobile or desktop users, you can hear my podcast with Stitcher, on-demand and on-the-go. (What’s Stitcher?) You can also get it on iTunes or subscribe in the Podcasts app. Tip of the Week: Freezing Herbs In today’s tip of the week, I share how easily you can freeze herbs. It’s easy and quick! Andrea shares: “I use the freezing method most often for culinary herbs since it is easy and quick. Harvest your herbs, make sure they are dry, place them in a labeled container, and freeze. Super simple. This works for just about all leafy herbs. To save time during the busy harvest season, I don’t bother to remove the stems because it’s easy enough to do when I pull them out of the freezer to use them. You can also chop the herbs and put them into an ice cube tray with a little oil. Once frozen, pop them into a labeled bag or container. It’s a little more work on the front end, but can be a timesaver while cooking.” Click here to learn 4 more ways to preserve herbs. Want to submit a Tip of the Week? I might share it on the air! Use the contact form or send an email to contact at knowyourfoodpodcast dot com with the subject line “Tip of the Week”. Listener Question Christina asks: “How can I consume real, organic whole foods and lose weight? Ever since we began traditional cooking and food preparation, I’ve gained 10 lbs and I already had about 20 to lose. I don’t want to go on some extreme diet and forsake all the knowledge I’ve attained about nutrition in order to drop the weight but I am desperate. Any advice?” In this episode, I share how I have been following Trim Healthy Mama (100% traditional with no fake foods) since mid-May and have lost more than 25 pounds. I feel it’s an option that you, Christina, could consider and in the episode I share why and how. About Bill McDorman “Bill McDorman is co-director and co-founder of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance (RMSA), a new nonprofit seed conservation organization serving the Rocky Mountain West. He was previous director of Native Seeds/SEARCH in Tucson. Bill founded 3 seed companies and cofounded several nonprofits including the Sawtooth Botanical Garden in Hailey, Idaho. He is author of Basic Seed Saving which he wrote in 1994. He and his wife Belle Starr, former Deputy Director of NS/S and codirector of the Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance created an innovative week-long training called Seed School, the educational center-piece of RMSA. The course has graduated over 550 Seed Citizens in slightly more than four years. Bill is a passionate and knowledgeable presenter, inspires his audiences to connect deeply with the world in which they live and rejoin the ritual of seed saving.“ Click here to visit Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance or for more information about all their resources and events.  About The Book: Basic Seed Saving Basic Seed Saving is a 48-page paperback book written by RMSA Executive Director Bill McDorman. It was created to provide enough practical information to allow gardeners to embark on the rewarding adventure of saving their own seeds. You can view the free online version here, or printed copies are available for $5.95. View the free online book “Basic Seed Saving” or order the print copy here. Links Mentioned Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance Seed School Basic Seed Saving — the free online book (or purchase your print copy for $5.95 at the same link — I did!) Got Questions or Comments? I’d love to answer your questions or share your comments on the air in future episodes. Here are the guidelines: Share your name and where you live. Share your website or blog URL (if you have one). One question per voicemail — leave as many voicemails as you’d like. Keep each question brief — like 30 seconds or less, if you can. When you’re ready, click the button below to record your message. If the button doesn’t work for you, visit this page to leave a voicemail. Or, want to use the telephone instead? Call 1-541-236-2330 to leave a voicemail with your question or comment. Or, you can contact me. iTunes I’d be grateful if you’d visit my podcast on iTunes and leave a rating and/or review. 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One of our most popular guests, Greg Peterson is back for the third time. He’s been inspiring others and practicing urban farming on his 1/3 acre city lot for 25 years. His home is appropriately named The Urban Farm, and it’s a showcase of beautiful and productive permaculture — a chicken run, gardens, 85 fruit trees including apple and citrus hedges, and much more! Greg is an active educator, hosting urban farming, permaculture, and urban chicken keeping workshops. The Urban Farm has helped to plant an outstanding 10,000 fruit trees throughout Phoenix. Greg was my guest back on episode #67, and we talked about his urban farm and his educational work in Phoenix. He was also a guest on episode #79 and we discussed greywater and rainwater harvesting. So be sure to go back and listen to those, if you haven’t already! I asked him back today to talk about the concepts of “food miles” (how far away does your food travel?) and eating seasonally, plus because he’s got something really cool for you. It’s a free webinar on urban farming. At the free webinar, you’ll discover: The 6 essential ingredients to growing food successfully, even with limited time and space Top 4 myths about growing your own food How you can save at least $450 a year with just 30 minutes a day The simplest thing to grow that will save you the most money in the grocery store Click here to sign up. (And if you can’t make it live, sign up anyway so you can watch the replay.) Even if you’re coming to this podcast weeks down the road, go here anyway because Greg has promised to offer this webinar again and this page will show current availability. I already signed up and I’m looking forward to it! In this podcast, Greg shares more about The Urban Farm and his upcoming webinar, plus the concept of food miles and eating seasonally. Get to know Greg and The Urban Farm through the links and information below, and of course through this podcast. Plus… the tip of the week! Won’t play for you? Try here. Mobile or desktop users, you can hear my podcast with Stitcher, on-demand and on-the-go. (What’s Stitcher?) You can also get it on iTunes or subscribe in the Podcasts app. Tip of the Week: Crispy Salad To-Go In a Mason Jar Want to pack a salad to-go that actually stays crisp? Here’s how: “Put the dressing (olive oil, vinegar, and spices) in the bottom and then layer the hard veggies, then chicken, and lettuce at the top so the salad won’t get soggy. Shake it up before opening. ” –shared by Tara Kelly My friend Tara shared this on Facebook and I recognized its brilliance right away. I asked her if I could share, and she said yes. Give it a try! Want to submit a Tip of the Week? I might share it on the air! Use the contact form or send an email to contact at knowyourfoodpodcast dot com with the subject line “Tip of the Week”. Listener Question Carol asks: “I made your deodorant with extra virgin coconut oil and beeswax beads but still have need of making it to be more antiperspirant. Any suggestions of what to alter?” Listen to this episode for my answer. About Greg Peterson and The Urban Farm “Greg Peterson is a green living and sustainability innovator sharing his passion about how to grow food in our cities. He created The Urban Farm, an environmental showcase home in the heart of Phoenix, which he opens periodically for tours and classes. Having grown food in Phoenix for over four decades, Greg is well-versed in urban sustainability and food production. The Urban Farm (urbanfarm.org) features an entirely edible landscape, including over 85 fruit trees, rainwater and greywater harvesting, three solar applications, and extensive use of reclaimed and recycled building materials. Greg has a master’s degree in Urban and Environmental Planning (MUEP) in December 2006 from Arizona State University where he now teaches the class called Sustainable Food and Farms, is on the board of directors for Native Seed/SEARCH, has worked as a teacher of their Seed School and co-developed a 200 hour online Urban Farming Curriculum.” Click here to visit The Urban Farm. Be sure to sign up for the free urban farming webinar, too! Links Mentioned Episode #67 — Greg shares more about The Urban Farm Episode #79 — another podcast with Greg discussing greywater and rainwater harvesting Free Urban Farming Webinar with Greg — sign up today! Even if you can’t make it live, sign up to get the replay. The Urban Farm — stop by and sign up for Greg’s free newsletter! Got Questions or Comments? I’d love to answer your questions or share your comments on the air in future episodes. Here are the guidelines: Share your name and where you live. Share your website or blog URL (if you have one). 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