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Digging in the Dirt - Archives

Kevin Gallagher, WPKN

Kevin and his guests dig a little deeper into subjects and issues around growing food, gardening, farming, soil health and the climate crisis facing planet earth.

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25:39

John Conroy - Docent for California Elephant Seals...

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2025/03/05

My guest on this program is my friend John Conroy, whom I went to H.S. with. He was telling me about his new interest as a Docent for Elepahant seals in the San Louis Obispo California area. Some of the males can be as large as 5000 lbs. I thought it would be interesting to hear all about his experiences on "Digging in the Dirt".John has had a life long interest in nature, the wild and wildlife. He got involved with the Elephant Seal rookery when he saw an article in the paper about it and

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46:53

Jesse Frost - Author, The Living Soil Handbook

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2025/03/05

My gueston this "Digging inthe Dirt" is regenerative Farmer, author and host of the popular "No till Market Garden podcast'" Jesse Frost. Jesse farms at a farm in Kentucky with his wife Hannah Crabtree called Rough Draft Farmstead. He is here on "Digging in the Dirt" to talk with me about his new book. The Living Soil Handbook - The no till growers guide to ecological market growing.

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26:49

Jessica Damiano - Garden Columnist - Talking Tomatoes...

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2025/03/05

My guest here on DITD is Jessica Damiano AP gardening columnist, Journalist, Garden Coach, Community Educator and Author. Her news letter is called The Weekly Dirt. Jessica's Gardening Calendar was named a winner in the 2021 Garden Communicators International Media Awards. The calendar can be Considered she says 365 visits from a gardening friend who stops by every day of the year with tips, advice, inspiration and timely reminders about what needs to be done in the garden and when.

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33:03

Biodiversity For A Livable Climate -Adam Sacks Exec....

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2025/03/05

Join Kevin this time, as he speaks with Adam Sacks, Executive Director of BIODIVERSITY FOR A LIVABLE CLIMATE, who's mission is Restoring Ecosystems to Reverse Global Warming. The concept is fascinatingly simple. Cure what ails the climate of the planet working with the natural systems of our planet.

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26:13

Arthur Davis - Director The Rich Earth Institute 2023

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2025/03/05

My guest today on DITD is Arthur Davis a Director, researcher and Portable Toilet coordinator at the Rich Earth Institute in Brattleboro Vermont. The Rich Earth Institute engages in research, education and technological innovation to advance the use of human waste as a resource. Arthur directs Rich Earth Institute's Urine Nutrient Reclamation Program, which is a community-scale urine recycling program. In this role, Arthur helps get urine from the point of collection, through the treatment

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46:26

Jon Stokes of ThePrepared.com Prepping for the worse...

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2025/03/04

My guest on this Digging in the Dirt is Jon Stokes, was an editor and writer for a web site called ThePrepared.com. He is here with me today because I have a confession to make, I'm kind of a prepper. After Sandy and other storms, I have started gathering supplies in preparation for events that may be out of my control. So I looked around the internet for some good advice. I found Theprepard.com and found out I'm basically a half assed prepper. Here is what I learned.

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36:09

Pollinator Pathway Louise Washer 2021

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2025/03/04

My next guest here on "Digging in the Dirt" Is Louise Washer she is president of the Norwalk River Watershed Association, serves on the Norwalk Mayor’s Water Quality Committee and the steering committee for the Hudson to Housatonic Regional Conservation Partnership (H2H). She also serves on the steering committee of the Pollinator Pathway Northeast project, which she helped found in 2017 and has helped expand to over 100 towns in CT, NY, and PA. The situation with our pollinators is one of

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25:37

Linley Dixon Assc. Dir. - The Real Organic Project 2021

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2025/03/04

My guest today on Digging in the Dirt is Linley Dixon.Linley is the Associate Director of the Real Organic Project, a non-profit farmer-led organization to protect the integrity of USDA Organic. She is here to talk about the January 2021 Real Organic Project Virtual Symposium coming up next year. Linley co-owns a 5-acre certified organic vegetable farm in Durango, CO with her husband and brother called Adobe House Farm.

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39:12

John Liu Ecosystems Restoration Camps

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2025/03/04

John D. Liu, Ecosystem restoration researcher, educator and filmmaker, has dedicated his life to sharing real-world examples of once-degraded landscapes newly restored to their original fertile and biodiverse beauty. He represents Ecosystem Restoration Camps, a grassroots movement where everyday people like you can have a real impact, directly.Their big goal is to have one million people come together by 2030 and restore degraded lands in 100 camps around the world.

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29:44

Frank Mortimer Bee Keeper/Author "Bee People and the...

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2025/03/04

My guest this week on "Digging in the Dirt" is Frank Mortimer “The Beeman”. Frank has written a new book entitled “BEE PEOPLE and the bugs they love” on Citadel Press. A very personal book about his life long passion and the people who keep bees. If you ever thought about keeping bees you may want to listen to this Digging in the Dirtfrankthebeeman.com/

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26:05

Nigel Palmer Author - The Regenerative Grower's Guide...

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2025/03/04

The Regenerative Grower's Guide to Garden AmendmentsUsing locally Sourced Materials to make mineral and Biological Extracts and ferments.Nigel Palmer has been a lifelong gardener in New England relying on the amazing complexity of nature to inspire his gardening philosophy, as well as working as an aerospace engineer until recently... sorting, organizing, and resolving complex technical issues. He is the instructor and curriculum developer of the Sustainable, Regenerative Gardening program

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32:55

Craig Floyd Farmer/educator Giving Garden Mystic 2021

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2025/02/25

On today's "Digging in te Dirt" my guest is Craig Floyd Farm Manager of the Giving Garden at Coogans Farm of the Denison Peqoutsepos Nature Center in Mystic CT. Craig is passionate about using his extensive farming experience creating a sustainable, healthy no-till, no-spray garden in order to give quality food to the needy. Today I asked Craig here to talk to us about the current dilemma we find ourselves in and specifically talk with me about your backyard garden. How we can spend this

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30:03

Craig Floyd Coogan Organic Farm in Stonington Ct. 2019

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2025/02/25

My guest on this episode of "Digging in the Dirt is Farmer Craig Floyd, Craig is Coogan Organic Farm’s Giving Garden full time farmer, “A no-spray, no-till farm "which supplies fruit and vegetables to 90 different community food banks. Coogan Farm, is a 400 year old Connecticut farm in Stonington Ct. on a peaceful, rural property on the banks of the Mystic River as part of the Denison Pequotsepos nature center. Catch Craig's wisdom for building healthy soil and growing healthy food.

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32:03

Lynn Zinser - Climate Liability News- Former Founder...

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2025/02/25

Lynn Zinser the founding editor of Climate Liability News, (Now Defunct) she was responsible for all editorial content, social media and media partnerships for CLN. Climate Liability News is a not-for-profit news site dedicated to reporting on the issues at the intersection of climate change impacts and law. Those issues include government and corporate responsibility and accountability for global warming and its consequences across society and around the world.

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36:19

Crop Intensification System - Mark Fulford

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2025/02/25

On this segment of Digging in the Dirt, Host Kevin Gallagher speaks with Mark Fulford a well known, independent farm consultant and educator whose range of topics and expertise encompasses: transitioning from conventional to organic and biological agriculture; soil, crop, and forage nutrition; and preparing agriculture for peak oil, climate change and economic drift. He also teaches non-electric water technologies, hands-on skills in organic orcharding, organic no-till crop production,

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43:26

Joe Magazzi Green Earth Ag & Turf - Effective Organic...

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2025/02/25

On this segment of DITD Small Business owner Joe Magazzi walks us through many of the organic products for the lawn and garden that his company brings to consumers. We all have issues around the home with pests and disease pressure and Joe has a lot of quality organic solutions.Green Earth Ag & Turf

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33:57

Marcus ONeil - My Gardening loving Cousin From Clady...

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2025/02/25

Through the world wide internet I have gotten to know that my cousin in Ireland is quite the gardener and lover of nature, just like me. I was curious to talk with him about our mutual interests in nature. My Grandmothers brother married his Grandmother and thats the connection. Marcus is a great guy who kissed the Blarney Stone so we had a great talk. I just wish radio had sub-titles! Enjoy a family chat.

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30:36

Sefra Alexandra -Seed Huntress Ct. NOFA Ecotype...

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2025/02/25

My guest on this episode of DITD is Sefra Alexandra. Her web site describes her as a "The Seed Huntress," …....an endurance race ethnobotanist on a perennial expedition to save the seeds of our wild + cultivated lands. She has fortified community seed banks internationally on island nations, hunted for rare endangered seeds for Seeds of Success and is now taking the lead of CT NOFA's pollinator health initiative The Ecotype Project.

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40:42

Tobacco Road Farm Farmer Bryan O'Hara - "The Farmers...

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2025/02/25

Bryan O’Hara has been growing vegetables for a livelihood for more that 25 years at Tobacco Road Farm in Lebanon, CT. He speaks throughout the Northeast on vegetable production techniques and is known for providing “mountains of details in a concise, practical, and cohesive manner.” While interviewing people for DITD, numerous times I've been told to get Bryan on the show. More than just a farmer, here he is with a mountain of wisdom.

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29:45

Growing Garlic - Farmer Doug Johnson of Sunrise...

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2025/02/25

On this episode of "Digging in the Dirt" my guest will be garlic farmer Doug Johnson of Sunrise, Sunset Farm in Woodbury CT. We'll talk about everything garlic and the Bethlehem Garlic festival coming up next weekend Oct. 6th & 7th. Listen in and I guarantee you'll be growing garlic in the backyard next season.

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