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Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher

Kevin Gallagher

“Digging in the Dirt” is a podcast and radio show featured on WPKN (wpkn.org) with climate change experts and activists, promoting organic and regenerative farming techniques, showing the way to grow healthier food in a way that respects the planet’s health. In addition to nationally known movers and shakers in this niche, Kevin loves to feature food authors, local farmers and gardeners pushing the envelope by encouraging us to take personal responsibility, as consumers and gardeners, toward the

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13:42

Kaitlyn Kimball CitySeed Director of agriculture

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/08/02

I'd like to welcome to Digging in the Dirt, Kaitlyn Kimball Director of agriculture for CitySeed up in New Haven. CitySeed has a mission to create a healthy, sustainable, and just food system for all.” We will be talking about CitySeed's fabulous Farmers Markets.Kaitlyn is also Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. with Lawrence Passeck . Sunset is a USDA CertifiedOrganic vegetable and flower farm focused on sustainability and community.

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27:24

Brad Kurtz - Vineyard Director of Gloria Ferrer...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/08/01

I'd like you to welcome to Digging in the Dirt Brad Kurtz Vineyard Director of Gloria Ferrer vineyards. Brad has led his winery into becoming a leader in sustainable and regenerative practices within the California sparkling market. Brad focuses on sustainable agricultural programs and technology to advance wine quality across a broad range of varietals and vineyard sites. Brad is here to talk about all that….. as well the fact that Gloria Ferrer recently was named winner of the California

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19:28

Kaitlyn Kimball Cityseed - Storms Effects On Small...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/08/01

Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven which we talked about on a previous segment which you can hear in our podcasts section if you missed it. Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. she is back to talk to me now about some of the issues farmers are facing due to some of this extraordinary weather many of us are experiencing.

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41:51

Kaitlyn Kimball Farmer at Sunset Organic Farm...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/08/01

Organic farmer Kaitlyn Kimball is my guest on this show.Kaitlyn is Owner of Sunset Organic farm in Naugatuck Ct. with her husband Lawrence Passeck. Sunset is a USDA Certified Organic vegetable and flower farm focused on sustainability and community. Kaitlyn is also Director of Agriculture at CitySeed in New Haven. CitySeed has a mission to "create a healthy, sustainable, and just food system for all.”

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31:00

Hardy Kern American Bird Conservancy "Neonic - The...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/29

My guest is E. Hardy Kern lll, The Director of Government relations pesticides and Birds Campaign for the American Bird Conservancy. Hardy will address “Neonics” Neonicotinoids, the New DDT pesticide and it’s threat to birds. The American Bird Conservancy is a non-profit membership organization with the mission of conserving wild birds and their habitats throughout the Americas. Its focus is on threats to birds in the Western Hemisphere – threats which include overuse of pesticides, urban

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29:17

Dani Baker Author - The Home-scale Forest Garden

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/24

My guest today on DITD is the author of the new book entitledThe Home-Scale Forest Garden - How to Plan, Plant, and Tend a Resilient Edible Landscape"Working with the natural world in our gardens has never been more important with the challenges we now face through climate change. Forest gardening offers hope, inspiration, and solutions for the future, and Dani Baker shows gardeners how to embrace this important method on a smaller scale to build resilience and create a low maintenance

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25:00

Carl Safina - Author of "Owls in our yard"

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/24

I'd like to welcome back Dr. Carl Safina from the Safina Center to Digging in the dirt. Carl has taken the story of his previous book "Alfie and Me" to another level and created a picture book for children called "Owls in our yard" !Carl is a good friend of Digging in the Dirt and WPKN radio. Dr. Safina is the endowed chair for Nature and Humanity at Stony Brook University. A MacArthur “genius fellowship" winning ecologist and founder of the Safina Center.

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37:07

Michael E. Mann author of "The New Climate War" 2021

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/23

My guest on this edition of "Digging in the Dirt" is Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Science at Penn State Michael E. Mann who has come back for his 3rd visit to DITD to talk with me about his new book The New Climate war the Fight to take back our planet. It’s a timely analysis of where we are at in the debate over climate warming and recent current events in our society that are changing the playing field in favor of the planets ecosystem.

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31:47

Jeff Goodell - The Water will Come - Rising Seas 2018

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/23

If your in your 20's or 30's and you're already thinking about owning a home in a coastal community, you need to listen to my interview with Jeff Goodell, because by the time your ready to retire, living near the water could be radically different than today. Jeff's new book, The "Water will Come, Rising Seas, Sinking cities, and the remaking of the Civilized World," has been described as "A frightening, scientifically grounded, and starkly relevant look at how climate change will affect

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35:21

Mary Swander Author, Dramatist 2023

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/19

My guest today is Mary Swander is an Author, Dramatist, Performer, Speaker, Teacher. An emerita Distinguished Professor of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Swander taught creative writing for thirty years at Iowa State University and She is the Executive Director of AgArts, a nonprofit designed to imagine and promote healthy food systems through the arts. She is here to talk to me about the many projects that keep her busy.

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28:55

"Farming while Black" Leah Penniman - Digging in the...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/19

My guest on this ‘Digging in the dirt’ is Leah Penniman a Farmer and Co -Director and Program Manager of Soul Fire farm in upstate New York is author of the new book “Farming while Black”. A comprehensive “how to” guide that is specifically aimed at African-heritage growers seeking healthy food independence and reclaiming their place in American Agriculture.Karen Washington founder of the Garden of Happiness in the Bronx and the national organization of Black Urban Growers, says'Farming

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32:44

Symbiotic Earth - A Film by Director John Feldman

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/19

My guest on Digging in the Dirt is Filmmaker and passionate naturalist John Feldman. John has a wonderful documentary entitled Symbiotic Earth, "How Lynn Margulis rocked the boat and started a scientific revolution." Symbiotic Earth is about the maverick scientist Lynn Margulis, where John combines his lifelong passions for film making and the natural sciences. This is a deep film, touching on a lot of subjects that our species and planet is dealing with today. Lot's of food for thought.

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31:36

Victor DeMasi- The pollinator Squad -Butterflies and...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/19

My guest on this segment of DITD is Victor DeMasi. Victor is a self described citizen scientist. Victor was a wetland conservation officer in his hometown of Redding CT for 20 years and is presently a curatorial affiliate at the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History in New Haven. He busies himself with preserving open space in town and preserving butterflies in the museum. His field work with butterflies contributed almost a thousand citations to the recently published Connecticut

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25:55

Michael Astera Author "The ideal Soil" 2020

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/19

My guest on this epiisode of "Digging in the Dirt" is Michael Astera, author of “The Ideal Soil: and small businessman in the business of providing Agricola 4-8-4, a top quality Mineralized organic fertilizer with an array of minerals, minerals and more minerals. Listen in to really tweak the quality of your soil and grow quality vegetables. www.soilminerals.com/

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34:47

The Soil Health Academy - Ray Archuleta Digging in...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/19

Kevin's guest this episode is Ray Archuleta, a retired Soil Health Specialist and Conservation Agronomist with the USDA. He has recently co-founded "The Soil Academy" to teach Biomimicry strategies and Agroecology principles for improving soil function on a national scale.

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Harry Hanson Gloria Ferrer wine maker 2024

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/18

My guest today is Harry Hansen. Mr. Hansen is Director of Winemaking for Gloria Ferrer Winery. He has worked 30 plus years in the California wine industry, making many fine sparkling and still wines. Gloria Ferrer was the first Sparkling Winery in Carneros, Sonoma. We talk about organic and regenerative wine making practices amongst other subjects.

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33:05

Louise Washer Of the Pollinator Pathway banning...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/18

My guest today is Louise Washer returning to Digging in the Dirt because she is doing great work for us here in the state of CT. and for our planet. Louise Washer serves on the board of the Pollinator Pathway, a grassroots movement she helped create in 2017, in Wilton, CT and which has since spread to over 325 communities across 11 states. The PP helps give pollinators of all kinds habitats to thrive in. She also serves as president of the Norwalk River Watershed Association, as a member of

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22:11

Park City Harvest - Grow to Eat w/ Richard Myers &...

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/07/17

My guests this show are two local Bridgeport residents doing good things on their Urban farm called Park City Harvest. Richard Myers & Shawn Joseph just self published a new book entitled "Grow to Eat" - A vegetable Growing Guide and Cookbook.

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Woody Tasch "Call To Farms" - Beet Coin/Slow Money

Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher ·

2024/06/26

My guest Woody Tasch makes his 2nd visit . I recommend going to the WPKN archives to hear our 1st conversation to get a more detailed look at what Woody is up to. Today he is here to talk about The Slow money Institute and Beetcoin's upcoming Zoom roundtable about their project .. Entitled “Call to farms” . Woody will be joined by a group of leading farmers and financiers for a roundtable discussion celebrating the print release of a Call To Farms: sub titled Some Thoughts on Food, Money

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