Where food grows, bugs go: Episode 31

By Michele Payn | March 12, 2020 |

Wine. Tomatoes. Green beans. Tofu. What may sound like a menu is actually what one farm grows. Jennie Schmidt shares how she produces so many crops, why her farm transitioned from organic to conventional to be more sustainable, and what food bullying terms like factory farming mean to her family farm.

Healthy soil grows healthy plants for better baking

By Michele Payn | September 10, 2019 |

Do you know what stores 10 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide? Soil. Soil is a carbon sink that stores more carbon dioxide than the terrestrial vegetation and the atmosphere combined. When soil is disturbed, carbon dioxide is released into the environment and contributes to global warming. Soil is the foundation of food. It…