Garden Futurist

Garden Futurist is a show about innovative thinkers, contributing to a climate resilient future through the power of gardens.

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November 21, 2023 00:43:51
Episode XXXII: Great Expectations for Seed Keeping with Jennifer Jewell

Episode XXXII: Great Expectations for Seed Keeping with Jennifer Jewell

Fall 2023 Read the companion article here. From a gardener's hyperlocal natural history to raw, existential questions, in her new book What We Sow,...

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October 24, 2023 00:46:04
Episode XXXI: Stalking the Crop Wild Relatives with Colin Khoury and Michael Kantar

Episode XXXI: Stalking the Crop Wild Relatives with Colin Khoury and Michael Kantar

Read the companion article here. There is a very cool set of native plants that are related to the plants we eat. You can...

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September 19, 2023 00:44:03
Episode XXX: What if Farmland Looked Like Ecological Gardening with Tim Crews

Episode XXX: What if Farmland Looked Like Ecological Gardening with Tim Crews

Read the companion article here. If you knew it would reduce erosion risks, sequester more carbon, require less fuel, fertilizer, and pesticides to grow ...

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August 21, 2023 00:38:43
Episode XXIX: On the Scruffy Wild Edge of Urban Jungle with Ben Wilson

Episode XXIX: On the Scruffy Wild Edge of Urban Jungle with Ben Wilson

Read the companion article here. This episode explores the landscape history of cities as ecosystems, not ecosystems of business but actual living systems.   New...

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July 14, 2023 00:31:41
Episode XXVIII: Crime Pays, Botany Doesn’t; We Get Real with Joey Santore

Episode XXVIII: Crime Pays, Botany Doesn’t; We Get Real with Joey Santore

Summer 2023 Read the companion article here. Joey Santore shares his enthusiasm for studying the diversity, evolution and ecology of the Earth’s plant life...

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June 16, 2023 00:44:15
Episode XXVII: Food Sovereignty and Space for Perennials with Michelle Week

Episode XXVII: Food Sovereignty and Space for Perennials with Michelle Week

Read the companion article here. “It’s going to take all peoples from all cultural backgrounds to grow and build a resilient and solid food...

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