Reminder! Our hands can do more than type and text. In fact, they can grow things.
On today's show — and in honor of National Gardening Day! — permaculture expert Kareen Erbe lists countless tangible and intangible benefits associated with active participation in your local growing community; she also offers practical suggestions for getting off our screens and reengaging with the natural world.
Here's a preview:
[8:00] Industrializing our food systems has benefits, sure. But in doing so, what have we sacrificed?
[19:00] Industrial agriculture is the problem, but agriculture is also the solution
[23:00] Don't want to grow anything? You don't have to! Here's how to best invest in your *local* food systems
[27:00] It's not that local, organic food is so expensive; it's that corporate, industrialized food is too cheap
[31:00] The 5 S-es: Scalable tips for newbie growers
[35:00] Kids who grow kale eat kale!
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