Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good7 Joulu 2022

Episode 43: Reingard Rieger talks all things compost!

Master Composter Reingard Rieger, Ph.D., breaks down composting, urban gardening and Seattle's Master Composter Sustainability Steward program in this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good.

Learn about Tilth Alliance's Master Composter Sustainability Steward program, which trains 30 to 35 volunteers each year to go into the community and educate others about composting, soil health, recycling, stormwater management and more. From mandatory food-waste composting to mandatory recycling, Seattle's sustainability programs have had a big payoff: From 2004-2019, the tonnage of compostable material going to the landfill was reduced by 40 percent, even while the city's population grew by 30 percent.

Get Reingard's professional advice to start or improve your own composting or, as she says, "farming the microbes." Hear about vermiculture (worm composting) basics, worms' preferred vegan diet and the science behind how we get worm castings. And learn about food-digester worm bins, which are easy to build and use in your own garden.

Reingard shares her experience in building a 10,000-square-foot backyard garden and a front-yard rain garden in Seattle and talks about her family's farming background in Austria, too.

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Episode 88: Mike Ghia

Learn about Mike's family's farming heritage, which came to the US from Italy with his great-grandfather and how Mike grew up with a more diverse farm experience than most of us. Mike's early start in...

30 Loka 202459min

Episode 87: Ron Bittner

Entomologist and farmer Ron Bittner talks pollinators and soil health This conversation with Ron Bittner will help you make the connection between crop pollination, water conservation and soil health ...

11 Loka 202432min

Episode 86: Panha Suon

Cambodian agroecology educator Panha Suon talks with Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good podcast host Lisa Munniksma about farming in Cambodia, from climate to crops and the challenges that farmers are...

26 Syys 202436min

Episode 85: Lewis Hughes

Lewis Hughes, land steward and local-food distribution pro Hear about Lewis Hughes's journey into farming, from conventional pig and corn farms to international agricultural research to organic farmin...

5 Syys 202434min

Episode 84: Nasuha Lenuh

Small-scale farmer and entrepreneur Nasuha Lenuh — nicknamed R — talks about the tree crops grown in her region, the southern part of Thailand. Hear about her family's tree crops, from rubber to duria...

22 Elo 202433min

Episode 83: Melissa Stewart

Military service members and veterans farming program and aeroponic gardening with Melissa Stewart Listen to Melissa Stewart's story about the West Virginia National Guard's Patriot Guardens program —...

7 Elo 202446min

Episode 82: Jenny Howard Owen

Flexibility in farming, connecting with the natural world, and the Organic Association of Kentucky with Jenny Howard Owen In this episode of Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good, listen to Jenny's story...

24 Heinä 202448min

Episode 81: Robert Frew & Juan Carlos Arango

The hazards of grants, letting vegetable plants go to seed and lessons in water rights with Robert Frew and Juan Carlos Arango Robert and Juan Carlos practice permaculture and a culture of sharing ...

3 Heinä 202446min