Digging In The Dirt with Kevin Gallagher

Kevin Gallagher
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“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 environment on our properties and urban lots. These guests give us methods, ideas and recipes for creating a better environment for people, our children, animals, insects and the plant life of our planet’s ecology — one backyard at a time.

  1. Sep 2

    Cori Kondas - Protect our pollinators, Doug Tallamy - Home Grown National Park, William Sweet - Lawns to Meadows

    This "Digging in the Dirt"  features locals doing the right thing by our pollinators by changing their lawns and gardens.  Plus words of wisdom from renowned entomologist Doug Tallamy. First up is Cori Kondas., After retiring, she joined Protect Our Pollinators, POP, a unique Newtown group that started 11 years ago with a mission to save endangered pollinators through education and action.   She joins me to talk about having “More Garden Pollinators with a 3x3x3 Planting Method.”    Then I speak with Doug Tallamy, who inspires both of my other guests. Doug is an American entomologist, ecologist and conservationist. He is the T. A. Baker Professor of Agriculture and Natural Resources in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology at the University of Delaware.  Tallamy has written and co-authored several popular books. He is also one of the founders of Homegrown National Park, a nonprofit organization promoting habitat restoration and biodiversity on public and private lands through the planting of native plants and removal of invasive speciesWilliam Sweet, a New Canaan Ct resident and a 20 year old student at UConn is a man who has a passion for certain environmental issues that he is working to address through his activism. He is most active in his opposition to lawns. William is convinced that homeowners should convert their lawns into native meadows. With that in mind, he began to advocate for the creation of legislation to offer homeowners in Connecticut multi-purpose credits for doing so.

    Cori Kondas - Protect our pollinators, Doug Tallamy - Home Grown National Park, William Sweet - Lawns to Meadows

  2. Aug 4

    Harry Holding - Author "Eat your Garden"

    Harry Holding joins me on this episode of "Digging in the Dirt".  Harry is a British garden designer and author known for championing edible landscapes that are both beautiful and practical.  His debut book, Eat Your Garden, explores “Edimentals” which are plants that are both ornamental and edible.   Harry says this is a low-effort way to grow food.

    Harry Holding - Author "Eat your Garden"

  3. Aug 4

    Rob Hopkins - How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveler's Guide to Changing the World.

    My guest is  Rob Hopkins.  Rob is a British writer and permaculture advocate best known as the co-founder of Transition Network and the author of The Transition Handbook. He has helped inspire community-led sustainability efforts around the world through his work on resilience, local economies, and practical climate solutions. His latest book is How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveler's Guide to Changing the World.

    Rob Hopkins - How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveler's Guide to Changing the World.

  4. Jul 30

    Harry Holding - Eat your Garden, John St. Elementary school Garden Club, Gloria Frazee - Rewildlongisland.org

    Harry Holding joins me on "Digging in the Dirt".  Harry is a British garden designer and author known for championing edible landscapes that are both beautiful and practical. His debut book, Eat Your Garden, explores “edimentals” which are plants that are both ornamental and edible. Which Harry says is a low-effort way to grow food. Secondly, I talk to the kids at my grandsons school garden club. Where Mrs. Page Chambers teaches her young students about growing vegetables. Then a Digging in the Dirt regular contributor Gloria Frazee drops in to tell us what's going on at one of my favorite groups.  Rewild Long Island

    Harry Holding - Eat your Garden, John St. Elementary school Garden Club, Gloria Frazee - Rewildlongisland.org

  5. Jul 30

    John St. Elementary school Garden Club, Rob Hopkins - Transition Network, Natalie Kyriacou - My Green World

    First up; A visit to my grandsons school garden club. Where Mrs. Page Chambers teaches her young students about growing vegetables. Then I talk to my guest   Rob Hopkins. Rob  is a British writer and permaculture advocate best known as the co-founder of Transition Network and the author of The Transition Handbok. He has helped inspire community-led sustainability efforts around the world through his work on resilience, local economies, and practical climate solutions. His latest book is How to Fall in Love with the Future: A Time Traveler's Guide to Changing the World. Lastly, but not least. I rebroadcast a speech given "down under" by Natalie Kyriacou of "My Green World".  Natalie completely won me over with this extraordinary speech.

    John St. Elementary school Garden Club, Rob Hopkins - Transition Network, Natalie Kyriacou - My Green World

  6. Jul 8

    Amory Lovins - Rocky Mountain Institute and Craig Repasz - Lights Out CT

    It's my pleasure to welcome my next guest Amory B. Lovins Cofounder and Chairman Emeritus, of the Rocky Mountain Institute, Adjunct Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering and Senior Precourt Scholar of Integrative Design and Energy Efficiency, Precourt Institute for Energy, and the  Doerr School of Sustainability, Stanford University, RMI has the goal of Transforming the global energy system, to secure a clean, prosperous, zero-carbon future for all. Then Craig Repasz  Director and Co-founder of Lights Out CT joins me. Lights Out Connecticut is a special project of Menunkatuck Audubon Society. He is past president of the New Haven Bird Club.  Lights Out CT works across Connecticut to educate the public on light pollution and its impact on human health and wildlife.

    Amory Lovins - Rocky Mountain Institute and Craig Repasz - Lights Out CT

  7. Jul 8

    Dave Chapman - Real Organic Project and Jacqueline Maisonpierre - Two Meadow Flower farm

    Joining me now is Dave Chapman who started Long Wind Farm in Vermont and is a Co-Director of the Real Organic Project and  "host of the award-winning Real Organic Podcast".  He is a founding member of the Vermont Organic Farmers.   He's here today because I received an email from the Real Organic project, which I found  quite disturbing.  I wanted to talk to Dave about why Iowa has the second highest cancer rate in the U.S.   My second guest is Jacqueline Maisonpierre who owns and runs Two Meadow flower farm in North Haven, Connecticut. Jacqueline joins me to talk about her cut flowers business. Mostly about wonderful Dahlias.

    Dave Chapman - Real Organic Project and Jacqueline Maisonpierre - Two Meadow Flower farm

  8. Jun 3

    David Ansel VP of Save the Sound Center for Water Protection

    My guest David Ansel, VP of Save the Sound Center for Water Protection and their policy lead in New York State.  David has been active this legislative session in CT and NY.  focusing primarily on three budget-related items, clean water infrastructure spending, opposing NY Governor’s Hochul's  proposed rollbacks of both New York’s Climate Law and the state’s 50-year-old State Environmental Quality Review Act that serves as a Sunshine Law for proposed development projects, ensuring that the public is informed and allowed to participate in the process.

    David Ansel VP of Save the Sound Center for Water Protection
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“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 environment on our properties and urban lots. These guests give us methods, ideas and recipes for creating a better environment for people, our children, animals, insects and the plant life of our planet’s ecology — one backyard at a time.

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  • Creator
    Kevin Gallagher
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
  • Episodes
    120
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2018