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. Kelpie Wilson Author of The Biochar Handbook, Michael Garman of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, Allison Rugila Associate Soundkeeper Save the Sound

    1D AGO

    Kelpie Wilson Author of The Biochar Handbook, Michael Garman of the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters, Allison Rugila Associate Soundkeeper Save the Sound

    My first guest is Kelpie Wilson  author of The Biochar  Handbook, Kelpie researches and teaches techniques for using biochar in compost and manure management and presents many biochar workshops each year to farmers, foresters, and landowners. Then Michael Garman the Development Coordinator at the Connecticut League of Conservation Voters joins me. The CTLCV's is a nonpartisan, nonprofit environmental organization that works across the state of CT on a myriad of environmental issues.  Then I talk to Allison Rugila Associate Soundkeeper for Save the Sound. Allison covers the western half of Long Island Sound (basically the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson line west into the western narrows of the city).  Allison has  been deeply involved with shellfish restoration.

    55 min
  2. Emily Sanders the senior reporter for ExxonKnews, Allison Rugila Associate Soundkeeper Save the Sound, Linley Dixon Co-Director of the Real Organic Project.

    SEP 11

    Emily Sanders the senior reporter for ExxonKnews, Allison Rugila Associate Soundkeeper Save the Sound, Linley Dixon Co-Director of the Real Organic Project.

    First up this episode is Emily Sanders the senior reporter for ExxonKnews, a project of the Center for Climate Integrity covering fossil fuel industry practices……disinformation, lobbying, and dark money spending -- as well as efforts to hold major oil and gas companies accountable.    ExxonKnews is a partner of the Covering Climate Now journalism collaborative, and Emily's climate accountability reporting has been co-published with other outlets including The Lever, Grist, DeSmog, and HEATED.  (Emily wants you to know that the actual fine levied against Greenpeace was $660 million dollars) Second, Allison Rugila has joined Save the Sound as Associate Soundkeeper, to cover the western half of Long Island Sound (basically the Bridgeport-Port Jefferson line west into the western narrows of the city.  Allison has  been deeply involved with shellfish restoration and has a PhD. In Ecology and Evolution from Stony Brook, where she studied the resilience of shellfish, such as Long Island Sound blue mussels, Shinnecock Bay quahog clams and bay scallops. Focusing on environmental stressors like sea water acidification and warming, and low dissolved oxygen conditions. Next up Linley Dixon serves as a Farmer representative and Co-Director of the Real Organic Project.  Linley owns a vegetable farm in Durango, Colorado, with her husband and daughter.  Linley works tirelessly for quality real organic standards with the Real Organic Project. She is here to tell us about the Real Organic Projects upcoming conference in NY called "Saving Real Organic: Antitrust & Food".

    55 min
  3. Eric Sepenoski Long Island Farmer, Teacher, Southold Town Trustee & Author Melissa Stewart

    AUG 20

    Eric Sepenoski Long Island Farmer, Teacher, Southold Town Trustee & Author Melissa Stewart

    My guests on my next  Digging the dirt start with Eric Sepenoski.   Eric is a fourth-generation farmer at Seps Farm in East Marion, NY, on Long Island's North Fork. He’s also is  an elementary school teacher and serves as an elected Trustee for the Town of Southold—where he focuses on stewarding wetlands and protecting coastal features. Then regular contributor to DITD Gloria Frazee of Rewild Long Island joins me to talk  composting on  Long Island.  Finally, Author Melissa Stewart joins me to talk about her new children's book about the mighty carbon atom. It's called  From BAM! to BURP! .

    55 min
  4. Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections and Connecticut Fire Chief and emergency management Director James Blanchfield

    JUL 25

    Jeff Masters of Yale Climate Connections and Connecticut Fire Chief and emergency management Director James Blanchfield

    Jeff Masters meteorologist of the Yale climate connections  talks about the heartbreaking tragedy of the recent Texas floods. It's A deeper look at how this happens and what is in store in the future .  Then I rebroadcast an interview with Wilton, Connecticut fire chief and emergency management Director James Blanchfield on what to do if you encounter swift running floodwaters while in your car, amongst other useful advice for emergency situations.

    55 min
  5. Rita Valley Local Gardener and Greg Lowenthal President of the Long Island Native Plant Initiative

    JUL 2

    Rita Valley Local Gardener and Greg Lowenthal President of the Long Island Native Plant Initiative

    Rita Valley is an artist and gardener living in Southbury Connecticut. Her passion for gardening started at an early age, nurtured by her Polish grandmother who tended an impressive vegetable garden. Valley’s love of gardening has persisted and blossomed into a penchant for writing about her gardening exploits as well.Rita seems to have the same arrangement that my wife and I have: her husband's the veggie guy and she's the flower lady.  She maintains that a good sense of humor is every bit as important as a nice shovel or a sharp pair of pruners.  Welcome to DITD Greg Lowenthal,   Greg is President of The Long Island Native plant initiative and has served on the Initiatives board for over 4 years. The Long Island Native Plant Initiative (LINPI) is an all-volunteer cooperative effort of over 30 non-profit organizations, governmental agencies, nursery professionals, and citizens. The native plant initiative strives to preserve Long Island's biodiversity by cultivating ethically sourced ecotypic plants to ensure commercial availability of native plants for nurseries, communities, and habitat restorations.

    55 min
  6. Peter Linderoth - Save the Sound & Sandra Wilson CT. Master Gardener Program

    MAY 30

    Peter Linderoth - Save the Sound & Sandra Wilson CT. Master Gardener Program

    First up Peter Linderoth, the director of healthy waters and lands for Save the Sound comes to “Digging in the Dirt” with the publication of Save The Sounds 2025 LONG ISLAND SOUND BEACH REPORT.  How does your local beach in CT. or Long Island rate? Then Sandy Wilson joins me. Sandi is employed with the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System. She is the Fairfield County Master Gardener Program Coordinator based out of the Extension office in Bethel.  She has been involved with the Master Gardener program for 25 years.  Then a little bit about tomatoes.

    48 min
  7. Peter Linderoth - Save the Sound

    MAY 29

    Peter Linderoth - Save the Sound

    Peter Linderoth, the  director of healthy waters and lands for Save the Sound Comes to “Digging in the Dirt” with the publication of Save The Sounds 2025 LONG ISLAND SOUND BEACH REPORT.  How does your local beach in CT. or Long Island rate?

    27 min
  8. Sandra Wilson CT. Master Gardener Program

    MAY 28

    Sandra Wilson CT. Master Gardener Program

    My guest is Sandy Wilson. Sandi is employed with the University of Connecticut Cooperative Extension System. She is the Fairfield County Master Gardener Program Coordinator based out of the Extension office in Bethel.  She has been involved with the Master Gardener program for 25 years.

    21 min
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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 - 2025
  • Episodes
    95
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2018

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