The Organic Farm Stand

April's Organic Farm Stand line-up:   Diane's Hot Topics   Small Farms Report with Steve Munno   Honey Bee Update with Vincent Kaye   Legislative Update with Kim Stoner, Director of Advocacy for CT NOFAHosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

The Organic Farm Stand presents:   Hot Topics with Diane Lauricella   Small Farms Report with Steve Munno   Nutrient-rich soil and how it produces nutrient-dense food with Monique Bosch Hosts: Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

The Organic Farm Stand checks in with Vincent Kaye about his honey bees as the winter solstice approaches;and visits with Murray Gates, owner of Artza Mendi Farm in Sprague, CT, for a conversation about regenerative farming  and organic  poultry and egg production.Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

The Organic Farm Stand hosts an interview with L. Michael Green, executive director or Food First (Institute for Food and Development Policy), about the mission and history of this organization that has been fighting for food justice and innovative food policy for 50 years.Hosts: Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella   

Dina Brewster, director of the Hickories, a CSA farm in Ridgefield, CT, discusses her work with the ecotype project, a collaboration focused on growing and distributing "source-identified" native plant seeds to restore local habitats, increase biodiversity, and support the food system.Also: the Small Farms Report with Steve Munno from Massaro Farm, the Honey Bee Update with Vincent Kaye, and Diane's Hot Topics.Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

Organic Farm Stand features the Honey Bee Update with Vincent Kaye, the Small Farms Report with Steve Munno, and special guest Bill McDonald, director of Sticks and Stones Farm in Newtown, CT.Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

Monique Bosch, the Soil Health Program Manager with CT NOFA, gets down and dirty about the microbial basis of healthy soil that promotes nutrient dense food and a sustainable environment.Also:  Steve Munno provides the Small Farms Report; and Vincent Kaye presents the Honey Bee Update.Host: Richard Hill

Vetiveah Harrison and Héctor Freedom Gerardo, discuss their unique journeys that led them to the food justice movement and ultimately tothe formation of the Liberated Land Cooperative ( https://www.liberatedlandcooperative.com/). This group of BIPOC farmers and food justice activists has created a network of CSAs (Community Supported Agriculture) farms that together are making a significant dent in food and nutricion deficits that plague so many urban and rural communites in Connecticut.Hosts:  Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

The Organic Farm Stand, Jan. 16, 2025:  -Hot Topics with Diane Lauricella  -Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm in Woodbridge, CT  -Update from CT NOFA (Northeast Organic Farming Association)  -Louise Washer, President of the Board of Directors of the Norwalk Watershed Association, discusses the systemic dangers of neonicotinoids and the fight to limit their uise in Connecticut.Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

The Organic Farm Stand  --Hot Topics:  The return of light, the polar vortex, what to do with fire place ash  --The Honey Bee Update with Vincent Kaye  --John Kenny of Big Train Farm talks about the history of his CSA and the trials and tribulations of organic certificationHosts:  Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

The Organic Farm Stand, Dec. 19, 2024:   --Hot Topics   --Small Farms Report   --CT Northeast Organic Farming Association reports on the upcoming Winter Conference and the legislative agenda   --CT Sierra Club's Samantha Dynowski discusses the organization agenda to push for a non-toxic renewable environment in Connecticut.Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella

Hot Topics:  Diane discusses the 2025 Farm Bill; and what citizen action we need to take as Trump and his minions get ready to despoil the environment again.Honey Bee Update:  Vincent kaye talks about ways that modern landscaping destroys insect habitat.Revisiting 2016:  We play an archive from December, 2o16 when the organic community was preparing for an assault on the organics from the incoming Trump administration.Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane lauricella

The Organic Farm Stand interviews Monique Bosch, a Soil Health Program Manager for CT NOFA and owner of a worm composting business w. She also teaches Soil Management for Brooklyn Botanic Garden and the Berkshire Botanic Garden.  On this show she discusses the ingredients of  and techniques for creating and maintaining healthy soil; and and the ways that organism-rich soil produces nutrient dense food.Also:  The Small Farms Report with Steve Munno of Massaro Farm in Woodbridge, CT;and a discussion of the Farm Bill with Diane Lauricella.Hosted by Richard Hill and Diane Lauricella.