The Garden Journal

Join Master Gardener and former Garden Journal host Christine Salem in this rebroadcast of the January 14, 2024, program featuring independent agri-policy analyst Indra Shekar Singh, discussing food sovereignty, global corporate food systems, and the farmers’ revolution in India. 

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with representatives of the Food, Hunger, and Agriculture Program, part of the Food Initiative, working under the State Economic Development Department: Program Manager Erin Ortigoza and Food Value Chain Coordination Rep Jayme Chester. We’re also joined by Julie Cranston, Executive Director of Vida Mejor Capital, a New Mexico non-profit established to empower New Mexico’s small businesses through technical assistance and equitable access to capital. 

Jannine explores the concept of Terroir, a French term used to describe the complete natural environment in which particular wines are produced. She discusses adapting the concept to local vegetable gardening.

Ru Stempien, executive director for the Northern Youth Project, and Emilio Borrego, community conservation organizer. 

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Master Gardeners Athena Beshur and Michael Davis, and Santa Fe Municipal Tree Board representative Betsy Garside, to learn about the ongoing survey of Santa Fe’s trees begun in 2016 by the Master Gardener Tree Inventory Project.   

https://www.sfemg.org/tree-inventory-project 

https://santafenm.gov/media/files/public_works/Recommended_Trees_for_Santa_Fe_2024.pdf 

https://www.sfemg.org/newsletter See “Trees for Small Spaces” article by Mike Davis in the November 2025 SFEMG Newsletter.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with The Food Depot's Executive Director Jill Dixon about the current challenges of feeding people in Northern New Mexico and TFD's wonderful programs serving this mission. 

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jannine Cabossel the “Tomato Lady” as she gives us her annual 2025 Vegetable Review, with a summary of the best things she grew this year, and why she loves them.

To view Jannine's program click here

On this month's episode of the People, Plants and Pollinators edition of the Garden Journal, Katlin talks with Phoebe Redfield. A conservation ecologist from Pollinator Partnership to talk about the different organisms and their importance to the pollination of plants here in New Mexico. 

Visit pollinator.org for more info. 

On this quarterly edition of the Santa Fe County Extension Office Edition of the Garden Journal, Michelle Stizza sits down with Laura McCann, a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist to talk about healthier eating habits and community resources to help us eat healthier during this upcoming holiday season.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with emeritus Master Gardeners Laurie McGrath and Christine Salem in a series of programs on the miracle of seeds, promoting seed biodiversity, and the power of saving locally adapted seeds for the future of the planet’s ecosystems.  

For additional reading, see documentary film Seed: The Untold Story; Seed Sovereignty and the Law; Thor Hanson’s The Triumph of Seeds, Basic Books, 2015; Scatterseed Project; Dan Saladino’s Eating to Extinction, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2021; Wise, Timothy A., Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food, The New Press...

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with chefs Kathleen Crook, chef and co-owner of Market Steer Steakhouse Restaurant and Joseph Wrede, chef and owner of Joseph's Culinary Pub. The chefs have been selected to participate in the 2025 James Beard Foundation's Taste America series and will create a dinner at Market Steer November 12th. 

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation Jannine Cabossel the “Tomato Lady” as she shares tips for November end of the season activities in the vegetable garden. See more at: giantveggiegardener.com

Join Kaitlin Haase for a conversation with naturalist and entomologist Michael Carr to explore the creepy crawly predators and parasites of the insect world for this Halloween-inspired episode.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with emeritus Master Gardeners Laurie McGrath and Christine Salem in the first of a two-part series on the miracle of seeds, promoting seed biodiversity, and the power of saving locally adapted seeds for the future of the planet’s ecosystems.  

For additional reading, see documentary film Seed: The Untold Story; Seed Sovereignty and the Law; Thor Hanson’s The Triumph of Seeds, Basic Books, 2015; Scatterseed Project; Dan Saladino’s Eating to Extinction, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2021; Wise, Timothy A., Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Food, The New...

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Charles "Chuck" Havlik, New Mexico State University's Cooperative Extension tribal agriculture agent for the Eight Northern Pueblos. The conversation focuses on the many varieties of landrace chile still grown in northern New Mexico. 

Join Host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jannine Cabossel “The Tomato Lady” as she shares tips and information about fall weather, garden clean-up and soil testing, and proper compost routines. For more information see: https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Join Kaitlin Haase for a conversation with Linda Churchill, Horticulture Director at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden. Linda shares current happenings at the Garden and discusses the importance of gardens as habitat for pollinators and how to promote fall habitat resources in your garden.

Volunteer at the Santa Fe Botanical Garden - https://visitsfbg.org/support/volunteer/

Join Host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Kathy Mathai and Susie Sonflieth of the Santa Fe Master Gardeners to learn about the art and pleasure of saving herb, flower, and vegetable seeds, and get information on two related "Let's Grow" series classes available to the public in September. 

For additional reading, see documentary film Seed: The Untold Story; Seed Sovereignty and the Law; Thor Hanson’s The Triumph of Seeds, Basic Books, 2015; Scatterseed Project; Dan Saladino’s Eating to Extinction, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 2021; Wise, Timothy A., Eating Tomorrow: Agribusiness, Family Farmers, and the Battle for the Future of Fo...

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Carrie Thielen, Director of Regional Community Health for Presbyterian Healthcare Services at Presbyterian Santa Fe Medical Center, about their various programs such as Food is Medicine, Northern Roots Produce Rx, and Del Sur Santa Fe Farmers' Market. 

Join Host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jannine Cabossel “The Tomato Lady” as she shares tips and information about weather, harvesting, tomatoes and what you can plant now for your fall garden. For more information see: https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Join Michelle Stizza, Santa Fe County Extension Consumer Science Agent and Tom Dominguez, Santa Fe County Extension Agricultural Agent to hear about what's happening this fall at the Extension Service. 

Join Kaitlin Haase for a conversation with Emily Rees, Southwest Restoration Ecologist with the Institute for Applied Ecology. Emily leads the River for Pollinators project which is adding important nectar, pollen, and host plants along the Rio Grande and its tributaries to improve habitat connectivity along these natural corridors. 

Learn more about the River for Pollinators Project

Sign up to volunteer with the Institute for Applied Ecology

Pollinator education at Reunity Resources Fall Fest - September 27th

Join Host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Kathy Mathai of the Santa Fe Master Gardeners to hear about the significant renovations of the organization's Herb Demo garden, as well as a deep dive into all things lavender. 

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Santa Fe Farmers' Market CEO Debbie Burns about the market - its history, features, and what makes it an award-winning market - in celebration of National Farmers' Market Week Aug 3rd-9th.

Join Host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jannine Cabossel “The Tomato Lady” as she shares tips and information about weather, harvesting, tomatoes, and preparing your vegetable garden for fall planting. For more information see: https://giantveggiegardener.com/

This month on the People, Plants, & Pollinators edition of the Garden Journal, Katlin interviews Christine Chavez, City of Santa Fe Water Conservation Office Manager, speaks with Kaitlin about outdoor water conservation practices. Christine discusses the City's initiatives to reduce water use and how gardening and drought-tolerant landscaping are a crucial part of water and pollinator conservation.

https://savewatersantafe.com/

https://savewatersantafe.com/eye-on-water/

https://www.santafewatershed.org/

https://www.kswvradio.com/podcast/save-water-santa-fe/

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Harry and Amanda Werksman of the Santa Fe Garden Club. Harry and Amanda discuss the Garden Club’s partnership with the City of Santa Fe that led to the restoration of historic Amelia White Park, and its acceptance into the Smithsonian’s Archive of American Gardens. 

https://santafegardenclub.org/amelia-white-park-aag-acceptance/ 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8UoodKMD-g 

https://gardens.si.edu/collections/archives/explore-aag/

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Pam Roy, Farm to Table New Mexico and New Mexico Food and Agriculture Policy Council, about current and proposed federal cuts in the food and farming world. 

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what’s going on in the vegetable garden in the coming month of August.  See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com

This month on the People, Plants, and Pollinators edition of the garden Journal, Kaitlin interviews Sharon Selvaggio, a Pesticide Program Specialist with the Xerces Society, who leads the pollinator-safe nursery plant program. Sharon shares tips on how to find plants for your garden that are free of pesticides harmful to pollinators and how growers can manage pests without excessive pesticide use. 

Xerces Bee-safe Nursery Plants page

Harmful Pesticides Found in Milkweeds from Retail Nurseries press release

Santa Fe Pollinators Habitat Kits - local opportunity t...

Join Host Alexa Bradford for part two of our program with renowned local tree expert Tracy Neal, who will share his recommendations for the best trees to plant in the Santa Fe area.  

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg will feature Andrew Neighbour of Desert Verde Farm, NM's first and only commercial aquaponics operation.

On this episode of the Garden Journal, Alexa talks with Jannine Cabosell about what we should be doing in our gardens during this time of year. 

Join Michelle Stizza, Santa Fe County Extension Consumer Science Agent and her guest long-time County Fair volunteer JoAnn Brennan as they talk about preparations for the July 27 – August 2, 2025 Santa Fe County Fair. It’s time to plan your entries now!

https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/fcs/county-fair.html

Details and how to participate in the Xerces Pollinator Habitat Kit Program

Join Host Alexa Bradford for the first of two consecutive programs with renowned local tree expert Tracy Neal, who will discuss the climate and soil challenges for trees in the Santa Fe area.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Mary and Zach Ben of Bidii Baby Foods, an Indigenous baby food line created by farmers and new parents to increase access to traditional foods in early childhood.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what’s going on in the vegetable garden in the coming very busy month of May.

See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com.

The May Vegetable Garden-2025 

Visit here for the full notes from this show!

Join host Kaitlin Haase for a conversation with Victor Lucero, New Mexico Forestry Division's Forest Health Program Coordinator. Victor discusses his knowledge of integrated pest management and how to prevent pests from damaging trees while maintaining a wildlife-friendly landscape.

NMSU Plant Pathology Extension - eps.nmsu.edu

Forest Health Program at the New Mexico Forestry Division - emnrd.nm.gov/sfd/forest-health

Join Host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Master Gardener project leaders Anne Rivas and Linda Hinckley to learn about the Santa Fe Compost Action Team (SCAT), the Master Composter Volunteer Training Course, and the joys of recycling waste and improving garden soil in Santa Fe.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Ungelbah Dávilah, artist and writer, and Phil Viarrial, Director of the Pueblo of Pojoaque Bison Restoration Project. 

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about the inspiring Karl Foerster gardens outside Potsdam, Germany, and what’s going on in the vegetable garden in April.

Join Extension Agents Tom Dominguez, Michelle Stizza and Sunny Finley, as well as Master Gardener Kathy Mathias to learn about the Extension Service six week lecture series "Seed to Supper Vegetable Gardening", the Wildfire Mitigation Community Day on March 29, all things lavender, and more.

Join Kaitlin Haase with the Xerces Society for a conversation with butterfly researcher Simon Doneski, PhD student at UNM studying insect conservation. Simon will share his work on the conservation of butterflies and rare insects throughout the state of New Mexico, including the development of a new public database for these species.

Join Host Alexa Bradford in Part 2 of a conversation with nationally known orchardist Gordon Tooley, founder of Tooley’s Trees in Truchas, New Mexico, as he introduces listeners to Keyline Design, a water management plan that uses natural landscape contours and cultivation techniques to harvest rainwater and build soil health.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with New Mexico Department of Agriculture Secretary Jeff Witte about legislation the agency is sponsoring during the 2025 NM State Legislative Session related to food and farming.

Tune in to hear Jannine Cabossel "The Tomato Lady" discuss what's happening in the vegetable garden in March.

Kaitlin Haase speaks with Judy Calman, New Mexico Director of Policy for Audubon Southwest, who discusses efforts to reform the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish this legislative session.

Join Host Alexa Bradford in Part I of a conversation with nationally known orchardist Gordon Tooley, founder of Tooley’s Trees in Truchas, New Mexico, as he discusses planting and caring for trees in times of drought. Gordon will also introduce listeners to Keyline Design, a water management plan that uses natural landscape contours and cultivation techniques to harvest rainwater and build soil health.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Slow Food USA's new Executive Director, Kris Reid, about her future plans for the organization. 

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about February activities for vegetable gardeners.

See Jannine’s blog at giantveggiegardener.com

This month on People, Plants, and Pollinators Edition of the Garden Journal, Kaitlin welcomes Peter Lipscomb, Cerrillos Hills State Park manager and member of New Mexico Dark Sky.

Join Kaitlin and Peter as they talk about the effects of light pollution on our ecosystems and proposed updates to the New Mexico Night Sky Protection Act.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with WildEarth Guardians Interim Director Samantha Ruscavage-Barz, and learn about the mission and key initiatives of this Santa Fe based non-profit organization dedicated to protecting wild animals, wild spaces, and wild rivers in the West.

See also https://wildearthguardians.org/

Join Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg as they have a conversation with Jessica and Andre Kempton of Wild Leaven Bakery.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jannine Cabossel, the Tomato Lady, as she urges vegetable gardeners to just 'chill out' in January, enjoy perusing seed catalogs, and planning for the 2025 season.

On this edition of People, Pollinators, and Plants, Kaitlin interviews Dr. Joanie King from the New Mexico State University Entomology department for an informal conversation about wasps and ants.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with bookish Master Gardeners Marika Pineda, Laurie McGrath, and Christine Salem as they discuss their favorite books for gardeners and naturalists in time for the Christmas season.

Join Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg as they continue their discussion on aqua- and hydroponic growing practices this month with Elan Silverblatt-Buser of Silver Leaf Farms in Corrales.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jannine Cabossel "The Tomato Lady" as she talks about winter weather predictions, December garden tasks, and her favorite seed catalogs.

Santa Fe Extension Office Edition with Tom Dominguez - Nov 2024

On this edition of People, Plants, and Pollinators, Kaitlin interviews David Lightfoot, Arthropod Collections Manager for the Museum of Southwestern Biology.

In this rebroadcast of a January 15, 2022 program, hear Paula Garcia, Executive Director of the New Mexico Acequia Association, in conversation with Louis Head of the KUNM Raices Volunteer Collective. See https://lasacequias.org/congreso/ for information on the Acequia Association's 25th annual Congreso de las Acequias, November 15-16, 2024. See also the excellent 2023 NMPBS documentary "Acequias: The Legacy Lives On".

Join Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg as they have a conversation with Charlie Shultz, Academic Director of the Controlled Environment Agriculture Program at Santa Fe Community College, about growing food using hydroponic and aquaponic system methods.

Jannine Cabossel, the Tomato Lady, joins host Alexa Bradford to offer suggestions for what we can be doing next month in our vegetable gardens. Jannine blogs at https://giantveggiegardener.com.

Click here for program notes.

Find the original episode page at https://www.ksfr.org/show/garden-journal-new/2023-09-20/11-26-2022-home-grown-new-mexico-edition-with-jannine-cabossel

On this edition of People, Plants, and Pollinators, Kaitlin interviews David Lightfoot, Arthropod Collections Manager for the Museum of Southwestern Biology.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Master Gardener Emeritus Laurie McGrath as they discuss fall garden prep in Santa Fe.

Join Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg for a fascinating discussion with Kathleen Merrigan, inaugural executive director of the Swette Center for Sustainable Food Systems at Arizona State University and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, as they cover many topics related to the future of food.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about the weather and what to do in your vegetable garden in October. See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Host Kaitlin Haase talks about fireflies with Anna Walker, species survival officer for invertebrates with the New Mexico BioPark Society.

Learn about the difference between glow worms and fireflies, where fireflies exist in New Mexico, and how you can get involved in firefly conservation.

Report Sightings and Sign up for Surveys with the Firefly Atlas

Guide to Southwest Fireflies

Western Firefly Project: A Community Science Initiative

Firefly Friendly Lighting Practices

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with longtime Santa Fe Farmers' Market vendor Matt Romero of Romero Farms, about current farming challenges, growing and roasting chile peppers, selling produce to farmers' markets and restaurants and much more!

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what to do in your vegetable garden in September. See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com

Tom Dominguez and Michelle Stizza of the Santa Fe County Extension Office will update listeners on what’s new and upcoming events.

Learn all about bees with local bee expert, Olivia Messinger Carril, author of The Bees in Your Backyard. Olivia will speak about the intriguing and diverse lives of wild native bees in New Mexico and which bees are active and flying in Santa Fe right now!

beesinyourbackyard.com

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Megan Marsee and Kali Bronson, presenters with the NMSU Desert Blooms “Ready, Set, Grow” webinar series and program leads with the Bernalillo County Water Conservation Program, to learn about the benefits of passive rainwater harvesting.

https://desertblooms.nmsu.edu/grow.html

https://www.bernco.gov/public-works/public-works-services/water-wastewater-stormwater/residential-rainwater-harvesting-training/residential-rainwater-harvesting-overview/

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Chef Fernando Ruiz discussing his life story and his restaurant scheduled to open this month. The interview was recorded in August 2023; the commentary following has been updated with current news.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what to do in your vegetable garden in August.

See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com

Steve Cary, the New Mexico "Butterfly Guy"

Hear a conversation with Steve Cary, local butterfly expert and author of "Butterfly Landscapes of New Mexico", to learn about butterfly diversity in our state and how to support these brilliant insects in our gardens and beyond.

Links: Butterflies of New Mexico online guide

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Tannis Fox of the Western Environmental Law Center, Sarah Knopp of Amigos Bravos, and retired hydrogeologist Dale Doreumus of Rio Grande chapter of the Sierra Club, as they discuss the New Mexico Environment Department’s Water Protection Division regulatory proposal that could result in the discharge and use of treated fracking wastewater, also referred to as “produced water”.

Visit www.amigosbarvos.com & www.riograndesieraclub.com

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Lorraine Gray, Slow Food Turtle Island representative and Executive Director of Four Bridges Traveling Permaculture Institute about her time at the inaugural Terra Madre Americas conference in Sacramento, California in May.

Giant Veggie Gardener edition with Jannine Cabossel - June 2024

Extension Office Director Tom Dominguez and Family Consumer Science agent Michelle Stizza joins host Alexa Bradford to talk about updates and information on current and upcoming events at the Santa Fe Cooperative Extension Service campus, including Family Consumer Science and Agriculture & Natural Resources, See more at: https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/index.html

Tune in to hear Mace Vaughn, Pollinator and Agricultural Biodiversity Co-Director for the Xerces Society, speak with Kaitlin Haase about the inception of Xerces' Pollinator and Agricultural Biodiversity Program and its various projects and partners across North America working to reverse pollinator declines.

Invertebrate Conservation Resources - https://xerces.org/
Santa Fe Pollinator Trail Habitat Kits - https://xerces.org/pollinator-conservation/habitat-kits/santa-fe

Slow Food Santa Fe - June 2024

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel "The Tomato Lady" about what to plant in our vegetable gardens in June and how to organically manage those pesky weeds, beet leafhoppers and squash bugs. https://giantveggiegardener.com/

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jesse Roach, to discuss his “What’s Up With Water” report on Santa Fe’s water resources, the status of Two Mile Pond, and upcoming projects. See the slide presentation at: https://santafenm.gov/2023_Whats_Up_With_Water_27April2023.pdf

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview members of the newly established New Mexico Cheese Guild to learn how this organization will help aspiring cheesemakers.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Avra Leodas, Project Lead for the annual Santa Fe Extension Master Gardeners Garden Fair, and Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,”. Topics include an introduction to the May 11 Garden Fair and what to do (and what not to do) in your vegetable garden in May.  https://www.sfemg.org/garden-fair

(Originally aired 2/22/2020) Join hosts Christine Salem and Pam Wolfe in this re-broadcast of an interview with Douglas Tallamy, author of Nature's Best Hope: A New Approach to Conservation That Starts in Your Back Yard.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with three senior Santa Fe Botanical Garden staff members: Christie Collins, Director of Education and Interpretation; Linda Churchill, Horticulture Director; and Carole Aigne Langrall, Director of Development.

https://santafebotanicalgarden.org/

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with the Food Depot's Meredith Lorencz and Bonnie Murphy about the new federally-funded Regional Farm to Food Bank program which enables farmers to sell directly to food banks.

Tom Dominguez, Director of the Santa Fe County Extension Service, and Michelle Stizza, Family Consumer Science Agent, join host Alexa Bradford to update us on Extension Service plans for 2024.

https://santafeextension.nmsu.edu/

Host Carrie Core, on her last show for the Garden Journal, features a montage of farmers, gardeners, advocates and professionals talking about their connections to land, soil, water and community.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Terry Sullivan, New Mexico state director for The Nature Conservancy, about the Conservancy’s history and initiatives throughout New Mexico, the Santa Fe Canyon Preserve, and the debate over the popular Two Mile Pond.

https://www.nature.org/en-us/

Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Shahid Mustafa, Taylor Hood Farms, about water issues related to food and farming in this time of a changing climate.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about what to do in your vegetable garden in March and the Brix Refractometer method of testing for sweetness. See Jannine’s blog at https://giantveggiegardener.com/

In celebration of African American History Month Food Farms & Friends presents a rebroadcast of a panel discussion after a viewing of the feature film "Follow the Drinking Gourd" a documentary about the Black food justice movement.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Melanie McWhorter, Executive Director of the Historic Santa Fe Foundation, and Master Gardeners Ruthbeth Finerman and Alix Peters, to learn about their collaboration on the beautiful, historic El Zaguan Gardens on Canyon Road in Santa Fe.

Historic Santa Fe Foundation

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Melanie Kirby, entomologist, beekeeper, and extension educator for the land-grant program at the Institute of American Indian Arts on our continuing 2024 theme of climate change impacts on growing food.

Host Carrie Core invites Shahid Mustafa, of Taylor Hood Farms, to the table to read his recently published essay on farming in New Mexico, "Where the Water Lands".  And, she visits Ojito Farm to speak with Paul Michael about the past and future of the land.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Kaitlin Haase, the Xerces Society Pollinator Conservation Specialist for the Southwest, here in Santa Fe, to hear about the organization’s mission and a discussion about native bees and honey bees.

The Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation

https://www.xerces.org/blog/want-to-save-bees-focus-on-habitat-not-honey-bees