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.