The Good Dirt: Sustainability Explained

By: Lady Farmer
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  • Start living more sustainably. The Good Dirt podcast explores all aspects of a sustainable lifestyle with healthy soil as the touchpoint and metaphor for the healing of our relationship with the planet. Mother and daughter team Mary & Emma bring you weekly interviews with farmers, artists, authors, and leaders in the regenerative and sustainable living space.
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  • Mulch Matters: Fostering Community and Connection with Tree Recycling

    Mulch Matters: Fostering Community and Connection with Tree Recycling
    Nov 15 2024
    In this conversation, Casey and Brooke Oberg from Detroit Mulch Company share their journey of transforming tree waste into mulch in the urban landscape of Detroit. They discuss their backgrounds, how they came to the project, various types of mulch, the significance of topsoil and the role of composting in community engagement. The conversation highlights the community impact of their work repurposing organic materials into beneficial mulch, a product that provides environmental sustainability and circularity into the local economy. The discussion also touches on the concept of slow living and how it relates to their work, culminating in a reflection on the meaning of good dirt and its impact on the environment and local communities. Topics Discussed: ・The beginnings of Detroit Mulch Company ・Sustainable practices in Mulching ・Benefits of Mulch Gardening ・Addressing concerns about tree waste ・Community Impact ・The role of mulch in urban revitalization ・The future of tree waste management ・Encouraging sustainable practices beyond Detroit ・The importance of mulch and compost for top soil ・Composting practices and community engagement ・Embracing slow living and the idea of 'the good dirt' Connect with Brooke and Casey: Detroit Mulch Company Website Instagram: @detroitmulch ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌻 About Lady Farmer: Subscribe to The ALMANAC, a Lady Farmer Newsletter & Community Visit Our Website Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you! Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production. 🌿 The Good Dirt Producers: • Wendy Gray
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    45 mins
  • 218. Sustainability in Spirits with Harrison Holditch of Half Shell Vodka

    218. Sustainability in Spirits with Harrison Holditch of Half Shell Vodka
    Nov 8 2024
    In this episode of The Good Dirt, Mary & Emma explore sustainability in the spirits industry with Harrison Holditch of Half Shell Vodka. At just 33 years old, Harrison has pioneered innovative sustainable practices in producing vodka, including using recycled materials and local partnerships. Among Half Shell Vodka's noteworthy achievements is its revolutionary 100% recyclable cardboard bottle made from 94% recycled materials. The discussion covers Harrison's journey, the company’s sustainable practices, and innovations like their unique filtration system using oyster shells and coconut carbon. The episode also highlights the challenges and benefits of adopting sustainable methods in distilling. 00:00 Welcome to The Good Dirt 01:34 Introducing Half Shell Vodka 03:21 Harrison Holditch's Journey 09:11 Sustainability Practices at Half Shell Vodka 17:26 The Innovation of the Paper Bottle 26:05 Sustainability and Glass: A Complex Relationship 27:07 The Global Supply Chain and Carbon Footprint 29:43 Exploring Alternatives: Paper Bottles and Beyond 32:40 Challenges and Innovations in the Spirits Industry 37:48 Living the Slow Life: A Personal Perspective 39:57 Navigating Natural Disasters: Life on the Gulf Coast 41:55 The Good Dirt: What It Means to Us 42:58 Where to Find Half Shell Vodka ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌻 About Lady Farmer: · Subscribe to The ALMANAC, a Lady Farmer Newsletter & Community · Visit Our Website · Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram · Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you! Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production. 🌿 The Good Dirt Producers: · Wendy Gray
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    49 mins
  • 217. A Sustainable Death: Rethinking End Of Life Practices with Hunter Beattie of Endswell Cremation

    217. A Sustainable Death: Rethinking End Of Life Practices with Hunter Beattie of Endswell Cremation
    Nov 1 2024
    What are more sustainable death practices that we can can consider as alternatives to the expensive and consumptive services offered in the modern funeral industry? CEO of Endswell Cremation Hunter Beattie is our guest today, here to discuss the green burial movement, the problems with our current death rituals and practices and how the process of aquamation offered by his company is another choice over cremation or burial. Hunter shares his honest emotional personal journey with death, the founding of Endswell and the philosophy behind providing thoughtful, compassionate end-of-life services. Topics Discussed · The Good Death Movement · The Green Burial Movement · Misconceptions About Cremation · The Deal with Spreading Ashes · Death Cafe, Death Doulas, and Death Conferences · End of Life Care with Your Parents · Living with Grief · Neurodegenerative Conditions · The Predatory Nature of the Funeral Industry · The History of the Modern Funeral Industry · Working with Hospice Workers · Understanding Aquamation · Green Burial Movement · Community Involvement · Burying On Your Own Land · Reclaiming Death Rituals Rituals and Eco-Friendly Death Care · Eco-Friendly Death Care Episode Resources: · Listen to The Good Dirt “Episode 65 | Where Nature is Enough: Rethinking Death Practices with Heidi Hannapel of Bluestem Conservation Cemetery · Listen to The Good Dirt “Creating Sustainability in the Death Care Industry with Tom Harries of Earth Funeral” · WorkAway · Final Exit · Read Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond · NPR Article “A plain pine coffin and eco-friendly cremation are the last acts of Desmond Tutu” on Desmond Tutu’s Aquamation · Order of the Good Death Connect with Hunter Beattie: · Website: https://endswellcremation.com · Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endswellaquamationandgallery/ · Farewell Earth Network: https://farewellearth.org ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━ 🌻 About Lady Farmer: · Subscribe to The ALMANAC, a Lady Farmer Newsletter & Community · Visit Our Website · Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram · Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you! Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production. 🌿 The Good Dirt Producers: · Wendy Gray
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    56 mins

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wonderful

loved listening to this episode, I felt like I was sat around the table with a hot coffee and good friends, talking about such fascinating subject matters. thank you!

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