Growing Food

For the backyard gardener and small farmer who wants to grow a variety of food crops with a focus on urban agriculture.

Beekeeping Basics- Beehive Placement -Mobile Minute

April 7, 2017 Where are the best places to locate a beehive in your backyard? Veteran beekeeper, Glen Andresen, shares practical advice about the art of taking care of honeybees. This is an excerpt from a longer video (see Beekeeping Basics: Getting Started). In this video, Andresen talks about where to place your honeybee hives […]

Raising Backyard Chickens (video)

Naomi Montacre, co-founder of Naomi’s Organic, shares some of her expert knowledge on raising backyard chickens.

Running a Small Scale Dairy Farm

Gianaclis Caldwell, cheesemaker and author of The Small Scale Dairy and Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking talks about running a small scale dairy farm and how she became a cheesemaker.

Growing Winter Vegetables – Mobile Minute

January 25, 2017 Winter is a challenge for farmers who grow during this season. It also can have it’s rewards in the form of extra sweetness. See related video: Winter Farming: A Tale of Bitter and Sweet

An Urban Farmer in the City (video)

For two years, urban farmer Amanda Morse has grown food almost year-round on her farm in Portland. She markets her food to local restaurants and to customers direct through her farm stand.

Preserving Ancient Grains: A Farmer’s Tale

Anthony Boutard, of Ayers Creek Farm, shows us some of the ancient grains (wheat) that he grows on his organic farm.

Alan Kapuler: Kinship Garden and Greenhouse Tour

Research scientist and public domain plant breeder, Alan Kapuler, takes us on a tour of his greenhouse, he refers to as Kinship Garden.

Profile of an Urban Homesteader

Charlyn Ellis talks about her 21st Street Urban Homestead in Corvallis, Oregon and the ways she increases her self-sufficient food lifestyle.

Goats, Cows, Milk and Cheese – Gallery

A collection of video and written posts that include stories and how-to information around the broad subject of goats, cows milk and cheese.

An Urban Homestead Tour with Justin Tiret

This video tour of an urban homestead with Justin Tiret shows us his farm in Portland, Oregon. Tiret is able to grow and raise much of his own food.