Out Here Podcast

08/08/2020

"Try everything and keep trying everything, even when people tell you you can’t do that here." --Tenley Nelson, Wood Frog Farm

Out Here Podcast is back with a new episode all about homesteading in Alaska. It features Tenley Nelson of Wood Frog Farm in Strelna, Alaska, and Ina & Speck Jones of Alaska Homestead Peonies outside of Homer, Alaska. Listen on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or head to the Out Here podcast website to view photos and episode notes. Hope everyone is having a happy growing season!

https://www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/homesteading

EPISODE V: HOMESTEADING

25/05/2020

Out Here Podcast will be back soon with more episodes! I've been busy preparing my own garden as the weather warms. Stay tuned! For now, enjoy this tiny Alaskan-Grown kiwi, courtesy of Sundog Orchard in Wasilla.

12/05/2020

A look inside a commercial ma*****na operation at Rosie Creek Farm and a bonus photo essay about vegetable farmer Pete & Lynn Mayo of Spinach Creek Farm

05/05/2020

""If people valued this crop as much as they value vegetables, we'd still be growing vegetables." -Mike Emers, Rosie Creek Farm.

Listen to episode four, A Green Evolution, here: www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/agreenevolution

Check out photos, hear about Mike's transition from vegetables to ma*****na, hear how climate change is impacting his farm, and so much more!

*****na

21/04/2020

The Breadbasket

21/04/2020

"There's so much potential for agriculture here, but there's so little agriculture," Scott Mugrage, Mugrage Hay & Cattle

Check out the latest episode of Out Here Podcast--The Breadbasket. On this episode, we're talking about larger scale agriculture in Alaska. We'll visit the Fairbanks Experiment Farm and Mugrage Hay & Cattle in Delta Junction.

Head to www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/thebreadbasket to hear more.

08/04/2020

Gardens in the Arctic

05/04/2020

"It's not just agriculture, it's culture culture. It's like a mesh between our culture and agriculture." -Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson

Happy Sunday! A new episode of Out Here Podcast is live. On episode two, The Mixing Zone, we hear from Nasuġraq Rainey Hopson about her project Gardens in the Arctic.

Listen here: www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/themixingzone

Thanks to Ian Gyori for the artwork, Blue Dot Sessions for the music and Rasmuson Foundation for the funding!

27/03/2020

Check out this blog update from Wood Frog Farm on making do in rural Alaska in the time of a pandemic. Although most of us are well-stocked and pretty used to socially distancing, the new normal has been an adjustment.

6:30 AM on Friday morning and the wind has been howling for hours. Unable to go back to sleep, I finally motivated myself up out of bed and downstairs where a cozy fire, hot coffee, and a dog and k…

22/03/2020

22/03/2020

Happy Sunday! A new episode of Out Here is up! Listen to "Clearing Land" here: https://www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/clearingland

On this episode we hear from Sally Boisvert of Four Winds Farm and Leah Wagner of Foundroot about the joys and challenges of starting a farm in Haines, Alaska.

Happy listening!

Thanks to the Rasmuson Foundation for financial assistance. Artwork comes from Ian Gyori. Listen to more episodes at www.outherepodcast.com.

https://www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/clearingland

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Not sure how to listen? Find Out Here on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify, and more. Or just head to the website at www.outherepodcast.com to see pictures, episode notes and audio. And don't forget to subscribe, so you'll never miss an episode!

09/03/2020

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09/03/2020

"We may be the breadbasket of the nation someday," Scott Mugrage, Mugrage Hay & Cattle. "I'd like to be on the forefront of that."

Ready to hear more about life in rural Alaska? I'm excited to announce that the intro episode to Season Two of Out Here is now live! Check it out at www.outherepodcast.com. This time, we're talking to Alaska farmers about life, their work and what climate change might mean for its future.

Thanks so much to the Rasmuson Foundation for helping make this happen! On this episode, hear from Wood Frog Farm, Four Winds Farm, Rosie Creek Farm and more.



https://www.outherepodcast.com/episodes/2020/3/7/introduction

Out Here, a podcast about life in rural Alaska. On season two, Alaska farmers share stories of their life, work and climate change.

09/03/2020