In this episode we travel to Southern California to meet with Samuel Guitron of Gospel Swamp Farm in Santa Ana and Johnny Wilson from The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano to talk all about Integrated Pest Management, or IPM, in urban farms. You’ll also hear about how soil health is monitored using potatoes at Gospel Swamp Farm, how wheat and rice bran are being used to manage soil-borne pathogens at The Ecology Center, and so much more.
Episode Resources:
- Gospel Swamp Farm website: https://heritagemuseumoc.org/gospel-swamp-farm/
- Gospel Swamp Farm Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gospelswampfarm/?hl=en
- The Heritage Museum of Orange County: https://heritagemuseumoc.org/
- CAFF Cover Crop Decision Guide for Annual Cropping Systems: https://caff.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/CAFF-Cover-Crop-Guide-for-Annual-Systems-112222.pdf
- The Ecology Center website: https://theecologycenter.org/
- The Ecology Center instagram: https://www.instagram.com/theecologycenter/?hl=en
- Regenerative Organic Alliance: https://regenorganic.org/
- Joji Muramoto’s UCCE page: https://ucanr.edu/?facultyid=42875
- Master Gardeners Handbook – 2nd Ed.: https://anrcatalog.ucanr.edu/Details.aspx?itemNo=3382
- CAFF webpage: https://caff.org/
- CAFF instagram: https://www.instagram.com/caff_famfarms/?hl=en
- CAFF Ecological Pest Management website: https://caff.org/epm/
Production Team:
- Podcast hosted by Emma Centeno – Ecological Pest Management Field Technician at CAFF
- Audio engineering and editing by Coby McDonald
- Music by Blue Dot Sessions
Funding:
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Biologically Integrated Farming Systems (BIFS) Grant: https://www.cdfa.ca.gov/oefi/opca/bifs.html
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