The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

We think of producing food for OUR families, but what about others? Ian McKenna has some incredible tips on how to re-think the purpose of your garden Connect with Ian McKenna: Ian McKenna is a youth hunger advocate, growing food for food insecure children and families since the age of 8. Instagram:  Garden for hunger Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Ian McKenna is a 16 year old who has grown for over 8 years. He grows food and donates to food insecure families in the Austin, Texas area and has a ton to share with us this week. Connect with Ian McKenna: Ian McKenna is a youth hunger advocate, growing food for food insecure children and families since the age of 8. Instagram:  Garden for hunger Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

What does LEED mean, and why is it important to have a company like Sierra Nevada leading the way with their LEED platinum brewery? Learn in today’s show with Mandi McKay, their Director of Sustainability. Connect with Mandi McKay Mandi McKay is the Director of Sustainability at Sierra Nevada, where she leads all sorts of amazing initiatives to reduce waste, carbon emissions, as well as energy and water sustainability and improvements. Learn about Sierra Nevada’s commitment to sustainability: https://sierranevada.com/about/sustainability/ Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

It’s not a conversation about sustainability without talking about greenhouse gas emissions. What can we do about them at the brewery scale, and at the home garden scale? Connect with Mandi McKay Mandi McKay is the Director of Sustainability at Sierra Nevada, where she leads all sorts of amazing initiatives to reduce waste, carbon emissions, as well as energy and water sustainability and improvements. Learn about Sierra Nevada’s commitment to sustainability: https://sierranevada.com/about/sustainability/ Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’ve talked a lot about larger scale sustainability efforts, but what can one do at the level of the individual? Learn with Mandi McKay in today’s show. Connect with Mandi McKay Mandi McKay is the Director of Sustainability at Sierra Nevada, where she leads all sorts of amazing initiatives to reduce waste, carbon emissions, as well as energy and water sustainability and improvements. Learn about Sierra Nevada’s commitment to sustainability: https://sierranevada.com/about/sustainability/ Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I just got solar panels at the Epic Homestead, but Sierra Nevada Brewing Company puts me to shame. Learn how they generate clean energy with Mandi McKay, their Director of Sustainability. Connect with Mandi McKay Mandi McKay is the Director of Sustainability at Sierra Nevada, where she leads all sorts of amazing initiatives to reduce waste, carbon emissions, as well as energy and water sustainability and improvements. Learn about Sierra Nevada’s commitment to sustainability: https://sierranevada.com/about/sustainability/ Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Learn about the permeable parking lot, CO2 recovery efforts, and more at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company with Mandi McKay, their Director of Sustainability. Connect with Mandi McKay Mandi McKay is the Director of Sustainability at Sierra Nevada, where she leads all sorts of amazing initiatives to reduce waste, carbon emissions, as well as energy and water sustainability and improvements. Learn about Sierra Nevada’s commitment to sustainability: https://sierranevada.com/about/sustainability/ Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Mandi McKay, the Director of Sustainability at Sierra Nevada Brewing Company is on the podcast this week to talk about large and small-scale sustainability for the home and garden...starting with their composting operation! Connect with Mandi McKay Mandi McKay is the Director of Sustainability at Sierra Nevada, where she leads all sorts of amazing initiatives to reduce waste, carbon emissions, as well as energy and water sustainability and improvements. Learn about Sierra Nevada’s commitment to sustainability: https://sierranevada.com/about/sustainability/ Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tanya Anderson of Lovely Greens is back on the show to talk in-depth about her book, A Woman’s Garden, and what you’ll learn from a deep dive into what is sure to be an inspiring read. Connect With Tanya Anderson: Tanya Anderson is the founder of Lovely Greens, a gardening blog and YouTube channel, and the author of A Woman’s Garden: Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things. Lovely Greens Blog Lovely Greens on YouTube Lovely Greens on Instagram Lovely Greens on Facebook Lovely Greens on Pinterest Lovely Greens on Twitter Pre-orders of Tanya’s book, A Woman’s Garden: Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things will receive a free PDF of Tanya’s soapmaking techniques, if you send her proof of pre-order to tanya@lovelygreens.com by the 31st of December. Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Far from needing to be grown “at a cottage”, the cottage garden ethos is one that may change the way you approach gardening altogether. Learn Tanya Anderson of Lovely Green’s approach to cottage gardening and how you can adapt it to your own space. Connect With Tanya Anderson: Tanya Anderson is the founder of Lovely Greens, a gardening blog and YouTube channel, and the author of A Woman’s Garden: Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things. Lovely Greens Blog Lovely Greens on YouTube Lovely Greens on Instagram Lovely Greens on Facebook Lovely Greens on Pinterest Lovely Greens on Twitter Pre-orders of Tanya’s book, A Woman’s Garden: Grow Beautiful Plants and Make Useful Things will receive a free PDF of Tanya’s soapmaking techniques, if you send her proof of pre-order to tanya@lovelygreens.com by the 31st of December. Buy Birdies Garden Beds Use code EPICPODCAST for 5% off your first order of Birdies metal raised garden beds, the best metal raised beds in the world. They last 5-10x longer than wooden beds, come in multiple heights and dimensions, and look absolutely amazing. Click here to shop Birdies Garden Beds Buy My Book My book, Field Guide to Urban Gardening, is a beginners guide to growing food in small spaces, covering 6 different methods and offering rock-solid fundamental gardening knowledge: Order on Amazon Order a signed copy Follow Epic Gardening YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices