Dreamvisions 7 Radio & TV Network
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Friday Dec 05, 2025
Friday Dec 05, 2025
Meet the Wild Things: Children's Books for Conservation
Guests Hayley and John Rocco, Children's Author and Illustrator Team, Co-founders of Children's Book Creators for Conservation (CBCC)
One million species are threatened with extinction, and the number one cause is habitat loss. We have the knowledge and the ability to reverse this trend by 1) protecting important areas from destruction, 2) restoring habitats that have been lost, and 3) rewilding restored habitats. Rewilding means reintroducing wild species in a way that brings back ecological balance.
Guests Hayley and John Rocco are the co-founders of Children's Book Creators for Conservation (CBCC), a collective of children's book authors and illustrators who support conservation efforts with the mission to partner with organizations like Wild Tomorrow. Members of this collective use their creative storytelling skills to amplify the work of conservationists and make lasting connections with young readers that cultivate a climate of hope. Their stories empower children with the knowledge, inspiration and confidence they need to be change makers and future leaders.
Hayley Rocco is the author of multiple books for young readers including Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough and the Meet the Wild Things series about endangered animals which she and her husband, John Rocco, created together. An ambassador for Wild Tomorrow, a nonprofit focused on conservation and rewilding South Africa, Hayley travels the world armed with a pen, a journal, and her camera, discovering stories of wild things and wild places.
John Rocco is the #1 New York Times bestselling author and illustrator of many acclaimed books for children, including Blackout, the recipient of a Caldecott Honor, and How We Got to the Moon, which received a Sibert Honor and was longlisted for the National Book Award. John, also an ambassador for Wild Tomorrow, ventures with Hayley into the wild in search of stories they can bring back and share with readers everywhere. John and Hayley live in Rhode Island in an old house tucked in the woods near the sea.
LOOK FOR THESE BOOKS BY HAYLEY AND JOHN ROCCO
Wild Places: The Life of Naturalist David Attenborough
https://www.amazon.com/Wild-Places-Naturalist-David-Attenborough/dp/0593618092
All the Books
https://www.amazon.com/All-Books-Hayley-Rocco/dp/0316512745
Hello, I'm a Sloth (Meet the Wild Things, Book 1)
https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Sloth-Meet-Wild-Things-ebook/dp/B0CJT9ZWZK
Hello, I'm a Pangolin (Meet the Wild Things, Book 2)
https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Pangolin-Meet-Wild-Things-ebook/dp/B0CJT8N9X4
Hello, I'm a Quokka (Meet the Wild Things, Book 3)
https://www.amazon.com/Hello-Quokka-Meet-Wild-Things-ebook/dp/B0CQJHMGTP
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Learn more about the remarkable Gray Tree Frog - View its camouflage photos; find craft ideas, walking activities, creative writing and more children's book recommendations on Wendy's Substack at https://storywalkerwendy.substack.com/p/frogs-of-stone
Meet the Wild Things
https://www.meetthewildthings.com/
Meet the Children’s Book Creators for Conservation 2025 Team
https://www.meetthewildthings.com/cbcc.html
Visit Hayley Rocco at https://www.hayleyrocco.com/
Find more of her books, and follow her on Instagram @hayleyroccobooks.
Visit John Rocco at https://roccoart.com/index.html
Find more of his books, and follow him on Instagram @roccoart.
Learn more about Wild Tomorrow
https://wildtomorrow.org/
Purchase Wendy's book, The Angel Heart - https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Heart-Wendy-Nadherny-Fachon/dp/1967270279/ref=sr_1_1
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday Nov 07, 2025
Friday Nov 07, 2025
Spiritual Pathways for Environmental Restoration
Guest Rev. Rachel Field, Program Manager, An Episcopal Path
Spending time in nature, one sees God’s creativity all around us, and so develops an appreciation for the divine intelligence behind the beauty, functionality and mystery of Nature. The Creation Story in the Book of Genesis tells of God creating the heavens, the earth, the fish, the birds, all the other creatures and, finally, man and woman.
Children of the Cherokee Nation hear the story of Grandmother Spider, who, they are told, embodies the creative force of the universe, having woven the network that interconnects all living beings and symbolizes the importance of ecosystems, community and relationships. There is something to be learned from these and other creation stories.
Reverend Rachel Field joins us to talk about our role in Creation Care. She is the Program Manager for An Episcopal Path to Creation Justice, an initiative equipping church communities to grow in knowledge and skills as they progress along the four-fold path: Prayer, Learning, Action, and Advocacy. Rachel explains these four pillars in detail and draws on diverse approaches for diverse contexts. Those walking an Episcopal Path commit to form and restore a loving, liberating, life-giving relationship with all of Creation, and they collaborate with other faith organizations. Rachel shares her deep wisdom and shines a light by framing our environmental degradation as a “spiritual crisis” and showing us the power of spiritually enlightened engagement.
Rachel has more than 15 years of experience leading creation-centered retreats in the Episcopal Church. She is also Owner/Director of Heartberry Hollow Farm & Forest, which is a regenerative farm and retreat center in central Vermont. She holds a Masters of Divinity from Yale Divinity School and a certificate in Contemplative Leadership from the Shalem Institute. She is a member of the Clergy at Parish of St. Mary in Northfield, VT.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
View my fabulous spider web photos
https://substack.com/home/post/p-174923967
Learn more about “An Episcopal Path to Creation Justice”
https://www.episcopalcreationpath.org/
Engage with the BTS Center - Cultivating and Nourishing Spiritual Leadership for a Climate-Changed World
https://thebtscenter.org/
Read about the Creation Care curriculum: Love God, Love God's World
https://www.episcopalchurch.org/ministries/creation-care/love-god-love-gods-world-curriculum/
Join Rachel on a Walking Meditation
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hHCViU1YFo
Visit Heartberry Hollow Farm and Forest
heartberryhollowfarmandforest@gmail.com
Purchase Wendy's book, The Angel Heart - https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Heart-Wendy-Nadherny-Fachon/dp/1967270279/ref=sr_1_1
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Friday Oct 10, 2025
Story Rolling: Outdoor Wheelchair Access
Guest Tina Guenette, Founder, President and CEO of RAMP ( Real Access Motivates Progress)
An astonishing number of people rely on wheelchairs and mobility aids... veterans disabled in war... young victims of driving accidents... patients harmed by failed medical procedures... people suffering from neurodegenerative diseases... elderly moving from a cane to a walker and on to a wheel chair, as their bodies age and weaken... and pediatric brain cancer patients being wheeled around in strollers. We all know someone, and yet we are unlikely to see many of these people out and about, because so much of the environment is ill designed for those with restricted mobility. Guest Tina Guenette explains the massive scope of such limited accessibility and brings the bigger story out into the light.
Tina is the founder of RAMP, which stands for Real Access Motivates Progress. RAMP is a national non-profit dedicated to smashing barriers for people with disabilities. The organization champions accessibility and promotes equal opportunities through innovation, advocacy and education, fostering a more equitable future for citizens with mobility disabilities.
Tina is both a motivational speaker and a living testament to the power of perseverance. After surviving four battles with cancer, multiple strokes and heart attacks, Tina faced her greatest challenge in 2014, when a spinal stroke during routine surgery left her paralyzed from the waist down. Her firsthand experience, navigating a world not built for her, ignited a fire to educate, empower and create systemic change. Refusing to let her wheelchair define her limits, Tina channeled her journey into action and founded RAMP in 2019. As its President and CEO, she fights tirelessly to transform inaccessible spaces and mindsets, proving that true progress begins with inclusion. She shows how we can all make a difference for those less mobile than us, and her impact has earned nationwide acclaim.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Visit the RAMP website - https://www.rampisinclusion.org/
Download the AARP Walk Audit Tool Kit - https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/getting-around/aarp-walk-audit-tool-kit.html Learn how to assess and report on the safety, walkability and wheelability of a street, intersection or neighborhood — and inspire needed change.
Download an AARP Street Use Worksheet
https://www.aarp.org/content/dam/aarp/livable-communities/getting-around/2022/walk-audit-worksheets-english/2%20Who%E2%80%99s%20Using%20the%20Street%20%E2%80%94%20and%20Why-fillable.pdf
Download an AARP Walk Audit Worksheet
https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/getting-around/aarp-walk-audit-worksheets-english/
Find other worksheets - https://www.aarp.org/livable-communities/getting-around/aarp-walk-audit-worksheets-english/ These worksheets help guide real world infrastructure assessments.
Learn more about Walktober - https://states.aarp.org/rhode-island/stepping-up-for-safety-access-in-providence
Visit the Providence Streets Coalition website - https://pvdstreets.org/
RELATED EPISODES
Walk & Roll to School: The Positive Environmental and Health Impacts
https://dreamvisions7radio.com/walk-roll-to-school/
Great Streets: Safe, Walkable, Bikable, Equitable and Sociable https://dreamvisions7radio.com/great-streets/
Purchase Wendy's book, The Angel Heart - https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Heart-Wendy-Nadherny-Fachon/dp/1967270279/ref=sr_1_1
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Friday Sep 05, 2025
Walk & Roll to School: The Positive Environmental and Health Impacts
Guests: Stephen Heiny, research associate, Highway Safety Research Center, University of North Carolina (UNC), and Ishaa Gadkari, State Physical Activity Coordinator, RI Department of Health - Healthy Eating and Active Living Program (HEAL).
In 1969, 48 percent of students in grades K-8 walked or rode a bike to school. In 2017, only 11 percent of students in grades K-8 eight walked or rode bikes to school. Research studies identify safety concerns as the primary reason for the decrease. Safety considerations include traffic volume and speed, sidewalk and crosswalk infrastructure, incidents of crime and levels of policing. In this episode, we talk about how to redesign community environments in ways that support safe routes to school and events like the National Walk & Roll to School Day, an annual October event. We also discuss the environmental and health benefits of walking to school.
Stephen Heiny joins us from the Highway Safety Research Center. He focuses on youth active travel safety, Vision Zero and the Safe System approach, supporting safety efforts in North Carolina and across the United States. He evaluates speed reduction countermeasures, provides technical assistance for Safe Routes to School programs and supports the annual Walk, Bike & Roll to School Day events.
Ishaa Gadkari joins us from the RI Department of Health. As the State Physical Activity Coordinator, she directs the Healthy Eating and Active Living Program (HEAL). Ishaa specializes in projects related to the built environment, active transportation and physical activity. She is passionate about walkable cities and environments, public transportation and health policy. She supports city and town fun runs and walks, Safe Routes to School, Walking School Bus and Safe Routes to Parks.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Register Your School for Walk & Roll Day - https://www.walkbiketoschool.org/
This website provides resources for planning and publicizing your event.
Download STEM lessons on Pedestrian Safety from the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) website: https://highways.dot.gov/safety/pedestrian-bicyclist/step/step-stem-lessons
Lessons include real-world examples of the key concepts, hands-on activities including building mock streetscapes and calculations for older students.
Learn more about Safe Routes to School - https://www.saferoutespartnership.org/safe-routes-school/101/6-Es
Read about Bike Buses: Let's Bike to School Together -https://www.walkbiketoschool.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/06/SRTS_BikeBusGuide_2025.pdf
Visit RI's Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) Website - https://health.ri.gov/chronic-conditions/healthy-eating-and-active-living-heal
Review HEAL's Strategic Plan - https://health.ri.gov/sites/g/files/xkgbur1006/files/publications/strategicplans/2023-2028HealthyEatingAndActiveLiving.pdf
Read the article “Walking to Improve Mental Health” - https://tinyurl.com/Walking4MentalHealth
Gamify the activity of walking. Read this blog for a few ideas... https://netwalkri.com/walking-journal/f/ecopirate-on-the-cove
RELATED EPISODES
Great Streets: Safe, Walkable, Bikable, Equitable and Sociable https://dreamvisions7radio.com/great-streets/
Offsetting Schools’ Paper Usage, One Tree At a Time
https://dreamvisions7radio.com/offsetting-schools-paper-usage/
Purchase Wendy's book, The Angel Heart - https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Heart-Wendy-Nadherny-Fachon/dp/1967270279/ref=sr_1_1
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Friday Aug 08, 2025
Nature-Inspired Creative Expression
Guest Selia Qynn, creative habitat steward and owner, Habitat House
How does Nature capture our imaginations? How does Nature call to our inner child and encourage us to create? How might one be inspired by observing bird behavior or by hearing the story of the Garden of Eden? Nature, quite simply, has an amazing way of sparking creative expression, while also teaching us how to care.
Selia Qynn, steward and owner of Habitat House, shows us how this is. She is a bird and nature lover, author, poet, singer, songwriter, photographer, graphic designer, artisan, painter, interior designer, landscape consultant, landlord and house concert host. She shines a light on all that one can be.
Selia's beloved Habitat House is a precious gem hidden in the middle of the bustling city of Houston. It all began with the transformation of her own home and garden, which became certified as a National Wildlife Federation Backyard Habitat. Ever growing and ever changing, Habitat House is now comprised of multiple adjacent real estate properties. In this episode, Selia shares her stories, her home, her music and her love of art, design and nature.
LEARN MORE
Visit Selia's website - https://www.selia.com/
Book a Stay at Habitat House in Houston - https://www.selia.com/habitat-house
Find Stella Quest and more of Selia's music - https://music.apple.com/us/album/stella-quest/1777371365
Shop for Critter Chronicles and Selia's other books - https://www.selia.com/shop
Purchase Wendy's book, The Angel Heart - https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Heart-Wendy-Nadherny-Fachon/dp/1967270279/ref=sr_1_1
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Friday Jul 11, 2025
Growing our Spiritual Connection with Nature
Guest Asia Suler, Teacher, Earth Intuitive, Nature Writer, and Spiritual Educator
Like a breath of fresh air, Asia Suler comes down to us from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western NC. She is a highly intuitive ecologist, author of Mirrors in the Earth: Reflections on Self-Healing from the Living World and host of the beloved podcast Remember Why You Are Here.
Asia has guided over 100,000 students in 70+ countries through her immersive online programs, which offer heart-felt community for sensitives around the world and educational experiences in herbalism, animism, and earth-centered personal growth. She has also taught for the most well-known herbal programs in the country, including the Chestnut School of Herbal Medicine, the Northeast School of Botanical Medicine, and The Blue Ridge School of Herbal Medicine.
Today, Asia is at the helm of an international center for self-growth that bridges the worlds of earth healing, depth psychology, intuitive development and ecological philosophy. She is a gifted storyteller with a gentle poetic voice. Her reflections, writings and teachings have helped so many embrace their own unique medicine through a joyful engagement with the natural world. Her clear, concise prose inspires me to better articulate my own mission, which is to help infuse more mindfulness into childhood learning, through attentiveness to Nature and deeper listening to Nature's spiritual guidance.
LEARN MORE
Visit Asia Suler's website and take the Earth Healing Archetype Quiz - https://asiasuler.com/
Tune in to Asia's podcast series, Remember Why You Are Here - https://asiasuler.com/remember/
Check out Asia's book, Mirrors in the Earth - https://asiasuler.com/mirrors-in-the-earth/
Purchase Wendy's new book, The Angel Heart - https://www.amazon.com/Angel-Heart-Wendy-Nadherny-Fachon/dp/1967270279/ref=sr_1_1
RELATED PODCASTS
Down to Earth Plant Messengers - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/down-to-earth-plant-messengers/
Forest School Learning - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/forest-school-learning/
Thrive Outside - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/thrive-outside/
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Friday Jun 06, 2025
Down to Earth Plant Messengers
with Johnny Jumpup, L. Spectabilis, Ananassa and Wendy Nadherny Fachon, Author of The Angel Heart
Plants are beings of consciousness, capable of communicating with humans, if humans are paying attention with extrasensory perceptiveness. Cultivating our sensory abilities can enhance our appreciation of Nature and our connectedness to loved ones who have passed on to the next life. This episode shares three remarkable stories of different plants that have carried messages from heaven down to earth.
One of these stories is The Angel Heart, written and illustrated by show host Wendy Nadherny Fachon. She created the storybook with four objectives in mind: to open hearts and minds and foster greater empathy, compassion and connectedness; to help parents create stronger bonds with their children through modeling, open communication and shared experience; to help cultivate children's reading, language and cognitive skills; and to show how Nature speaks and connects us with our loved ones. Fachon asserts that all of these objectives can help readers and listeners achieve higher consciousness and inner peace. She talks about the book's inspiration and explains how it came into being.
Look for The Angel Heart at Amazon Books. New edition coming soon. Look for the cover with the blue sky and heavenly clouds.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Learn the Language of Flowers from the Almanac - https://www.almanac.com/flower-meanings-language-flowers
Watch the Summer Garden Storytime recording celebrating Head Start's 60th Birthday - https://nhsa.org/resource/recording-summer-garden-storytime-2/
Visit the Head Start website and find out how you can help grow childhood literacy - https://headstart.gov/
RELATED PODCASTS
The Plants Want to Work With You with Asia Suler - https://asiasuler.com/the-plants-want-to-work-with-you/
Love Nature Magic with Maria Rodale - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/maria-rodale-author/
Wild Weed Wisdom - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/wild-weed-wisdom-gather-and-give/
Voice of the Forest - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/matthew-largess/
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday May 09, 2025
Friday May 09, 2025
Local Return: Community Investing for Environmental Impact
Guest Jessica David, Community Consultant and Co-Founder, Local Return
What is ESG investing, and does it truly address earth's most pressing environmental issues - pollution, conservation, sustainability and social equity?
How does community investing compare with global market investing, and why are the distinctions so important?
What are the risks and rewards of shifting investments from Wall Street to Main Street?
Community consultant and co-founder of Local Return, Jessica David answers these questions and seeks to educate more people about a new opportunity in investing that has a local focus. Local Return has the mission of building community wealth in neighborhoods that have experienced historical disinvestment. David and her team are establishing Rhode Island’s first-ever diversified community investment fund (DCIF) by raising $3.5 million for neighborhood revitalization. The structure and governance of this fund will serve as a model for the formation of DCIF opportunities across the country.
Investing is a complicated topic. Most people avoid getting into the weeds of investing. Individuals who can afford to invest in the stock and bond markets of Wall Street tend to surrender their investment decision-making power to professional investment advisors, who earn their living on commissions made by distributing the money into large pools of exchange traded funds. Companies offering retirement benefits tend to do the same. This purely profit-motivated manner of investing lacks transparency and, hence, evidence of truly meaningful impact. DCIFs offer people an exciting and more accessible investment alternative.
David's experience includes serving as Executive Vice President of Strategy & Community Investments at the Rhode Island Foundation, the state’s largest philanthropic institution, where she led strategic initiatives, grant programs, evaluation, capacity-building, and impact investing. Her work at Good Worth Working For LLC includes supporting community organizations and leaders on strategy and change processes, program design, large and small convenings, and culture-building. And interestingly, David is also a full-time Master of Divinity student at Harvard Divinity School, and she reveals how this spiritual investment dovetails with her work at Local Return.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Visit the Local Return website.
https://localreturn.org/ (Sign up for e-news at the bottom of the page)
Learn more about the Local Return Diversified Community Investment Fund (DCIF).
https://ricommunityinvestment.com/ (Sign up for e-news at the bottom of the page)
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Friday Apr 11, 2025
Regenerative Farming: Healing the Land One Bite at a Time
Guest Joel Salatin, Owner, Polyface Farm
What if consumers could gradually move away from purchasing energy-intensive industrial food and go back to buying whole foods farmed with earth-friendly methods? Every such purchase would help those people heal themselves and heal the land, rebuild healthy soil, clear the air and purify the water. Many people are under the misconception that cattle contribute to increases in greenhouse gases. Guest Joel Salatin tells the real story.
With a room full of debate trophies, 16 published books and a thriving multi-generational family farm, Salatin can clearly explain how to manage cattle, so that they can solve some of today's most pressing ecological concerns. He is world-renowned for using livestock to rebuild the land and soil. He applies chemical free farming methods and shows how animal husbandry is one of the answers to a greener, cleaner, healthier world for all.
Salatin is also a delightful storyteller, who characterizes himself as a Christian libertarian environmentalist capitalist lunatic farmer. Many describe him as the most famous farmer in the world, the high priest of the pasture and the most eclectic thinker from Virginia since Thomas Jefferson. He draws on a lifetime of food, farming and fantasy to entertain and inspire audiences around the world.
Salatin devotes one segment of this episode to talking about Beyond Labels, which he co-authored with Dr. Sina McCollough. who has a Ph.D. in Nutrition and actually understands unpronounceable carbon chains, Beyond Labels is an informative and entertaining book that leads readers on a journey from generally unhealthy food and farming to an ultimately healing place.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Read the Musings of a Lunatic Farmer - https://www.thelunaticfarmer.com/blog
Shop the Polyface Farms farm store - https://polyfacefarms.com/
Subscribe to the Beyond Labels podcast - https://beyondlabels.supportingcast.fm/
Order the Beyond Labels book - https://polyfaceshop.com/Beyond-Labels-p592404762
Check out Joel Salatin's full list of books and DVDs -
https://polyfaceshop.com/BOOKS-&-DVDS-c43252175
RELATED PODCASTS
Why Eating Organic is Crucial to the Planet with Zen Honeycutt - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/eating-organic-crucial-future-planet/
Soil Science and Bionutrition with Dan Kittredge - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/soil-science-and-bionutrition/
Farm to School with Stephanie Bush - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/farm-to-school/
Farm and Forest Schooling for Kids with Kelly McNiff - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/farm-forest-schooling-kids/
Backyard Farming for Self-Sufficiency with Mike Mandeville - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/backyard-farming-for-self-sufficiency/
Agrohomeopathy for Healthier Farms and Gardens with Kris White - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/agrohomeopathy-for-healthier-farms-and-gardens/
Read about DIPG: Eternal Hope Versus Terminal Corruption by Dean Fachon begin to uncover the truth about cancer - https://dipgbook.com/
Learn more at https://netwalkri.com email storywalkerwendy@gmail.com or call 401 529-6830. Connect with Wendy to order copies of Fiddlesticks, The Angel Heart or Storywalker Wild Plant Magic Cards.
Subscribe to Wendy’s blog Writing with Wendy at www.wendyfachon.blog.Join Wendy on facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/StoryWalkingRadio
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Friday Mar 07, 2025
Farm and Forest Schooling for Kids
Guest Kelly McNiff, Founder, Farm and Forest Education Center at Pat's Pastured
Our food purchasing choices impact both our physical health and environmental sustainability. We can empower children and families by teaching how real food is produced. Fresh fruits, vegetables, eggs and chickens that are regeneratively grown by local farms are far more nutritious and more sustainable than highly-processed food products shipped thousands of miles to distant markets.
The Farm and Forest Education Center at Pat's Pastured is a local non-profit that helps students explore how good food is grown, giving them the opportunity to observe and care for farm animals and their surrounding environment. Pat's Pastured is a local Rhode Island Farm with more than 150 acres of green pasture and woodlots. Humanely-raised livestock moves through rotational pastures with plenty of space to roam free.
In 2016, Kelly McNiff, who co-runs the farm with her husband, began running a summer camp in partnership with her sister, Stacy Gale. Kelly is a certified elementary teacher with over 15 years of classroom experience. She earned her undergraduate degree from Northeastern University and pursued her graduate studies at the Teton Science School in Wyoming, where she discovered her passion for place-based learning and outdoor education. Kelly brought her fourth grade students from Providence to experience hands-on learning at the farm, and she talks about her observations and the tremendous benefits to her students. The Farm and Forest Education Center now offers afterschool programs and facilitates school field trip experiences. Join us for this episode to hear more.
INFORMATION RESOURCES
Visit the Farm and Forest Education Center – https://farmforesteducation.org/
Shop Pat's Pastured - https://www.patspastured.com/
Download the “Cultivating Joy and Wonder” - https://shelburnefarms.org/cultivating-joy-wonder-educating-for-sustainability-in-early-childhood-through-nature-food-and
MORE BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS
Wonder Walkers by Micha Archer
Tops & Bottoms by Janet Stevens
E-I-E-I-O: How Old MacDonald Got His Farm with a Little Help from a Henby by July Sierra
Secrets of the Garden by Kathleen Zoehfeld
The Little Red Hen (Makes a Pizza) by Philomen Sturges
Living Sunlight by M. Bang and P. Chisholm
What If There Were No Bees? by Suzanne Slade
Pick, Pull, Snap! by Lola Schaeffer
Wiggling Worms at Work by Wendy Pfeffer
Errol's Garden by Gillian Hibbs
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Forest School Learning - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/forest-school-learning/
Why Eating Organic is Crucial to the Future of the Planet - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/eating-organic-crucial-future-planet/
Kids Gardening - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/kids-gardening/
Soil Science and Bionutrition - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/soil-science-and-bionutrition/
Farm to School - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/farm-to-school/
Pesticide-Free Parks, Lawns and Gardens - https://dreamvisions7radio.com/pesticide-free-parks-lawns-gardens/
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