Last year NOFA/Mass endeavored to go where no NOFA has gone before… the bold world of podcasting! Podcasts are on-demand audio shows that bring entertainment, news and information to millions of people. I was honored to bring all the incredible knowledge and expertise of the NOFA/Mass community to a new audience. The first season started off with a buzz, interviewing Angela Roell about bee keeping and continued covering topics that are important to homesteaders, farmers, gardeners, and food justice activists alike. The podcast features a hotline for folks to call in and share stories of farm successes and downfalls in a segment we call “Farm Hacks and Farm Fails.” We ended season one with an interview with John Kempf, keynote speaker of the 2019 NOFA/Mass Winter Conference. In twenty episodes we gained hundreds of subscribers over multiple platforms including iTunes, Google Play and Stitcher. Most importantly- it was so much fun! Now, I am back in the studio with a whole new set up for Season Two, available March 6th, 2019.

Last season the NOFA/Mass Podcast got a lot of great feedback from our listeners. I loved reading every email and listening to every voicemail! One piece of constructive criticism I received was that my interviews with farmers where a little *ahem* basic. I am not a farmer and though I worked hard to find the questions that all of my listeners would want to know from our interviewees, my questions were more surface than someone with more knowledge would think to ask. So, we are changing it up for Season Two!