Welcome back to the Community Agriculture Project podcast!

In season 2 episode 8, we sit down with Tajah Ellis of Out of Seam. Our conversation shows the connection and inspiration of different communities that inspire a weaving of the elements and continued experimentation in the creative process.

We start the episode off with hearing of Tajah’s background, and how that inspired Out of Seam, Tajah’s “empirical color shifting and bio-material exploration.” We then get into Tajah’s work of sourcing and experimenting with natural dyes and algae cultivation.

Here are some follow up resources from today’s episode!

Algae batteries

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3UolkmB7Qc&ab_channel=RichardWestcott

Algae Cultivation

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/336009959_Experimental_Study_for_Commercial_Fertilizer_NPK_202020TE_N_P_K_in_Microalgae_Cultivation_at_Different_Aeration_Periods?_tp=eyJjb250ZXh0Ijp7ImZpcnN0UGFnZSI6Il9kaXJlY3QiLCJwYWdlIjoiX2RpcmVjdCJ9fQ

WHAT is ALGAE?

https://algaeresearchsupply.com/pages/what-are-algae?_pos=1&_sid=f6765e3b4&_ss=r

Seaweed in Belize:

https://www.youtube.com/live/bzrwQ6TkdRI?si=teFBjp79kOCejb1W

Seaweed in Africa:

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Kanembu-women-harvesting-Spirulina-from-Lake-Boudou-Andja-in-Chad-Photo-by-Marzio_fig5_308669168

If you want to get in touch with Tajah, check out her instagram @outofseam__

Hello and welcome back to the Community Ag Project Podcast. In season 2 episode 7, we sit down with Yolanda Gonzalez, “an Urban Agricultural Specialist with the Harvest NY program. In this role, she provides technical assistance and educational programming for urban farmers and gardeners across the five boroughs of New York City.”

Yolanda has been in this role for 7 years, so I ask her some questions about her journey! In our conversation, we talk about what the agriculture extension does, who is serves, and what, more specifically, the agriculture community is like in NYC.

We also discuss her current initiatives, including CRAFT, the Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training. We also talk about available online urban agriculture programming, and Yolanda’s ongoing Community Mushroom Educator project.

We later touch on NYC soil classification, city soil lead contamination, and experiments with growing ginger.

To learn more about Yolanda and her work, check out her instagram @the_agrotourista and the @urbanag.nyc page.

Here is an expanded profile on Yolanda and some other links that she mentions throughout the episode:

https://cals.cornell.edu/yolanda-gonzalez

Community mushroom educator:

https://smallfarms.cornell.edu/projects/mushrooms/

CRAFT program:

https://craftfarmapprentice.com

Cornell cooperative extension page:

https://harvestny.cce.cornell.edu

Map of NYC ag:

https://mapnyc.herokuapp.com

Thanks for tuning in and be sure to check out the remainder of season 2.

Welcome back to the Community Agriculture project. In episode 6, we sit down with RJ Noble of the New Hampshire Hemp Company.

In our discussion, we cover the difference between CBD, CBG and THC, navigating the hemp laws in New Hampshire, industrial applications of hemp, soil practices on his farms, quorum sensing and more!

To get in touch with RJ about his work, you can visit his instagram @nhhempco