The Garden Journal

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Peggyjoy Hodgen, Horitculture Director at the Santa Fe Railyard Park Conservancy, and Amanita Thorp, co-founder of HornedLocust GoatScaping. Learn about their organizations, the ongoing joint “Graze Days” project, and hear about plans at the park for Earth Day 2026. https://railyardpark.org/

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Michael Straus, The Cheese Trail, and Lissa Knudsen, NM Cheese Guild, about the upcoming cheese-related events to be hosted in NM in celebration of the 100th anniversary of Route 66 in 2026.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jannine Cabossel, the “Tomato Lady”, as she discusses important tasks in the vegetable garden in April.

This episode's guest is Janie Chodosh, Educator with the Wild Friends Program at the UNM School of Law. Janie and host Kaitlin will discuss the Wild Friends civics education program offered to public schools in New Mexico, the amazing students and teachers who participate, and the recent and past wildlife conservation legislation this program has supported in the New Mexico state legislature. wildfriends.unm.edu

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Sam Hitt, president of Santa Fe Forest Coalition, as he discusses the important ecosystem benefits of the white pine species in the Santa Fe National Forest, and the existential threat created by the white pine blister rust disease.santafeforestcoalition.orghttps://www.santafenewmexican.com/news/local_news/santa-fe-national-forest-pine-species-under-threat-but-protections-remain-informal/article_f8d43ebe-9391-441d-b3cf-8d9a14ae3e99.htmlhttps://www.santafenewmexican.com/opinion/letters_to_editor/ask-forest-service-to-protect-white-pines/article_4f1c7c9a-741e-4e06-859f-8a15e54bdeb6.html

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with Rita Condan, Director, Obesity, Nutrition, and Physical Activity Program at NM Department of Health and Gabriel Gaarden, the program’s Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Coordinator. The program is involved with a variety of activities making a positive difference here in NM to enable healthy food access – from the NM Grown Program, edible school and community gardens, farmers’ markets and more.

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Jannine Cabossel, the “Tomato Lady”, as she discusses the science of phenology and important tasks in the vegetable garden in March.

Karen Gaines, coordinator of the Share With Wildlife program at the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish, joins host Kaitlin Haase to talk about the Share with Wildlife program and the research, habitat improvement, education, and wildlife rehabilitation projects it supports. Learn how you can get involved with the Share with Wildlife program and contribute to the conservation of wildlife species diversity in New Mexico. Share with Wildlife website: https://wildlife.dgf.nm.gov/conservation/share-with-wildlife/Bison-M species database on all wildlife in New Mexico: https://www.bison-m.org/

Join host Alexa Bradford in conversation with Master Gardeners, arborists, and Municipal Tree Board members Athena Beshur, Tracy Neal and Michael Davis, in a discussion about the concept of “tree equity”, the American Forests national Tree Equity Score and how to use data and resources to improve access to the health and social benefits of expanding the tree canopy in underserved urban areas. https://www.americanforests.org/tools-research-reports-and-guides/tree-equity-score/ https://treesmart-thecitydifferent.hub.arcgis.com/

Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg interview Chef and Owner Graham Dodds of NOSA Restaurant near Ojo Caliente. While much of this interview originally aired in June 2023 we've updated it in honor of Graham's nomination for the 2026 James Beard Best Chef of the Southwest Award.

Host Alexa Bradford talks with Jannine Cabossel, “The Tomato Lady,” about March activities for vegetable gardeners. Hold onto your hats, it’s that time of the year.

Join Host Dr. Michelle Stizza in a conversation with New Mexico State University’s Diabetes Management and Prevention Program Team(Diabetes MAPP) Cassandra Vanderpool MS, RDN, LD; NMSU’s Kitchen Creations Program Manager, Dr. Lucinda Banegas-Carreon MPH, CHES ; NMSU’s National Diabetes Prevention Program Manager, and Lourdes Olivas, MA ; NMSU’s On the Road to Living Well with Diabetes Program Manager to learn more about food stigmas, cultural traditions, and diabetes.

Join Kaitlin Haase with the Xerces Society for a rebroadcast of her March 2025 conversation with butterfly researcher Simon Doneski, PhD student at UNM studying insect conservation. Simon will share his work on the conservation of butterflies and rare insects throughout the state of New Mexico, including the development of a new public database for these species. New Mexico Rare Arthropods Resource Butterflies of New Mexico Guide

Join Master Gardener and former Garden Journal host Christine Salem in this rebroadcast of the January 14, 2024, program featuring independent agri-policy analyst Indra Shekar Singh, discussing food sovereignty, global corporate food systems, and the farmers’ revolution in India.

Slow Food Santa Fe's Lissa Johnson and Nina Rosenberg talk with representatives of the Food, Hunger, and Agriculture Program, part of the Food Initiative, working under the State Economic Development Department: Program Manager Erin Ortigoza and Food Value Chain Coordination Rep Jayme Chester. We’re also joined by Julie Cranston, Executive Director of Vida Mejor Capital, a New Mexico non-profit established to empower New Mexico’s small businesses through technical assistance and equitable access to capital.

Jannine explores the concept of Terroir, a French term used to describe the complete natural environment in which particular wines are produced. She discusses adapting the concept to local vegetable gardening.