The Good Dirt: Sustainability Explained

Start living more sustainably. The Good Dirt podcast explores all aspects of a sustainable lifestyle with healthy soil as the touchpoint and metaphor for the healing of our relationship with the planet. Mother and daughter team Mary & Emma bring you weekly interviews with farmers, artists, authors, and leaders in the regenerative and sustainable living space.

Recent Episodes
  • Encore: Curiosity, Creativity and Community with Eva Kosmas Flores
    Jun 13, 2025 – 01:00:21
  • Discovering the Spiritual Wisdom of Trees with Leah Rampy and Beth Norcross
    Jun 6, 2025 – 01:14:07
  • Encore: Seeking Sustainability in Life, Work and Flowers with Bex Partridge of Botanical Tales
    May 30, 2025 – 01:09:18
  • Adventures of a Bad Naturalist with Paula Whyman
    May 23, 2025 – 01:04:49
  • Encore: Attainable Sustainability the 80/20 Way with Stephanie Miller
    May 16, 2025 – 01:06:53
  • Exploring Nature Based Land Care with Edwina von Gal
    May 9, 2025 – 01:00:53
  • Encore: The Slow Living Shift- From Striving to Savoring with Fiber Farmer Lisa Mitchell
    May 2, 2025 – 01:06:10
  • 226 Fashion Revolution Week: A Conversation with Congresswoman Chellie Pingree
    Apr 25, 2025 – 42:10
  • Encore: The Role of Activism in the Fashion Revolution with Elizabeth Cline
    Apr 18, 2025 – 51:34
  • Redefining Rich with Shannon Hayes: Embracing Slow Living and Life-Serving Economies
    Apr 11, 2025 – 55:53
  • Encore: Agroecology, Apples and Sustainable Systems with Horticultural Historian Eliza Greenman
    Apr 4, 2025 – 01:11:27
  • 224. Decluttering that Works For You with Dana White of "A Slob Comes Clean"
    Mar 28, 2025 – 01:05:18
  • Encore: Paul Hawken on Carbon, Climate and Connection
    Mar 21, 2025 – 54:24
  • 223. Rethinking Carbon: An Enlightening Conversation with Paul Hawken
    Mar 14, 2025 – 01:03:46
  • 131. Rewilding Our Way Home to Ourselves with Hillarie Maddox of Black Girl Country Living
    Mar 7, 2025 – 01:09:45
  • An Ecological Civilization for All with Andrew Schwartz of EcoCiv
    Feb 28, 2025 – 01:01:51
  • 145. Reclaiming Our Food from Field to Kitchen with CSA Farmer Mo Moutoux of Moutoux Orchard
    Feb 21, 2025 – 01:14:21
  • "Lawns into Meadows" with Author Owen Wormser on Regenerative Landscaping
    Feb 14, 2025 – 01:00:51
  • 130. It Starts in the Kitchen: Sustainable Living with Anne-Marie Bonneau of Zero Waste Chef
    Feb 7, 2025 – 01:01:01
  • The History and Folklore of Brigid: Saint, Legend and Lady Farmer with Kathy Spaar | Episode 27 Reprise
    Jan 31, 2025 – 41:32
  • Healing Ourselves, Healing the Earth with Asia Suler, Author of "Mirrors in the Earth"
    Jan 24, 2025 – 01:05:52
  • Being Old-Fashioned on Purpose with Jill Winger
    Jan 17, 2025 – 54:29
  • Stories From Life Off the Grid with Poet Baron Wormser
    Jan 10, 2025 – 56:18
  • Ancestral Food Ways in Family Life and Business with Christina Schindler of Modern Stone Age Kitchen
    Jan 3, 2025 – 01:19:20
  • 222. Intro to Slow Living | Part 4 | Reflecting on Slow Living: A Year-End Retrospective
    Dec 27, 2024 – 35:54
  • Gathering Light: Winter Solstice Reflections & Holiday Harmonies
    Dec 20, 2024 – 34:25
  • 221. Seeds of Connection: The People Behind Pinetree Garden Seeds
    Dec 13, 2024 – 42:00
  • 220. Restoring the Land Through Regenerative Farming with Florence Reed of Sustainable Harvest International
    Dec 6, 2024 – 57:18
  • Slow Friday Reprise: A Slow Living Perspective on the Holidays with Mary and Emma
    Nov 29, 2024 – 38:58
  • 219. Embracing Slow Style: Creating Beauty in Your Home with Zandra Zuraw
    Nov 22, 2024 – 57:03
  • 218. Mulch Matters: Fostering Community and Connection with Tree Recycling
    Nov 15, 2024 – 43:52
  • 217. Sustainability in Spirits with Harrison Holditch of Half Shell Vodka
    Nov 8, 2024 – 48:15
  • 216. A Sustainable Death: Rethinking End Of Life Practices with Hunter Beattie of Endswell Cremation
    Nov 1, 2024 – 53:01
  • Mary and Emma Talk About Halloween: Less Waste, More Fun! (Reprise)
    Oct 25, 2024 – 28:23
  • 215. Exploring Holistic Homesteading: A Conversation with Krista and Fia Arias of Tierra Soul
    Oct 18, 2024 – 56:58
  • 214. Intro to Slow Living | Part 3 | Thoughts on Consumerism with Mary and Emma
    Oct 11, 2024 – 32:01
  • 213. Wild Homestead Living: From Suburbia to Self-Sufficiency with Park Ranger Julie Stonefelt
    Oct 4, 2024 – 55:02
  • 212. Intro to Slow Living | Part 2 | Overcoming Slow Living Obstacles & FAQ
    Sep 27, 2024 – 27:17
  • 211. Where Science Meets Wise Woman Wisdom, with Chwynyn Vaughan of “Slow Botanicals”
    Sep 20, 2024 – 53:30
  • 210. Intro to Slow Living | Part 1 | What is Slow Living?
    Sep 13, 2024 – 31:39
  • 209. Cultivating Community and Connection at Alexia Allen’s Hawthorn Farm
    Sep 6, 2024 – 58:59
  • Bonus Reprise: Mary & Emma on How to Make Back-to-School More Sustainable
    Aug 30, 2024 – 30:15
  • 208. Regenerative Agriculture with Ellen Gordon of the Montgomery County Agricultural Reserve
    Aug 23, 2024 – 44:25
  • 207. The Intersection of Art, Environmental Stewardship and Education with Artist Heidi Lowell
    Aug 16, 2024 – 47:44
  • 206. Lady Farmer Talk: Mary & Emma Share their Story with Podcaster Brittany Felton
    Aug 9, 2024 – 53:48
  • 205. The Japanese Art of Living Seasonally with Japanologist Natalie Leon
    Aug 2, 2024 – 57:56
  • 204. Finding a Deep Nature Connection with Claire Dunn of Nature's Apprentice
    Jul 26, 2024 – 46:29
  • 203. Axe & Root Homestead’s Angela Ferraro Fanning on Permaculture and Sustainable Living
    Jul 19, 2024 – 59:41
  • 202. Pee the Change You Want to See: Urine For A Surprise with Amy DuFault
    Jul 12, 2024 – 01:00:16
  • Slow Living Through The Seasons | July
    Jul 9, 2024 – 16:18
Recent Reviews
  • Curkymonster
    Great if you love long boring intros
    No one listens to podcasts to listen to intros and words from the sponsor. I skipped through a full ten minutes of one episode before I got to anything that sounded like content. The content that was there was boring and not super informative. Lots of personal life, anecdote type stuff. Yawn.
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