On the June episode of Living Permaculture, Vanessa Harmony interviews Melanie Eggers of Apple Core Project, a non-profit organization preserving Western Colorado's fruit heritage and rare apple genetics in west San Miguel and Montrose Counties of Colorado. They discuss the importance of preserving apple tree genetics, collaboration with Montezuma Orchard Restoration Project, cider pressing, and national heritage fruit tree mapping efforts.
Vanessa Harmony is a nursery grower, consultant, and educator specializing in food forests, edible forest gardens, heritage orchards, and permaculture design. She owns and operates Colorado Edible Forest, a plant nursery and consulting business in operation since 2016 with the mission to grow food, build soil, and nurture Nature via fruit trees, berry bushes, nitrogen-fixing shrubs, and edible perennial plants. As of 2022 Vanessa co-hosts Living Permaculture with Jerome Osentowski of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute (CRMPI).
