Vanessa Harmony and Jerome Osentowski interview Mark Congdon, Director of Agriculture at Gaining Ground, a nonprofit organic farm in Concord, Massachusetts. With the help of thousands of community volunteers, Gaining Ground grows vegetables and fruit to donate to meal programs and food pantries to promote equitable access to healthy, sustainably grown produce.
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).
