The Sustainable Living Podcast

Linda Borghi wants to turn the tide on the industrial/agricultural system by building a movement around backyard farming. The problem with the agriculture industry is that we are dependent on it, she says. So, with the help of some friends, Linda is launching an online webinar series that aims to teach people how to "Farm-a-Yard" to meet their own family's food needs or to generate $75,000 on a half acre of land in a 22 week season. We all have to have food. But because we are dependent on industrial agriculture to provide that food, we are vulnerable, she points out.  Linda says true food security is opening up your kitchen door and going and getting your own food. In her own words: Today we use 40% of the drinking water on the east coast just to water that lawn, it's stupid.....really really stupid. We need to convert this into food production areas, just like the victory gardens during World War 2. In this interview, Linda shares the experiences that brought her to this point in her life.  As a child she