Several hundred acres in SW Vermont and adjacent New York State are being managed by Russell Wallack and others at Breadtree farms. As their name suggests, chestnut flour is a versatile gluten-free product that can be grown in the Northeastern US as it has been historically in temperate regions around the world. He is planting blight-resistant hybrids, along with hickory (for oil) and seaberry. The show was recorded in June 2025. The interview begins around 6 minutes in and ends 50 minutes in. After the interview are updates on biodiverse gardening, using multiple harvests from each bed that include wild plants.

Megafauna until ten thousand years ago maintained soil health and the water cycle by trampling and feeding savannas. Since humans drove these to extinction on most continents, it is up to graziers with large animals (cattle, sheep, etc.) to mimic this effect by moving the animals frequently as predators would have done, so they get the freshest grazing and do not overgraze. Animals can actually restore water cycles and sequester carbon and be a climate solution rather than a problem – if they are grazed properly, Siobhan Griffin once lived in the Northeastern US and now lives in New Zealand and helps ranchers all over the world to do it right. Show recorded in April 2025.

We interviewed West Stockbridge, Pittsfield, and Sheffield market managers. The Pittsfield interview discussed the Roots Rising program which empowers youth to work on farms as well as run the market.