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🗓️ 18 July 2019
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We’ve talked a lot about bees on the podcast, but never about the human journey to become a Master Beekeeper. Chef Chris Starkus from Urban Farmer Denver is in the second level of the program right now, so we chat about his experiences to give you all a picture into what the journey looks like.
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Chef Chris Starkus is the executive chef of Urban Farmer in Denver, a farm to table restaurant. He’s also the owner of Lost Creek Micro Farm.
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0:00.0 | What is going on everyone? Welcome back. Kevin here from Epic Gardening. We're back with |
0:06.0 | Chef Chris from Urban Farmer, Denver, a Farmer Table restaurant in Denver, and the owner of |
0:11.8 | Lost Creek Micro Farm. |
0:13.4 | So yesterday, Chef Chris teased a little bit about what's going on on the rooftop of the |
0:19.3 | restaurant and that would be Beehives. |
0:21.3 | He's keeping bees up there and he's actually going through the |
0:24.3 | master beekeeper program and so Chris I would love to know if let's say you know |
0:30.0 | I'm a I've kept bees as an amateur before or maybe I've taken a class or something like that and I really got hooked and I want to go down this journey |
0:36.8 | It would be cool to hear what the process is first and then kind of how it's been for you |
0:43.0 | Okay Well the process is is first and then kind of how it's been for you. Okay. |
0:44.0 | Well, the process is googling your state or county |
0:48.0 | and looking up the master beekeeping program. |
0:51.0 | Most states have a certification process, |
0:54.2 | and I've luckily been in Oregon and now Colorado |
0:56.6 | that both have it. |
0:58.1 | So that's the important part of the program. |
1:00.0 | And, you know, honestly, the way I got started into it was, you know, I was at the |
1:05.6 | Urban Farmer which is the original one in Portland, Oregon. There's 16 floors |
1:08.7 | there or I built a rooftop garden of 10 beds and wanted to put bees up there. |
1:13.5 | And I wanted to do it just because I wanted bees |
1:16.2 | and pollination and everything. |
1:17.8 | And I thought, well, we'll have honey |
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