Culinary Farming and Backyard Gardening with Courtney Guerra

Wild Ideas Worth Living

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🗓️ 11 April 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Courtney Guerra is a culinary farmer who loves the intimacy of planting seeds, watching them sprout, and harvesting rich, colorful produce. She's grown food for some of America's top restaurants.

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0:00.0	We often talk about outdoor adventures that lean toward athletic endeavors like hiking,
0:09.4	running, and swimming.
0:11.3	But there are ways to enjoy nature that are gentler, slower, and a little dirtier, like
0:17.2	gardening.
0:18.3	If you ask me, the best food is the stuff that comes straight from the earth.
0:22.9	Not only can gardening be therapeutic, but it's also rewarding to grow your own food from
0:28.0	seed.
0:30.7	Courtney Gera is a culinary farmer who loves the intimacy of planting seeds, watching
0:36.1	them sprout, and harvesting rich colorful produce.
0:40.1	She's grown food for some of America's top restaurants.
0:43.6	Now Courtney focuses on the positive impact of gardening in her own community.
0:48.6	I'm Shelby Stenger, and this is Wild Ideasworth Living, an REI co-op studios production.
0:57.2	Working with the earth and the outdoors have always been a big part of Courtney's life.
1:02.1	She spent a lot of her 20s outside playing beach volleyball professionally.
1:06.9	After retiring from the sport, Courtney took some time to find her footing, and eventually
1:11.8	decided to try culinary school.
1:17.1	Courtney Gera, welcome to Wild Ideasworth Living.
1:19.6	Shelby, thank you so much for having me today.
1:23.0	You've had a wild, wild career.
1:25.1	Not just one wild idea, but a few.
1:27.1	I'd love to just start with how you went from being this amazing beach volleyball player
1:32.5	to having a lifestyle around gardening and culinary arts.
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