From AwayToGarden.com and RobinhoodRadio.com, this is AwayToGarden with Margaret Roach.

You're a weekly invitation to dig in and grow.

Organic farming and gardening have always been based on the principle of feed the soil

not the plant.

Today we'll get some expert advice for doing that and also learn

why our diligent soil consciousness matters so much with the co-directors of

the nonprofit Real Organic Project, a farmer-led organization advocating for

food produced in concert with healthy soils and pastures. More in a moment but

first these messages. Underwriting support for a way to garden provided by Colorblends wholesale flower bulbs,

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And by Whiteflower Farm, offering a wide range of carefully selected and expertly grown

garden plants.

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Dave Chapman and Lillie Dixon are co-directors of the Real Organic Project, a farmer-led

movement since 2018, that created an add-on label to USDA organic to differentiate organic

food that is soil-grown, not hydroproponic and animal products that are pasture raised.

Dave runs long wind farm in Vermont, Lindley farms vegetables in southwest Colorado.

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