Teeming with Jeff Lowenfels

In this episode, we're joined by the one and only Jeff Lowenfels to talk about soil science, the future of soil science, and unconventional growing practices which are far more efficient, sustainable, and practical for indoor growing. What does the future of soil science look like? 
If you’re not familiar with Jeff, he describes himself as an “reformed lawyer”, who also happens to write the longest running garden column in North America, having never missed a week in 41 years. The combination of garden writing and law earned him the moniker of “America’s Dirtiest Lawyer,”. He is the former President of the Garden Writers of America, a GWA Fellow and in 2005 was inducted into the GWA Hall of Fame, the highest honor a garden writer can achieve.
Jeff is also the founder of a now national program that started as “Plant a Row for Bean’s,” the soup kitchen in Anchorage, and is now “Plant A Row for The Hungry.” The program is active all 50 states and Canada and has resulted in millions pounds of garden produce being donated to feed the hungry every year.
As of this recording, Jeff has just released his newest book of the Teaming With Series. You might be familiar with Teaming with Microbes, Teaming with Nutrients, but his newest book, Teaming with Bacteria, sheds an entirely new light on some of the most cutting edge soil science research, and that’s what we’re here to talk about today.
 
You can find Jeff on Twitter @GardenerJeff and you can buy his book series at jefflowenfels.com
 
 
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