{"id":106921,"date":"2023-02-22T08:00:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T13:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/?p=106921"},"modified":"2024-07-03T05:22:47","modified_gmt":"2024-07-03T09:22:47","slug":"episode-48-denzel-mitchell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hobbyfarms.com\/episode-48-denzel-mitchell\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 48: Denzel Mitchell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/DMitchell_banner.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/DMitchell_banner-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/J7M6CHLA-DMitchell_banner-600x250.jpg 600w, https:\/\/img.hobbyfarms.com\/DMitchell_banner.jpg 800w\" alt=\"Hobby Farms Presents: Growing Good Episode 48 Denzel Mitchell\" width=\"640\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" title=\"Libsyn Player\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25998039\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/no\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"90\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denzel Mitchell talks about urban farming in Baltimore, bringing up new farmers, the heirloom Baltimore Fish pepper, and more.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hear about how food and farming have been part of Denzel\u2019s whole life, from his extended family\u2019s 600-acre homestead in Oklahoma to his college English professor\u2019s homestead. His experience running farms in Baltimore\u2014the city and the county\u2014helped to prepare him for his current role of co-executive director of Farm Alliance of Baltimore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You\u2019ll learn about Farm Alliance of Baltimore\u2019s many programs, including a cooperative farmers market, food assistance doubling, mobile cooking demonstrations, technical assistance, soil testing and nutrient management research, compost coaching, and\u2014the newest and largest program\u2014the Black Butterfly Urban Farm Academy. Two years in, 20 farmers have trained in a 9-month intensive with mentorship, coursework, field days at urban and peri-urban farms, and work days at the teaching and demonstration farm with the intention of getting into their own farming business. Hear about an exciting, brand-new aspect of this program, a 7-acre teaching and demonstration farm that will allow the organization to offer farm-business incubator space for academy graduates.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have you heard of the Baltimore Fish pepper? Listen to Denzel\u2019s history of this heirloom, how he started growing it, and how you can grow it, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Denzel talks about his natural inclination toward being a connector and educator and how this has helped him in his farming journey and has served his vision of seeing more people farming.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Follow along with Denzel as he talks about what it looks like for small-scale farmers to truly have support from their customers and communities, and how farmers can come out and ask for that support.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/farmalliancebaltimore.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farm Alliance of Baltimore website<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/farmalliancebaltimore.org\/newsletters\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farm Alliance of Baltimore monthly newsletter<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/farmalliancebaltimore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farm Alliance of Baltimore on Instagram<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/farmalliance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Farm Alliance of Baltimore on Facebook<\/span><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HOBBY FARMS PRESENTS: GROWING GOOD<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5349,"featured_media":96389,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10465],"tags":[11047,10943],"class_list":["post-106921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-podcast","tag-hobby-farms-presents-growing-good","tag-podcast"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.0 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Episode 48: Denzel Mitchell - Hobby Farms<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Episode 48 of Hobby Farms: Growing Good with Denzel Mitchell! 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