Mar 26, 2019
In This Episode:
>> Her journey from PhD to becoming a farmer and getting
involved in the organic movement
>> The challenges of finding land and securing water rights
in the Western US
>> How Eliot Coleman and Wendall Berry have inspired her
>> Her involvement in the Real Organic Project and the
importance of integrity and transparency in organic farming
About the Guest:
Linley Dixon owns a 5-acre mixed vegetable farm in Durango
Colorado, marketing through Southwest Farm Fresh (a farmer-owned
cooperative), farm to school, and the Durango farmers market). She
farms with her husband, brother and 8-year-old daughter.
She holds a MS in Plant and Soil Science from West Virginia
University and a Ph.D. in Plant Pathology from the University of
Florida. In addition, she held a 2-year post-doctorate with the
USDA’s Systematic Botany and Mycology Laboratory where she studied
fungal plant pathogens from around the world. Her research involved
studying the impact of farm biodiversity on plant disease levels,
providing perspective on the various inputs required given
different production practices.
She is the Associate Director of The Real Organic Project, which
helps educate and connect farmers and eaters by providing more
transparency on organic farming practices. The Real Organic Project
is an effort to save the organic family farms that are struggling
due to the increasing number of factory farms now being certified
organic that are at odds with the original intent of organic
farming.