Tony Kasowski's guest appearances

Tony Kasowski

The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson

Career Closeup

Deanna Cook

Michael Phillips

Jason Mraz

Ken Berry

Bill Bezuk

Niki Jabbour

Garrett Hill

Tiffany Panaccione

Elvira Di Brigit

Jason Johns

Michael Foley

Kelly Athena

Joe Yonan

Elias Martinez

Shannon McBride

OwlTail

253: Tony Kasowski on Farm TrippinTraveling across several states and profiling examples of amazing farms.In This Podcast: Chatting with friends on his social media about their farming activities and garden projects got to the point where Tony Kasowski decided he needed to just go see some of those farms and gardens for himself.  We hear his plans for this summer, when he is going on a road trip to see farms, where he will learn new things and share some knowledge &amp; skills along the way.  The cool part is that he is going to share the adventure with the rest of his social media friends. Tony is Co-Founder and Principal Farmer at St Vincent de Paul Urban Farms in Phoenix, Arizona. The agricultural division to the charity provides food production, education, and revenue generation, and has produced over one hundred thousand pounds of fresh food to feed the working needy and homeless through five dining rooms in Arizona. The farm is also responsible for mitigating over one million pounds of food and landscape material through its composting initiatives.Tony is also the founder of GrowKale.com where he consults, educates, designs and builds ecological and chemical free edible spaces. His current project, Farm trippin is a cross country road trip showcasing ways to grow food mindfully, while featuring the individuals and their stories behind the farms. He will be sharing the journey through his website Farmtrippin.com and his informative Instagram @Tonygrowsfood.Go to https://www.urbanfarm.org/2017/06/27/253-tony-kasowski/ for more information and links on this podcast and to find our other great guests.

253: Tony Kasowski on Farm TrippinTraveling across several states and profiling examples of amazing farms.In This Podcast: Chatting with friends on his social media about their farming activities and garden projects got to the point where Tony Kasowski decided he needed to just go see some of those farms and gardens for himself.  We hear his plans for this summer, when he is going on a road trip to see farms, where he will learn new things and share some knowledge &amp; skills along the way.  The cool part is that he is going to share the adventure with the rest of his social media friends. Tony is Co-Founder and Principal Farmer at St Vincent de Paul Urban Farms in Phoenix, Arizona. The agricultural division to the charity provides food production, education, and revenue generation, and has produced over one hundred thousand pounds of fresh food to feed the working needy and homeless through five dining rooms in Arizona. The farm is also responsible for mitigating over one million pounds of food and landscape material through its composting initiatives.Tony is also the founder of <a href="http://GrowKale.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">GrowKale.com</a> where he consults, educates, designs and builds ecological and chemical free edible spaces. His current project, Farm trippin is a cross country road trip showcasing ways to grow food mindfully, while featuring the individuals and their stories behind the farms. He will be sharing the journey through his website <a href="http://Farmtrippin.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Farmtrippin.com</a> and his informative Instagram @Tonygrowsfood.Go to <a href="https://www.urbanfarm.org/2017/06/27/253-tony-kasowski/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.urbanfarm.org/2017/06/27/253-tony-kasowski/</a> for more information and links on this podcast and to find our other great guests.

253: Tony Kasowski on Farm Trippin

On this episode of Career Closeup, we meet up with Tony Kasowski.  Tony is in an enviable position working a job he loves with both altruistic rewards and the ability to make a living.  Together with his cofounder at Phoenix’s St. Vincent De Paul’s Urban Garden, they took on the challenge of converting an old parking lot in South Phoenix and transforming it to a fertile, high yielding farm. Tony’s accomplishments with what was initially believed to be a “cute garden” with now the ability to produce enough fruits and vegetables to feed the less fortunate are a testament to his character, initiative and determination.  Tony found a way to continue his work with the Urban Farm and supplement his income through consulting, teaching, and private contracting work.  However, it was clear in our time with him that the fuel of his enthusiasm are his love of farming and contribution his efforts have in other people’s lives.  We hope you enjoy listening to this episode and you are bound to come away with some valuable knowledge about growing your own garden. We encourage you to join his 15,900+ followers on Instagram @tonygrowsfood, on Facebook he's Tony Kasowski, and keep up with his latest adventures on FarmTrippin.com.    Show Notes:   00:00   Introduction 04:29    Problems with this approach to farming? 08:28   Converting an old parking lot to a fruitful Urban Farm 11:01   Tony’s background 12:53   What got you interested in farming? 15:01   How was the transition from working 9-5 to farming? 17:56   Did you set out to farm as not for profit charitable type work? 23:15   Are you familiar with any other organizations that are doing something similar? 26:13   Do you find it difficult to feed 4,500 people every day? 27:43   How challenging is starting an operation similar to yours, and what resources would you recommend? 31:08   How important has networking been? 33:18   Do you practice crop rotation? 37:01   The impact on volunteers 39:37    What can someone who wants to undertake a similar project expect? 43:34    Where/what do you teach? 45:00    Different farming techniques 47:12    What is the most impressive thing you’ve grown? 48:57    Where do you see farming going in the future? 54:23    What goals would you like to see St. Vincent de Paul undertake in the next five to ten years? 56:25    What would you tell yourself in high school?   Links: St. Vincent de Paul Urban Farm UrbanFarmU podcast/blog Tony’s other Interview  https://www.urbanfarm.org/blog/2016/03/22/tony-kasowski/ Article about the health effects of GMO's https://www.aaemonline.org/gmo.php  Tony recommends using YouTube to search for answers to your questions. (Search for Tony Kasowski and you will find different interviews he has done with other farmers.)  

On this episode of Career Closeup, we meet up with Tony Kasowski.  Tony is in an enviable position working a job he loves with both altruistic rewards and the ability to make a living.  Together with his cofounder at Phoenix’s St. Vincent De Paul’s Urban Garden, they took on the challenge of converting an old parking lot in South Phoenix and transforming it to a fertile, high yielding farm. Tony’s accomplishments with what was initially believed to be a “cute garden” with now the ability to produce enough fruits and vegetables to feed the less fortunate are a testament to his character, initiative and determination.  Tony found a way to continue his work with the Urban Farm and supplement his income through consulting, teaching, and private contracting work.  However, it was clear in our time with him that the fuel of his enthusiasm are his love of farming and contribution his efforts have in other people’s lives.  We hope you enjoy listening to this episode and you are bound to come away with some valuable knowledge about growing your own garden. We encourage you to join his 15,900+ followers on Instagram <a href="https://www.instagram.com/tonygrowsfood/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@tonygrowsfood</a>, on Facebook he's Tony Kasowski, and keep up with his latest adventures on <a href="http://farmtrippin.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">FarmTrippin</a>.com.    Show Notes:   00:00   Introduction 04:29    Problems with this approach to farming? 08:28   Converting an old parking lot to a fruitful Urban Farm 11:01   Tony’s background 12:53   What got you interested in farming? 15:01   How was the transition from working 9-5 to farming? 17:56   Did you set out to farm as not for profit charitable type work? 23:15   Are you familiar with any other organizations that are doing something similar? 26:13   Do you find it difficult to feed 4,500 people every day? 27:43   How challenging is starting an operation similar to yours, and what resources would you recommend? 31:08   How important has networking been? 33:18   Do you practice crop rotation? 37:01   The impact on volunteers 39:37    What can someone who wants to undertake a similar project expect? 43:34    Where/what do you teach? 45:00    Different farming techniques 47:12    What is the most impressive thing you’ve grown? 48:57    Where do you see farming going in the future? 54:23    What goals would you like to see St. Vincent de Paul undertake in the next five to ten years? 56:25    What would you tell yourself in high school?   Links: <a href="https://www.stvincentdepaul.net/programs/urban-farm" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">St. Vincent de Paul Urban Farm</a> <a href="https://www.urbanfarm.org" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">UrbanFarmU</a> podcast/blog Tony’s other Interview <a href="https://www.urbanfarm.org/blog/2016/03/22/tony-kasowski/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://www.urbanfarm.org/blog/2016/03/22/tony-kasowski/</a> Article about the health effects of GMO's <a href="https://www.aaemonline.org/gmo.php" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.aaemonline.org/gmo.php </a> Tony recommends using YouTube to search for answers to your questions. (Search for Tony Kasowski and you will find different interviews he has done with other farmers.)

Episode 7: Tony Kasowski - Urban Farming

Tony's current project at the St Vincent de Paul urban farm is responsible for providing over 50,000 pounds of fresh produce to the needy and working homeless. He has also started a composting initiative, diverting over 400,000 pounds of organic waste from the city landfills. Tony has partnered with former Maricopa County Manager David Smith to create an agricultural division to the charity for therapeutic and vocational purposes, as well as revenue generation.  Tony has worked on multiple small farms around Phoenix, ran an organic vegetable seed company and is currently involved with consulting, designing and building edible spaces privately. He is focused on education and the empowerment of the individual, offering horticultural classes to special needs teens, recovering adults, and the chronically homeless. Cehck out our show notes athttps://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/03/22/tony-kasowski/

Tony's current project at the St Vincent de Paul urban farm is responsible for providing over 50,000 pounds of fresh produce to the needy and working homeless. He has also started a composting initiative, diverting over 400,000 pounds of organic waste from the city landfills. Tony has partnered with former Maricopa County Manager David Smith to create an agricultural division to the charity for therapeutic and vocational purposes, as well as revenue generation.  Tony has worked on multiple small farms around Phoenix, ran an organic vegetable seed company and is currently involved with consulting, designing and building edible spaces privately. He is focused on education and the empowerment of the individual, offering horticultural classes to special needs teens, recovering adults, and the chronically homeless. Cehck out our show notes at<a href="https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/03/22/tony-kasowski/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/03/22/tony-kasowski/</a>