011 GGW – Kitchen Gardener’s Int’l Founder, Roger Doiron

This week Joe interviews Roger Doiron, recent Grand Prize winner of the OnDayOne.org’s contest. Citizens were encouraged to submit their ideas to set a positive global agenda for President Obama. Roger’s idea, entitled Eat the View was to grow a large organic Victory Garden on the White House Lawn. He’s also the Founder of Kitchen Gardener’s International, a nonprofit network of 10,000 gardeners from 100 countries who are inspiring and teaching more people to grow some of their own food.

Show Notes

Introduction

Hi everybody, it’s Joe Lamp’l and Welcome to Growing a Greener World. This is a show for people who love to garden and spend time outdoors, and who really care about environmental stewardship.

Our show is supported by Espoma… makers of quality natural gardening solutions since 1929. Learn more at espoma. com.

Well, if you’re into gardening, organics, politics or simply scan the papers or web, chances are you’ve been hearing a lot lately about a campaign to put an organic Victory Garden back on the White House Lawn. That idea, entitled “Eat the View” was the brainchild of Roger Doiron. Just recently, that idea won the grand prize in a worldwide contest. We’ll speak with Roger about that and learn more about another campaign he founded, Kitchen Gardeners International.

If you have a comment, contact us anytime! Our phone line is always open. The number is 206.335.0375, or email us at heyjoe@joegardener.com…

Intro to Roger Doiron

Roger Doiron is one busy guy, especially lately. In his day job, he’s a free lance writer and public speaker, specializing in gardening and sustainable food systems. He’s widely published and his work has been featured in The NY Times, the Washington Post and the International Herald Tribune. He’s also the founder and Director of Kitchen Gardeners International and a year ago, his idea to put an organic food garden back on the White House Lawn, not only garnered him international attention, but the grand prize for his “Eat the View” idea from the OnDayOne.org contest that will soon be presented to the Obama administration.

Roger Doiron Interview (not transcribed)

To learn more about Roger and his organizations, you can go to his websites, kitchengardeners.org or eattheview.org.

Contact Links from interview:

Kitchen Gardeners International: www.kitchengardeners.org
Eat the View: www.eattheview.org
OnDay1: www.ondayone.org

And while you’re on the website, check out all the great content in the articles section and be sure to visit my blog, Compost Confidential. That’s where I share my insiders view on the lessons and news of gardening and living green.

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This show was produced by The joe gardener Media Network with support by The Espoma Company… makers of quality natural gardening solutions since 1929. Learn more at espoma.com.

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Thanks for listening! This is Joe Lamp’l and I’ll see you back here next week for more Growing a Greener World.