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Carolyn Harding with Ohio Organic/Regenerative Farmers, Mick Luber and Emily Pek.\nMick Luber is a founding member of OEFFA (Ohio Ecological Food and Farm Association) and has been operating the certified organic Bluebird Farm for forty years, raising vegetables and fruit. They raise five acres of produce on their 61 acre farm in Eastern ohio- their specialties are lettuces and garlic. They participate in farmer's markets in Ohio, PA and WV. In 2016 they also fought an oil & gas pipeline that was to run through their main production area, and had the route changed off their property. \nhttps://www.facebook.com/mick.luber\nEmily Pek operates Frayed Knot Farm, a small hand scale farm, located in Newbury township of Geauga County which is 30 miles from downtown Cleveland. Indigenous to the Erie and Mississugua nations. Frayed Knot Farm, the enterprise focuses on cut flower production, offered in a CSA style subscription service throughout the summer season, as well as providing blooms and foliage for celebratory arrangements and workshops. Frayed Knot has also been host to The Cleveland Flax Project. Frayed Knot uses regenerative agricultural techniques that honor the land and its stewards and provide nourishment to the surrounding ecosystem.\nWebsite: frayedknotfarm.com\nFacebook: Frayed Knot Farm \nInstagram: @frayedknotfarm\nIt\u2019s a New Year, 2021, and you are active members of Ohio\u2019s #1 industry - agriculture. Everyone is thinking about resolutions and goals, making better choices in diet and lifestyle - - - So here we are-\nMick you run a certified fruit and veggie organic farm, and Emily you run a regenerative flower farm - one farm\u2019s been around for 40 years, one almost 5, one farmer has to go to the top of the hill for internet, the other taps into it daily.\nYou BOTH chose the road less traveled, for your farm -\nWhy certified organic?\nWhy regenerative agriculture?\nGrassRoot Ohio, Conversations with everyday people working on important issues, here in Columbus and all around Ohio.\nEvery Friday 5:00pm, EST on 94.1FM & streaming worldwide @ WGRN.org,\nSundays at 2:00pm EST on 92.7/98.3 FM and streams @ WCRSFM.org, and Sundays at 4:00pm EST, at 107.1 FM, Wheeling/Moundsville WV on WEJP-LP FM.\nContact Us if you would like GrassRoot Ohio on your local station.\nCheck us out and Like us on Face Book: https://www.facebook.com/GrassRootOhio/\nCheck us out on Instagram:\nhttps://www.instagram.com/grassroot_ohio/\nIf you miss the Friday broadcast, you can find it here: All shows/podcasts archived at SoundCloud! https://soundcloud.com/user-42674753\nGrassRoot Ohio is now on Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/.../grassroot-ohio/id1522559085\nThis GrassRoot Ohio interview can also be found on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAX2t1Z7_qae803BzDF4PtQ/\nIntro and Exit music for GrassRoot Ohio is "Resilient" by Rising Appalachia: https://youtu.be/tx17RvPMaQ8\nThere's a time to listen and learn, a time to organize and strategize, And a time to Stand Up/ Fight Back!