May 18, 2026 · 44 min · 16 segments
Kasi is a non-commercial farmer in Montana's Bitterroot Valley. We discuss the potential for growing figs in northern climates and are joined by organic crop specialist, Caleb Goossen, who holds us by…
I'm using this podcast to talk to all kinds of growers and eaters who are serious about their farms, their gardens, and their local food systems, and I'm asking how can science help.
She's an experienced market farmer, having grown in Northern California, and now in the Bitterroot Valley out in Western Montana.
You'll be hearing plenty from her because her experience brings so many unique perspectives, and because she is my best friend.
And avid listeners will know she's also a fruit crop enthusiast, and Casey has been building out her small fruit garden and looking to fill in her late season maturing crops.
We discussed kiwi berry in an early episode, so look for that conversation with Will Hastings.
I also thought figs might be of interest to her, and I know that some work has been done to grow these plants where they do not belong, in northern climates, because figs are a Mediterranean crop.
Figs are actually one of the first plants ever cultivated by humans, predating wheat and legumes by nearly 1,000 years, so we are thinking, like, Fertile Crescent times.
This also means they are pretty heat and drought tolerant, and can do very well in container gardening, so something to keep in mind.
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I'm using this podcast to talk to all kinds of growers and eaters who are serious about their farms, their gardens, and their local food systems, and I'm asking how can science help.
She's an experienced market farmer, having grown in Northern California, and now in the Bitterroot Valley out in Western Montana.
You'll be hearing plenty from her because her experience brings so many unique perspectives, and because she is my best friend.
And avid listeners will know she's also a fruit crop enthusiast, and Casey has been building out her small fruit garden and looking to fill in her late season maturing crops.
We discussed kiwi berry in an early episode, so look for that conversation with Will Hastings.
I also thought figs might be of interest to her, and I know that some work has been done to grow these plants where they do not belong, in northern climates, because figs are a Mediterranean crop.
Figs are actually one of the first plants ever cultivated by humans, predating wheat and legumes by nearly 1,000 years, so we are thinking, like, Fertile Crescent times.
This also means they are pretty heat and drought tolerant, and can do very well in container gardening, so something to keep in mind.
