{"podcast":{"title":"Hort Culture","slug":"hort-culture-6205776","podcast_index_feed_id":6205776,"rss_url":"https://feeds.zencastr.com/f/PR-m9Hqj.rss","website_url":"https://zencastr.com/Hort-Culture","image_url":"https://media.zencastr.com/image-files/63e1206d67a36497510734a1/4420ef7a-b915-4a63-b9ca-68352ab91318.png","author":"atackett@uky.edu","episode_count":172,"summary":"Welcome to Hort Culture, where a group of Extension professionals and plant people talk about the business, production and joy of farming. So, join us for a chat on the culture of horticulture. Questions/Comments/Feedback/Suggestions for Topics: hortculturepodcast@l.uky.edu Check us out on Instagram! [https://www.instagram.com/hortculturepodcast/]","last_synced_at":"2026-06-29T02:18:19.043684+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hort-culture-6205776"},"episode":{"title":"Growing Second Chances: A Master Gardener Program Inside Prison Walls","slug":"growing-second-chances-a-master-gardener-program-inside-prison-walls","published_at":"2026-01-18T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hort-culture-6205776/growing-second-chances-a-master-gardener-program-inside-prison-walls","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hort-culture-6205776","url":"https://zencastr.com/z/shICjLwT","audio_url":"https://redirect.zencastr.com/r/episode/69616c08a4f85b8529d1d260/size/1182590680/video-files/63e1206d67a36497510734a1/ef6aa22a-7bfa-4f9c-8fd6-cf48be811b2c.mp4","summary":"In this special seasonal episode of the Hort Culture podcast, join Ray as he sits down with Boyd County Horticulture Extension Agent Lori Bowling to explore a truly impactful and unique horticulture program: the Federal Correctional Institution Master Gardener Program in Ashland, Kentucky. Lori shares the origin story of the program, which began more than two decades ago with a simple orchard planting and evolved into a full Kentucky Master Gardener certification offered inside a federal prison. Listeners learn how incarcerated participants complete the same rigorous coursework and volunteer requirements as any Master Gardener, while gaining valuable job skills, purpose, and confidence. The conversation highlights the program's far-reaching benefits, including the production of tens of thousands of pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables each year that are donated to River Cities Harvest and distributed to food-insecure families across Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia. This episode powerfully illustrates how horticulture education, community partnerships, and Extension programming can change lives—both inside and outside prison walls—by growing food, skills, and hope. River Cities Harvest [https://theneighborhood-ashland.org/agencies/rivercitiesharvest/] Boyd County Extension Horticulture Program [https://boyd.mgcafe.uky.edu/horticulture] Questions/Comments/Feedback/Suggestions for Topics: hortculturepodcast@gmail.com Check us out on Instagram! [https://www.instagram.com/hortculturepodcast/]","meta_description":"In this special seasonal episode of the Hort Culture podcast, join Ray as he sits down with Boyd County Horticulture Extension Agent Lori Bowling to explo…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2729,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/hort-culture-6205776/episodes/growing-second-chances-a-master-gardener-program-inside-prison-walls/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/hort-culture-6205776/growing-second-chances-a-master-gardener-program-inside-prison-walls.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}