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Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/theurbanfarmer Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support Today is two in our series focusing on more money, less land, where we are brainstorming ideas to make more money off of your farm without, without adding more land. Last week we focused on two of the primary concepts that had a lot of ideas under them: If you aren't moving all of your current product, sell it all. Selling all of your current product, but you know there is more demand... Today we will focus on a third primary concept: Change Your Product Profile and Crops It's all about making more just by changing what you grow and when you grow it. There's a lot in here, enjoy it... Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/theurbanfarmer Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support
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THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE.Doniga Markegard of Markegard Family Grass-Fed comes on the show to talk about ranching, permaculture, and the regenerative power of rotational livestock grazing.She is a real life rancher, who is out there successfully doing things the right way. On her ranch she is using cattle, sheep, and pigs to build the soil and supply the San Fransisco Bay area with high quality food.Doniga discusses why traditional ranching methods often fail and lead to degenerative cycles with the soil; and how a more holistic, permaculture approach can actually repair landscapes. She talks about how they use permaculture on their ranch to increase species diversity and to increase the water holding capacity of the soil. She touches on how to get into ranching, the advantages of small herd dairy, and the importance of leasing land.
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THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE.Mycologist and author Peter McCoy of RadicalMycology.com takes on the question - If I add mycorrhizal spores to my soil how do I know that the fungus is actually growing? To learn more about Peter and see all of the ASK Peter episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/peter. Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support.
Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/136 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support The 8 Forms of Capital is a dynamic and living framework to guide holistic and regenerative enterprise development by mapping the complex flows and pools of all eight forms of capital, not merely the financial capital. At first glance many people assume that the 8 forms of capital is simply a way to account for or measure in a similar way to the triple bottom line. This is a common way to think about business design. However, the most powerful use of the 8 capital model is to help uncover the essence and potential of each form of capital beyond the current reductionist perspective. For instance, instead of thinking about "valuation of ecosystem services" when we ask about Living Capital, we might instead start an active enquiry into the story of a bioregion, plant, or watershed that leads us to uncover the mythological unlimited yields that Mollison reminds us exist when we use the organ of our imagination to explore the potential of an ecosystem. The framework was initially developed by Gregory Landaua and Ethan Roland and the information was coalesced in their book Regeneraitve Enterrpse. Today's show is a presentation that Gregory gave at PV3 on the 8 forms of capital, where he presented it through the lens of regenerative cacao; an industry that he has worked closely with over this years. The presentation blends the theory with the real world application. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/136 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support
Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com takes on the question - What advice would you have for someone who wanted to start vlogging? To learn more about Justin and see all of the ASK Justin episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/justin. Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support.
Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/theurbanfarmer Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support Say you're a vegetable farmer and you want to make more money. How do you do that? How would you do that? If this was an episode of Family Feud one of the top answers on the board would likely be 'grow more products'. And if we took this line of question on iteration further the asking how do you grow more crops? One of the top answers would be 'get more land'. More land means more vegetables can fit in that space. A more vegetables means more to sell. Simple enough right. What if you couldn't get more land? Because it wasn't available or it was too expensive or it would change the dynamic of your farm... what would you do then? You want to make more money... but you can't add land. What are your options... you could raise prices or lower input costs, those would work, but there are a lot of other options available. That's the topic that we are taking on in this multipart series – more money with less land. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/theurbanfarmer Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support
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THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE.In this episode of the Permaculture Voices Podcast I have my friend Ben Kotnik of Suburban Food Farm on the show to talk about the recent presentation that he gave to a local permaculture group, 12 Months of Fresh Fruit. The first part of the presentation highlights some of the varieties that can be grown in Southern California to achieve the goal of a year round fruit harvest. While the varieties that we talk about are specific to SoCal, the theory behind how why the varieties were selected can be applied to any location. The second half of the presentation focuses on different techniques that can be used to grow more varieties of fruit in a given space. And these techniques can be applied anywhere in the world.
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THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE.Mycologist and author Peter McCoy of RadicalMycology.com takes on the question - I have access to a lot of coffee grounds. If I am approaching mushroom cultivation from a commercial standpoint, what species of mushroom do you think would grow the best if coffee grounds were the primary substrate?
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"You're the average of the five people that you spend the most time with." Jim Rohn Hang around with people who support you and push you and you will end up farther ahead than by hanging around with people who hold you back and tear you down. It sounds obvious. And I think that most people listening to this would agree. But it's not always easy to do. Either by choice or by life. Sometimes we just don't put in the effort or want to deal with the pain of getting rid of the negative influences in our lives. And sometimes we can't easily get rid of the negative influences in our lives. Sometimes people in our family struggle or run into problems. Problems which require our support. So we can't abandon those people. Regardless those people will have an effect on our lives. And this idea is one of the many that I will be talking about today with Javan Bernakevitch as part of our continued look into the common, but hidden reality of us all. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/javan3 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support
Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com takes on the question - As a homesteader, how have you decided to educate your kids - traditional schooling, alternative schooling, homeschool? And why?
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