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Each episode focuses on one specific topic – growing practices, how-to, farming challenges and struggles, sales and marketing, soil preparation, weed management, farm startup, market selection, and work-life balance.
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Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com takes on the idea of I don't know enough to be an expert on a subject. How do you deal with the idea of the expert myth? To learn more about Justin and see all of the ASK Justin episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/justin. Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support.
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Today's show is all about farmers markets. And a big part of the conversation is dedicated to free samples.
Are the beneficial or are they a waste?
Do samples work in every case, with every product? No, but they are one way of tackling issues that every product has.
Highlighting product quality, unique product attributes, getting feedback, and telling your story are all things that you need to figure out to do somehow.
Free samples are just one of the ways to do it.
Samples aren't without their negatives either. They cost money, they take up time, they get in the way of doing transactions, and they may require additional levels of compliance if you are handling food.
But like anything and everything, it comes down to do the positives out weight the negatives for your particular context.
If they do then free samples might be the way to do. And as you will hear today, for some farmers market vendors samples work really well and they are one of the many tools in the salesman's toolbox to help you sit back and count the money.
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Farmer John Suscovich of Camps Road Farm and FarmMarketingSolutions.com answers the question - What kind of feeder do you use for your the chickens that you are free ranging? To learn more about John and see all of the ASK John episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/john.
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Today's story is one about a unique focus. Someone who has dedicated a whole lot of time on mastering one subject. One subject that is dually quite simple yet extremely complex: water. Today I am talking to watershed restoration expert Craig Sponholtz. Craig has made a career of consulting on water related issues - everything from water harvesting to stream restoration to watershed management. He has worked in drylands and temperate regions and everything in between. Studying techniques from native peoples to the latest in fluid dynamics; simple, yet complex. Water has the ability to transfform landscapes, both for the better and the worse.These changes can take place rapidly when a lot of water shows up in one place. Maybe the landscape is ready for it, maybe it isn't. Regardless that water will leave its mark on the landscape. Craig said it best, 'flowing water has energy to spend and it's going to spend it on something.' "If you take the time to learn what is going on and if you understand the problems and opportunities of a given site you can come up with some really elegant solutions that blend seamlessly into the landscape and they turn out naturally beautiful. And one of the outcomes of that beauty and that process of getting there is that they work really well."
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Starting a new business can be daunting, especially when considering potential overhead and risk required. In this talk, Mark Oberle will discuss how he was able to utilize a contact from PV2 with Frank Golbeck of Golden Coast Mead to create a mutually beneficial arrangement and launch his own mead label while reducing startup cost and risk. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/a5
Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com talks about his journey creating Permaculture Chickens. 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 We all have this great chance to go great places. Yet we all don't take it. Today's episode is a look at the opportunity and why some people squander it, and why some people don't. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/theurbanfarmer Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support
Following up on his appearance on The Urban Farmer - Week 21 ("Transitioning Into Farming from the Corporate World...), Rob Kaiser will be expanding on the idea of transition. Transcending the idea of becoming a farmer on account of romantic ideology, Rob will discuss knowledge and skills specific to *you* and their application towards your end goal. Combined with discussion about the focus on living a values based live vs. a life based on the traditional corporate model, this five minute talk will provide you with much food for thought on what you need to do next as you continue making your own transition to living a more designed, purposeful, and deliberate life.
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An interview with Peter McCoy of Radical Mycology. Radical Mycology is a movement and social philosophy based on accessibly teaching the importance of mushrooms and other fungi for personal, societal, and ecological health. Radical Mycology differs from classical mycology in that classical mycology generally focuses on taxonomy, identification, mycophagy (eating mushrooms), and the more personal benefits of working with fungi while Radical Mycology is about using fungi for the benefit of larger communities and the world. As a concept, Radical Mycology is based on the belief that the lifecycles of fungi and their interactions in nature serve as powerful learning tools for how humans can best relate to each other and steward the world they live in. Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/80
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Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/131 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support Today's episode is a replay of Jack's presentation from PV3 in March 2016. In that presentation he asked and explored the question, how do you take regenerative agriculture to the forward into the future, to the mainstream. He presents an argument that's based on the idea that you can't drag anyone where you want them to go. You need to get them to want to get there. Everyone might not agree on everything, and that's OK, because as Jack says, "let the politics end, where the soil begins." Because we literally need both sides to do this. We need all hands on deck with everyone helping in their own way. Hopefully this episode inspires you to do your part in what Jack explains isn't a revolution, but instead an insurrection. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/131 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support
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