Stay ConnectedDaily farm and garden talk. All about growing vegetables profitably and efficiently on small farms and in gardens.
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.
Hosted and produced by Diego Footer’s Modern Grower Podcast Network.
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Week 3:
It's Tuesday, March 31st, and the first farmers market is coming up in four days. What's Curtis up to?
In this episode we are talking about how Curtis maximizes his efforts on the farm by staying organized. And how he is switching his beds over this year to a no-till strategy.
This show is the story of urban farmer Curtis Stone.
Curtis is an urban farmer who farms on 15,000 sq.ft. in Canada. He has been farming in an urban setting profitably for 5 years. We are going to follow Curtis on a journey through a full farm season, taking you behind the scenes each week to see what being an urban farmer is really like. It isn't always glorious, but it's real.
Stay tuned, and enjoy the journey.
Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/tuf3
Nature’s been using biochar to replenish soil carbon for millennia. Taking our cue from her, we’ll unravel what biochar is and how it works to build long-term soil health. We’ll explore techniques of making your own biochar simply and affordably regardless of where you live.
This talk was presented at PV2 in March 2015 by Gloria Flora.
Listen to more at permaculturevoices.com/podcast
My guest today is Cherrie Nolden a Masters and Ph.D candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She says "If animals are not managed to maintain vegetation, they are going to destroy the vegetation."
Cherrie is an absolute wealth of knowledge when it comes to goats. She combines a lot of academic research with years of practical on the ground experiences with goats. She is going to provide an different view on this often misunderstood species. This episode is very specific, and it is going to be an indepth look at goats and how we can manage them in a way that actually helps, not hurts the land. You will learn a lot about goats in this episode.
Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/105
Week 2:
It's mid-March and the farm is now in what Curtis calls the setup phase. He has started selling some overwintered crops and he is adding to his restaurant customer base.
This show is the story of urban farmer Curtis Stone.
Curtis is an urban farmer who farms on 15,000 sq.ft. in Canada. He has been farming in an urban setting profitably for 5 years. We are going to follow Curtis on a journey through a full farm season, taking you behind the scenes each week to see what being an urban farmer is really like. It isn't always glorious, but it's real.
Stay tuned, and enjoy the journey.
Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/tuf2
Community food forests are rapidly emerging as part of a new trend in the local food movement to promote food literacy and build community. This talk will discuss what community food forests are and the motivations that are propelling their establishment in urban areas across the United States. The social dimensions of partnerships and management processes that can help them succeed will be highlighted along with who some of the key players typically are. These projects are an example of how permaculture can be scaled-up to the community level. Come found out about the many reasons they are important.
This talk was presented at PV2 in March 2015 by Catherine Bukowski.
Listen to more at permaculturevoices.com/podcast
What if you had all the time, money and energy in the world?
What would you do?
Frank’s wife asked him that question 5 years ago, and he realized he needed to get out of the Navy, make mead and share it with people. Hear how connecting with his passion to do good for people and planet through mead making has inspired a ton of personal growth and now a successful business that is shifting paradigms in the markets it serves.
This talk was presented at PV2 in March 2015 by Frank Golbeck of Golden Coast Mead.
Listen to more at permaculturevoices.com/podcast
Week 1:
It's mid-February and the farm season is just beginning. Most of the work on the farm is preparing for the warmer months ahead. A lot of time is spent planning and preparing for the year ahead.
This show is the story of urban farmer Curtis Stone.
Curtis is an urban farmer who farms on 15,000 sq.ft. in Canada. He has been farming in an urban setting profitably for 5 years. We are going to follow Curtis on a journey through a full farm season, taking you behind the scenes each week to see what being an urban farmer is really like. It isn't always glorious, but it's real.
Stay tuned, and enjoy the journey.
Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/tuf1
This episode is a recording of Luke Callahan's presenation at PV2.
Want to start your business, but don’t know where to begin? Does starting your business feel scary and overwhelming?
In this session, you’ll learn the seven surprisingly simple steps to easily start any business. We’ll analyze a few successful permaculture businesses through this step by step framework so you can see exactly how it works in the real world. At the end of this session, you will have a step by step plan to start your business.
Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/104
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We are experiencing the end of an era as a new era in human civilization is beginning. It is a time of great risk but also a time of great potential.
We now know that it is possible to restore large-scale damaged ecosystems. It is possible to sequester carbon and re-regulate the hydrological system. It is possible to restore natural fertility and to remove toxicity from contaminated soils and water.
We are required to do this so that future generations will live in peace and abundance.
For humanity to further evolve it is necessary to transition from a society dedicated to consumption to a society dedicated to ecological function.
Although sometimes obscured by the collapse of the old order this heralds a time of full employment, equality, purpose and fulfillment.
This is THE GREAT WORK OF OUR TIME and we are called to understand and participate in it.
Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/103
PV2 Audio: permaculturevoices.com/pv2audio
In this episode, the second part of a multi-part series, we at some of the critiques of permaculture. And the focus is on an article written by permie Peter Harper in 2003.
This series takes a critical look at permaculture itself. The good, the bad, and the ugly.
As I sit here today I wonder if the same permaculture that got us here, is the same permaculture that we need to ultimately effect change into the future.
The times are different, the people are different, technology is different. I am not simply saying let's rewrite the designers manual with new updates. I am saying let's take a critical look at what is in the manual and tear it apart. What works and what doesn't, and cut out what doesn't. Because if we think that everything in that manual works, we are telling ourselves a lie.
Show Notes: permaculturevoices.com/102
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