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Q&A: Growing a Whole Nutrition Landscape Sep 30, 2025

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The question for this episode is from Geoff:

I'd love to hear your thoughts about how homestead sites can create a "whole nutrition" landscape with permaculture.

What I mean, is that a "healthy balanced diet" typically includes sources for necessary nutrients, calories, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates/starches, etc. Growing the leafy greens, berries, fruit, vegetables is all very well and good -- but if we are seeking to create a 'whole nutrition' landscape, we need to re-evaluate how much area in the gardens are devoted to tubers/roots and protein sources like nuts (hazelnuts) or seeds (sunflower, serviceberry seeds) versus the more typical perennial greens. Ie Maybe way larger portions of the landscape should be devoted to tubers and fast-growing nuts/seeds than is typically seen in Permaculture Designs, for instance for PDC courses?!

Recommended reading to accompany this episode:

Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon
Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé
Recipes for a Small Planet by Ellen Buchman Ewald

Creating a Regenerative Supply Chain - Rewild Organics | Joshua Hughes Sep 26, 2025

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Today I’m joined by my friend Joshua Hughes as he shares the continued work of the team he’s a part of to create a jungle to marketplace supply chain with the launch of Rewild Organics.

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Joshua Hughes - Regenerative Investing Aug 29, 2025

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Joshua Hughes return to share information about his latest venture Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management, a invest with social responsibility.

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Q&A: Bushcrafting - Books for Beginners Aug 18, 2025

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In this episode are resources you can use to learn more about building shelters, creating cordage, creating your first everyday carry, foraging for food, elevating that food to cuisine, and the basics of first-aid if you're ever on your own or with a small group far away from a clinic or hospital. These skills also form the basis for building, or rebuilding, our communities in times of decline or disaster.

My First Bushcrafting Book, Bushcraft by Richard Graves (Thriftbooks): https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/bushcraft-a-serious-guide-to-survival-and-camping_richard-h-graves/279713/item/1100554/

Stop the Bleed Online Class: https://www.stopthebleed.org/get-trained/online-course/
Where to Buy a C-A-T Tourniquet:
https://www.narescue.com/combat-application-tourniquet-c-a-t.html
Interviews With
Sam Thayer (2013): https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-1345-foraging-with-sam-thayer/
Sara Bir (2018): https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1822-the-fruit-forager-s-companion/
Dina Falconi: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-1516-foraging-and-feasting-with-dina-falconi/
Pascal Baudar (2016) - The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1625-the-new-wildcrafted-cuisine-with-pascal-baudar/
Pascal Baudar (2018) - The Wildcrafting Brewer: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1825-the-wildcrafting-brewer-with-pascal-baudar/

Laura Oldanie - Permaculture Values and Impact Investing Aug 08, 2025

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My guest today is Laura Oldanie, a permaculture practitioner and the author behind the website Rich and Resilient Living, which focuses on how we can live a life and make financial decisions that lead to a regenerative future.

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Dr. Elaine Ingham - The Soil Food Web Aug 01, 2025

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Today's guest, in an interview recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, is the microbiologist and soil researcher Dr. Elaine Ingham.

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Joshua Hughes - Transitional Ethics Jul 25, 2025

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My guest for this episode is Joshua Peace Seeker Hughes, an American permaculture practitioner living and farming in Costa Rica. His work there, which forms our discussion today, includes issues of land preservation through bottom-up solutions, regenerative resource-based economies, divestment, changing our lifestyles, the real wealth in of resources versus the illusion of money, and how we are in a period of transformation that requires transitional ethics.

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What to do when the world is on fire Jul 21, 2025

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Thoughts from a conversation with my friend Nathan, on how we can act in a world on fire, when we know we're not able to protest or be in the streets.
Question: What causes and organizations do you support with your time and resources?

Jeff Speck - Creating Walkable Cities Jul 18, 2025

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My guest today is Jeff Speck. Jeff is the author of Walkable City and Walkable City Rules. As an urban planner and city designer he specializes in, and advocates for, human modes of transportation: first and foremost walking, but also biking.

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Designing Out the Designer Jul 14, 2025

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A response to Geoff's comment about designing out the designer, from my recent episode about my design process.
What I'm Reading: People and Permaculture
What I'm Listening To (Music Video): Psycho Killer by The Talking Heads

Getting to Know One Another:
What song(s) or musical artist(s) defined your life, now or when you were growing up?

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