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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...

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/3 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support 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 presentat...

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? To learn more about Peter and see all of the ASK Peter episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/peter Sup...

"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 w...

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? 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 It's currently September 15, 2016 and the end of the regular farming season is near. Along with it is Curtis's tenure at the Kelowna Farmers Market. After 7 seasons at the farmers market, Curtis is moving on. It's part of a larger effort to simplify the farm and match the farm to his lifestyle. A...

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/43 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE. Shannon Jones, a young farmer from River Hebert, Nova Scotia joins me to talk about what it is like to be a young farmer on her farm, Broadfork Farm. She started the farm with her partner Bryan Dyck in 2011. Both Shannon and Bryan farmed on other farms...

Mycologist and author Peter McCoy of RadicalMycology.com takes on the question - How should I incorporate micro-nutrients into my mushroom substrate? 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/yourstory3 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support "Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not; and often times we call a man cold when he is only sad." Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.   This episode is about those secret sorrows, it's an inside look at the world of depression and suicide.  Depression that affect 20 million Americans a ye...

Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com takes on the question - You have kids, how do you work from home and get anything done? 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 The last few episodes have focused on stuff. The tools of farming. Today we are talking about the flip side of tools, the opposite of the physical. The mental side of things, in particular hustle. The best tools and the right stuff without the business sense, hustle, and effort won't mean anythin...

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/21 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE. Stefan Sebkowiak of Miracle Farms joins me to talk about the what's lacking in organic systems - biodiversity. And why organic is good, but creating a polyculture is a lot better. Stefan started out his journey purchasing a conventional non-organic orch...

Mycologist and author Peter McCoy of RadicalMycology.com takes on the question - In a perfect world, what would be your ideal recipe for a substrate mixture that is fairly universal in terms of species of mushrooms that would grow on it? 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/135 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support Busy versus effective. Two different ways of getting stuff done. Think of busy as the pinball in a pinball machine, a lot of bouncing around randomly, getting some stuff done, but not in the most linear way. Where effective is like the bowling ball headed down the lane, a straight shot targeting a specific...

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/theurbanfarmer Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support Part three of our series on Small Scale Farming on the Cheap - What's the least you could spend to start a farm? Last week in Episode 23 we started going through the equipment needed, or perceived to be needed, when you start a farm along with the costs and advantages associated with that equipme...

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/52 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PUBLISHED EPISODE. I welcome Frank Golbeck of Golden Coast Mead on the show today. Frank story is a great example of someone who went after their dreams in a smart and systematic way. He isn't any different than any of us. He didn't start with a huge some of money or some...

Mycologist and author Peter McCoy of RadicalMycology.com takes on the question - If I grow mushrooms on soil contaminated with oil or heavy metals, will the mushroom be safe to eat?   To learn more about Peter and see all of the ASK Peter episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/peter

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/134 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support Imagine it's your first year in college and you get an offer to go be an apprentice on farm. You've never farmed before. And you've never really thought about farming before. Taking the offer means that you would need to drop out of college to commit to the apprenticeship. And so would you future wife, beca...

Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com talks about creating Permaculture Chickens live on stage at PV3. 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 Part two of our series on Small Scale Farming on the Cheap - What's the least you could spend to start a farm?. Last week in episode 22 we covered the base principles costs and equipment associated with farm startup. We established the point that tools are simply one leg on the stool of success....

"These side issues, the longer they go on and we don't face reality, the more people that are going to die, and the more trillions of dollars it is going to cost, so time is not on our side.  We need to act.  Most people want to act.  Institutions are holding us up.  Only ordinary people can lead and act.  And it is time to move." Allan Savory This interview was conducted with Allan Savory several...

Joel Salatin's talk on Stacking Fiefdoms from PV1. "The whole idea is to create customized fiefdoms so that people are autonomous and have the authority to run their own fiefdom within your own umbrella, and you can't believe how many things you can get done that way." Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/89 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support THIS EPISODE IS A REPLAY OF PREVIOUS PU...

Mycologist and author Peter McCoy of RadicalMycology.com takes on the question - I have heard people say that I should always cook mushrooms before eating them? Is that true? What are your thoughts? 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/javan2 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support Today we will try to break down the holistic context into bites that are more digestible and present it in a way that might be easier for some people to understand.   This is a tough subject to take on, and I think even Allan Savory would admit that, even stating in his book "the concept of holistic goal...