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Farmer John Suscovich of Camps Road Farm and FarmMarketingSolutions.com answers the question, "How do you structure your pasture poultry CSA?" To learn more about John and see all of the ASK John episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/john . If you like the show, please support the show by making a contribution at permaculturevoices.com/ilikevoices

Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/127 Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support Today, nearly two years after our first episode (permaculturevoices.com/63), I am picking up the conversation with Akiva. We cover a lot of subjects which we didn't cover in the previous episode including: Selling to wholesalers, selling trees online, shipping trees, and dealing with state regulations. In a...

Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com talks about what types of chicken breeds are good for eggs and what type of breeds are good for meat on the homestead. 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 Most of the tomatoes that Curtis grows fall into the cherry and saladette category - the smaller tomatoes.  These types of tomatoes offer several advantages - they are pretty vigorous, they have a relatively short DTM, and because chef's like them.  And when much of your sales are for restaurants...

Farmer John Suscovich of Camps Road Farm and FarmMarketingSolutions.com answers the question, "How long do broiler chickens live?" To learn more about John and see all of the ASK John episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/john . If you like the show, please support the show by making a contribution at permaculturevoices.com/ilikevoices

Resilience comes from connection and interdependence. Frank Golbeck of Golden Coast Mead will talk about how helping Mark Oberle and other mead makers get their start has helped his business grow and helped the category of mead develop, lifting all participants.   This talk was presented at PV3 in March 2016 by Frank Golbeck of Golden Coast Mead. Listen to more at permaculturevoices.com/podcast Li...

To learn more about the PV3 audio visit: permaculturevoices.com/pv3audio. In this presentation Taylor Walker covers perennial vegetable gardening in the subtropics and tropics. Forget growing most of your traditional "grocery store vegetables" many of these will not tolerate the intense rains, humidity, heat, and pest pressure of the tropics and subtropics.    Given that this presentation focus on...

Learn more in the show notes at permaculturevoices.com/126. What do you do as a farmer, when you are trapped in an agricultural system that values quantity not quality?   A system where you literally get paid for now much you produce, irrespective of how nutrient dense it is or how sustainable it is.   And how do you as a farmer work within that system if you don't agree with it.   It's not easy,...

Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com talks about what you should feed your new baby chicks. To learn more about Justin and see all of the ASK Justin episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/justin.

Greens are big business for Curtis' farm.  Both in terms of volume of product, and dollars generated for that product. His customer base, which is mainly made of restaurants, buys a lot of greens.  And they pay good money for them.  But like many things on the farm there is a seasonality that goes along with restaurants and the products that Curtis sells to restaurants. Typically spring is a slowe...

Farmer John Suscovich of Camps Road Farm and FarmMarketingSolutions.com answers the question, "How do you manage your chicken brooder?" To learn more about John and see all of the ASK John episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/john . If you like the show, please support the show by making a contribution at permaculturevoices.com/ilikevoices

Liberation Permaculture by Toby Hemenway. This episode is the rebroadcast of Toby talk from PV2 in March 2015. Permaculture offers more than a path to a sustainable and just food system. It can move entire segments of our society off the radar screens of state oppressors and help return equality, abundance, and justice to people while restoring healthy ecosystems. This talk will tell you how. Here...

Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com talks about what you should feed your new baby chicks. To learn more about Justin and see all of the ASK Justin episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/justin . Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support .

What would the 2000 sq.ft. farm, let's call it a micro-farm, look like? How could you best utilize that space and take many of the techniques that Curtis uses on his current 1/2 acre urban farm, to make the micro-farm generate some decent cash flow. How much could you make on a micro-farm of just 2000 square feet? Really it depends on what you are growing and who you are selling it to. But grossin...

Farmer John Suscovich of Camps Road Farm andFarmMarketingSolutions.com answers the question, "How quicklyshould you scale up a pastured poultry operation?" To learn more about John and see all of the ASK John episodes visitpermaculturevoices.com/john.

As you will hear from my guest today Paul Greive of Primal Pastures "One of the most important things about marketing is not convincing people your product is X, it's about finding people who actually want X."   That's the route that Primal Pastures has gone.  They don't sell a cheap product.  They have positioned themselves as the premium product.   And that means they don't try to compete in on...

Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com talks about what type of electric fence and charger he uses on his homestead. To learn more about Justin and see all of the ASK Justin episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/justin. Support the show at permaculturevoices.com/support.

It's currently April 12, 2016. We start off today talking about whether you should start farming with a greenhouse or not. The conversation quickly turns into reasons why people succeed and don't succeed. Hopefully this episode is a welcome kick in the ass for those who need it.  And motivation to keep kicking ass for everyone else. Learn more at permaculturevoices.com/theurbanfarmer Support the s...

Farmer John Suscovich of Camps Road Farm and FarmMarketingSolutions.com answers the question, "Where do you process your chickens - on farm or off?" To learn more about John and see all of the ASK John episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/john . If you like the show, please support the show by making a contribution at permaculturevoices.com/ilikevoices

In honor of Earth Day, today's show is a replay of the interview with the original Earth Day lead organizer Denis Hayes. Denis Hayes talks about a lifetime of work in environmentalism - the challenges, successes, the changing environmental problems since the 60's, and how he has endured numerous political changes in Washington. Denis was the organizer of the first Earth Day in 1970, headed the Sol...

Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com goes over ways to protect your chickens from predators. To learn more about Justin and see all of the ASK Justin episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/justin.

It's currently April 5, 2016. Today's episode focuses on starting and transplanting Salanova via micro soil blocks. Curtis will talk about how he starts Salanova lettuce using the blocks and the advantages for doing so. We also run a quick time and cost analysis of starting lettuce in blocks versus cell trays to show the comparison. At the end of the episode I go over a recipe to use for the micro...

Farmer John Suscovich of Camps Road Farm and FarmMarketingSolutions.com answers the question, "What do you feed your chickens, and can they get their full diet off pasture?" To learn more about John and see all of the ASK John episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/john .   If you like the show, please support the show by making a contribution at permaculturevoices.com/ilikevoices

Learn more in the show notes at permaculturevoices.com/123 Permaculture is very difficult to define for most people.   How do you define permaculture?   I go with Larry Santoyo's definition - “Permaculture is: Design protocols for critical thinking, decision making and problem solving – all based on the patterns of nature.” In today’s show my guest Andrew Millison and I will look at common frustra...

Homesteader Justin Rhodes of AbundantPermaculture.com goes over 20 reasons why your chickens might not be laying eggs. To learn more about Justin and see all of the ASK Justin episodes visit permaculturevoices.com/justin .