The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson

Join Farmer Greg on his monthly segment on the Arizona Radio Show "Rosie on the House". What animals can you host on your urban farm? Let's start with Backyard chickens of course. Our friend Kari Spencer joins Greg and Romey in a discussion on which animals work in an urban setting and why. Kari is an amazing homesteader, master gardener, and author of City Farming and Vegetable Gardening Journal....

Edmund Williams on The Phoenix Backyard Garden Program. Changing the face of food in phoenix. Ed Williams joins Greg on the podcast to bring us up to date on the project he is tackling in the heart of Phoenix to transform the world of urban agriculture with one simple way of growing food. Ed has been working hard to create a system that will make a difference in reducing food deserts at a level th...

Worm Composting Simplifying Vermicomposting And Making It Easy For Anyone To Start A chance encounter at a farmers market led Greg to meet Steve Churchill, the creator of the worm bag he had recently bought. In this interview, Steve explains the reason he designed a new worm composting bag and explains many of the ins and outs of vermicomposting.   Steve Churchill is the owner of th...

Encouraging every gardener to have some permaculture principles in their toolbox. Debra Knapke and Greg discuss the climate shifts they have experienced in different parts of the country.  Learn how to take these shifts into consideration by incorporating some basic permaculture principles into your garden planning.  Treat the earth with respect, and your garden will be healthier and mor...

A chat with Emily Rockey and Greg Peterson.   In This Garden Chat: Are you starting your first garden? Take heart!! Your First Garden is Your Worst Garden, and that means yes, you can experience a variety of challenges, setbacks, excitement, and successes too. Let's talk about these and what comes next. Join Emily Rockey and Farmer Greg as they explore the pitfalls of starting a garden anew....

734: Seed and Plant Selection For Challenging Gardens. A Chat with an Expert on Seeds. In This Podcast: This is the March 2023 class discussing seed and plant selection. Join Farmer Greg and Bill McDorman as they explore all the magical places to grow your garden. Restricted by where you can plant your garden? How do you optimize difficult spaces to plant your favorite vegetables? We will help you...

Join Farmer Greg on his monthly segment on the Arizona Radio Show Rosie on the House. What is an urban farm, anyway?  Learn how you can level up your participation in the local food economy by growing your own food.  Greg talks about how to get started, different methods of farming, and even ways to make a little cash, either as a side hustle or a full time profession.  Wherever you...

Homesteading Off The Grid. Join Aurora Rogers and Greg for a lively conversation about resiliency, home steading, low grid and becoming financially free.  Aurora is a Venezuelan designer and process consultant devoted to creating resilient frameworks for every area of her life. Her usband of 24 years is Jason, who is an American engineer devoted to creating effective systems for growing food,...

Greg on Let's Get Growing with Enoch Graham Getting a View of How Greg got to 'Urban Farmer'. On today’s podcast I have a replay of my interview from the Let’s Get Growing You Tube Channel.  I am so excited to have joined Enoch, Aisha, Michella and Mark for an amazing conversation and exploration of my history around gardening and what I am up to in the world.  The thing I love about the...

Samara Price on the Exceptional Elderberry             Handcrafting a local berry into gourmet products In This Podcast: Greg speaks with Samara Price about a tiny berry with huge potential.  Like many people, Samara became interested in elderberries for their health benefits and she began making syrup.  But she has discovered there...

A chat with Janis Norton and Greg Peterson.   In This Garden Chat: Join Janis and Greg as they discuss what is permaculture and how can we begin to integrate it into our lives.   They start with a discussion of the definition of permaculture then dive into the 8 principles that are used in the Phoenix Permaculture Design Course or PDC. On the last Tuesday every month we host The Urb...

728: The Impact of Seeds and Planning. A Chat with an Expert on Seeds. In This Podcast: This is the February 2023 Seed Saving Class discussing the impact of seeds and planning.  Bill and Greg Peterson give an overview of how to save some basic seeds and how to plan your garden for seed saving.  No, you don’t need acres of land, pollination bags or combines.  Some simple concepts wil...

Join Farmer Greg on his monthly segment on the Arizona Radio Show Rosie on the House. In this episode Greg chats about how to create a food forest in your front and back yard, plus reviews the 7 layers of your food forest. He also explains how to set up zones in your space. You are not going to want to miss this one! "Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement adv...

Restoring Planetary Health and Rebuilding After an Impact In This Podcast: This is the second part of Greg’s interview with Rosemary Morrow , a member of the first generation of what we now call the Permaculture Movement.  We reached out to some of our friends in the permaculture community and asked, “If you could talk to Rowe , what would you ask her?”  Learn more about Rosemary’s decad...

Restoring Planetary Health and Rebuilding After an Impact In This Podcast: In this very special episode, Greg talks with Rosemary Morrow , a member of the first generation of what we now call the Permaculture Movement.  Rosemary has decades of experience teaching permaculture all over the world and she shares how that global perspective influenced her most recent book.  Hear about her de...

Appreciating the Variety of Pollinators That Visit Our Gardens In This Podcast: Phyllis Stiles is someone who loves to create a buzz about pollinators.  She became fascinated with bees when she started keeping her own, and that led to an appreciation of and sense of responsibility for all pollinators.  As she became aware of the problems they face, she decided to do something about it an...

723: Bodacious Garden. A Rosie on the House Radio Show. In This Podcast: This is the January 2023 show discussing how to grow your own BODACIOUS edible garden.  Greg covers all the bases – sun, water, soil, and garden helpers.  Plant your garden where it will get just the right balance of sun and shade by determining your garden’s solar aspect and observing the light as it moves througho...

Making a Little Side Income Growing Citrus in the Pacific Northwest In This Podcast: Do you wish you could grow citrus but live outside of California or Florida?  Donna Balzer is growing lemons in Canada and she loves to teach others how she does it.  She and Greg discuss all the juicy details, covering topics from the roots to the leaves.  Donna explains how she cares for her citru...

Teaching people of all backgrounds about sustainably growing food (at the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming) In This Podcast: Mike Smith studied political science with the intention of changing agricultural policy and making a difference from the top down.  As important as that s, he eventually discovered that he could make a bigger impact on the ground – literally, with his hands in th...

Having the right tools in the right condition for our farming job In This Podcast: Gardening can be hard work, but it doesn’t have to be.  Chris Sabbarese explains how the right tool not only makes the job easier, but it also makes it safer for you and your plants.  He describes the difference between a bypass pruner and an anvil pruner, what to look for when choosing tools, and some eas...

Researching the Changes Occurring in Our Food Systems In This Podcast: The grocery aisle appears to provide a whole buffet of choices, but who are the companies behind those choices?   Phil Howard has studied our current food system and discovered that there are a surprisingly small number of companies who are in control.  Who are these companies?  How much power do they have and wh...

Picking the best indoor garden for your needs In This Podcast: Angelo Kelvakis demystifies the hydroponic garden.  The right garden can be a great investment in your health and wellbeing.   Angelo helps take the guesswork out of choosing the garden that best fits your lifestyle.  He’ll teach you how to ask the right questions, identify the most important components, and research a s...

Growing and Saving Seeds In This Podcast: Hassena Kassim returns to talk about the recent growth she is experiencing since moving from Arizona to North Carolina about 5 years ago.  She explains how growing and saving seeds for Sow True Seeds led her to the Organic Seed Alliance seed school and what she learned from completing the program.  Hassena admits to a newfound appreciation for be...

Staying Open to Possibilities In This Podcast: In this special episode, Greg Peterson shares an update from his new home in North Carolina.  There are lots of exciting possibilities created by starting from scratch in a completely new and different place and Greg is taking the time to explore them all.  He also confirms that the Urban Farm programs are not going anywhere, and he replays...

715: What is Happening in the World of Seeds. A Chat with an Expert on Seeds. In This Podcast: This is the December 2022 Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman discussing what is happening in the world of seeds.  Bill recently returned from the 9th Session of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture in New Delhi. He shares what he learned about how the world...