Pioneering regenerative dairy production, with Phyllis Van Amburgh
At this point I’ve covered a wide array of practices and management styles that fall under the broad umbrella of regenerative agriculture. Some could be considered traditional while others are more mo...
15 Sep 20231h 18min
Akiva Silver on propagating plants and starting a nursery business: Part 2
This is part two of the conversation started last week with Akiva Silver. Co-owner of Twisted Tree nursery and homestead. If you haven’t yet heard the first part, you can find the link in the show not...
8 Sep 202327min
Akiva Silver on propagating plants and starting a nursery business: Part 1
After the last few weeks of focus on the intricacies of Holistic management and building community in agriculture, I wanted to go back to some technical information on specific farming enterprises. O...
1 Sep 202331min
Championing the alternative to a farm free future, with Chris Smaje
I’ve been watching an interesting and important discussion play out for a number of years now within the environmental movement and ecological farming community. It appears that on one hand we have a ...
25 Aug 20231h 8min
Matt Powers on discovering the world under our feet with soil microscopy
One of the emerging practices in the regenerative work space is that of citizen science. This covers an infinite range of scientific specialties, but I’ve especially seen amazing things come from two ...
18 Aug 20231h 21min
Building community for farmers with Klarien Klingen
Since last year much of my work with Climate Farmers has been in building the European farmer community and creating connections so that members can learn from each other. I admittedly don’t have a l...
11 Aug 202351min
Ian Robertson, Ed Brown, and Ben Taylor-Davies on the knowledge and mindset needed for regenerative farm transitions (redux)
I’ve touched on this topic briefly in previous interviews, but it bears repeating. Agriculture around the world is going through a critical moment. The skyrocketing prices of petroleum products, meani...
4 Aug 20231h 24min
Leveraging native plant communities and ecological succession for regeneration, with Henry Anderson
One of my favorite topics to explore on this show is how other people with unique skill sets and talents look at the natural world and the ecological design process. I’ve been fortunate in my network ...
28 Jul 20231h 40min
