Mark Shepard on how to make the most of your water on any farm
Welcome everyone to the first episode of a brand new season of the Abundant Edge podcast. I can’t believe I’m starting the fourth year of this little pet project that I had three years ago after I had...
7 Feb 20201h 19min
Checking in with Granja Tz’ikin and the season finale, with Neal Hegarty: 144
Here we are! The end of 2019 and season three of this podcast. For those of you who’ve been following this show for a while you know that I went through a lot of big changes this year, most notably a ...
27 Des 201946min
Turn your orchard into a resilient ecosystem with these steps! From Stefan Sobkowiak of Miracle Farms: 143
We’ve covered so many different ways to approach reforestation, both with native species and mixes of natives and orchard trees. In today’s session I wanted to focus on fruit orchards and I got to spe...
20 Des 20191h 4min
Why forests are key to the future of agriculture, with Darren Doherty, co-author of the Regrarian’s Handbook: 142
The last time I caught up with Darren Doherty for this podcast was back in season two. We talked a lot about his background and entry into ecological agriculture and how that journey informed his deve...
13 Des 201949min
Even the driest deserts can be regenerated. Here’s how! With Neal Spackman of the Al Baydha project: 141
I had the pleasure of catching up again with Neal Spackman, one of the primary designers and organizers of the Al Baydha project in Saudi Arabia. The Al Baydha project began in 2009 with a long list o...
6 Des 201953min
A strategy for a global shift to perennial agriculture, with Professor Peter Kahn from Rutgers University: 140
In all the research I’ve been doing for this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry I’ve struggled to find any reports or serious articles that outline the potential steps to transition the ...
29 Nov 201945min
How your web searches can help reforest the world, with Pieter Van Midwoud, lead tree planting officer at Ecosia: 139
Continuing with this series on reforestation and agroforestry, I got the chance to speak with Pieter Van Midwoud, the lead tree planting officer of the search engine company Ecosia. I’ve been using Ec...
22 Nov 20191h 1min
Alley cropping as a remedy for slash and burn agriculture with James Potter from the Indga Foundation: 138
The first three interviews in this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry have highlighted small personal projects on private land, each with a different person in south or mesoamerica whose...
15 Nov 201948min
