Stefan Sobkowiak operates a 12 acre farm of which 6-acres are in a permaculture orchard at Miracle Farms in Quebec. Sobkowiak originally bought the farm as a conventional 12 acre 4,000 tree monoculture apple orchard and immediately transitioned it to organic, but he quickly realized that an organic monoculture merely substitutes inputs from the conventional model. The alternative he created is a diverse polyculture that produces a wide variety of different fruits, berries and perennial herbs...

Tim and I talk about why he left his job in big tech to become a blacksmith and homesteader, why you should learn a pre-electricity skill, the essential human need to produce, morality, politics, and what is the one tool we would each grab on our way out of the house after a zombie apocalypse. Find out more about Tim on his website: http://reforgedironworks.com ▶️ Buy my book https://www.mypermacultureproperty.com ▶️ Buy topographical maps and more at https://www.contourmapgenerator.com ▶️...

In this episode I coach one of my students about how to navigate the philosophical, ethical and political implications of keeping chickens in a California city when it suddenly became illegal. ▶️ Buy my book https://www.mypermacultureproperty.com ▶️ Buy topographical maps and more at https://www.contourmapgenerator.com ▶️ Find out more about my farm and consulting at https://www.coenfarm.ca Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/building-your-permaculture-property/donations

Neal Spackman is an internationally recognized pioneer of hyperarid agroforestries. He was cofounder and Director of the Al Baydha Project in Saudi Arabia, where he lived and worked with tribes of bedou to convert deserts into savannahs. He founded the webinar series Sustainable Design Masterclass, and has taught and consulted in the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. He is passionate about the connection between ecologies and wealth. He his the CEO of Regenerative Resources CO. Find out...

James Corbett is an award-winning investigative journalist, who has lectured on geopolitics at the University of Groningen’s Studium Generale, and delivered presentations on open source journalism at The French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation’s fOSSa conference, at TedXGroningen and at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. He is the founder of The Corbett Report, an independent, listener-supported alternative news source that operates on the principle of open source...

Ludovic Bourdon works with organizations like Ecosia to help design and develop permaculture aid projects throughout Africa. Find out more about Ludo's work here: https://www.abundantbynature.org/ https://facebook.com/abundantbynature/ https://www.instagram.com/abundant_by_nature/ https://www.youtube.com/c/AbundantbyNature ▶️ Buy my book https://www.mypermacultureproperty.com ▶️ Buy topographical maps and more at https://www.contourmapgenerator.com ▶️ Find out more about my farm and...

Judith D. Schwartz is a journalist based in Vermont who looks to nature for approaches to solving global challenges. Her most recent book is The Reindeer Chronicles and Other Inspiring Stories of Working With Nature to Heal the Earth (Chelsea Green Publishing.) Find out more about Judith's work at https://judithdschwartz.com/ Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/building-your-permaculture-property/donations

▶️ Join Ben Falk and I for a Free Online Summit https://www.mypermacultureproperty.com Ben and I talk about his plans to revise his book "The Resilient Farm and Homestead", what it's like living on a permaculture property for almost 2 decades, the increase of "COVID Refugees" to the permaculture space, why we should all be naked more, our favourite plants, and so much more. Ben Falk developed Whole Systems Design, LLC as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the...

▶️ Join Mark Shepard and I for a Free Online Summit https://www.mypermacultureproperty.com Mark and I chat about why permaculture went from "permanent agriculture" to "gardening on steroids", P.A. Yeomans Scale of Permanence, design process, and much more. Mark Shepard is a Permaculture farmer, homesteader, author of Restoration Agriculture: Real World Permaculture for Farmers, and Water for ANY Farm. Teacher, Restoration Agriculture system designer & installer. Find out more about...

Dan and Takota talk about how a lack of a living, adaptive process is holding permaculture back from reaching its fullest potential, and what we can all do about it. Dan Palmer is a design educator, author and podcaster living in NZ. As well as helping run a permaculture design firm called Very Edible Gardens, Dan is a co-developer of a holistic decision making and living design process. Find out more about Dan's work at https://makingpermaculturestronger.net ▶️ Buy my book...

In this episode Takota and Kevin talk about: * The prevalence of toxins like VOC's, formaldehyde, and molds in our homes and other built environments * Early warning health symptoms to watch out for * Strategies to identify, eliminate, reduce or mitigate toxins that might be affecting your health Kevin Mullen is the Founder and President of Empire Kitchen & Bath and Empire Custom Homes. After developing an acute chemical sensitivity following the 2013 Calgary flood, Kevin had to change...

In this episode Curtis and Takota talk about, how he got into farming, why he left the "left" but the "left" didn't leave him, the prevalence of the martyr mindset in farmers, the danger this poses everyone, how to break out of this paradigm, what permaculture got wrong, what permaculture got right and so much more. Curtis Stone is a farmer, author, speaker and consultant. His area of expertise is in quick growing, high value annual vegetables for direct consumer market streams. His book,...

In this episode of Building Your Permaculture Property I speak with Tad Hargrave about right livelihood, ethical business, and why a small business is an essential part of every permaculture property. Tad is a self described hippy who developed a knack for marketing (and then learned how to be a hippy again). For over a decade, he has been touring his marketing workshops around the world, bringing refreshing and unorthodox ideas to conscious entrepreneurs and green businesses that help them...

In this episode of Building Your Permaculture Property I speak with Nicole Masters about her new book "For the Love of Soil". Nicole Masters is an independent agroecologist, systems thinker, author and educator. She is recognized as a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker on the topic of soil health. Her team of soil coaches at Integrity Soils work alongside producers in the U.S., Canada and across Australasia. Supporting producers who work with over 1.2 million acres to take their operations...

In this podcast Don Ruzicka and I chat about the past, present and future of regenerative agriculture, the missing connection to the land that plagues our culture, the red herring of carbon credits, and much more. Don and his wife Marie were early adopters of Holistic Management and Organic agriculture. Over the course of 25 years they transformed their 640 acre farm from a debt ladened degenerative farm to a prosperous regenerative one. Don is now retired. He has been my mentor, friend and...

In this podcast my colleague, co-author and friend Rob Avis shares his insights, on peak energy/food, intermittent fasting, bioregional diets and how a permaculture approach to your diet can help you to heal yourself, and heal the planet. Rob and his wife Michelle are the founders of the globally-recognized and award-winning ( http://vergepermaculture.ca/events/permaculture-design-certicate-calgary-week-ends/blog/2015/09/21/winner-of-the-24th-emerald-foundation-award/ ) design, consulting,...

Economist Mark Anielski sits down with Rob Avis and Takota Coen to talk about the economics of well-being. Mark Anielski (B.A., BScF, MScFE) is an economic strategist specializing in measuring the well-being and happiness of nations, communities and businesses. Mark holds three degrees from the University of Alberta: Economics (1981), Forest Science (1984), and Masters of Science in Forest Economics (1991). For ten years (2003-2012) he was professor of corporate social responsibility and...

Takota Coen and Rob Avis discuss why permaculture is the best solution to any conspiracy, real or imagined. Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/building-your-permaculture-property/donations

In this podcast I talk with Sally about her most recent book Nourishing Diets: How Paleo, Ancestral and Traditional Peoples Really Ate. Sally's past work on traditional diet brought me back from a year of vegetarianism, and has been incredibly influential on my newfound health. But her new book takes it to a whole new level. Going back into diary accounts from the pre-industrial Europeans and the first explorers to have contact with traditional peoples in the Americas, Africa, and Australia...

Join farmer, educator and author Takota Coen as he explores how you can design and develop land anywhere in the world to provide for your food, water, shelter, energy, and other needs in a way that is good for all people, the planet and our future. Takota Coen is the co-author of "Building Your Permaculture Property: A 5 Step Process To Design and Develop Land", an instructor with Verge Permaculture, and co-owner of Coen Farm, a 250 acre award winning permaculture farm, in Alberta...