Episodes
On this episode of Living Permaculture, hosts Vanessa Harmony and Jerome Osentowski interview Claude Jolicoeur, a cider maker, apple grower, engineer, and author of multiple books and articles on the topic of cider including, “The New Cider Maker’s Handbook”, and, “Cider Planet”. They discuss the methods behind Claude’s award-winning ciders and explore the role of cider apples and wild apples in making what Claude calls the “Prince of Beverages”.
Published 04/15/24
Published 03/19/24
This month on Living Permaculture, Vanessa Harmony interviews Melissa Miles, who is responsible for introducing Vanessa to permaculture in 2011. Melissa Miles is a Permaculture Designer-Teacher-Consultant and an Environmental Biologist and Conservation Planner in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. They discuss the evolution of permaculture education and Melissa's career developments over the last decade, the human landscape of permaculture in Southeastern Pennsylvania, and the role of humans in...
Published 03/18/24
This month on Living Permaculture, hosts Vanessa Harmony and Jerome Osentowski interview the new director of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, Mathew Davis, regarding his career background and his new role at CRMPI.
Published 01/15/24
On this episode of Living Permaculture, hosts Vanessa Harmony and Jerome Osentowski interview a past CRMPI volunteer and discuss the "zero-waste, zero-dollar" garden beds she helped construct, as well as her involvement in a community greenhouse hub project in Alberta.
Published 12/18/23
On this month's Living Permaculture episode host Vanessa Harmony interviews two local "Weavers" of Bioregional Regeneration efforts: Rita Marsh and Gwen Garcelon. They discuss the definition and origin of the term Bioregional Regeneration, and the guests' missions for land, people, and wildlife to live in harmony.
Published 11/20/23
On this month's episode of Living Permaculture, host Vanessa Harmony interviews Amy Kousch of Berchta Botanicals in Fort Collins: northern Colorado’s only specialized medicinal plant nursery and medicinal plant education center.
Published 10/16/23
On this months show of Living Permaculture, host Vanessa Harmony interviews Nick Schaffer of Grow Green Now LLC, a company based in Basalt, CO offering edible gardens and tree care in the Roaring Fork Valley.
Published 09/18/23
Vanessa Harmony and Jerome Osentowski interview three agricultural interns at Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute to learn about their educational and career histories and their journey in discovering permaculture design.
Published 08/21/23
This month on Living Permaculture, Vanessa Harmony and Jerome Osentowski provide a summer update from their organizations, Colorado Edible Forest, Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, and Jerome's Organics.
Published 07/17/23
On this month's episode of Living Permaculture host Vanessa Harmony interviews Jared Kerst of Rivendell Farms, a regenerative agriculture farm in Glenwood Springs, to "myth bust" reductionist environmentalist perspectives on beef cattle methane production and regional water conservation.
Published 06/19/23
This episode of Living Permaculture explores careers in farming and topics affecting our regional farming community. Hosts Vanessa Harmony and Jerome Osentowski examine the career history and current work of Jen Ghigiarelli, Membership Coordinator for Rocky Mountain Farmers Union.
Published 05/15/23
This month’s show of Living Permaculture focuses on tactics to address Canada thistle at the Carbondale Nature Park with our guests Gwen Garcelon and Eric Brendlinger.
Published 04/17/23
This month on Living Permaculture hosts Jerome Osentowski, and Vanessa Harmony, interview Sarah Montgomery of Garden's Edge, an organization supporting indigenous agricultural initiatives in Guatemala.
Published 03/20/23
This month on Living Permaculture, hosts Jerome Osentowski and Vanessa Harmony speak with Eric Toensmeier, author of “Trees With Edible Leaves” about agroforestry and edible plants.
Published 02/20/23
On this episode of Living Permaculture, hosts Jerome Osentowski and Vanessa Way chat with Mateo Rader of Toadstool Traditions.
Published 01/16/23
On this episode of Living Permaculture, hosts Vanessa Harmony and Jerome Osentowski give updates from Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute, we learn about agroforestry, they let us know about a new academy and publications to look out for, and we hear about a permaculture design charrette.
Published 12/19/22
On this episode of Living Permaculture, Jerome welcomes Vanessa Harmony of Colorado Edible Forest, a nursery located in Spring Valley in Glenwood Springs with hardy edible perennial plants.
Published 11/21/22
On this episode of Living Permaculture, Jerome Osentowski interviews Mark Krawczyk about his book "Coppice Agroforestry."
Published 10/17/22
On this episode of Living Permaculture, host Jerome Osentowski welcomes Eden and Ben to chat about Colorado voters considering healthy school meals for all.
Published 09/19/22
On this episode of Living Permaculture, host Jerome Osentowski has a discussion with Casey Piscura of Seed Peace. Among other topics, they discuss recent changes that Seed Peace has gone through.
Published 08/15/22
On this episode of Living Permaculture, Adrian Fielder chats with Central Rocky Mountain Institute's Jerome Osentowski and Stephanie Syson about the latest in the organization's efforts to acquire a special-use permit from Eagle County to continue operations.
Published 07/18/22
On this episode of Living Permaculture, host Jerome Osentowski discusses Dandelion Day with the 'queen bee' of the operation, Natalie Rae Fuller.
Published 05/16/22
Hosts Stephanie Syson and Jerome Ostentowski chat with permaculture student and chef Tiffany about permaculture and a CRMPI design course in Puerto Rico.
Published 03/28/22
On this episode of Living Permaculture, host Jerome Ostentowski chats with Sara Tymczyszyn and Rachel Becker from Highwater farm in Silt.
Published 03/21/22