Episodes

Nov 27

In this episode, I talk about something that we don’t address enough: the hard work of Permaculture is boring. It’s not heroic. It doesn’t make for a great YouTube short or video to add to your story. The pictures that come out of it are rarely art, or something you’d want to post to Instagram. I hope this episode reminds you why we show up day after day, week after week, for the small, routine tasks of permaculture. If you found this helpful, share it with a friend who might be struggling on their journey right now, so it can be a bit of encouragement to keep going, even when it’s tedious. Until the next time, spend each day showing up and putting in the work, as you care for Earth, yourself, and each other.

Nov 13

An update with a bit of big news: we found, made a winning offer on a house in Cleveland, Ohio! When I decided to relaunch the show, I knew it was going to be a rollercoaster-like adventure, with possible delays, ups, downs, and time spent waiting. Thank you for your patience while we move our lives across state lines. Once the dust settles, things are shaping up to bring you new stories, experiments, and voices, from Cleveland, from Ohio, and from around the world. And if you have ideas for what we should tackle first, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an email: show@thepermaculturepodcast.com or visit thepermaculturepodcast.com , click on contact, and send me a message there. Until the next time, spend each day exploring, enjoying, and building your local community, while taking care of Earth, your self, and each other.

Oct 28

Today, I want to talk about another question from Owen: "What are some common mistakes beginners make in permaculture design, and how can they be avoided?" The thoughts shared in this episode are only one perspecitve, my own. I'd love to hear other ideas on the need to slow down when practicing permaculture, so reach out if you'd like to share how you would do things differently. Text: 717-827-6266 Send me an email: show@thepermaculturepodcast.com Or stop by thepermaculturepodcast.com , click on Contact, and send me a direct message.

Oct 16

My family and I are in the process of finding a house in a new city, which will bring a new future for us and the show. Listen to find out more about where we're going and what this means for The Permaculture Podcast .

Oct 6

Today's question comes from Owen: What does it look like to put a permaculture garden to bed for the winter? Mulching / tilling / planting cover crops / none of the above / something else?

Sep 30

The question for this episode is from Geoff: I'd love to hear your thoughts about how homestead sites can create a "whole nutrition" landscape with permaculture. What I mean, is that a "healthy balanced diet" typically includes sources for necessary nutrients, calories, minerals, proteins, carbohydrates/starches, etc. Growing the leafy greens, berries, fruit, vegetables is all very well and good -- but if we are seeking to create a 'whole nutrition' landscape, we need to re-evaluate how much area in the gardens are devoted to tubers/roots and protein sources like nuts (hazelnuts) or seeds (sunflower, serviceberry seeds) versus the more typical perennial greens. Ie Maybe way larger portions of the landscape should be devoted to tubers and fast-growing nuts/seeds than is typically seen in Permaculture Designs, for instance for PDC courses?! Recommended reading to accompany this episode: Gardening When It Counts by Steve Solomon Diet for a Small Planet by Frances Moore Lappé Recipes for a Small Planet by Ellen Buchman Ewald

Sep 26

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Today I’m joined by my friend Joshua Hughes as he shares the continued work of the team he’s a part of to create a jungle to marketplace supply chain with the launch of Rewild Organics. Learn More

Aug 29

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Joshua Hughes return to share information about his latest venture Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management, a invest with social responsibility. Learn More

Aug 18

In this episode are resources you can use to learn more about building shelters, creating cordage, creating your first everyday carry, foraging for food, elevating that food to cuisine, and the basics of first-aid if you're ever on your own or with a small group far away from a clinic or hospital. These skills also form the basis for building, or rebuilding, our communities in times of decline or disaster. My First Bushcrafting Book, Bushcraft by Richard Graves (Thriftbooks): https://www.thriftbooks.com/w/bushcraft-a-serious-guide-to-survival-and-camping_richard-h-graves/279713/item/1100554/ Stop the Bleed Online Class: https://www.stopthebleed.org/get-trained/online-course/ Where to Buy a C-A-T Tourniquet: https://www.narescue.com/combat-application-tourniquet-c-a-t.html Interviews With Sam Thayer (2013): https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-1345-foraging-with-sam-thayer/ Sara Bir (2018): https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1822-the-fruit-forager-s-companion/ Dina Falconi: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/episode-1516-foraging-and-feasting-with-dina-falconi/ Pascal Baudar (2016) - The New Wildcrafted Cuisine: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1625-the-new-wildcrafted-cuisine-with-pascal-baudar/ Pascal Baudar (2018) - The Wildcrafting Brewer: https://thepermaculturepodcast.podbean.com/e/1825-the-wildcrafting-brewer-with-pascal-baudar/

Aug 8

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast My guest today is Laura Oldanie, a permaculture practitioner and the author behind the website Rich and Resilient Living, which focuses on how we can live a life and make financial decisions that lead to a regenerative future. Learn More

Aug 1

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Today's guest, in an interview recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, is the microbiologist and soil researcher Dr. Elaine Ingham. Learn More

Jul 25

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast My guest for this episode is Joshua Peace Seeker Hughes, an American permaculture practitioner living and farming in Costa Rica. His work there, which forms our discussion today, includes issues of land preservation through bottom-up solutions, regenerative resource-based economies, divestment, changing our lifestyles, the real wealth in of resources versus the illusion of money, and how we are in a period of transformation that requires transitional ethics. Learn More

Jul 21

Thoughts from a conversation with my friend Nathan, on how we can act in a world on fire, when we know we're not able to protest or be in the streets. Question: What causes and organizations do you support with your time and resources?

Jul 18

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast My guest today is Jeff Speck. Jeff is the author of Walkable City and Walkable City Rules . As an urban planner and city designer he specializes in, and advocates for, human modes of transportation: first and foremost walking, but also biking. Learn More

Jul 14

A response to Geoff's comment about designing out the designer, from my recent episode about my design process. What I'm Reading: People and Permaculture What I'm Listening To (Music Video): Psycho Killer by The Talking Heads Getting to Know One Another: What song(s) or musical artist(s) defined your life, now or when you were growing up?

Jul 11

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast In this episode from 2014, one of my favorite people from the permaculture community, Karryn Olson, joins us to share a pattern language she’s identified for women in permaculture, which we can use to create a constructive permaculture movement so that together we can design a world with ever greater beauty, abundance, and inclusivity. Learn More

Jul 4

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast My guest for today is Rhonda Baird, editor of Permaculture Design Magazine , and designer and educator at Sheltering Hills Design, LLC. Learn More

Jun 27

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Rhonda Baird, the editor of Permaculture Design Magazine and teacher and designer at Sheltering Hills Design, LLC ., joins me to continue our conversation about creating change. In our first interview, we spoke about the way that we can work on ourselves as individuals. Today we move from the inside to the out with how we can organize and support others and our community. Learn More

Jun 20

Support the Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join The Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/permaculturepodcast When I left my permaculture design course I was fairly comfortable walking the landscape and looking for areas of shade or full sun, and tracking how that would change throughout the day. To walk barefoot after a brief rain to feel where the soil drained quickly or to find spots where water pooled, even if I couldn’t see it with my eyes. To build either a water or an A-frame level to plot and map contours. I knew how to make a base map, a plant list, and to use those to put together a design. With shears and a pocket knife, I could prune limbs or loosen pot-bound roots. With a shovel and spade, I could dig holes and put plants in the ground. Learn More

Jun 16

In the first of the new, Q&A episodes, Owen asks: "What is your design process? (site analysis, implementation, and how you approach a design)"

Jun 13

Support The Podcast! Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon: Patreon.com/PermaculturePodcast My guest today is Owen Wormser. Owen is a sustainable landscape designer from Western Massachusetts and author of Lawns into Meadows: Growing a Regenerative Landscape , from Stonepier Press. Learn More

Jun 6

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Can you live an enjoyable, self-indulgent life while remaining thrifty and at the same time not overtaxing Earth’s resources? To have all of that sounds too good to be true. Learn More

May 16

If you’re new to the world of permaculture, you may not be familiar with the work of Dan Palmer, who passed away in 2022, as his website and podcast don’t circulate or get mentioned as often as they used to. His website, makingpermaculturestronger.net , is still available, where you can explore his archives. I recommend taking the time to do so, as it’s worth the journey. It’s because of Dan, as the host of this episode, that I reshare this interview. With his gentle nature, his desire to go deeper into what made design and implementation more effective, and how he synthesized all that knowledge into something actionable, Dan was a positive voice for change to so many, including myself. Enjoy this interview, originally released in 2020. Support the Show Become a Patron on Patreon: patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Donate directly at paypal.me/permaculturepodcast or using Venmo: @permaculturepodcast You can also book me for a meandering or design consultation. Find out more about those at: thepermaculturepodcast.com/meandering

May 12

The world is on fire and needs us, all of us, to care and show up. Each of us needs permaculture, so here I am, back at it again, sharing more from beneath this big, beautiful umbrella of philosophy, design, and implementation. In this episode, I share a bit about where things are at, what the show will look like moving forward, and what to expect from here. Support the Show Become a Patron on Patreon: patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Donate directly at paypal.me/permaculturepodcast or using Venmo: @permaculturepodcast You can also book me for a meandering or design consultation. Find out more about those at: thepermaculturepodcast.com/meandering If you’d like to drop something in the mail, contact me, and I’ll send you my current mailing address, as we’re in the process of moving to a new city hundreds of miles from our current home. Contact the Show If you’d like to share your thoughts on this episode, have ideas for types of episodes to try, questions I can answer on air, or want to contact me about a potential collaboration, you can reach me by: Leave a comment Use the contact form at thepermaculturepodcast.com Sending me an email: show@thepermaculturepodcast.com Sending a message via Text or WhatsApp to: +1 717.827.6266

Mar 27

Should I relaunch the podcast later this year in a new format? Your opinion matters! Let me know!

Aug 25, 2024

In this episode, Byron Birss speaks with Mary and Andrew as they talk about Byron’s transformation from someone with no knowledge of permaculture or gardening into a professional designer and food forest aficionado in just a few years. Growing up in the United States, Byron moved to New Zealand nearly a decade ago for a change of life that wound up being a life-changing experience. Resources Backyard Paradise Byron Grows (YouTube) Byron Grows (Instagram) Larry Santoyo - Exploring Permaculture

Aug 10, 2024

Rebecca Anderson joins Mary and Andrew to discuss her work with National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS), and government body under the purview of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Steeped in Permaculture, with a degree in Environmental Science and Resource Management, and time as a Woofer, Rebecca shares what the NRCS provides and what she does in her job to support anyone interested in conserving soil, water, and other natural resources with technical and financial support. As a permaculture practitioner, I recommend listening to this conversation because assistance from NRCS is free and isn’t just for farmers and it’s easy to start the process. All you need to do is contact your local NRCS office. Resources Natural Resources Conservation Service NRCS Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP): Environmental Quality Incentives Program | Natural Resources Conservation Service (usda.gov) National Payment Schedules: Payment Schedules | Natural Resources Conservation Service (usda.gov) . Recommend navigating to individual states and choosing the EQIP link. Definitely overwhelming regarding choices for each practice, which is why working with a local planner is super key. NRCS Service Center Locator: Service Center Locator | Natural Resources Conservation Service (usda.gov) NRCS Solutions for Small-Scale Farms Fact Sheets: Solutions for Small-Scale Farms | Natural Resources Conservation Service (usda.gov) Additional National Funding Sources AgWest Farm Credit New Producer Grant: https://agwestfc.com/about/community-engagement/grants/new-producer-grant American Farmland Trust Brighter Future Fund: https://farmland.org/brighter-future/ Farm Service Agency Farm Loan Programs: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/farm-loan-programs/index Farm Service Agency Noninsured Crop Disaster Assistance Program: https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/disaster-assistance-program/noninsured-crop-disaster-assistance/index National Young Farmer Coalition Young Farmer Program: https://www.youngfarmers.org/young-farmer-grants/ Natural Resources Conservation Service Conservation Innovation Grants: https://cig.sc.egov.usda.gov/ RAFI FOCN Infrastructure Fund Grants: https://www.rafiusa.org/programs/farmers-of-color-network/farmers-of-color-network-infrastructure-fund-grants/ Rodale BIPOC Famer Micro Grants: https://rodaleinstitute.org/education/bipoc-farmer-micro-grants/ Rural Development Rural Energy for America Program (REAP): Rural Energy for America Program Renewable Energy Systems & Energy Efficiency Improvement Guaranteed Loans & Grants | Rural Development (usda.gov) Rural Development Value Added Producer Grant: https://www.rd.usda.gov/programs-services/business-programs/value-added-producer-grants USDA Urban Agriculture and Innovative Production Grants: https://www.usda.gov/topics/urban/grants USFWS Partners for Fish and Wildlife: Partners for Fish and Wildlife | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (fws.gov) Additional Washington State Funding Sources Tilth Organic & Sustainable Farming Grant: https://tilthalliance.org/our-work/wa-farming-agriculture/washington-state-organic-sustainable-farming-fund/ Western WA Food Systems Partnership Project Accelerator: https://wwfsp.org/food-systems-project-accelerator/ Washington State Conservation Commission (WSCC) Grant Programs: Grant Programs (wa.gov) Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) Farm to School Program: https://agr.wa.gov/departments/business-and-marketing-support/farm-to-school/wsda-farm-to-school-program WSDA Local Infrastructure Grant: https://agr.wa.gov/departments/business-and-marketing-support/small-farm/infrastructure-grant . Note: Most states will have a state department of agriculture that funds programs like this whether it’s for infrastructure, beginning farmers, etc.

Jul 27, 2024

In this episode, Andrew Tuttle sits down with Mary Marshall as she draws out his story: what brought him to Permaculture and why this work matters; what he’s up to currently, and what he sees in the months and years ahead. Throughout, we hear his stories, directly, in his own, unique voice. Find out more about Andrew and his design and educational work at EdgePerma.com, and our new community at skool.com/thepermaculturecollective . Listen to his initial interviews on The Permaculture Podcast , sitting with Mary Marshall as his co-host, using the links below. Creating a Permaculture Life and Livelihood with Michael Judd Functional Hedgerows with Jude Hobbs Exploring Global Permaculture with Andrew Millison Inspiration Farm with Brian Kerkvliet and Alexandra King

Jul 24, 2024

In this episode, Mary Marshall sits down with Andrew Tuttle to talk about her history, what brought her to Permaculture and design, and Mary’s thoughts about the future. Along the way, they share the stories from their time together, over many years, as partners in many aspects of life traveling, living, and creating with one another. Find out more about Mary and her design work with Andrew at EdgePerma.com , and our new community at skool.com/thepermaculturecollective . Resources Interviews from Mary and Andrew Creating a Permaculture Life and Livelihood with Michael Judd Functional Hedgerows with Jude Hobbs Exploring Global Permaculture with Andrew Millison Inspiration Farm with Brian Kerkvliet and Alexandra King

Jul 22, 2024

Welcome to the Podcast Update for July 2024. In this episode, I’ll let you know about the future of the show as it currently stands including: - How things are going with the co-hosts Mary and Andrew of Edge Perma. - Plans for new episodes. - Welcoming you to our new, free community. - An update on my personal recovery. Resources The Permaculture Collective Interviews from Mary and Andrew Creating a Permaculture Life and Livelihood with Michael Judd Functional Hedgerows with Jude Hobbs Exploring Global Permaculture with Andrew Millison Inspiration Farm with Brian Kerkvliet and Alexandra King

Jul 17, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Jerome Osentowski, founder of Central Rocky Mountain Permaculture Institute , a long time permaculture practitioners and teacher, and author of the new book The Forest Garden Greenhouse , available from Chelsea Green Publishing . Learn More

Jul 10, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Robyn Mello, the program director for Philadelphia Orchard Project , and is a deeper look at her life, work, and thoughts within and beyond that project, which she provided a brief overview to in Episode 1609: An Introduction to the Philadelphia Orchard Project . Give that episode a listen to learn more about how this non-profit installs orchards throughout the city of Philadelphia. Learn More

Jul 3, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This Permabyte is a reading by Byron of his article "A Lesson in Identity". Learn More

Jun 29, 2024

In this episode Mary and Andrew sit down to interview Brian and Alexandra of Inspiration Farm to talk about their journey with their farm and permaculture, starting in 1994 when they moved to the land and named the farm, to their encountering Permaculture for the first time 12 years later. Throughout, you’ll hear how they create a thriving, viable, farm, on a little less than 9 acres, with perennials and annuals with an ever-evolving experimental blend of enterprises growing food, producing art, and teaching others. With this work, Brian and Alexandra are also deeply involved in their local and regional communities, drawing in like-minded people, supporting one another, and providing ongoing inspiration. Resources Inspiration Farm Salish Seed Guild Whatcom Permaculture Regenerate Cascadia

Jun 26, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Enjoy this episode? Become a Patron . Learn More

Jun 19, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Dina Falconi, an herbalist from the Hudson Valley of New York and the author of the gorgeous book Foraging and Feasting , which you’ll find at botanicalartspress.com . Learn More

Jun 15, 2024

Today’s episode is a new interview with Andrew Millison, recorded by Mary Marshall and Andrew Tuttle. Starting with Andrew's history with permaculture, in 1996 through to the present, first with ecological landscape design and construction in Arizona and how it has bloomed into a broader outreach through not only his teaching, but also through his work as a videographer documenting projects around the world. Throughout, he discusses the problems we face, on global, local, and personal scales and the realities of what it is to do this work, and to do it well. Resources Andrew Millison AndrewMillison.com YouTube Channel Instagram OSU Permaculture Design Certificate Program Natalie Topa Profile at Permaculture Women’s Guild Natalie’s YouTube

Jun 12, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Like this podcast? Support the show on Patreon . Learn More

Jun 5, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is the rewilder Peter Michael Bauer, from Portland, Oregon, who is also a trained permaculture practitioner who studied under Toby Hemenway. Peter is the executive director of Rewild Portland , an environmental education non-profit that uses hands-on workshops and classes to teach earth-based arts, skills, and technologies. Learn More

May 29, 2024

In today's episode, co-hosts Mary Marshall and Andrew Tuttle sit down with Jude Hobbs of Cascadia Permaculture to talk about functional hedgerows. Listen for another new interview from Mary and Andrew, where they talk to Andrew Millison about his work and journey as a content creator and educator. That episode is out in a few weeks. Until then, spend each day expanding your knowledge and deepening your understanding, while taking care of Earth, yourself, and each other. Support the Podcast 1. Donate to Scott's Health Journey and the Future of the Show. 2. Join our Patreon Community! Resources Jude Hobbs Cascadia Permaculture Current Courses and Trainings What Are Hedgerows? The Functions of Hedgerows and Living Fences Multi-Functional Hedgerows: A Book in Progress Multifunctional Hedgerows (PDF Download) Earlier Material with Jude Hobbs Jude Hobbs - What is a Permaculture Teacher Training? (2015) Review: The Permaculture Teacher Training (2011) Jude Hobbs Defines Permaculture (2011) Other Resources Salmon-Safe

May 22, 2024

Support the Podcast Donate Directly : via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join our Patreon community! Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation , The Art of Fermentation , and The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved . If you’ve practiced any kind of fermentation and went looking for a recipe, reference, or just read about the wee yeasties and bacteria that transform our foods with their microbial magic, then you’ve probably read something by Sandor, and I recommend reading even more. Learn More

May 15, 2024

Today’s episode is a new interview with Michael Judd, recorded by Mary Marshall and Andrew Tuttle, of Edge Perma. During this conversation, Michael shares a quick sketch of his background for listeners who aren’t familiar with him and his work, including time at the Bullock’s Permaculture Homestead Brother’s Farm on Orcas Island in Washington State. Michael then leads us through how he came to his permaculture career and how suggestions on how he makes it work for him and his family, from his early days as an edible landscaper and designer to his current role as a nurseryman, educator, and an event planner focusing on regenerative systems and education. Throughout, he shares stories and personal anecdotes as only he can. Ten years ago, in 2014, I traveled from my home in Pennsylvania and journeyed down to Michael’s family home and homestead to record my first in-person interview, ever, with him, meeting his wife, and his son Wyatt, who was still a babe in arms at the time. Since then, we’ve recorded multiple interviews together, he was a keynote speaker at the Mid-Atlantic Permaculture Convergence, and I’ve attended his Paw Paw festival. Throughout this decade knowing Michael, personally and professionally, what I’ve always loved is his ability to take what he knows, examine where his life is at the moment, decides where he wants to go, and pivots in that direction. However he changes his life he does that with intent, while remaining rooted in his mindset as a permaculture practitioner and the lessons he learned during his time in Nicaragua with Project Bona Fide. If you’re working on the next steps of your journey, I highly recommend listening to Michael’s earlier conversations with me and hear more about his journey. You’ll find numerous useful insights that connect to the ones he shared today, that you can apply to your journey, wherever you want to go. Resources Michael Judd Ecologia Design Instagarm - Permaculture Life (@permacultureninja) Youtube - @permacultureninja Michael’s Books Fruit Patch iOS App Earlier Interviews with Michael Judd Edible Landscaping (3.2014) Starting Out and Getting Involved in Permaculture (8.2014) MAPC Keynote Address (8.2016) Honoring the Dead and Holding the Dying: Natural Burial (1.2018) For the Love of PawPaws (9.2019) Other Projects and Resources Project Bona Fide Bullock Brother’s Homestead Punta Mona Center (Stephen Brooks project in Costa Rica)

May 10, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Clare Kenny of The Mudgirls Natural Building Collective joins me to continue our conversation about how she and the others of the group come together to create community and opportunity with natural building, and the lessons they share through The Mudgirls Manifesto , a book they wrote together which was released earlier this year. Learn More

May 6, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guests today are five members of the Mudgirls Natural Building Collective, a Canadian women-owned and operated group of builders who focus on materials and techniques like cob, earthen plaster, earthen floors, and living roofs, and authors, together, of the recently released Mudgirls Manifesto from New Society Publishers . Learn More

May 1, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today, Michael Judd joins me to discuss his book: For the Love of PawPaws: A Mini Manual for Growing and Caring for PawPaws - From Seed to Table . Learn More

Apr 24, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Like this podcast? Support it on Patreon . Learn More

Apr 17, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Lisa Rose, author most recently of Midwest Foraging, which was supposed to be the basis of our conversation and we do touch on that some, but also spend our time telling stories about family traditions; place and the lands we each feel connected to; and how foraging and food can return seasonality to our lives, along with a host of new flavors, once we leave the grocery store behind. Learn More

Apr 10, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Learn More

Apr 3, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Katrina Blair, author of the wonderful book The Wild Wisdom of Weeds recently released by Chelsea Green . Katrina lives in Durango, Colorado at Turtle Lake Refuge , home to the Turtle Lake Community Farm and Wild Food CSA , and Local Wild Life Cafe . Learn More

Mar 27, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Craig Sponholtz, a permaculture practitioner who operates Watershed Artisans. One of Craig’s specialties is in building regenerative earthworks to capture water and restore degraded land, which forms the basis for our conversation today. Learn More

Mar 20, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Like this podcast? Support it on Patreon . Learn More

Mar 13, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Like this podcast? Support it on Patreon . Learn More

Mar 6, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Dr. Talia Fletcher, a Canadian veterinarian, who takes a holistic approach to animals and medicine, that includes knowledge of permaculture and a background in WWOOFING . During the conversation today, she shares with us what it means to take a holistic approach to veterinary medicine and how it can reduce the need to treat animals, including antibiotic use. She also shares, from her experiences, how to find a good vet, including questions to ask, and how to honor a vet's time. Talia also gives advice on how to prepare yourself to have animals on your homestead or permaculture farm Learn More

Feb 28, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Lisa Fernandes , a permaculture practitioner and teacher, from Portland, Maine who is involved with the Eat Local Foods Coalition . Learn More

Feb 21, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Learn More

Feb 17, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode is a review of Ben Falk's recently released book The Resilient Farm and Homestead , published by Chelsea Green . Learn More

Feb 14, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Penny Livingston-Stark. Penny is a long-time permaculture practitioner and teacher who operates the Regenerative Design Institute in Bolinas, California. Learn More

Feb 11, 2024

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Ben Falk, owner of Whole Systems Design, LLC, and author of The Resilient Farm and Homestead . Learn More

Feb 9, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Gianaclis Caldwell is the author of a modern classic on cheese production, Mastering Artisan Cheesemaking from Chelsea Green Publishing, and her new book to help get anyone started, Mastering Basic Cheesemaking from New Society Publishers. Learn More

Feb 5, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is the author, cheesemaker, and goatherd Gianaclis Caldwell of Pholia Farm Dairy. She joins me to talk about her book Holistic Goat Care from Chelsea Green Publishing. Learn More

Feb 3, 2024

An update on what to expect from the show through the end of 2024.

Jan 31, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Philip Ackerman-Leist, the author of A Precautionary Tale: How One Small Town Banned Pesticides, Preserved Its Food Heritage, and Inspired a Movement , from Chelsea Green Publishing. Learn More

Jan 24, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Peter Michael Bauer, executive director of Rewild Portland , returns again to talk about the re-release of his book Rewild or Die . Learn More

Jan 17, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How did animals and people influence the landscape for hundreds of thousands, and even millions of years, before the rise of civilization? Learn More

Jan 12, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Michael Judd, a permaculture practitioner from Frederick, MD, and the author of Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist . You can hear his first interview on the podcast here: https://www.thepermaculturepodcast.com/2014/michaeljudd/ Learn More

Jan 8, 2024

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest for this episode is Michael Judd , a permaculture teacher, designer, and author from Frederick, Maryland. He and I sat down at his home to talk about his background and work, including his recently released book Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist . In addition to his book and design company, we talked about his introduction to permaculture that began at Earthaven Ecovillage with Chuck Marsh , Peter Bane , and many others. We also discuss Project Bonafide , an organization he started with Chris Shanks in Nicaragua. This is an inspirational conversation because of Michael's "Go do it!" attitude. He encourages all of is, new and old to gardening and permaculture alike, to get digging, get dirty, and start learning. Find out more about Michael through his website: EcologiaDesign.com . And here is a short video from Michael discussing his roundwood timber-framed home. Want to get in touch with the show? Here are the usual ways: E-Mail: The Permaculture Podcast Facebook: Facebook.com/thepermaculturepodcast Twitter: @permaculturecst Postal Mail: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast (Episode: MichaelJudd) Learn More

Dec 20, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Tao Orion, author of Beyond the War on Invasive Species . Her book and the concepts of war and invasion form the basis of our conversation. Learn More

Dec 13, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Andrew Mefferd, author of The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower's Handbook . Drawing on his years of research working at Johnny's Selected Seeds, he shares what it means to grow plants in an environment we can control, be that a cold frame in our backyard, an unheated hoop house, or a heated greenhouse. Learn More

Dec 8, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Would you like to hear more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Victoria Redhed Miller, who joins me for the second part of our conversation on Craft Distilling, this time to talk about the art of the process that turns fermented sugars, whether from grains, fruit, molasses, or honey, into tasty, tasty liquor. Learn More

Dec 4, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest is Victoria Redhed Miller author of Pure Poultry and From No-Knead to Sourdough . These books pull on her experiences as an off-the-grid homesteader in the Pacific Northwest and are available from New Society Publishers . Learn More

Nov 29, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Oliver Goshey, founder of the regenerative design and natural building company Abundant Edge , and host of the Abundant Edge podcast . Learn More

Nov 22, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Would you like to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm in Spencer, New York. He joins me to talk about his life and the experiences that led to his book Trees of Power from Chelsea Green Publishing. Learn More

Nov 15, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Leslie Crawford, author of Spring the Rescue Pig , a children’s book about the journey of a pig on his trip from industrial agriculture to a sanctuary, and Rory, the child who helps him along the way. Using that book and story as a starting place, Leslie and I talk about agriculture, food activism, parenting, and the lessons we as adults can learn from children. Learn More

Nov 10, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode looks at what brought David Holmgren to the present moment and writing RetroSuburbia . From David Bilbrey’s questions, David Holmgren shares the past and ongoing influences that guided the development of permaculture from those first days in the 1970s through to how this work continues to grow to the current day. Learn More

Nov 6, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, David Holmgren returns for the first of a two-part conversation about his latest book RetroSuburbia. Learn More

Nov 1, 2023

Support the 2023/2024 Campaign to Save Scott's Liver (and Heart) Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This is an atypical episode of the show as you can probably tell from the title. In this conversation, I sit down with Joshua Hughes of VerdEnergia Pacifica and Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management to talk about the intersection of permaculture and politics to engage, get involved, and change the system to create the world we want to live in. Learn More

Oct 23, 2023

Donate Directly To The Podcast: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Peter Michael Bauer , who returns to share with us his thoughts on the distinction between human versus conservation rewilding, and a critique of what they get right and what they get wrong as we develop the understanding and language to discuss these broad, far reaching views on how to undo domestication of people and of the land. Learn More

Sep 25, 2023

A few days before my 44th birthday, I received the news managing my Celiac Disease and family history of diabetes had damaged my liver and made my non-alcoholic liver issues worse. So much so, that I am at a significant risk of liver failure in my lifetime. In a follow-up with my doctor about that news, I was also diagnosed with High Blood Pressure (Hypertension 2). To manage these health issues, I need to step away from the show, indefinitely, in the near future. To ensure that the podcast website, archives, and email address remain available, and the lights stay on for the show through these ups and downs without having to worry about where the money will come from, I've created a GoFundMe campaign to cover the show's expenses for the next 15 months while my team of doctors, specialists, and I work on creating and implementing a treatment plan that is manageable and will get me back to good health. Donate to the Crowdfunding Campaign: bit.ly/liver2024 Until the next time, spend each day caring for your self, so that you can keep caring for Earth and each other.

Sep 15, 2023

A review episode of The Regenerative Landscaper: Design and Build Landscapes That Repair the Environment by Erik Ohlsen, with a foreword by the great Penny Livingston. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Show Notes The Regenerative Landscaper ( Synergetic Press ) Related Interview: Erik Ohlsen - Professional Permaculture Related Interview: Erik Ohlsen - Professional Permaculture Education

Sep 5, 2023

This Episode of The News includes two updates from the podcast, a look at rescheduling Marijuana under the Controlled Substances Act, concerns over the shrinking supply of freshwater in the United States, and close with an opportunity for permaculture practitioners. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Schedule a Meandering Session Donate to the Backup Fundraiser Using PayPal: PayPal.me/PermaculturePodcast Via Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Show Notes Rescheduling Marijuana America is Using Up Its Groundwater Like There’s No Tomorrow Enter the 2024 PINA Design Contest!

Aug 28, 2023

In this episode of The News from The Permaculture Podcast are updates on the growing investment into sustainable and regenerative agriculture, how agrivoltaics is bridging the political divide in America, and on rewilding efforts in Argentina. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Show Notes Farmland LP Farmland LP launches $250M fund focused on organic and regenerative agriculture Agrivoltaics Is Making Friends Across Partisan Lines, Thanks To Farmers Rewilding Argentina The return of the wild in Argentina's Patagonia Park Cities in the Wilderness: A New Vision of Land Use in America

Aug 27, 2023

When sitting down with a storyteller like Rosemary Morrow for a series of open conversations about her life and work that spans decades, and results in more than 10 hours of recordings, it's never clear what will emerge. Today's episode is a great example of that, as in a few moments while we discussed other things, Rowe mentioned working with the folks at Perma Queer and shared her thoughts on how to use one’s position, role, and respect within a community to make space for marginalized voices, and the importance of inclusion in permaculture as part of the teachings. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast If you have any thoughts, questions, or follow-up on this episode: Get in Touch Resources Earth Restorer's Guide to Permaculture Permaculture Principles Perma Queer Related Interview: Why Practice Permaculture? - Rosemary Morrow Related Interview: Rosemary Morrow's Journey to Permaculture

Aug 21, 2023

Welcome to The News for the week of 21 August 2023, from The Permaculture Podcast . In this episode we have a look at a climate solution in Toronto, recently released books of interest to permaculture practitioners, and an announcement from our friends at Permaculture Principles. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Show Notes 2024 Permaculture Calendar Early Bird Offer Toronto’s Deep Lake Water Cooling RetroSububia Bushfire Resilience - Free Download Books Salt and the Art of Seasoning by James Strawbridge The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Katz The New Wildcrafted Cuisine by Pascal Baudar The Organic Medicinal Herb Farmer, Revised Edition , by Jeff Carpenter with Melanie Carpenter Related Interviews The Art of Wild Fermentation The New Wildcrafted Cuisine The Wildcrafting Brewer

Aug 15, 2023

In this edition of The News from The Permaculture Podcast, for 15 August 2023, are a Permaculture Design Contest, a friend of the pod in the news, and how we can help their farm, along with two updates from the podcast. Visit Our Sponsor: RoofMaxx roofmaxx.info/podcast Show Notes Save 20% from Rewild Organics Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Using PayPal: PayPal.me/PermaculturePodcast Via Venmo: @permaculturepodcast PINA 2023 Permaculture Design Contest (Submissions are open from 1 Sept. to 1 Oct. 2023) Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management / Rewild Organics World Wildlife Fund - Reducing Greenhouse Gases with Incentives at the Farm (Pp. 14 - 15)

Aug 12, 2023

In this Q&A episode, I address a question from Duncan, who reached out and asked: Is technology anathema to permaculture? Software That Can Be Used While Designing Adobe Creative Cloud AutoCAD Google Earth Google Meet Google Slides Procreate ShapeWorks Sketchup Two Drones I Like DJI Air (I flew the 2 for a Summer. The 3 is now out) Skydio 2+ (Recommended to me by a friend who is a professional drone pilot for a Made-in-the-USA alternative to DJI.)

Aug 7, 2023

Today’s News of the World includes a rewilding project, a surge in a nation’s move towards renewable energy, and a look at how Unbuilding can help limit the impacts of climate change on our communities. Resources Rewilding How an Iberian rewilding plan aims to repopulate ‘empty Spain’ Rewilding Spain Books Eager by Ben Goldfarb Coyote America by Dan Flores Bringing Back the Beaver by Derek Gow Interview: Eager: The Surprising, Secret Life of Beavers and Why They Matter Renewable Energy and Climate Change China on course to hit wind and solar power target five years ahead of time How ‘Unbuilding’ Can Help Weather Climate Disasters

Aug 1, 2023

Show Notes Support the Podcast with a One Time Donation Via PayPal Or, using Venmo Become a Sustaining Supporter Join our Community Patreon Michael Judd Replacing Your Lawn? Instead of a Meadow, Consider a Food Forest Interview: Edible Landscaping Interview: Starting Out and Getting Involved with Permaculture Interview: Honoring the Dead and Holding the Dying: Natural Burial Interview: For the Love of PawPaws Interview: MAPC Keynote Address Review: Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist Rewilding Prince William to expand Duchy of Cornwall’s temperate Rainforest

Jul 24, 2023

Join The Permaculture Podcast Discord Server! The 2023 Venie Holmgren Environmental Poetry Prize Learn More About the Prize and Enter Today! Ben and bEartha Watch the Trailer! The Regenerative Landscaper by Erik Ohlsen Pre-order today from Synergetic Press Facing a Future of Drought Click Here to Access the New Yorks Times Article Gardening for Dummies Bundle Brought to us from the great folks at Humble Bundle Charity:Water Geoff Christou GeoffChristou.com Utopia: A Permaculture Vision Our Interview: We Are Time Scouts, Designing for the Future

Jul 15, 2023

What Holds You Back? Is it: An issue of education, such as taking a permaculture design course, a bachelor’s degree, or returning to school as a non-traditional student? An issue of information, such as the right book or resources that helps make sense of an issue you’re stuck on? A matter of access to land, whether a garden plot, backyard, homestead, or farm, and trying to find land where you live? A financial problem, such as having the income to support your work or project while it grows, to rent, lease, or buy land, or acquiring the tools you need to work it? A technical issue, such as setting up the right business structure for your work, or an on-the-ground problem an expert could help you solve? A community problem, where you don’t have the folks around you or the right social groups to help you overcome your obstacles? Let me know by sending me a direct message using the contact form . In your message, tell me about yourself to the extent you are comfortable, answer as many of the questions as you care to, and, if you’re sharing information about a specific project, be sure to include: The name of the project. The names of the founder or leadership team Contact information, including email, phone, and a website if there is one. A brief description of what the project does. A list of the project’s needs.

Jul 10, 2023

Dan Palmer’s Legacy Watch David Holmgren’s Video: “Dan Palmer’s Legacy” Interview: David Holmgren’s Design Journey (Part 1) Interview: David Holmgren’s Design Journey (Part 2) Interview: Allan Savory - Managing Complexity David Holmgren’s Live, Online PDC Class starts on July 13th, 2024, so register today! Storytelling for Climate Change Project Drawdown I’m planning to be there on July 19th at 12 Noon, Eastern, so, register now and I’ll see you there! Do with Su Sign up to be one of the first to learn more.

Jul 1, 2023

The Pemaculture Podcast Patreon Terraso Terraso Terraso’s YouTube Channel EcoAgriculture Partners 1,000 Landscapes for 1 Billion People Costa Rican Permaculture VerdEnergia Black Sheep Regenerative Resource Management Interview: Creating a Regenerative Supply Chain - Rewild Organics | Joshua Hughes Interview: Joshua Hughes - Regenerative Investing Just Action The Color of Law by Richard Rothstein Just Action by Richard Rothstein, Leah Rothstein Geologist’s Primer Geologist’s Primer Kickstarter Interview: Anna Urbanik - Herbalist’s Primer Scott’s Appearances on The Urban Farm Podcast 743: Scott Mann On The Ripples Of Permaculture Pt 1. 744: Scott Mann On The Ripples Of Permaculture Pt 2.

May 28, 2023

Eddy Garcia of Living Earth Systems joins me to discuss Natural Aquaponics and how we can create beautiful, functioning systems whether we prefer to nerd out on the numbers or learn through observation and experience. Find out more about Eddy and his work at Living Earth Systems and view these systems in action on Instagram.

May 21, 2023

My guest is Natalie Bogwalker, the visionary behind Wild Abundance, a permaculture skills center and homestead near Asheville, North Carolina. As a primary instructor at Wild Abundance , she teaches a variety of classes, including tiny house building workshops , women's carpentry , and permaculture design courses . She likes to share her passion with others to help them live in an empowered and Earth-centered way. Find out more about Natalie and her classes at WildAbundance.net .

May 18, 2023

After more than a decade producing long-form, guest-driven, interview-based episodes, there are changes coming to The Permaculture Podcast . Listen to find out what's happening and how you can be a part of this transition.

May 14, 2023

My guest today is Tim Krahn, a Canadian engineer, builder, and author of Essential Rammed Earth Construction from New Society Publishers . Tim joins me to share his thoughts and experiences with rammed earth as a natural building method. This includes the distinction between raw and stabilized rammed earth and how rammed earth can reduce the amount of cement required for a long-lasting wall. Tim also gives an estimate of the price difference between stick-built walls and professionally installed rammed earth, while acknowledging that natural building is a growing but still niche field. We close with a discussion of the importance of valuing our time when considering the cost of erecting a building or other project to come to the real price for any of our work. You can find his book, Essential Rammed Earth Construction at NewSociety.com .

May 7, 2023

What does it mean to go back to the ground and learn the fading skills necessary to work the forest with our hands? To read the land assisted by tools we sight with our own eyes? To create new visions of old roles, such as a land steward or cottager? I explore those thoughts and more with my guest today, Hazel, who some of you may know as Tom Ward. You can find out more about Hazel and his work at siskiyoupermaculture.com . Resources Hazel's Collected Videos and Recordings Heartwood Institute Brock Dolman - Occidental Arts & Ecology Traditional Aboriginal Burning (Cool Burning) Recommended Reading Beyond the War on Invasive Species by Tao Orion Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer Daughters of Copper Woman by Anne Cameron Emergent Strategy by Adrienne Brown Keeping it Living by Nancy Turner The Shallows by Nicholas Carr The Spell of the Sensuous by David Abram Tending the Wild by Kat Anderson World Without Mind by Franklin Foer

Apr 28, 2023

My guest today is Lindsey Bender, the chief mycologist for Field and Forest Products, Inc., a mushroom spawn and supply company located in Wisconsin. Find out more about Lindsey and Field and Forest Products, Inc. at fieldforest.net .

Apr 21, 2023

Rob Avis, of Verge Permaculture, joins me to talk about rainwater harvesting. This conversation is based on his book from New Society Publishers, Essential Rainwater Harvesting. Rob wrote this book along with his wife and Verge Permaculture Partner, Michelle. Though they began their professional careers as engineers designing solutions in the oil fields, they now live on a productive permaculture homestead in Alberta, Canada, and use that experience to create and share all the formulas, calculations, and components needed to create a productive system for capturing clean, healthy water. You can find more about Rob's work at VergePermaculture.ca , and his book, Essential Rainwater Harvesting at NewSociety.com . Resources Rainwater Harvesting Toolkit Peter Coombes - Urban Water Cycle Solutions Dr. Anthony Spinks PhD Thesis on Biofilms and Sludges American Rainwater Catchment Systems Association (ARCSA) North American Rainwater Harvesting Code

Apr 18, 2023

This episode is a look at the large-scale operations at D.C. Water to turn municipal waste into fertilizer and energy at the Blue Plains Waste W10ater Treatment Plant and looks at ways we can take the principles of permaculture and move them from the home to the community scale. The audio of the interview comes from a video which you'll find on the podcast's YouTube Channel at: YouTube.com/thepermaculturepodcast You can view the video directly by visiting: bit.ly/bloomsoil

Apr 14, 2023

In this episode Co-host David Bilbrey continues to explore the edge between permaculture, business, and social change by sitting down with Dr. Otto Scharmer. Together they talk about Dr. Scharmer’s work on Presencing and Theory U, the development of effective organizations, and how each of us can become more powerful changemakers. Resources Otto Scharmer Presencing Institute Theory U Books MITx u.Lab Peter Senge The Limits to Growth (Wikipedia) Club of Rome EdX Transforming Capitalism Lab

Apr 11, 2023

In her storytelling way, Rosemary Morrow joins me to share why, after all these years, she continues to practice permaculture and finds this design system so important to our present and the future. Her newest book is Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture , which you can find in the store at PermaculturePrinciples.com . Listen to the first conversation with Rosemary: Rosemary Morrow's Journey to Permaculture Visit Our Partners Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You! Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.

Apr 7, 2023

My guest for this episode is Brad Lancaster author of the Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond series . In this episode, Brad and I discuss the value of infiltrating water into the soil so that it becomes a resource that we invest during water-rich times and withdraw from that bank only when needed during dry times. As Brad’s work includes more than just drylands the conversation also includes ideas for storing water in rich areas. Along the way we also look at several listener questions including fog harvesting, using living systems to hand wet basements, and observing to find the right match for plants suitable to wet clay soils. What I really enjoyed about this conversation was Brad’s continued reference to creating and using living systems. Visit Our Partners Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You! Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Other resources of interest Brad's blog post on Fog Harvesting David Eisenberg and the Development Center for Appropriate Technology Zephaniah Phiri Maseko's biography at National Geographic.

Mar 31, 2023

Looby Macnamara, with Delvin Solkinson, joins me to discuss Looby's work on Cultural Emergence, her vision for our work as permaculture practitioners, and the tools she's developing to help facilitate this transition. Find out more about Looby and the Cultural Emergence deck at Cultural-Emergence.com . Delvin is at VisionaryPermaculture.com . Cultural Emergence Kickstarter Visit Our Partners Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You! Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show.

Mar 28, 2023

How do we limit the damage of the greatest terrestrial environmental disaster ever, climate change? By drawing down carbon. How we do that, and the most effective ways possible, form the base of this conversation with Eric Toensmeier, as he shares his ongoing research about the impacts of agriculture and how we can use agroforestry to increase productivity and sequester carbon. Find out more about Eric at perennialsolutions.org , and The Carbon Farming Solution at ChelseaGreen.com . Visit Our Partners Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You! Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Resources The Carbon Farming Solution Project Drawdown Perennial Solutions The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri Agroforestry at Virginia Tech IPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Trees on Farms by RJ Zomer, et al. (PDF) Savanna Institute Steve Solomon - Gardening When It Counts John Jeavons - Grow Biointensive Legal Pathways to Carbon_Neutral Agriculture by Peter Lehner and Nathan Rosenberg (PDF) Diet for a Small Planet Related Interviews Dr. Laura Jackson - Modern Agricultural Systems Keefe Keeley - The Savanna Institute Jean-Martin Fortier - The Market Gardener Dave and Lee O'Neill - Radical Roots Farm Jerome Osentowski - The Forest Garden Greenhouse

Mar 21, 2023

My guest today is the adventurer, activist, and humanitarian Rob Greenfield. Rob joins me to talk about the Food Freedom project he launched in Orlando, Florida, where he is growing and foraging for all of his nutritional needs. Find out more about Rob, his work and other projects, including those mentioned during his introduction, at RobGreenfield.TV . Visit Our Partners Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You! Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Resources National Farmers Market Directory (USA) Trash Me Green Riders Free Ride Orlando Permaculture Meetup Group Shad Qudsi - Atitlan Organics

Mar 14, 2023

My guest today is Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm in Spencer, New York. He joins me to talk about his life and the experiences that lead to his book Trees of Power from Chelsea Green Publishing. You can find Akiva, his farm, and work at twisted-tree.net and you can find his book, Trees of Power, at chelseagreen.com . Visit Our Partners Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You! Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Resources Twisted Tree Farm Trees of Power (Chelsea Green) Tom Brown Jr. Tracking School The Graves Tree - Arthur Graves Chestnuts Empire Chestnut Company (Route 9 Cooperative) Related Interview: Foraging with Sam Thayer

Mar 7, 2023

In this guest episode, the final in this series, naturalist and writer Shane Sater, shares his insights and thoughts on kochia as it relates to sparrows; a reflection on how an introduced plant species create novel ecosystems and adaptations. And that was Shane Sater. You can read more of his nature writing and view the photographs from his journey in the natural world at WhatsGoingOnBlog.org .

Feb 28, 2023

In this episode, Chris Knapp, one of the founders of Maine Local Living School in Temple, Maine, returns to talk about their immersive educational experience, The Understory. During our conversation, Chris shares how this program came to be, his influences, and the knowledge, skills, and encounters he and his fellow instructors seek to impart to students during the multi-week, onsite program. If you are interested in permaculture and what permaculture education can look like beyond the Permaculture Design Course, or you are an instructor looking to build upon your existing curriculum and offerings, this is an interview to dive into. Find out more about Chris, the school, and The Understory at MaineLocalLiving.org .

Feb 21, 2023

Visit Our Partners: Wild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You! Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food! Donate Directly to the Podcast: PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Patreon Community: Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Chris Knapp, an instructor and one of the founders of Maine Local Living School, a homestead and education center in Temple, Maine. Resources Learn More

Feb 17, 2023

This is the second in a series of three guest episodes from Shane Sater. A naturalist and writer based in Montana, USA, Shane shares his deep passion for nature and community through writing and recordings like this one, bringing together his education in environmental science, botany, and field biology with his experiential work in community, integrating the wonder embodied relationship with nature to the human experience. In addition to this work and with a love for all creatures, Shane feels a special affinity for silk moths, stinging nettles, cottonwoods, and meadowlarks. Read more of Shane's nature writing and view the photographs from his journey in the natural world at WhatsGoingOnBlog.org .

Feb 14, 2023

My guest for this episode is Sam Thayer , the expert forager and author. You can find Sam's personal experience working with wild foods in his books, The Forager's Harvest and Nature's Garden . Resources Sam Thayer The Forager's Harvest Nature's Garden Edible Wild Plants: Wild Foods from Dirt to Plate

Feb 7, 2023

My guests for this episode are Violet Brill and her father “Wildman” Steve Brill. Violet and Steve are foragers from New York. Violet assists her father on his plant tours, leading groups of people and teaching them about wild edibles. You can find out more about Violet and Steve at wildmanstevebrill.com .

Jan 28, 2023

Chef and writer Sara Bir joins me to share her work as a foodie and author of The Fruit Forager’s Companion, from Chelsea Green Publishing. Using her book and those experiences as a place to start, we explore her interest in wild fruit and foods, including first falling in love with the paw paw, and about how shared experiences, in the forest or around the table, bring us together. You can find Sara on her website sausagetarian and her book at Chelsea Green . I also recommend following her on Instagram, if you’re on there, as she posts some really great pictures about food. Just as with her website, you’ll find her there as sausagetarian . Resources Sara Bir (sausagetarian.com) Sara on Instagram The Fruit Foragers Companion (Chelsea Green)

Jan 25, 2023

This episode is the first in a series of guest permabytes from Shane Sater. Shane, a naturalist and writer based in Montana, USA, has a deep passion for nature and community which he explores through his writing where he brings together his training in environmental science, botany, and field biology with his lived experiences in his community, speaking to wonder and the embodied relationship with nature that all of us can have. Throughout his journeys, Shane feels a special affinity for silk moths, stinging nettles, cottonwoods, and meadowlarks - among many other of Earth’s creatures. Read more of Shane's nature writing at: https://whatsgoingonblog.org/

Jan 21, 2023

My guest for this episode is Katrina Blair, author of the wonderful book The Wild Wisdom of Weeds from Chelsea Green Publishing . Katrina lives in Durango, Colorado at Turtle Lake Refuge , home to the Turtle Lake Community Farm and Wild Food CSA , and Local Wild Life Cafe .

Jan 14, 2023

My guest for this episode is Stephen Barstow, author of Around the World in 80 Plants. Together, we talk about his incredibly diverse garden in Norway where he grows over 2,000 edible plants in a rather small space. We begin with his background and how he came to have an interest in edibles, from his beginnings as a foraging vegetarian, to his beginning to eat and collect plants from wherever he traveled. He shares with us his love of edible ornamentals, or what Stephen calls edimentals , and he also recommends some to start with when first beginning to introduce more of these species into your garden. Resources Edimentals.com (Stephen’s Website) Around the World in 80 Plants (Chelsea Green Publishers) Around the World in 80 Plants (Permanent Publications) Sturtevants Edible Plants of the World (PDF. Large File)

Jan 7, 2023

My guest today is Nathan Carlos Rupley. A member of my permaculture community, he spends his time as a stay-at-home dad, self employed-artist, and aspiring hunter-gatherer. When not hanging out with his family or walking in the woods, you can find him reading about a wide range of subjects including simple living, foraging, native agriculture, natural building, “primitive” technology, philosophy, applied ecology, theology, and much more. He brings this knowledge to the table today as we discuss what he’s learning from the native plants of his ancestors. The exploration of these plants and the related cultures provide insights into his place in the world and where he comes from. This leads to a conversation that ranges around a variety of thoughts including how we can learn more about plants and their uses by studying folk and Latin binomial names. What understanding ancestral plants can teach us about our identity. The impacts of colonization, on the colonized and colonizer. And being good mentors and ancestors now and for the future. You can email Nate at nathanrupley@yahoo.com, with any comments, or questions, if you want to rewild your yard, or, if you’re ever in Central Pennsylvania, would like to join him for a foraging class or plant walk. Resources Nathan Carlos Rupley (Website) Nathan Carlos Rupley (Patreon) Nathan_Carlos_Rupley (Instagram) Gathering on YouTube Samuel Thayer / The Forager’s Harvest Steve Brill Backyard Medicine by Julie Bruton-Seal and Matthew Seal Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast by Peter Del Tradici Fandabi Dozi (YouTube) Ron Eglash - The fractals at the heart of African designs (TED Talk)

Dec 28, 2022

My guest for this episode is Tradd Cotter, a microbiologist, and mycologist who, along with his wife Olga, owns and operates Mushroom Mountain near Greenville, South Carolina. He is also the author of the book Organic Mushroom Farming and Mycoremediation from Chelsea Green Publishing . In this interview, we talk about his book, the science of microbiology and mycology, entrepreneurship, and also touch on the power of mushrooms for remediation.

Dec 21, 2022

My guest for this episode is Ben Goldfarb who joins me to talk about his book, Eager: the surprising, secret life of beavers and why they matter. Drawing from his work and our experiences in resource management, conservation, and environmental education we talk about the role beavers had in creating and shaping the landscape, history, and people of the United States, and the importance of reintroducing and protecting beavers to return the world to the wetter, boggier place it once was. Resources Ben Goldfarb Eager The Methow Beaver Project Thinking Like a Mountain - Aldo Leopold The Beaver Institute Worth a Dam

Dec 14, 2022

My guest for this episode is Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation , The Art of Fermentation , and The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved . If you’ve practiced any kind of fermentation and went looking for a recipe, a reference, or just read about the wee yeasties and bacteria that transform our foods with their microbial magic, then you’ve probably read something by Sandor, and I recommend reading even more. Resources: Wild Fermentation (Sandor's Website) Wild Fermentation (The Book) The Art of Fermentation The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved

Dec 7, 2022

This is the second half of the conversation with Shaun Chamberlin, editor of Lean Logic and Surviving the Future , on the work of David Fleming. This time we focus on Shaun including his background, current activities, and what it means to bear David's Legacy. Along the way, the conversation touches on a variety of subjects related to our work in the modern world, including the role of education, the apolitical need for action in the future, and what we can do to live inexpensively and with directed intent. This is candid, on both of our parts, as we share more of our own private stories as much as the public. Find out more about Shaun and his work at DarkOptimism.org . Resources Lean Logic (Chelsea Green Publishing) Surviving the Future (Chelsea Green Publishing) Dark Optimism (Shaun's Site) Schumacher College The Moneyless Manifesto - Mark Boyle The Dark Mountain Project The Transition Timeline The Happy Pig (Permaculture Magazine UK) The Power of Time Off (TED Talk)

Nov 30, 2022

Shaun Chamberlin, the editor of Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It and Surviving the Future , joins me to discuss the life, work, and importance of the late David Fleming (1940 - 2010). Resources Lean Logic (Chelsea Green) Surviving the Future (Chelsea Green) David Fleming (Wiki) Shaun Chamberlin The Transition Timeline Rob Hopkins and The Transition Town Movement (Interview) Transition Network Transition US Richard Heinberg Michael Meacher (Former UK Environment Minister) Ron Oxburgh LeanLogic.net (First publication of David’s manuscript) The Dark Mountain Project Jonathon Porritt

Nov 20, 2022

Giulianna Maria Lamanna, of The Fifth World , drops a huge two-part question in this episode: Are there people in the permaculture community talking about climate change and the impact of global warming on invasive species? Is it our responsibility as permaculture practitioners to create new ecosystems for the changing climate? This leads to a conversation where we discuss: Preserving native ecosystems The creation of novel ecosystems The role of exotic species The influence of human disturbance The impacts of erosion. We’re also asked to examine our role in tending the wild, and what responsibility, if any, we have to domesticated species such as chickens. In doing so, can we take back the stewardship of our own habitat? (A remastered episode. Original Release: 25 May 2017)

Nov 10, 2022

Today's guest, in an interview recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, is the microbiologist and soil researcher Dr. Elaine Ingham. In this episode they look at: The microbiology of soil The impact of this life on the health of our plants and agricultural system How we can be citizen scientists The power of a microscope to bring all these ideas together, right in front of our eyes. All wrapped in a framework so we can understand the importance of healthy, living soil for human well-being, as individuals, participants in a community, and citizens of the world. Find out more about Dr. Ingham's work on soil microbiology at soilfoodweb.com . Her classes and other work with Environment Celebration Institute at environmentcelebration.com . Related Interviews Dan Kittredge - Nutrient Dense Foods Stephen Harrod Buhner - The Citizen Scientist Elizabeth Farnsworth - GoBotany! and Citizen Science Resources Dr. Ingham’s CV Soil Food Web Environment Celebration Institute Dr. Ingham's Online Classes Ecological Monograph (1985 - PDF) EcoThinkIt

Oct 31, 2022

Over more than a decade, The Permaculture Podcast has explored the landscape-based practices which lead to permanent agriculture, as well as the invisible structures necessary, as individuals and in our community, to create permanent culture. Today’s episode examines our ability to create culture and continues the 12th-anniversary celebration of The Permaculture Podcast, as Alasdair Stuart joins me to share his insights on how media and culture influence the community and countries we live in, and how those stories shape who we are and our experiences. Through those lenses, Alasdair and I look at representation in media, the importance of inclusion and diversity as creators and consumers of fictional works, the importance of cultivating kindness, and changing outlooks on mental health. We also share how we find hope through storytelling, on the page or through the screen, as we face an uncertain future, and invite you to join us on that journey. If you’re not familiar with Alasdair, he is the co-owner of Escape Artists Incorporated, which produces the wonderful short-fiction podcasts Cast of Wonders , EscapePod , PodCastle , and PseudoPod . Alasdair is also the regular host of the horror podcast PseudoPod , where he not only introduces the author, narrator, and fright to follow but also shares his commentary and critique on the story for each episode and how that unique tale fits into our lives and world. As you might imagine when a pair of media-loving folks who grew up immersed in comic books, TV shows, movies, and games of all kinds come together to talk about how those works create our society and a vision for the future, it leads to nearly continuous references to the personal and pop culture that shaped us and that we see as continuing to mold current generations. If you love anything like Dr. Who, video games, Terry Pratchett, Tik Tok, Henry Rollins, Heavy Metal, or George Carlin, there is each of those and so much more somewhere in today’s interview. You can find Alasdair's at alasdairstuart.com . While you are there, be sure to sign up for his newsletter, The Full Lid . He is also on Twitter @alasdairstuart Escape Artists Incorporated and their amazing slate of podcasts are at EscapeArtists.Net . I’d also like to give a big thank you to the artist SerHawke for allowing me to the drawing of Alasdair in a She-Hulk T-shirt as the cover image for this episode. Their commissions are open and you can find them on Twitter @serhawke . I enjoyed this conversation with Alasdair because of how he points to the ways media, in whatever form it might take from TV shows to spoken word albums to podcasts, can have an impact on us as individuals and help us develop or change our worldviews. How media as a shared experience can create a culture or subculture we feel at home in and want to be an active participant in. Media can create a cultural zeitgeist that changes a country or the world. As we permaculture practitioners share our vision of the future through fiction, such as Utopia by Geoff Christou 470 by Linda Woodrow, it shows others what is possible. As we share the stories of our lives and experiences through podcasts or memoirs, we link the past to the present and share them with others. This work, of telling our stories with voice, body, and bones, is vital to what permaculture has to hold now and for future generations. If you have a story inside of you, find a way to tell it. Your voice matters. Before closing this episode, I’d like to give a hearty thanks to Alasdair for joining me, as this conversation was a special one for me, as it’s been a dream of mine to interview Alasdair after hearing his voice—both his literal, spoken voice and voice as an expression for his point of view and talent as a writer—all those years ago when I downloaded my first episode of PseudoPod. It was a pleasure to have this experience and chat like old friends. I continue to tune in to PseudoPod and remain a dedicated listener because I am inspired by Alasdair’s message that we can shine a light into the darkness and find hope, even when we face real monsters in the world. That hope, along with a story well told, reminds me that we are not alone, that there are others like us in the world, and we can stand together with others, whatever comes in the days, years, and decades to come. Until the next time, listen to an episode of PseudoPod while you spend each day discovering the media that inspires you while creating a culture that takes care of Earth, your self, and each other.

Oct 21, 2022

For nearly 40 years, Rosemary’s work as a teacher has brought permaculture directly into the lives of her thousands of students. As an author, she has touched innumerably more. As her students became teachers and other teachers used her works in their classrooms, her ideas and methods continue to ripple through the world and reach even more. With this reach, her work touched has touched my own, first as a student, through her book Earth User’s Guide to Permaculture , and later as an instructor, when I used that book as one of the student texts for the course paired with the companion book to that, Earth User’s Guide to Teaching Permaculture . Now, we celebrate Rowe’s newest book, from Melliodora Publishing, Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture , with a series of conversations covering her thoughts on the breadth of permaculture as a practice, interwoven with stories from throughout her journey. To start things off, I knew a lot about Rowe’s writings, but not about her early life, how she came to permaculture or her career as a teacher and author. So, we begin where so many interviews do on The Permaculture Podcast, with a conversation about her biography and background, which includes some insights into the development and growth of permaculture over the years, the kinds of character and teacher Bill Mollison was, and how Rowe reframes permaculture education into a local, lived experience, whether she’s teaching in Australia, Vietnam, or Cambodia. Support the Podcast Donate Online: Via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast You can find Rosemary's books, including Earth Restorer’s Guide to Permaculture , at the PermaculturePrinciples.com store. As we close this conversation and prepare for the others which will follow, I’d like to re-extend the invitation for you to answer Rowe’s questions: What is your country? Do you speak a language from there? Do you know how the indigenous peoples lived on that land? Visit Our Series Partners Permaculture Principles Melliodora Publishing Abundant Earth Foundation

Oct 14, 2022

Donate To The Podcast! Via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join our Patreon Community! ----- In this episode, an old friend returns. Together, we relax and celebrate the 12th anniversary of The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann . Erin Harvey, and I met one another and became friends in 2010 when we took our Permaculture Design Course with Ben Weiss and Dillon Naber Cruz in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. After graduating, Erin returned to Ohio to begin her own farm, The Kale Yard. Erin was one of the first guest on the show, back in early 2013, when we talked about how she started The Kale Yard. If you haven’t heard that, you’ll find a link to that interview in the show notes. Today, we talk about how life has changed over the last decade, including The Kale Yard transitioning from a Market Garden to a nursery business, and Erin’s current role as a farmers market manager and what that means for both her, the farmers, and the community they serve. We also spend some time on her interest in propagating figs and other plants; the role of a hoop house and greenhouse on her farm; and what Erin sees in her future. Related Episode Starting a Small Scale Farm - Erin Harvey Resources The Kale Yard Keller Market House

Oct 10, 2022

This month marks the 12th anniversary of The Permaculture Podcast with Scott. To celebrate this latest milestone, I asked my friend Erin Harvey to join me again to discuss how her life and work have changed since we graduated from our Permaculture Design Course on October 10th, 2010, and the show began. In preparation for that new conversation, here is my first interview with Erin, recorded and released in the Winter of 2013. Note: This is from the earliest days of interviews on the podcast and does not benefit from later improvements in microphones or recording tools. Resources: The Kale Yard The Organic Farmer's Business Handbook (Chelsea Green Publishing)

Oct 6, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today's guest is Perrine Hervé-Gruyer author, along with her husband Charles, of Miraculous Abundance: One Quarter Acre, Two French Farmers and Enough Food to Feed the World. Learn More

Sep 30, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Sandor Katz, author of Wild Fermentation , The Art of Fermentation , and The Revolution Will Not Be Microwaved . If you’ve practiced any kind of fermentation and went looking for a recipe, reference, or just read about the wee yeasties and bacteria that transform our foods with their microbial magic, then you’ve probably read something by Sandor, and I recommend reading even more. Learn More

Sep 2, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market In this episode, Natalie Bogwalker shares her technique to quickly build soil for growing food in a temperate climate. You can watch the video of Natalie’s work on soil building at Wild Abundance , which is where today’s audio comes from, at: YouTube.com/ThePermaculturePodcast Find out more about Natalie, her work, and Wild Abundance at: WildAbundance.Net

Aug 26, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market The guest for this episode is John Kotab to discuss his book Bee the Change , a travelogue about his discovery of what we can do to save bees and other pollinators. Find John, his permaculture consulting business, and his books at: cotabconsulting.com

Aug 19, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market This episode is a remaster of my first interview with Eric Toensmeier, originally recorded in the early days of the show way back in 2012 when I still lived on the land in Pennsylvania. I’m sharing this as a follow-up to the most recent episode before this one where Eric joined me for another interview to talk about his current work on Alley Cropping. Depending on when you are listening to this, if you haven’t heard that show, definitely give it a listen. You’ll find that right before this one in the archives. If you are not familiar with Eric and his work, he is the author of numerous permaculture and permaculture-adjacent books, all of which I highly recommend for your library. Most recently, that includes Carbon Farming: A Global Toolkit of Perennial Crops and Regenerative Agriculture Practices for Climate Change Mitigation and Food Security . Another title where Eric is the sole author is Perennial Vegetables: From Artichoke to Zuiki Taro, a Gardener’s Guide to Over 100 Delicious, Easy-to-grow Edibles . He is the co-author, along with Dave Jacke, of Edible Forest Gardens and also wrote Paradise Lot with Jonathan Bates, the former of which is probably his most popular title in the permie community. Our conversation begins with Eric’s bio. He then answers some listener questions on perennials, then delves into perennial plants, the broad-scale application of permaculture, and removing some of the fear factors of implementing a forest garden. Throughout you will hear both of us touch on plants we would like to see improved and simple ways anyone who is growing a garden can help domesticate and improve edible perennials. - You can find Eric at PerennialSolutions.org - His latest venture, The Perennial Agriculture Institute, is at PerennialAgriculture.Institute . - You can also read Eric’s current writing and support his ongoing efforts at patreon.com/erictoensmeier . Resources Eric Toensmeier Perennial Solutions PerennialAgriculture.Institute Edible Forest Gardens Keyline Design USDA PLANTS Database Books Billy Joe Tatum's Wild Foods Field Guide and Cookbook (Out-of-Print. Bookfinder.com link) Breed Your Own Vegetable Varieties by Carol Deppe Creating a Forest Garden by Martin Crawford Edible Water Gardens by Nick Romanowski (Out-of-Print. Bookfinder.com link) The New American Landscape: Leading Voices on the Future of Sustainable Gardening Return to Resistance: Breeding Crops to Reduce Pesticide Dependence by Raoul Robinson Uncommon Fruits for Every Garden Wild Urban Plants of the Northeast - A Field Guide

Aug 12, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode, Eric Toensmeier returns to share some of his research on alley cropping, from his forthcoming book on this subject which he is writing in cooperation with Interlace Commons, an organization spreading the benefits and evidence of agroforestry, including alley cropping, with farmers. Resources Perennial Solutions Eric's Patreon Interlace Commons Kernza Perennial Grain Agroforesterie (Book) AGROOF (French Agroforestry Organization) Alley Cropping (Univ. of Missouri Center for Agroforestry Training Manual - PDF) Savanna Institute , Related Interviews Stream Restoration and Riparian Corridors - Dr. Bern Sweeney The Savanna Institute - Keefe Keeley Learn More

Aug 10, 2022

GoFundMe: Support for Dan Palmer’s Family CW: Death, Grief, and Loss It is with a heavy heart that I share the tragic news that Dan Palmer, of Making Permaculture Stronger, passed away suddenly in the first week of August, 2022. Dan was an activist, designer, permaculture practitioner, and teacher. He was also the driving force behind numerous events and organizations including permablitz, Very Edible Gardens, Holistic Decision Making, the still-in-progress film Reading the Landscape, and his blog and podcast. I knew Dan half as well as I would have liked, but am thankful for the many long hours we spent in conversation over the years, separated by half the world, asking what we could do to make one another, and by extension permaculture, stronger. My thoughts are with his partner, children, and other loved ones. If you are someone who prays, I ask you to offer words into the universe for those who are hurting. You can also use the link above to donate to a GoFundMe for his family during this time of transition.

Aug 5, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode begins with a history lesson on Natural Farming and the work of Masanobu Fukuoka and leads into a conversation comparing and contrasting that method and his ideas to Permaculture, delivered in the voice and words of someone who was present in both movements from their earliest days, the late Larry Korn. Resources The One-Straw Revolutionary Learn More

Jul 29, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. The guest for this episode is Mark Ervin of GreenGro Biologicals. He joins me to share his passion for terra preta soil and biochar and how he turned that love into an entrepreneurial business bringing a regenerative product to market. Along the way, he shares the difference between simply burning something and calling biochar versus creating a carbon-rich, mineralized biochar, the importance of nutrient ratios for sustainable growing, and much more. More Information on Terra Preta and Biochar Terra Preta (Wikipedia) Biochar (Wikipedia) The Biochar Solution by Albert Bates Burn by Albert Bates and Kathleen Draper Related Interviews Dr. Elaine Ingham - The Soil Food Web Eric Toensmeier - Drawing Down Carbon: Agroforestry and Climate Change Permabyte: Biochar, Gasification, and Woodlot Management Mary Johnson - An Introduction to Nutrient Dense Farming Connor Stedman - Carbon Farming - Soil Learn More

Jul 22, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode on Urban Homesteading with Rachel Kaplan is the conversation that started me down the road of what the show has become known for: long-format, interview-driven, guest-focused conversations you won’t hear anywhere else. It is also the first interview I ever recorded for The Permaculture Podcast so, unless you were here in the early days of the show or took a deep dive into the archives at thepermaculturepodcast.com in later years, it’s one you’ll hear for the first time, today. Resources Urban Homesteading Rachel Kaplan - EcoSomatic Action K.Ruby Blume - Rogue Ruby The Institute of Urban Homesteading Daily Acts North Bay Institute of Green Technology Grey Water Action Learn More

Jul 15, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Our guest for this episode is Chris Salisbury, author of Wild Nights Out . He joins us to share his work acclimating people of all ages to nature through experiences and encounters in a world shrouded by the dark, so we may do the same for others in our lives, whether as professional educators, parents, or community members. Throughout the interview, Chris shares ways to find nature all around us and extends an invitation so that we can discover, or rediscover, the joy, majesty, and mystery of night. Resources Wild Wise Wild Nights Out Wilderness Awareness School 8 Shields Institute The Art of Mentoring Sharing Nature Institute for Earth Education Learn More

Jul 1, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode is a guest interview from my friend Drew Grim of Schoolhouse Life, as he sits down with Andrew Magazine to discuss the art and craft of whole animal butchery, as it applies to the homestead. Throughout, Andrew shares tips from his professional experience as a craft butcher on setting up one’s workspace, how to select the right tools and equipment for this work, and how raising and butchering our own animals is an act of care, compassion, and an ethical way to include meat in our diet. Resources Applied Anatomist (Website) Applied Anatomist (Instagram) Wonderland Hollow (Andrew's Farm with Christina Chumbley) The Schoolhouse Life Podcast Learn More

Jun 17, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Caring for Earth includes caring for ourselves. To help us find ways to stay active throughout our lives, I’m joined by Katy Bowman as she shares her work on the importance of incorporating regular, whole-body movement throughout the day, with a focus on stacking activities to make sure we stretch, flex, reach, push, and pull, during our regular routine. In this way, we can express a full range of motion, inhabited in our bodies, without needing to worry about making time to go to the gym, unless we want to. Throughout the conversation, she includes numerous ways to redesign our current habits into ones with more use of our body, while framing the conversation as one not of exercise but with movement as a form of nutrition and how we can look for and address any deficits we may find. Resources Nutritious Movement Grow Wild Learn More

Jun 5, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate to the Podcast via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Community of Patrons on Patreon Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. 40% of all insect species have declined globally in recent decades, and a third of those are considered endangered. The impacts that wild insects have on our lives are incalculable, while the benefit to humanity by domesticated honeybees is measured in the hundreds of billions of dollars. With this decline in insect populations, including the bees that pollinate our food, what can we do? Searching for answers and to understand what was leading to a bee decline, several years ago I reached out to Dr. Dennis vanEngelsdorp, a research scientist and associate professor of entomology at the University of Maryland and the former Chief apiarist for Pennsylvania to find out more. Resources: Dennis vanEnglesdrop, PhD Dennis vanEnglesdorp: A Plea for Bees (TED Talk Video) Bee Informed Partnership Crop Pollination Exposes Honey Bees to Pesticides Which Alters Their Susceptibility to the Gut Pathogen Nosema ceranae Related Interview Owen Wormser - Turning Lawns into Meadows

Apr 30, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode I sit down with my friends Jill Cloutier, of Sustainable World Radio, and Oliver Goshey, of Regenerative Skills, as we have a round-robin conversation about what brought us to the permaculture community and why we started and continue to produce our respective shows. This is an introduction not only to ourselves but also a collaborative project we’ve been working on for more than a year, the Regenerative Media Alliance. Resources Regenerative Media Alliance Contact Regenerative Media Alliance Learn More

Feb 3, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode shares some of what I learned at the Together We Can Conference from Future Harvest on January 13 and 14, 2022. This includes some reflections (or ramblings if you prefer) as they relate to my own experiences and practices, along with people, organizations, and ideas I recommend you connect with or learn more about to grow, improve, or pivot your permaculture practices. Resources Future Harvest Maryland Food System Resiliency Council Jonathan Bardzik , New Age Agrarianism Renard Turner - New Age Agrarianism (Interview) Booker T. Whatley (Wiki) Booker T Whatley Part 1: The Ten Commandments (Video) Booker T Whatley Part 2: The Clientele Membership Club (Video) Rodale Institute Save Three Lives: A Plan for Famine Prevention by Robert Rodale , Care Farming Care Farming Network Red Wiggler Community Farm Fields 4 Valor Farms Benevolence Farm UNC Farm at Penny Lane Blawesome, LLC , Anne Biklé and David R. Montgomery Dig2Grow Learn More

Jan 24, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode is a guest interview from my friend Karryn Olson, continuing the conversation series on right livelihoods. Learn More

Jan 11, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode is the annual update looking at the year ahead, including some announcements and insights from behind the scenes. Learn More

Jan 3, 2022

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Renard Turner, an independent, African-American, sustainable farmer. Along with his wife, he raises gourmet goats and squab at Vanguard Ranch Natural Gourmet in Virginia. He is also the opening keynote speaker at the upcoming conference, Together We Can , from Future Harvest. I wanted to learn more about Renard and how those experiences inform his upcoming keynote speech, New Age Agrarianism: Growing for a Regenerative, Sustainable, and Equitable Planet . Learn More

Dec 5, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Here we are at Episode Seven, the finale, of the focused exploration of Permaculture, Land, and Land Access, with my final thoughts as a series of ramblings, reflections, and ruminations stemming from the earlier episodes. If you haven’t listened to all of those, or you just found the show and this is your first time tuning in, I recommend going back and checking the preceding six episodes before continuing. You’ll find numbered and ordered links to those in the show notes, along with past episodes of the show related to this series, and a long list of resources. Learn More

Nov 27, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode, we hear from each of the guests in the Permaculture, Land and Land Access series, as they address the question: What can we do to improve land access, particularly for those who want to grow food for people? We’ll hear from each of them in the order they appeared in the series so far, beginning with Jesse Frost, followed by Sarah Mock and Amyrose Foll, and ending with Reana Kovalcik. Learn More

Nov 22, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode, Reana Kovalcik and I discuss direct action and mutual aid to get seeds into the hands of people who want to grow food. Using that same overlay, to find and connect with local allies and organizations to spread the message and amplify our impact. Throughout, she uses her work with Slow Food and the program she started, Share a Seed, as effective, on-the-ground models to inspire and encourage you in your next steps for local change. Learn More

Nov 18, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Continuing the series on Permaculture, Land, and Land Access, in this interview I’m joined by Amyrose Foll, of Virginia Free Farm. Amyrose shares how she and the team at VFF use the farm as an incubator of ideas that empower individuals and organizations to get food and gardens into communities. She also discusses: How growing food is a liberating experience for everyone. Ways to find land to grow on. And, some organizations working with gardening and growing as therapy. Throughout you’ll hear her thoughts on what we can do to make a difference, right now, where we are. Learn More

Nov 16, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this interview, I’m joined by the author of Farm (and other F words) , rural and agriculture writer, and researcher Sarah Mock. Sarah shares her discoveries about the sustaining myths versus realities of farms, farmers, farming, and agriculture profitability in the United States. She also takes us deep into systemic incentives for holding agricultural land as an investment and how this, and other policies, limit first-generation farmers from accessing or retaining land in order to grow food. Learn More

Nov 12, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This conversation continues the series on Permaculture, Land, and Land Access as Jesse Frost joins me to share his experiences as a small-scale farmer. This includes: Where he sells. What he grows. Insights into market gardening, or French intensive, methods. How he's working towards reducing plastic around the farm. Whether or not you need to mechanize with a walk-behind tractor. And the use of living paths. We close by touching on his thoughts on farming on the small side in cities and how to reframe our mindset and the crops we choose to the resources and space available. Learn More

Nov 8, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode starts the series on Permaculture, Land, and Land Access. I wanted to explore this topic because I’m currently landless and the opportunity to buy land or purchase a house with enough space for a garden, shrinks each year as the price goes up and the size of plots goes down. Living in an apartment in a city, there are plenty of parks and green spaces, but accessing a community garden or place to grow can require a car, years on a waitlist, or both. When an affordable place comes, it may require relocating away from friends and family, or be hours from the viable markets needed to sell on-farm products, requiring regular long-distance commutes to town and the associated added expenses of transportation, fuel, maintenance, and time. Learn More

Nov 5, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. If you’ve been listening to this podcast since near the beginning, you may remember shorter episodes that introduced an idea or topic. This episode, and others you’ll hear like it, irregularly in the future, is a call back to the days of those perma-bytes. With so many amazing people and organizations doing good work in the world, I want to be able to share more of them with you. Learn More

Oct 25, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. We know that pesticides have an outsized impact on insects in the environment, particularly when broad-spectrum chemicals are used, killing nearly all the invertebrates they touch. If you’ve read a warning label on these, or many of the other garden, yard, or farm sprays available, you’ll find cautions about keeping the contents of the container out of waterways or away from amphibians. But what about the other harms of human impacts? Like the destruction of habitat. The ever-increasing noise of industry. The lights that fill the sky with brightness throughout the night. And once we’re aware of this mess, what can we do to start repairing the damage? Learn More

Oct 18, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. We can expect change to occur continuously throughout our lives. We’re likely to call several places home. Friends will come and go. We’ll move between jobs multiple times and likely even switch career paths. As permaculture practitioners, in the landscape, we play with change. Slowing succession in some places of our design, advancing it in others, to arrest or encourage this process on a timeline that matches what we want within any given zone. But how do we change as people and plan the succession of an organization, and the land it inhabits, through time? Learn More

Oct 11, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Food. Something we think about regularly. Whether that’s what we’re having for our next meal; trying to remember the contents of our cabinets or refrigerator; or what we need to buy on our next trip to the grocery store. As permaculture practitioners, these thoughts are also likely to include what we’ll be harvesting from our garden; searching for a local source from a producer we can meet face to face; or reading labels to find the indicators of where something comes from and how it was produced. Learn More

Sep 27, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today’s interview is a casual and relaxed conversation, as I sit down with my co-host, David Bilbrey, and turn the mic towards him to discuss what brought him to permaculture and the ideas that influence how he sees the world. We touch on the work of Ken Wilber and Integral Theory, what community can mean in an internet-connected age, how podcasts make the world smaller as we hear from people we might not encounter otherwise, and the importance of sitting down to listen to a conversation between two people. Learn More

Sep 20, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate to the Podcast via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Join Our Community of Patrons on Patreon Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today’s episode is a collaboration with my friend, Karryn Olson. She’s currently hosting a series of conversations exploring what work could look, feel like, and give rise to, if our efforts were dedicated to collective thriving and evolution. During these times with Karryn and her guests, we’ll hear them explore visions of what the world could look like if we dedicated more of the hours of our day towards work in service to life. And what it could mean—to us, our communities, and the world—if we earned our living through this work. Join the Podcast Patreon Community Find the guest for this episode, Carmen Leilani DeJesus at museyouneedmost.me and on Instagram @consentisapractice . You can find our host for this episode, Karryn Olson, at Regenepreneurs.com and additional resources from her session with Carmen at Regenepreneurs.com/dejesus . I'm collaborating with Karryn to share more conversations from this series with you in the future on The Permaculture Podcast. If you’d like to see what’s coming up from Karryn and her guests, including joining in on an upcoming live session via this link: Cultivating Livelihoods In Service to Life: A Conversation Series Karryn's next session is on Wednesday, October 6th, at 8 pm Eastern with the folks from the Meaningful Work Project . In hearing what Karryn was working on, I wanted to share these conversations with you on The Permaculture Podcast, because the specific interviews and themes of the overall series speak to the growing dissonance I’ve experienced myself and heard from listeners between trying to make our way through the world while staying true to your values and the ethics of permaculture, while trading one’s work energy for dollars that are earned through practices that seem extractive, meaningless, or, in the words and title of the book by the late David Graber, like a bullshit job. And as if that weren’t enough, we’re navigating all this while feeling, in our bones and in our souls, the impacts of growing climate disruption, increasing wealth inequality, continual social injustice, ongoing pandemic chaos, and the myriad of other social and environmental ills all around us. To help us with this, Karryn is speaking with numerous guests across a variety of disciplines to explore topics that move our individual mindset and shift our cultural paradigms. Some of those include: Right livelihoods. Collective liberation. Regenerative entrepreneurship. Social innovation. Decolonizing our concepts of "work.” And the importance of embracing pleasure and grief. Listened to individually or taken together, it is Karryn and I’s desire to revitalize you and your work as we, all of us, stand together and cross the thresholds of our time. Until we meet again, spend your days ranting about your needs and wants, meditating on whether you are saying yes willingly or out of a sense of obligation, and considering what work feels like in your body, while taking care of Earth, your self, and each other.

Sep 13, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Our individual permaculture practices are rooted in the teachers we learn with. In the books we read to expand our knowledge. In the videos we watch on YouTube to answer a particular question. Or the documentaries we find on Netflix that give us a sense of connection to the larger world. Learn More

Sep 5, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My longest-running hobby—one I’ve participated in since I was a child, long before discovering permaculture—is playing tabletop roleplaying games. Perhaps the most well-known of those that you’ve heard of, or played yourself, is Dungeons and Dragons. Learn More

Aug 22, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. A note on the content for today’s episode . The interview which follows is a discussion of disasters and their impacts, including food insecurity, personal injury, and suicide. Listener discretion is advised. How do we prepare ourselves for disasters, whether natural or manmade, such as a seasonal storm, global pandemic, economic collapse, or political upheaval? Learn More

Aug 16, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode, I’m joined by my friend Eric Puro as we catch up on what he’s been doing since we last saw each other in 2016. Quite a bit has changed since then, as he’s now living in Finland running a biotech company that cultivates chaga fungi, manages forests holistically, and explores the nutritional qualities, health benefits, and medicinal properties of mushrooms. Learn More

Aug 7, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This is part two of the Susquehanna Permaculture Round discussion with Jon Darby, Rafiyqa Muhammad, Shannon Sylte, and Ben Weiss. Learn More

Jul 31, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In today’s interview, the first in a two-part series, my friend and colleague Dan Palmer of Making Permaculture Stronger, gives me a sense of vicarious joy to share with you, as he’s done something that’s on my list of dream podcast experiences. Dan sits down face-to-face with David Holmgren at Melliodora and together they have a conversation about the early history of permaculture. From David’s lips to our ears we hear the first-hand account of his days at university, meeting Bill Mollison and their initial work together, to the impact of David’s second permaculture mentor Haikai Tane. Learn More

Jul 23, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. With the release of this episode, the podcast is back to full-time production . In this episode I’m joined by Hannah Eckberg, to discuss what she’s been up to since we last spoke in 2017, and her work with Abundant Earth Foundation, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, to move philanthropic resources and support to permaculture projects around the world. Along the way we talk about the resources that are available, the role that non-financial support plays in overall success, the kinds of projects Abundant Earth Foundation is looking to work with, the best way to contact the foundation, and much more. If you’re interested in developing an organization, finding like-minded projects and partners around your specific niche, the role which structures like a nonprofit can play in advancing permaculture, or ways to contribute to the movement, this is a conversation for you. Learn More

May 29, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode co-host David Bilbrey sits down again with Martin Ping. Martin is the executive director of Hawthorne Valley Association, a non-profit whose mission is social and cultural renewal through the integration of education, agriculture, and the arts. Learn More

May 9, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode is a re-release of a conversation that was originally shared as a bonus episode on Patreon back in 2016 after co-host David Bilbrey attended the Prairie Festival and had a chance to talk to Martin Ping of Hawthorne Valley Association . I’m releasing this again to everyone as an introduction to Martin’s work and influences ahead of a new interview David and Martin recently recorded. Learn More

Mar 13, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In today’s episode, co-host David Bilbrey continues his exploration of business and permaculture as he sits down to hear from Mark Simpson about how Mark applied the ideas of Holacracy and Self Management to a hierarchical business. This resulted in a flattening of that vertical organization into a vastly more horizontal one that creates empowerment and opportunity for employees to influence their work and direction. Learn More

Jan 15, 2021

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. As you read these notes or listen to the accompanying podcast, I’m on a sabbatical. With all these years of producing long interviews, I need to take some time to experiment with new ideas, while reading, writing, and exploring what working with permaculture means. What do our practices look like in a world substantially changed since these ideas were first shared more than 40 years ago. How does the Zone model of permaculture shift when we don’t have access to land, particularly with more than half of the world living in cities and urban environments? When those spaces become their own unique ecosystems, some that we can walk through and others that demand motorized transportation. Some with green spaces and others the epitome of the concrete jungle. Learn More

Dec 13, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. The episode with Jeff Speck left me curious about what the details Jeff mentioned look like in practice. I followed up that conversation by sitting down with my guest for this episode, Steve Nygren, founder of Serenbe. Learn More

Nov 21, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. We live in a world that seems ever more chaotic and outside of our control. From a global pandemic that is unlikely to be the only one we experience in our lifetimes to devastating natural disasters exacerbated by climate change that leads to weather weirding and chaos beyond our ability to properly map and mitigate. In the face of all of this, how do we avoid burnout and continue to practice permaculture and develop meaningful designs that fulfill the three ethics while improving the wellbeing of the natural world, our clients, and ourselves? Learn More

Nov 14, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Seafood represents the largest traded food commodity market in the world. 3 billion people depend on fish and other farmed or wild-caught foods as a source of protein, according to figures from the World Wildlife Fund . Regretfully, the majority of fish stocks are not sustainable, as they are overfished or fully exploited. Seeking sustainable and regenerative approaches to fishing and fishery management help to secure the future of food for large portions of the world. Learn More

Nov 7, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. During our lifetime we will encounter a variety of short to long-term disasters. The form the problem takes will vary depending on where we live, and how widespread the incident is that occurs. In late 2019 and throughout 2020, we’ve all been finding ways to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Learn More

Oct 31, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In the United States alone, more than 38 million tons of food is thrown away every year. 94% of that winds up in landfills, to rot and release methane, and lock all the nutrients from being returned to Earth for future fertilization. Learn More

Oct 24, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Every month I post an Ask Me Anything Thread over on the Patreon for the podcast at Patreon.com/permaculturepodcast . Most of the time these threads are about design and plants, like the best time to transplant Elderberry. Sometimes we get away from permaculture and a question will come up like, What is my favorite Halloween Candy? To which the answer is anything with chocolate and peanuts, whether that’s the whole legume or peanut-butter. In the AMA for October 2020, however, Joey asked something different. Their question was, “Do you have an opinion on the recent debate between Joel Salatin and Chris Newman of Sylvanaqua farms concerning racism and land access?” Learn More

Oct 17, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. The title for this episode is based on a quote from Bill Mollison that my guest, Geoff Christou, paraphrases in the middle of our conversation today about how Utopian literature, the need to imagine the future, and sharing that vision with others through stories, can help our work as permaculture practitioners. That we can create more abundant designs by first sitting down and thinking about what we want in the place where we live, in our relationships with Earth and other life, and in the wider world. By knowing those stories deeply—to inhabit them—we can teach others to yearn for a vast, bountiful, and regenerative life. Learn More

Oct 10, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode marks 10 years of The Permaculture Podcast with Scott Mann, the longest-running English language podcast dedicated to the breadth and depth of permaculture. Learn More

Sep 28, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. A common refrain in permaculture is about our need to develop a sense of place. To have an understanding of where we currently live, where we come from, and to find a connection to the land under our feet or where we call home. Learn More

Sep 25, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Permaculture practices begin in the landscape, with the training of a permaculture design course focusing on how to design in a way that restores soil, grows food and creates spaces for human needs, and cares for Earth, in ever-expanding zones. During our time in that class, we may spend some of the conversations on alternative economics and governance if the course uses Bill Mollison’s Designers’ Manual for the curriculum and discusses the material found in Chapter 14. Outside the PDC, many authors and practitioners have added to how to have an impact in our day to day lives as we apply design and systems thinking to where we live, work, and play. As more and more of us, myself included, live in cities with little or no access to land or control over our living space—while others dream of returning to the countryside—we each have so many ways to practice permaculture. Learn More

Sep 12, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Nigel Palmer, author of The Regenerative Grower’s Guide to Garden Amendments . Learn More

Sep 5, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Allen Clements, a permaculture practitioner who, when we recorded this interview in January, 2020, was completing his certification in Biodynamic Agriculture at the Pfeiffer Center in Spring Valley, New York. Learn More

Aug 29, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today’s interview was originally recorded by the Australian podcaster Dan Palmer for an episode of his excellent, Making Permaculture Stronger . I’ve known Dan since before he started his show and as I recall it was at 1 or 2 AM on the East Coast of the United States when we connected over Skype several years ago to talk about his plans for starting a new podcast with a deep focus on the design process as it applies to permaculture, and what we can learn from experts within and without the community. Learn More

Aug 8, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is John Kempf, the author of the recently released Quality Agriculture. A farmer, teacher, and entrepreneur from Northeast, Ohio, John has spent more than 15 years developing a nutrition and farm management program that quickly restores soil health and maximizes plant resistance to disease and insects, while reducing costs and increasing profits for farmers who adopt these methods. Already applying these processes to millions of acres of farmland, his current mission is for these regenerative models to become adopted globally by 2040. Learn More

Jul 11, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Rony Lec of the Mesoamerican Permaculture Institute ( Instituto Mesoamericano de Permacultura – IMAP) in Guatemala. Learn More

Jul 4, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Over the last two decades, my guest Delvin Solkinson studied permaculture education all over the world by taking numerous permaculture design courses and teacher trainings, as well as completing multiple diplomas, with various teachers. Some of his mentors include Bill Mollison, April Sampson-Kelly, and Rosemary Morrow. From those years of experience, he works to make this knowledge more accessible for students, easier to teach for instructors, and empowering for everyone, by sharing his notes in an open-source approach to permaculture. Learn More

Jun 27, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Erin Axelrod, partner and worker/owner at LIFT Economy. She joins me to discuss how LIFT Economy is working to repatriate land, resolve housing issues, and create socially responsible businesses by investing in and providing support to women, indigenous, and people of color lead organizations. Using her years of experience as a framework, Erin provides multiple specific examples of what this work looks like in practice, what we can do to steer our economy towards regenerative businesses, and to heal our relationship with money. Learn More

Jun 20, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Image: Kai Sawyer at the Peace and Permaculture Dojo. ( Source: YouTube: Peace and Permaculture Dojo Tour ) “The more generous we are, the more relaxed we’ll be, the more wealthy we’ll feel, and the more gifts these will cycle.” – Kai Sawyer Learn More

Jun 13, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Nathan Carlos Rupley. A member of my local permaculture community, he spends his time as a stay at home dad, self employed-artist, and aspiring hunter-gatherer. Learn More

Jun 13, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Rob Hopkins the creator of the idea of Transition Towns, a way for us to move from oil dependency to local resilience. That lead to his writing The Transition Handbook , something every permaculture practitioner should have in their library and which serves as a good introduction, along with Toby Hemenway’s The Permaculture City , to look at how we can move from the landscape to the people space. Learn More

Jun 6, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In today’s episode, David Bilbrey returns to the host seat with Fred Kirschenmann. Fred joins us again to share more about his work at the Aldo Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University and Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and how those two places are working to allow us to plan not only for the world we have now but also for our descendants. The solutions come in multiple forms, from the ways we can use plants in our fields to increase yields while regenerating soil, and the cultural changes that are coming as the children and grandchildren of the Baby Boomer generation reject consumerism and focus on a more community-centered life. Learn More

Jun 2, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. After spending more than a year and a half balancing family; a day job; and the work of permaculture education, I’m returning to teaching and producing The Permaculture Podcast full-time as of the release of this episode. With this announcement comes a number of updates on what’s happening with the show and behind the scenes. Learn More

May 27, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This weekend I was talking with a friend in the permaculture community when we realized we'd had the same experience. Learn More

May 23, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Eloisa Lewis. Eloisa is an American permaculture consultant, community building artist, activist, and healer. With her work as a project manager and educator, she helps guide communities of individuals into holistically regenerative paradigms and specializes in communal practices of decolonization. Learn More

May 9, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Rob Avis, a permaculture practitioner from Calgary, Canada, and one of the founders of Verge Permaculture. He joined me during the Covid-19 pandemic to discuss what we can do to creatively respond to this and other crises. Learn More

May 2, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for today is Rhonda Baird, editor of Permaculture Design Magazine , and designer and educator at Sheltering Hills Design, LLC. Learn More

Apr 24, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode co-host David Bilbrey sits down with the teacher, activist, and permaculture practitioner Kanyon Sayers-Roods, also known as Coyote Woman, to talk about her work on the land at Indian Canyon, California to educate and inspire others in their understanding of the natural world, the connections between individuals and communities, and what we can do to approach our interactions with humility. Learn More

Apr 17, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is William Padilla-Brown, a mycologist, teacher, and social permaculture practitioner. I’ve known William for a long time and as you’ll hear us mention, we’ve wanted to do this interview for years. I’m thankful that we finally had the opportunity. He has a unique background as a citizen scientist and educator working to propagate mushrooms, study them using molecular biology, and to share what he learns with the world through classes and an annual mushroom and arts festival, Mycofest . Learn More

Mar 28, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Chris Gilmour. A permaculture practitioner and emergency manager, Chris works with individuals and organizations to map their community assets and help prepare for uncertain events Learn More

Mar 24, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. I’m joined by Robyn Mello, a permaculture teacher and designer, as well as the singer, songwriter, and herbalist, behind Edenspore. Learn More

Mar 21, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Holly Brown of Island Creek Farm , a small permaculture farm located in Huddleston, Virginia. Learn More

Mar 14, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest is Natalie Bogwalker, the visionary behind Wild Abundance, a permaculture skills center and homestead near Asheville, North Carolina. As a primary instructor at Wild Abundance, she teaches a variety of classes, including tiny house building workshops , women's carpentry , and permaculture design courses . She likes to share her passion with others to help them live in an empowered and Earth-centered way. Learn More

Mar 7, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. To honor the release of Pascal Baudar’s new book, Wildcrafted Fermentation , I’ve re-mastered and re-released our conversations about his earlier works. Today, you can listen to our interview about The Wildcrafting Brewer . The episode posted last week covered his first book, The New Wildcrafted Cuisine. Thanks to the great folks at Chelsea Green Publishing, who publish Pascal’s three amazing books, I am giving away a copy of Wildcrafted Fermentation through Saturday, March 21st. Giveaway: Wildcrafted Fermentation --- Author, teacher, and forager Pascal Baudar joins me to discuss his exploration of primitive brews and fermentation, the basis for his book The Wildcrafting Brewer . Learn More

Feb 29, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. To celebrate the release of Pascal Baudar’s new book, Wildcrafted Fermentation , this and the next episode are about his earlier works, The New Wildcrafted Cuisine and The Wildcrafting Brewer . As this episode comes out, all three books are on sale at ChelseaGreen.com . Learn More

Feb 15, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Joel Salatin shares his thoughts on farming, the importance of experience, and the role of mastery over ourselves and our chosen discipline. Learn More

Feb 8, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode, which originally aired in 2014, is Mark Shepard , owner of New Forest Farm and author of Restoration Agriculture . This is the final piece in a series of three interviews Mark and I recorded to talk about Restoration Agriculture practices and to answer listener questions. Learn More

Feb 1, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. (Originally Aired: 17.September.2014) My guest for this episode is Mark Shepard , owner of New Forest Farm and author of Restoration Agriculture . This is the second of three pieces that Mark and I recorded together to talk about Restoration Agricultural practices and to answer listener questions. Learn More

Jan 25, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Mark Shepard , author of Restoration Agriculture . As you might expect from this show we start with his biography and background, work our way through a call to action for permaculture practitioners and a need to be realistic in our efforts, and finally wrap up this conversation by discussing his work of restoration agriculture. Learn More

Jan 18, 2020

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. The renowned animal behaviorist Fred Provenza joins me to talk about how we can reconnect with the foods that feed our bodies and reclaim our nutritional wisdom. Learn More

Jan 10, 2020

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Dec 16, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Andrew Slack. He joins me to share his thoughts and personal experience on how to use storytelling to create social change. Learn More

Dec 10, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today is part two of the conversation with Shaun Chamberlin ( Part 1 ), editor of Lean Logic and Surviving the Future , on the work of David Fleming. Learn More

Dec 1, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode is a permabyte with Ethan Hughes. In this conversation, which arises from a listener question posed by Amelia, Ethan shares ways that we can transform our holiday experience from a consumption-driven exchange, to one where gifts are given based on need or in service to others. Learn More

Nov 25, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Shaun Chamberlin, the editor of Lean Logic: A Dictionary for the Future and How to Survive It and Surviving the Future , both of which are based on the work of the late David Fleming (1940 - 2010). Learn More

Nov 12, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Giulianna Maria Lamanna, of The Fifth World , drops a huge two-part question on us in this episode, a continuation of the MAPC 2016 Q&A. 1. Are there people in the permaculture community talking about climate change and the impact of global warming on invasive species? 2. Is it our responsibility as permaculture practitioners to create new ecosystems for the changing climate? Learn More

Sep 19, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guests for this episode are Joshua Hughes and Amanda Wilson of VerdEnergia Pacifica and Blacksheep Regenerative Resource Management . Learn More

Jul 31, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. "What have you seen through your lived experience and via your increasing network that gives you not only aspirational hope, but also 'perspirational' perspective & confidence of moving past demonstration projects and moving toward broader-scale impact?" Posted by Christopher Kopka during the May Ask Me Anything on Patreon . Learn More

Jul 5, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. (Pictured: The Design Squiggle , by Damien Newman as mentioned in this interview. CC BY-ND 3.0 US ) Today I’m joined by Rob Avis and Takota Coen, two Canadian permaculture designers and teachers, who, working together, created a systemized approach to permaculture and landscape design. This process, called The Adaptive Habitat Program , reduces drudgery and simplifies complexity by using the best information and techniques currently available from permaculture and related disciplines. Learn More

May 29, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode, my guests are Meg Toben, the co-founder and director of The Eco-Institute at Pickards Mountain , and Jimi Eisenstein, one of the facilitators for the Rising Earth Immersion course . They join me to discuss this ten-week, on-site intensive offered at The Eco-Institute, located near Chapel Hill, North Carolina. Learn More

May 20, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest is Emmet Van Driesche, author of Carving Out a Living on the Land: Lessons in Resourcefulness and Craft from an Unusual Christmas Tree Farm . He joins me to share his life transitioning to farming. How he became a Christmas tree farmer, who coppices softwood balsam firs rather than cutting and replanting. How he earns an additional on-farm income through spoon carving. And we end with his thoughts on planning for long-term succession, both of the land as he considers how to leave this patch of earth for future generations, and the process of transitioning a farm between non-family members, as he took over responsibility and ownership of the Christmas tree farm from his mentor Al. Learn More

May 10, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is the adventurer, activist, and humanitarian Rob Greenfield. Rob joins me to talk about the Food Freedom project he launched in Orlando, Florida, where he is growing and foraging for all of his nutritional needs. Learn More

Apr 30, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode, David Bilbrey sits down with Melissa Peet to talk about her work in learning to trust one’s inherent knowledge. As the first of a two-part conversation, she provides the background to her research and establishing trust in our personal understanding; that which we already know and that which others might draw out of us through education or transformational experiences. Learn More

Apr 20, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode continues co-host David Bilbrey’s exploration of regenerative business and permaculture as he sits down with Kevin Jones to talk about Gather Lab, Transform 19, and the need to create something more than a conference, but rather events that include action. In the case of Transform 19 those are modeled in the form of various labs where participants come together to assist organizations and businesses ready to launch, expand, or go to scale. Kevin and David also talk about Impact Investing, which focuses on mission-oriented investing so we can think like a philanthropist while acting as an investor. Learn More

Apr 10, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this conversation moderated by Ben Weiss of Susquehanna Sustainable Enterprises and Robyn Mello of Edenspore , Jon Darby, Alyson Earl, and Wilson Alvarez discuss their work at Horn Farm Center and regenerating the land. This includes how they came to sustainable agriculture; the dream projects they’re working on; how their ancestral and cultural history impacts their work and thought processes; and close by taking questions from the students assembled for the ecological design course. Learn More

Mar 30, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Tim Krahn, a Canadian engineer, builder, and author of Essential Rammed Earth Construction from New Society Publishers . Learn More

Mar 10, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today’s guests are Ryan Rising, of Permaculture Action Network, and Leah Song, of Rising Appalachia, who join me to talk about how they use the work on-stage and off to organize communities to participate in a permaculture action day. How they blend permaculture and activism with music and merriment. Learn More

Feb 28, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Zev Friedman, founder of Co-Operate WNC, a mutual aid organization in Western North Carolina. Learn More

Feb 20, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Kirsten Lie-Nielsen, author of So You Want to be a Modern Homesteader , joins me to share her journey in becoming a modern homesteader and the advice she has for anyone interested in pursuing a similar path. Residing in Maine, I like her story because of how she and her partner had this dream and began on the land they were on. Continuing to develop their skills, in a space that was definitely not a farm, they spent this time seeking out the right piece of property for their goals. Learn More

Feb 10, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Rob Avis, of Verge Permaculture, joins me to talk about rainwater harvesting. Learn More

Jan 30, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode co-host David Bilbrey sits down for a group interview the co-founders of Propagate Ventures, with Ethan, Jeremy, and Harry. Together they share how they bring agroforestry to existing farms using direct investment. Through these efforts they also show that farming, agriculture, and regenerative business hold a place in the portfolio of the investment class, allowing those who practice Earth care to take advantage of the resources that might not be available to them otherwise. Learn More

Jan 20, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this interview by co-host David Bilbrey, Warren Brush returns to the show to share his work about fostering a vision for the next 500 years. During their time together Warren walks us through the mentorship he’s received, the mentoring he provides, and his own discoveries of how to live a fulfilling life now and for future generations, all told through an interwoven, connected story of self, place, and meaning. Learn More

Jan 10, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Rhonda Baird, the editor of Permaculture Design Magazine and teacher and designer at Sheltering Hills Design, LLC ., joins me to continue our conversation about creating change. In our first interview, we spoke about the way that we can work on ourselves as individuals. Today we move from the inside to the out with how we can organize and support others and our community. Learn More

Jan 1, 2019

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. [caption id="attachment_4368" align="aligncenter" width="610"] Photo: © Anna Rutkovskaya - Dreamstime.com[/caption] Welcome to the final episode of 2018. In a few hours we’ll transition to the New Year. As I do every year as what was comes to an end, this is a time to look back over everything that has happened in the preceding twelve months and prepare for those ahead. Learn More

Dec 20, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Where has our relationship with money and capital gone wrong as individuals and as a society? What do we have to do to get right with that relationship? In the last interview of the year, co-host David Bilbrey sits down with Joel Solomon to examine those questions and talk about how we can change the dominant economic system. Learn More

Dec 10, 2018

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast My guest today is the renowned animal behaviorist Fred Provenza, who joins me to talk about how we can reconnect with the foods that feed our bodies and reclaim our nutritional wisdom. Visit Our Partner: Food Forest Card Game Drawing on decades of research with animals, upon retirement from Utah State University he turned his lens towards human beings to pull together the best studies and his own personal journey to provide a way we can begin to eat well for ourselves by outlining where we’ve gone wrong and what we can do to make a positive change. You can find Fred's book, Nourishment , at chelseagreen.com . What do you think of what Fred shares with us today? Can you see the relationships between flavor-feedback, culture, and alternative availability on our nutritional wisdom Let me know. Leave a comment in the show notes, call , email: show@thepermacutlurepodcast.com , or write: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast . Resources Nourishment Chemical Ecology (Wiki) Dying To Be Me by Anita Moorjani Edward R Murrow’s This I Believe (Wiki)

Nov 30, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Lindsey Bender, the chief mycologist for Field and Forest Products, Inc., a mushroom spawn and supply company located in Wisconsin. Learn More

Nov 20, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Karl Treen of Food Forest Card Game . He joins me to share where his life has gone since our interview last year . Learn More

Nov 10, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode co-host David Bilbrey sits down with the teacher, activist, and permaculture practitioner Kanyon Sayers-Roods, also known as Coyote Woman, to talk about her work on the land at Indian Canyon, California to educate and inspire others in their understanding of the natural world, the connections between individuals and communities, and what we can do to approach our interactions with humility. Learn More

Oct 10, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My friend Jereme Zimmerman, who joined me in 2015 to talk about Make Mead Like a Vikin g , returns today for this anniversary episode to talk about his latest book, Brew Beer Like a Yeti . Learn More

Oct 5, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In September I had the opportunity to attend the 2018 Mother Earth News Fair in Seven Springs, Pennsylvania. While there I recorded two in-person interviews, a full-length conversation with Jereme Zimmerman about his new book Brew Beer Like a Yeti, which is the 8th-anniversary release out on October 10th. Cyndi Ball of National Ladies Homestead Gathering also took a few minutes to catch up with me as a follow-up to our video interview last year. I’ve included that conversation with Cyndi at the end of this episode. Learn More

Sep 30, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today guest host David Bilbrey sits down with Hunter Lovins to talk about Natural Capitalism Solutions and Hunter’s new book, A Finer Future - Creating an Economy in Service to Life . Learn More

Sep 20, 2018

Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. What does it mean to go back to the ground and learn the fading skills necessary to work the forest with our hands? To read the land assisted by tools we sight with our own eyes? To create new visions of old roles, such as a land steward or cottager? Learn More

Aug 30, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Nearly every episode of the podcast, including this one, ends with the final statement, “Until the next time, spend each day creating the world you want to live in by taking care of Earth, yourself, and each other.” What does it mean, however, to take care of ourselves, or one another, in a meaningful way? That question forms the central point of this interview with ecological landscape designer, speaker, and author Jessi Bloom. Learn More

Aug 20, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Today co-host David Bilbrey sits down with Gregory Landua to talk about Regen Network and how they are using blockchain technology to create transparency and accountability for regenerative businesses. This allows those who use these systems to decentralize how to account for the use of natural resources and how we can, with these tools and others emergent ideas, allow farmers, designers, and others to retain and generate more of their own wealth, in whatever way they value that capital. Learn More

Aug 10, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Ben Goldfarb joins me to talk about his new book, Eager: the surprising, secret life of beavers and why they matter . Drawing from his work and our experiences in resource management, conservation, and environmental education we talk about the role beavers had in creating and shaping the landscape, history, and people of the United States, and the importance of reintroducing and protecting beavers to return the world to the wetter, boggier place it once was. Learn More

Jul 30, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Our guest for this episode is the carpenter, architect, and builder Kelly Hart. He joins me today to talk about Earthbag Construction, the subject of his recently published book Essential Earthbag Construction from New Society Publishers . Learn More

Jul 25, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. For the last several years I’ve run a Summer-to-Fall fundraiser in order to ask those listeners who can to donate to the show and keep the podcast freely available and frequently updated. Learn More

Jul 20, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Author, teacher, and forager Pascal Baudar joins me to discuss his exploration of primitive brews and fermentation, the basis for his latest book The Wildcrafting Brewer . Learn More

Jul 15, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode co-host David Bilbrey continues to explore the intersection between permaculture, regenerative business, and the paradigm of capitalism by speaking with Alex McIntosh and Mario Garcia of Thrive Natural Care . Together they talk about how a company with a strong ethos can influence their competitors in the marketplace, while still caring for their business partners and customers. Listen to this conversation to learn more about how we can change the system from the inside, by modeling our preferred actions for others. Learn More

Jun 30, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Sara Bir, chef, writer, and author of The Fruit Forager’s Companion, from Chelsea Green Publishing. Learn More

Jun 15, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this short interview, David Bilbrey sits down for an in-person interview with Kevin Jones, recorded at the ReGen18 conference in May 2018. Learn More

Jun 5, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this short interview David Bilbrey, co-host of The Permaculture Podcast and founder of EcoThinkIt.com , sits down for an in-person interview with Joel Solomon, recorded at the ReGen18 conference in May 2018. Learn More

May 27, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this short interview David Bilbrey, co-host of The Permaculture Podcast and founder of EcoThinkIt.com sits down for an in-person interview with Stuart Cowan, recorded at the ReGen18 conference in May 2018. Learn More

May 20, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Paul Hellier of Fair Food Forager, who joins me to begin an ongoing series of conversations to talk about what we can do reduce waste, change our consumptions patterns, and decrease our ecological footprint. Learn More

May 10, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this episode Co-host David Bilbrey continues to explore the edge between permaculture, business, and social change by sitting down with Dr. Otto Scharmer. Together they talk about Dr. Scharmer’s work on Presencing and Theory U, the development of effective organizations, and how each of us can become more powerful changemakers. Learn More

Apr 10, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Amy Stross, blogger at TenthAcreFarm.com and author of The Suburban-Microfarm . I wanted Amy to join me for an interview to hear her perspective on creating integrated spaces where people are and will continue to live for the foreseeable future: in cities and suburbs. Learn More

Mar 20, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Co-host David Bilbrey returns to speak with Julie Mettenburg of Tallgrass Network , a hub of the Savory Institute that serves 25 million acres across Kansas and Missouri once dominated by the tallgrass prairie. Learn More

Mar 10, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guests for this episode are Jill Lorenzini and Brad Lancaster of Desert Harvesters , here to discuss the new bioregional cookbook Eat Mesquite and More! We use that as a frame to talk about how to learn more about our natural world, invite ourselves into wild spaces, and deepen our sense of place through connection to the land, plants, and the meals that bring us together. Learn More

Feb 28, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Karen Lanier shares what she learned while writing The Woman Hobby Farmer , a book that helps us look inside of ourselves and to decide whether we are ready to farm and to ask the question, “Why do I want to farm?” Learn More

Feb 20, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Avery Ellis, of Colorado Greywater, joins me to talk, in a conversation recorded live at a local coffee shop, about aquaponics, water harvesting, and his entry into the world of community politics when he joined the stakeholder process that changed the laws around how people can collect and use water in Colorado. Learn More

Feb 10, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. “We will not fight to save what we do not love.” Emma Huvos joins me to talk about her role as an educator who blends together her time as a classroom teacher with the forest and outdoor school models of Europe to create a hands-on, experiential, student-driven early-childhood learning experience that is Riverside Nature School. Resources Emma Huvos Riverside Nature School No Better Classroom Than Nature: Re-Imagining Early Childhood Education Balanced and Barefoot by Angela Hanscom Balanced and Barefoot Blog Forest Kindergarten (Wikipedia) What is a Forest School? from Forest School Association Learn More

Jan 30, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Co-host David Bilbrey sits down with Jacqueline Smith, the founder of Central Grazing Company, to talk about her entry into the world of animal agriculture, after having no previous experience with farming or even family ties to a farm or the land. Learn More

Jan 20, 2018

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How do we prepare for the end of life? How do we honor the dead? How do we care for the living, through our rites and rituals, after a loved one passes? Michael Judd joins me to answer these questions as he shares the very personal story of his father’s passing, and how his family went about establishing a home cemetery. Learn More

Dec 30, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. A highlight of the year behind, the current state of the show, and what's coming up. Learn More

Dec 20, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. To know where we are headed, it’s important to know where we are and where we come from. As Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. wrote in his book Strength to Love, “We are not makers of history; we are made by history.” With that in mind, in the conversation that follows Maddy Harland provides a 25 year retrospective on permaculture as viewed through her role as the longtime editor of Permaculture Magazine, which has been encapsulated in her new book Fertile Edges . Learn More

Dec 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. As I was reminded of in a recent conversation with Emma Huvos, we protect what we love. As the ethics of permaculture call for us to care for Earth and people, then practicing permaculture can be a political act requiring activism. In this conversation facilitated by guest host David Bilbrey, John Seed shares his work of nearly 40 years to preserve landscapes all over the world, beginning first in New South Wales, Australia to save rainforests. Learn More

Nov 30, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How do we limit the damage of the greatest terrestrial environmental disaster ever, climate change? By drawing down carbon. How we do that, and the most effective ways possible, form the base of this conversation with Eric Toensmeier, as he shares his ongoing research about the impacts of agriculture and how we can use agroforestry to increase productivity and sequester carbon. Learn More

Nov 20, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. With smartphones, tablets, and other always-on, always-connected devices at our fingertips, finding a piece of information becomes easier and easier, if we have a few keywords to search for. When it comes to a subject as off the well-trod path as permaculture, how can someone find this information? As practitioners, what outlets do we have to share these ideas with our more mainstream friends or family? Of all the media available, the least expensive and most accessible are magazines. Learn More

Nov 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Image: Kai Sawyer at the Peace and Permaculture Dojo. ( Source: YouTube: Peace and Permaculture Dojo Tour ) “The more generous we are, the more relaxed we’ll be, the more wealthy we’ll feel, and the more gifts these will cycle.” - Kai Sawyer Learn More

Oct 30, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Karl Treen, the creator of Food Forest Card Game, a deck of cards designed to teach the needs, yields, and connections of plants and animals within a food forest and within nature, so players can then take what they learn and apply them to gardens and the world around them. All while cooperating, having fun, and subversively learning a message about how to care for Earth. Learn More

Oct 20, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This interview contains a conversation on Haudenosaunee (Iroquois Confederacy) beliefs reflective of popular rather than historical views. For more detailed information on the history and culture of these First Americans visit: https://www.haudenosauneeconfederacy.com/ In this episode, David Bilbrey returns to sit in the host chair during this conversation with Lisa Stokke, one of the founders of Food Democracy Now! , to talk about her latest project, Next 7, which focuses on bringing people together who believe in advocating ideas and solutions to benefit the next 7 generations. Learn More

Oct 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest today is Viktor Zaunders, one of the creators of localfoodnodes.org , a website designed to directly connect food producers and consumers. During the conversation, he shares with us the background for this project, the importance of building relationships in our food system, and how you can get involved and start your own food node. Learn More

Sep 20, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Paul Hellier, part of the team creating the website and app by the same name, designed to help us make better decisions about what we buy, where we buy it from, and the ecological impacts of those choices. Fair Food Forager does this by providing listings of businesses that align with various ethical choices across thirteen different categories. Some of those include reduced waste or composting, reduced plastic, vegetarian, and chemical-free or organic. Learn More

Sep 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. The author, speaker, and farmer of Polyface Farms Joel Salatin joins me to talk about farming, the importance of experience, and the role of mastery over ourselves and our chosen discipline. Learn More

Aug 20, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How do we create the world with the social and economic structures we desire? How do we distill the problems that we see over and over again in that context so they are easy to understand, that lead to solutions with a universal application? Learn More

Aug 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How do we intentionally live together in those communities? How do we create those communities? What training should we have if we already living in or planning to move into an intentional community? Learn More

Jul 30, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. avid Holmgren joins me to talk about his work on revising his now-classic text, Permaculture: Principles and Pathways Beyond Sustainability . His focus in doing so was to give the book greater clarity, to make it more accessible, and a little easier for a novice to approach. Starting in that space, we also talk about the evolution of Permaculture principles in general, whether we should talk about resilience as a principle or system characteristic, before moving on to talk about the security that comes from growing our own food. Learn More

Jul 20, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Hannah Apricot Eckberg, the editor of Permaculture Magazine, North America , joins me to share her role in the creation and launch of the latest North American permaculture periodical. Along the way, we talk about how permaculture practitioners, especially media producers whether they are publishers or podcasters, can engage in some cooperatition, a friendly form of cooperative competition, and cooperation to strengthen the community and our own individual work. That there is room for more producers. Learn More

Jul 17, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. This episode is a story written and recorded by Matt Winters, a listener to the show and a participant in the first PDC I ever taught. Learn More

Jul 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Eddy of Living Earth Systems returns, this time joined by his partner Sam, to continue discussing the ways we can work naturally with living systems to create clean water. The first time he joined us was to share his natural aquaponics system , but this time around talks about how we can use those same ideas to create natural swimming pools. Learn More

Jun 25, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Zach Elfers of Nomad Seed Project . We sat down to talk about his work and how it relates to seed saving; landscape management; landscape restoration; geophytes - the plants that made us human; and our own epoch: The Anthropocene , or as E.O. Wilson calls it "The Age of Loneliness." Learn More

Jun 15, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In today’s episode, David Bilbrey returns to the host seat with Fred Kirschenmann. Fred joins us again to share more about his work at the Aldo Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University and Stone Barns Center for Food and Agriculture and how those two places are working to allow us to plan not only for the world we have now but also for our descendants. The solutions come in multiple forms, from the ways we can use plants in our fields to increase yields while regenerating soil, and the cultural changes that are coming as the children and grandchildren of the Baby Boomer generation reject consumerism and focus on a more community-centered life. Learn More

Jun 5, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Learn More

May 25, 2017

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Giulianna Maria Lamanna, of The Fifth World , drops a huge two-part question on us in this episode, a continuation of the MAPC 2016 Q&A. 1. Are there people in the permaculture community talking about climate change and the impact of global warming on invasive species? 2. Is it our responsibility as permaculture practitioners to create new ecosystems for the changing climate? This conversation leads to thoughts on preserving native ecosystems, the creation of novel ecosystems, the role and influence of exotic species, human disturbance, and the forces of erosion. We're also asked to examine our own role we have in tending the wild, and what responsibility, if any, we have to domesticated species such as chickens? In doing so, can we take back the stewardship of our own habitat? Voices you'll hear include: Eva Taylor of Ironwood Farms Zach Elfers of Nomad Seed Project Ben Weiss of Susquehanna Permaculture Jason Godesky of The Fifth World Nicole Luttrell of Wind Song Farm Claudia Joseph of New York Permaculture Exchange Seppi Garrett of Seppi’s Place Dale Hendricks of Green Light Plants Dr. Christopher Huvos Get in touch The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast Instagram Facebook Twitter Podcast Needs Living in the Gift, as Ethan Hughes reminds me, requires asking for our needs to be met. The following are some things I could use right now to make continuing the podcast easier: - A laptop capable of running the Adobe Creative Cloud Suite, including a full HD (1080p) screen, 8GB RAM, and an i5 processor. Due to the amount of data I handle, a 512GB HDD or larger would be great. Any specs above those are golden. - A low mileage hybrid vehicle to replace a minivan with 200k miles on it. - Healthcare. Because of the way the U.S. system work, the coverage I can afford is not accepted by my allergist or other specialists. At the moment the most pressing need is for assistance covering my next, and hopefully last, vial of yellow jacket venom as part of my immunotherapy treatment. If you would like to discuss or know more about any of these, feel free to send me an email: The Permaculture Podcast If you are able to give towards any of these efforts: https://www.paypal.me/permaculturepodcast Drop something in the mail: The Permaculture Podcast The Permaculture Podcast Or via BitCoin, my wallet address is: 193R8iDwyqN4EmqzWBabMQgwLU4T2ovwVB Resources MACP 2017 Event Information and Tickets Timothy Lee Scott , author of Invasive Plant Medicine Tao Orion (Her Facebook Page) 1535 - Beyond the War on Invasive Species , my interview with Tao. 1321 - David Homgren on Permaculture. An Interview.

May 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. MAPC 2017 is nearly upon us, so to give you an idea of what you might hear at this year's event, while also digging into some permaculture questions with diverse voices. Here is part of the question and answer session recorded at the inaugural event on June 17, 2016. Learn More

Apr 30, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Patricia Daly, on the left in the picture above, joins me to talk about her book The Ketogenic Kitchen , and the possible health benefits of a high fat, moderate protein, low carbohydrate diet. Her work with this diet come from her own experiences as a cancer patient seeking complimentary therapies. Through information emerging in Europe she found research showing a ketogenic diet as effective when combined with traditional therapies, which in her case were radiation treatments. Undertaking this diet while continuing radiotherapy she was able to, as you will hear, quite literally see the results. Learn More

Apr 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. What is wealth? How do communities define wealth? What sustains you? Are you disconnected from the sources of sustenance? Where are our leverage points? How do we make use of those places to create change? Learn More

Mar 30, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Eddy Garcia of Living Earth Systems joins me to discuss Natural Aquaponics and how we can create beautiful, functioning systems whether we prefer to nerd out on the numbers or learn through observation and experience. Learn More

Mar 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Ethan Roland Soloviev joins me to share one of his current projects to define the phrase Regenerative Agriculture in an open way, via the website Regenerative Agriculture Definition . This site takes an Open Source / Creative Commons approach to defining a phrase that, much like our beloved Permaculture, can be a bit hard to pin down based on who you are talking to and their experiences with the term and in the act of doing the work. Learn More

Feb 28, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this interview my friend Jen Mendez, of PermieKids.com , returns to continue the conversation with Matt Bibeau of Institute of Permaculture Education for Children (IPEC) . During their time together they explore the remaining three Zones of Service and Action for Place-based Social Organizations: Community Education; National Education; and International (Global) Education. Learn More

Feb 20, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How do we make sustainability, permaculture resources, and education more accessible? Are free and open source tools a way to answer that question? Learn More

Feb 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How do we engage in the world in a positive way? How do we do that with business? David Bilbrey, of EcoThinkIt.com, returns to the host’s chair to talk with Bryan Welch, the CEO of B the Change Media, to answer these questions. Learn More

Feb 5, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. How do we make permaculture education more affordable? This is a common question in our community, and today I sit down and speak Jessa Fowler, the Education Director at Allegheny Mountain Institute, about a way AMI creates opportunities through a stipend-supported fellowship program. Learn More

Jan 30, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. In this interview my friend Jen Mendez, of PermieKids.com , speaks with Matt Bibeau of Institute of Permaculture Education for Children (IPEC) . Learn More

Jan 20, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. During this conversation, recorded live at the Prairie Festival the 40th celebration of The Land Institute, we join David Bilbrey talks with Fred Kirschenmann, a national and international leader in sustainable agriculture, who shares an appointment as Distinguished Fellow for the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture at Iowa State University, and is president of Stone Barn Center for Food and Agriculture in Pocantico Hills, New York. Learn More

Jan 10, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. Steven Martyn, the Sacred Gardener from Ontario, Canada, returns to continue our conversation about reconnecting with the land, as well as with the traditions and cultures not only of the area we call home, but also with the peoples of that land, and the ways of our families. Learn More

Jan 2, 2017

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. What can I say, 2016 was a tumultuous year for many. Learn More

Dec 20, 2016

Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market Donate Directly: via PayPal -or- Venmo @permaculturepodcast Want to listen to more conversations about Permaculture? Browse the extensive archives of the show. My guest for this episode is Mary Reynolds, the Irish author of The Garden Awakening: Designs to Nurture Our Land and Ourselves. Learn More

Dec 10, 2016

Donate to The Permaculture Podcast Online: via PayPal Venmo: @permaculturepodcast Today is part two of the conversation with Shaun Chamberlin ( Part 1 ), editor of Lean Logic and Surviving the Future , on the work of David Fleming. This time we focus on Shaun including his background, current activities, and what it means to bear David's Legacy. Along the way the conversation touches on a variety of subject related to our work in the modern world, including the role of education, the apolitical need for action on the future, and what we can do to live inexpensively and with directed intent. This is candid, on both of our parts, as we share more of our own private stories as much as the public. Find our more about Shaun and his work at DarkOptimism.org . Sponsor We’re able to keep the newsletter, email and voicemail going with support from our partners like Joel Dufour and the great people at Earth Tools in Kentucky. If you are a small scale professional farmer or permaculture practitioner you’ll love their line of walk behind tractors, implements, and parts from manufacturers like BCS and Grillo. If you’re a gardener, check out their full line of high quality hand tools from DeWit, SHW, Barnel, and more. I chose to partner with Earth Tools because they are owned and operated by a small-scale farmer and his family. With their hands-on experience and understanding of the tools we need on our farms and in our gardens, and with affordable pricing, they make high quality tools accessible to everyone. If you’re looking for the perfect holiday gift for the gardeners in your life, this is it. Find out more about their complete line of tractors and tools at EarthTools.com . Resources Lean Logic (Chelsea Green Publishing) Surviving the Future (Chelsea Green Publishing) Get both books for $60 . (Chelsea Green Publishing) Dark Optimism (Shaun's Site) Lean Logic: The Work of David Fleming (Permaculture Podcast Interview) Schumacher College The Moneyless Manifesto - Mark Boyle The Dark Mountain Project The Transition Timeline The Happy Pig , Ireland. (Permaculture Magazine UK) The Power of Time Off (TED Talk)