Farming can feel isolating , especially during winter , when the bunco slow up down and we take a breather our bodies . A gravid way to do it that we are not alone is through a wide of the mark world of podcasts . Whether you want idea , story or just a helpful vocalisation to keep you company while you pop out semen and make fix , podcasts can be the farmer ’s upright champion . Here are my preferred podcasts I rick to for inspiration and the perspectives that each one provides . ( Full disclosure : I was interviewed on the Urban Farm podcast , and I ’ve register an interview with the Permaculture Podcast that ’s scheduled to air in February 2018 . )
1. Urban Farming With a Capital “U”
TheUrban FarmPodcast with Greg Peterson is a portal to practical skills you could enforce to your farm or garden , focusing on the especial challenges and resources chance in the urban environment . Peterson ’s interview boast a wide range of experts in horticulture and permaculture , mixed in with lesser - known leaders in the local foods movement . It ’s well-to-do to relate to their stories and get hold valuable lessons to enforce to your own field .
I found a duo of new personal heroes in The Urban Farm archives . Episode 285with Cyfrin Barefoot is a rags - to - rich tale that lead off with this woman ’s childhood of thirst and homelessness . She miraculously leveraged her challenging beginning in life to become ego - sufficient and unbound by conventions , achieving successes , learning from failures and foot herself up each time she got knocked down . She had to forage to find nutrient as a child , and now she creates gourmet intellectual nourishment for paleo diet consumers .
Episode 280featuresThe Humane Gardener , a person named Nancy Lawson and the title of a book she wrote . The consultation reveal that she had n’t always been conscientious of native plants and animal in her cubic yard , even though she was a professional proponent for all brute , wild and domestic . In listen to Lawson ’s own experiences with wildlife and native plants , we hear how to make for balance back to the rude organisation that we influence with , even in busy and crowded cities .
The Urban Farming Podcast gear you up for learning , and Peterson has much more to offer . Explore the respite of his website for the other working capital “ U , ” a university of online urban agriculture trend , many of which are free .
2. Dive Deeper Into Permaculture
ThePermaculture Podcastwith Scott Mann has been a solid source for thoughtful and well - researched expertise on build sustainable system . Permaculture goes beyond the food for thought to consumer connection , and it incorporates our economic , social and justice systems — many of which are cause we reconnect with nature through farming . claver thearchivesof the Permaculture Podcast and choose from the categories that interest you . For example , financial permaculture , foraging , natural construction and rewilding are a few of the hundreds of subject Mann explores .
Some of my favourite podcasts fall under the category of roundtable discussions , where dynamic conversations are enriched by various position . Even though Mann speaks with permaculture leaders throughout the world , I especially enjoyed hear a roundtable treatment on building residential area that was recorded with a group of people not far from me , some of whom I ’ve interview as well . Listen toEpisode 1538to get a gustatory sensation of a truly intentional residential district in Kentucky , full of folks like for the land and for each other .
3. Weaving Roots & Breaking Beans
The Appalachian Food Story Project is an initiative of theCommunity Farm Alliance , a Kentucky - based nonprofit radical that make to improve urban and rural prosperity through support family - scale factory farm . The Appalachian Food Story Project focus on the stories of the food culture in the eastern mountains , uplifting the racy variety that inspires resiliency in the people and the land .
I ’ve recently get wind about industrial hemp projects in my area , in the metropolis and in the country by listening to CFA ’s Woven Rootsepisode 5 . A resourceful architect date an chance to create an energy - efficient home base using hemp byproducts as insulation , sleep with as hempcrete . More traditional uses of hemp are teach and demonstrated in the Appalachian Mountains , where making cloth from flax , wool and other natural fibers is not a lost art .
The podcasts are recorded by various investigator , one of which is Sister Kathy Curtis , a member of a women ’s cloistral community . She visits farms and provides slice of biography straightaway from the field and homestead in her series squall Breaking Beans . For instance , episode 8shares the story of the Bowlings and their Old Homeplace Farm . They consort a dissimilar approach to a community - supported agriculture program . Their rural neighbors and friend who buy their produce have a lot of commodious options : They get to opt what and how much they buy each hebdomad and can do all their shopping from the farm ’s website without paying a great marrow for the entire time of year . The Bowlings ’ method suits their market , and they have n’t needed to cart their green groceries to the farmers ’ markets or pay for advertising .
Every farmer has a unique story , one that we would n’t normally be able to hear without visiting the farm . Podcasts concur a wealth of ethnical wisdom , theme to try and aspiration for collaboration .
