The Permaculture Podcast

Drawing Down Carbon

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.
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ResourcesThe Carbon Farming Solution Project DrawdownPerennial SolutionsThe Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri Agroforestry at Virginia TechIPCC - Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Trees on Farms by RJ Zomer, et al. (PDF)Savanna InstituteSteve Solomon - Gardening When It CountsJohn Jeavons - Grow BiointensiveLegal 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

Farming and Foraging a Complete Diet

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. 
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ResourcesNational Farmers Market Directory (USA)Trash MeGreen RidersFree RideOrlando Permaculture Meetup GroupShad Qudsi - Atitlan Organics  

Trees of Power

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 PartnersWild Abundance - Top 10 Vegetables to Grow that Will Really Feed You!Marjory Wildcraft - How to Grow Food!
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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

Kochia

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.

The Understory

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.

Maine Local Living School

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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.
 


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To Glimpse an Ancient Murrelet

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.

Foraging

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

Beginning Foraging

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.

The Fruit Forager’s Companion

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.ResourcesSara Bir (sausagetarian.com)Sara on InstagramThe Fruit Foragers Companion (Chelsea Green)