Permaculture Realized Podcast

Todays guest is Lina Bird who is very active in the Washington DC branch of the Citizens Climate Lobby. The Citizens Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization with chapters all over the country, with the aim of lobbying for national policies to address climate change. One of their primary policies is a Carbon Tax and Dividend. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 37, Carbon Tax: How it Works with Lina Bird appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

This past winter I had the pleasure of visiting my friends Randy and Libby Buchler and their family at their farm, Shady Grove Farm in Michigans Upper Peninsula. Shady Grove Farm is a small, but productive 2 acre farmstead that produces certified naturally grown eggs, wool, pork, veggies and more for their local community. In 2009, they recieved a notice for alleged zoning violations regarding their agricultural activity. Through a ton of research and collaborations, they were finally able to win back their Right to Farm in a 2012 court case. Today Randy Buchler joins us to share their story of how they achieved success. And how Your right to farm is currently under threat due to more recent changes in Michigan's Right to Farm Act. Randy also shares what we can all do to help defend our Right to Farm, and support local farms who are striving, sometimes against many odds, to put healthy, clean, responsibly grown food on your plate. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 36, Our Right to Farm with Randy Buchler appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

Today we’re talking to Nathan Ayers who teaches Permaculture to students of all ages in Michigan. This is Nathans second time on the show, and it’s always a great time having him. If you like this one, be sure to check out Episode 18 as well where we discussed water solutions to the Flint, MI Water Crisis. Today we talk about Nathan and his brother Nick’s exciting new project; We Are the Forest. In addition to their work in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area, they are also involved on Beaver Island. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 35, We Are the Forest with Nathan Ayers appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

This weeks episode is about how to start your own edible permaculture plant nursery with special guest, Sean Dembrosky of Edible Acres. Edible Acres is a small homestead and plant nursery that Sean runs in the Finger Lakes area of New York State. Today, he shares with us some great tips to getting started or improving our own plant nurseries. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 34, How to Start an Edible Plant Nursery with Sean Dembrosky appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

Today we're talking to Peter Allen who runs Mastodon Valley Farm in Wisconsin. Before getting in to regenerative farming, Peter was a student of ecology and complex systems theory, so he brings a unique an informed perspective to the use of animal agriculture as a method of managing landscape for ecological health. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 33, Ecologically Regenerative Animal Agriculture with Peter Allen appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

Today’s guest is a good friend of mine who started up a bicycle powered community compost pickup business here in Northern Michigan. We discuss his experience with starting up the project, why this model has a ton of oppotunity for others to step up and replicate it, and tips on how you can start your own! The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 32, Bicycle-Powered Community Composting with Ried Meyer appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

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This episode is a follow up on episode 27. If you missed it I highly recommend you check it out. In that episode we did an analysis of what humans need to flourish. So now, using what we learned from the past episode, this week we’re going to go into kind of the goal setting part of the design process if you want to look at it that way, but basically just looking at how we can respond to the situation that we’re in. How we can adapt. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 30, Air, Water, Food, Shelter, Kinship, Meaning (Part 2) appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

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There’ll be few main parts to this episode. I’m going to start out by doing a survey of kind of our basic biological human needs. So you know food, energy, shelter, connection, love that type of thing. (our global life support systems) And look at those within the context of how we go about meeting those needs and how that has changed over time especially from pre-agriculture revolution and then after the agriculture revolution and now into modern technological age. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 27, Global Life Support Systems: A Checkup and Diagnosis (Part 1) appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

Today's guest is Ben Falk who created and runs Whole Systems Design out of Vermont, and is also the author of the book The Resilient Farm and Homestead. Today we discuss how to go about finding the right homestead property for natural living and some of key decisions like siting your house. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 26, Choosing the Best Homestead Property with Ben Falk appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

Today's guest is film producer, author and teacher Justin Rhodes who has been running his 75 acre permaculture farm near Asheville, NC for many years. He's here to share with us some of the many lessons he's learned along the way, and give some pointers to those getting started. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 25, Permaculture Homesteading with Justin Rhodes appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

Today's guest, Dan Kittrege has been an organic farmer since childhood, and has been developing a deep understanding of how a nutrient rich soil leads to healthier plants and healthier foods and ultimately healthier people and planet. He created the Bionutrient Food Association to promote this understanding of growing nutrient dense food. He also runs Kittredge farm in Brookfield, MA where he does his research and practices the science. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 24, Growing Nutrient Dense Food with Dan Kittredge appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

http://traffic.libsyn.com/permaculturerealizedpodcast/AlecandLauren_mixdown.mp3"] TOPICS COVERED: Farm Cooperative 518 The lay of the land How the Farm came to be The vision of the farm Finding the right people Alec and Lauras Backstory What inspired them to farm How they succeeded Their visions for the future Today's guests Alec Gioseffi and Lauren Nagy run the CSA Farm Cooperative 518 in Princeton, New Jersey. They provide nourishing food to the local community using permaculture farming practices. The farm is home to chickens, cats, sheep, pigs, nine humans, veggies, herbs, flowers, a small upcycled greenhouse, a large seasonal hoop house, and two tiny homes. Stay tuned to hear the story of how they got their start, what's happening on the farm today, and where they envision it going in the future. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 23, Permaculture Farming at Cooperative 518 with Alec Gioseffi and Lauren Nagy appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

Today's guest is Robyn Mello. I met Robyn in November at the Advanced Permaculture Course I took in Akron, OH. I got to learn all about the non-profit she works for, the Philadelphia Orchard Project. They're putting in public orchard and forest gardens all around Philadelphia. Robin has learned a ton about what it takes to run a successful urban agriculture focused non-profit permaculture organization so that's the theme of today's interview. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 22, How to do Non-Profit Permaculture with Robyn Mello appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

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Today's guest is Kate Heiber Cobb, who created and runs the Madison Area Permaculture Guild out of Madison Wisconsin. She is a Permaculture teacher and educator, and has done a lot with bringing Permaculture to urban regions. Today we talk about her story, how she created the guild, projects they've done and lessons learned along the way. It keeps getting better the deeper into the interview we go so make sure to listen to the end! The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 20, Creating a Permaculture Guild with Kate Heiber-Cobb appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

That's a taste of some of the types of things you would learn by taking a Permaculture Design Course. Today I'm talking to Rhonda Baird about why you would want to take a PDC, what it covers, and what you get out of it. Rhonda has been a Permaculture teacher for 10 years and shares her journey from taking her first PDC, to today where she has a thriving homestead and teaches numerous PDCs a year. She will also be one of the guest teachers for the upcoming PDC here in Traverse City this spring. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 19, Why Should I Take a Permaculture Design Course? with Rhonda Baird appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.

Today's guest is Nathan Ayers, who heads up Chiwara Permaculture out of Ann Arbor, Michigan and is currently focusing on Flint Water Crisis Permaculture Solutions. Nathan also does a lot of work integrating permaculture into traditional educational institutions from kindergarten all the way up through the university level. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 18, Flint Water Crisis Permaculture Solutions with Nathan Ayers appeared first on Realeyes Permaculture Homestead.