The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson
Summary: Welcome to The Urban Farm Podcast, your partner in the Grow Your Own Food revolution! This 3-day per week audio only podcast features special guests like Jason Mraz, Lisa Steele, and Kari Spencer as we discuss the art and value of growing food in urban areas. We'll explore topics such as urban beekeeping and chicken farming, permaculture, successful composting, monetizing your farm, and much more! Each episode will bring you tips and tricks on how to overcome common challenges, opportunities to learn from the experience of people just like you, and plenty of resources to ensure you're informed, equipped, and empowered to participate more mindfully in your local food system... and to have a great time doing it!
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Podcasts:
77: Kim Eierman on Native Plants
76: Amanda Midkiff on Growing Medicinal Herbs
75: Kristin Parsons on Yard Design
74: Stella Otto on Backyard Fruit Trees
73: John Zahina-Ramos of Just One Backyard
72: Tonyehn Verkitis from Eco-Arts Living
71: Jake Mace: Humanity's Global Future is Local
70: Don Titmus on Permaculture and Bees
69: Matthew Hoffman on Saving Organic and Heirloom Seeds
68: Laura Ten Eyck on Hop Farming
67: Stewart Jacobson on Food Safety
In this episode, we dig into all the details of vermicompsting, or composting with worms. Listen in to find out about worm castings (worm poop!), what to put in your bins, what worms eat, where to get worms, what your worm bin should smell like (hint: it shouldn't smell bad!), and more great insight from Sena.
Maat van Uitert is a homesteading and chicken expert who helps everyday people learn to grow food in their own backyard. She is the founder of the blog FrugalChicken, author of Chickens: Naturally Raising A Sustainable Flock, and a sought-after freelance writer. Maat also develops online courses about backyard farming to spread the message that freedom is ripe for the picking. Grab a free ebook about using fermented feed to raise healthier chickens at TheFrugalChicken.com/TheBetterEgg
Jacq runs her own graphic design business, Jacq Design, from her home office in Tempe, AZ. She was first introduced to permaculture through the Valley Permaculture Alliance in 2012. Now, she is in the process of establishing a semi self-sustaining food forest in her backyard in Tempe, AZ. She hopes to inspire others to do the same by giving tours and trading seeds, harvests and plants with visitors.
Michael Kramer is Managing Partner and Director of Social Research at Natural Investments, a sustainable and responsible investment advisor with 10 offices in 9 states. A national leader in his field since 2000, Michael serves on the national policy committee of USSIF: The Forum for Sustainable and Responsible Investment, the industry’s trade association. He is co-author of The Resilient Investor: A Plan for Your Life Not Just Your Money (Berrett-Koehler, 2015).
