255: Gianaclis Caldwell on Holistic Goat Care. Considering the whole picture of raising goats and their benefits. In addition to actively managing their dairy goats, Gianaclis is the main cheesemaker, milker and owner of Pholia Farm, a licensed dairy located on 24 acres she grew up on in southern Oregon. Her farm is well known…
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How to Make Apple Wine By Cricket Aldridge A couple weeks ago, Greg graciously invited Kari Spencer and me over to share some of his apple trees’ incredible bounty. We started the morning by pulling out ladders and picking the apples, handful by handful. That is, until Greg decided to shake the tree and, in…
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254: Stephanie Tourles on Natural Ways to Repel Insects. Focusing on natural options to create your own bug repellents. Stephanie has practiced and taught healthy living for more than 25 years. She is a licensed holistic esthetician with a strong background in Western and Ayurvedic herbalism, has extensive training in the nutritional sciences, and is…
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253: Tony Kasowski on Farm Trippin. Traveling across several states and profiling examples of amazing farms. Tony is Co-Founder and Principal Farmer at St Vincent de Paul Urban Farms in Phoenix, Arizona. The agricultural division to the charity provides food production, education, and revenue generation, and has produced over one hundred thousand pounds of fresh food…
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Bonus Episode 1: Ask Jake and Greg. A Q&A session with two experts on Gardening and Fruit Trees. In This BONUS Podcast: Jake Mace the Vegan Athlete and Greg Peterson of The Urban Farm are both gardening educators offering classes, podcasts, and videos on a large variety of gardening topics. Every month they get together for…
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252: Ed Vaccaro on Hydration for Outdoor Pets and Small Animals. Creating a product for animals that also helps plants and then getting it to market. – – – – Ed grew up in northern California during the 70’s. His parents were in the flower business and his uncle was in the plant business. His…
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251: Shane Jordan on Minimizing Food Waste. Making recipes from those leftover ingredients that might have been tossed. – – – – Shane is a vegetarian chef and author based in Bristol, England. He works as a part time chef at Arc Cafe while teaching cooking at Universities and Festivals. He has been described as…
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Dehydrating Your Home Grown Herbs By Stephany Jess A natural extension of an urban vegetable garden is growing herbs. Grown side-by-side with vegetables, herbs add a special flavor to the home-grown harvest. Picking a fresh bay leaf for a pot of vegetable soup, adding oregano to a jar of fresh tomato sauce, or a sprig…
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Urban Permaculture: Creating a Swale on an Urban-Sized Scale By Anne-Marie Miller If you have been listening to The Urban Farm Podcast you have probably heard a lot about permaculture. I have been listening to/reading about permaculture ideas so much it is hard for me to believe there is a person on the planet that…
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Greg Peterson – Special 250th Podcast. Interviewing Farmer Greg himself – about his life mission and creating The Urban Farm. – – – – Greg has lived at the Urban Farm for almost 30 years. His 1/3-acre yard features an entirely edible landscape, including over 70 fruit trees, rainwater and grey-water harvesting, solar applications, and…
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