114: Kelly Houle on Botanical Art. Pursuing beauty and truth through artwork on nature. Kelly is a botanical and wildlife artist, calligrapher, and founder of Books of Kell’s Press, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit that works to create handmade books and original art to raise awareness about science and nature, and to raise money for humanitarian…
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113: Penny Livingston on Urban Permaculture. Looking at the science of natural systems in landscape design.. Penny is internationally recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer, and speaker. She holds a MS in Eco-Social Regeneration and a Diploma in Permaculture Design. Penny has been studying the Hermetic Tradition of alchemy and herbal medicine making in…
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112: Becca Moore on Starting a Homestead. Making choices for a natural lifestyle, even with little or no land. Becca lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania with her husband and seven children. She loves to garden, preserve her own food, spend time with her family and she’s an aspiring homesteader. She hopes to own a slew of…
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Book Review:Locally Laid by Lucie B. Amundsen Reviewed by Anne-Marie Miller My husband and I used to have a date night ritual of, wait for it…going to the grocery store together. It sounds really lame when I see it written out like that. Way before we had chickens and rabbits and veggies galore, what we…
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The Mindset Change that Will Make You a Better Urban Farmer By Becca Moore I didn’t always think I could be a homesteader.When I started this homesteading gig, I put a lot of limitations on myself. I insisted that I couldn’t do “everything” homesteading related because I didn’t have enough land. I was sure I…
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111: Tim Amlaw on Tackling Food Deserts. An Urban Hydroponic Project of PureHarvest Foods. Tim is an urban agrarian from a farm and agriculture education training and background. He has dedicated his life to building farmer based systems and programs to improve agriculture, humane care of animals and now local Urban Agriculture. His current endeavor…
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Planting edible trees and crops & water harvesting in the desert. – Brad Lancaster is the author of the award-winning Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond and co-founder of DesertHarvesters.org. Since 1993 Brad has run a successful permaculture education, design, and consultation business focused on integrated regenerative approaches to…
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109: Michelle Fehler on Biomimicry. How Nature Can Inspire our Choices Michelle’s love for gardening most likely was imprinted during her childhood in Switzerland where she grew up surrounded by green and lush vegetation. She spent most of her childhood in her parents’ garden, connecting on a deep level with nature. In her mid-twenties, she…
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108: Darren Chapman on Stimulating Community Development Using Urban Agriscaping to improve neighborhoods Darren is a community pro-activist who has committed his life to helping people. He is Founder and CEO of TigerMountain Foundation (a.k.a. TMF), which has implemented Empowerment Initiatives to uplift communities and eliminate blight. Tiger Mountain’s initiatives are community garden / landscaping…
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107: Kerry Wekelo on Encouraging Kids to Eat Better Kerry is the founder and visionary of Zendoway and hopes to share with you from all her life experiences. Kerry serves as the Director of Human Resources and Operations for Actualize Consulting in which she spearheaded and runs a successful wellness program. In addition to wellness…
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