Bonus Episode 8: Scottie Jones on City Life to Farm Life
Bonus Episode 8: Scottie Jones on City Life to Farm Life. A chat with a farmer about her transition from the city girl. In This BONUS Podcast: Returning guest Scottie
Bonus Episode 8: Scottie Jones on City Life to Farm Life. A chat with a farmer about her transition from the city girl. In This BONUS Podcast: Returning guest Scottie
287: Dani Replogle on Millenial Food Awareness. Educating and empowering the upcoming generation to be part of their food system. Dani is a second-year law student at Lewis & Clark
258: Deb Burns on How to Get a Farming Book Published. Writing and publishing books for urban farmers, homesteaders and nature lovers. Storey Publishing is a prolific publisher of
Greg Peterson – Special 250th Podcast. Interviewing Farmer Greg himself – about his life mission and creating The Urban Farm. – – – – Greg has lived at the Urban
241: Jared Gulliford on Millennial Farmers. Starting a farm from scratch as an urban-raised millennial. – – – – At the age of 25, Jared moved back to the land
215: Suzanne Bontempo on Gardening without Pesticides. Contemplating the best options for:If, when, and what type of insect control to use in the garden. – – – – Suzanne has
Getting excited about agriculture in protected structures is the topic of discussion for Greg and his guest Andrew Mefferd today. With a journey that took him across the United States, Andrew learned a lot about different types and sizes of farms. He explains how he used that experience to improve his skills why he hopes others can learn from it as well.
Greg gets a chance to talk to Perrine, a delightful French organic farmer and permaculture enthusiast and hear how she transformed her life by ditching her career as a lawyer to start a self-sufficient, organic farm without any gasoline driven engines at all. Now, she and her husband are examples to others on how to successfully farm the old-fashioned way.
Longtime farmer Josh talks with Greg to explain his concept of making small farms the most productive and his background really helps give him an edge for understanding and explaining this to our listeners. It is clear he is driven to help others understand what he learned about making small farms work.
Greg talks to a newer farmer, Shaun Keesee, who is having some success using biointensive farming techniques. Shaun shares how he reclaimed the land his family was leasing out to a hay farmer and starting growing crops to sell to markets and restaurants. He is applying the skills he has learned through his reading, internet and agriculture courses at his local college.
