Building Your Permaculture Property

By Takota Coen

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Join farmer, educator, and author Takota Coen as he explores how you can design and develop land anywhere in the world to provide for your food, water, shelter, energy, and other needs in a way that is good for all people, the planet and our future.Takota Coen is the co-author of "Building Your Permaculture Property: A 5 Step Process To Design and Develop Land", an instructor with Verge Permaculture, and co-owner of Coen Farm, a 250 acre award winning permaculture farm, in Alberta Canada.

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#19-Stefan Sobkowiak: Our b...

04.24.2022

Stefan Sobkowiak operates a 12 acre farm of which 6-acres are in a permaculture orchard at Miracle Farms in Quebec. Sobkowiak originally bought the farm as a conventional 12 acre 4,000 tree monoculture apple orchard and immediately transitioned it to ...

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04.24.2022 #19-Stefan Sobkowiak: Our biggest mistakes in Permaculture Stefan Sobkowiak operates a 12 acre farm of which 6-acres are in a permaculture orchard at Miracle Farms in Quebec. Sobkowiak originally bought the farm as a conventional 12 acre 4,000 tree monoculture apple orchard and immediately transitioned it to ...
03.01.2022 #18-Blacksmithing, Self-esteem, & Morality Tim and I talk about why he left his job in big tech to become a blacksmith and homesteader, why you should learn a pre-electricity skill, the essential human need to produce, morality, politics, and what is the one tool ...
01.24.2022 #17-Philosophy, Ethics, and Politics for Urban Chickens and Beyond In this episode I coach one of my students about how to navigate the philosophical, ethical and political implications of keeping chickens in a California city when it suddenly became illegal. ▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca ▶️ My consulting and book ...
06.17.2021 #16-Neal Spackman: Scaling Up Ecosystem Regeneration Neal Spackman is an internationally recognized pioneer of hyperarid agroforestries. He was cofounder and Director of the Al Baydha Project in Saudi Arabia, where he lived and worked with tribes of bedou to convert deserts into savannahs. He founded the ...
05.10.2021 #15-James Corbett: Why Permaculturists need to become "conspiracy theorists" James Corbett is an award-winning investigative journalist, who has lectured on geopolitics at the University of Groningen’s Studium Generale, and delivered presentations on open source journalism at The French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation’s fOSSa conference, at ...
04.26.2021 #14-Permaculture Aid In Africa with Ludovic Bourdon Ludovic Bourdon works with organizations like Ecosia to help design and develop permaculture aid projects throughout Africa. Find out more about Ludo's work here: https://www.abundantbynature.org/ https://facebook.com/abundantbynature/ https://www.instagram.com/abundant_by_nature/ https://www.youtube.com/c/AbundantbyNature ▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca ▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com Support this ...
04.18.2021 #13-Judith D. Schwartz: The Reindeer Chronicles and Other Inspiring Stories of Working With Nature to Heal the Earth Judith D. Schwartz is a journalist based in Vermont who looks to nature for approaches to solving global challenges. Her most recent book is The Reindeer Chronicles and Other Inspiring Stories of Working With Nature to Heal the Earth (Chelsea ...
03.23.2021 #12-Ben Falk: The Resilient Farm and Homestead ▶️ Join Ben Falk and I for a Free Online Summit https://www.mypermacultureproperty.com Ben and I talk about his plans to revise his book "The Resilient Farm and Homestead", what it's like living on a permaculture property for almost 2 decades, ...
03.21.2021 #11-Mark Shepard: Water For Any Farm ▶️ Join Mark Shepard and I for a Free Online Summit https://www.mypermacultureproperty.com Mark and I chat about why permaculture went from "permanent agriculture" to "gardening on steroids", P.A. Yeomans Scale of Permanence, design process, and much more. Mark Shepard is ...
03.12.2021 #10-Dan Palmer: Making Permaculture Stronger Dan and Takota talk about how a lack of a living, adaptive process is holding permaculture back from reaching its fullest potential, and what we can all do about it. Dan Palmer is a design educator, author and podcaster living ...
01.20.2021 #9-Kevin Mullen: Building A Healthy Home In this episode Takota and Kevin talk about:The prevalence of toxins like VOC's, formaldehyde, and molds in our homes and other built environmentsEarly warning health symptoms to watch out forStrategies to identify, eliminate, reduce or mitigate toxins that might be ...
12.18.2020 #8-Curtis Stone: The Martyr Mindset of Farmers In this episode Curtis and Takota talk about, how he got into farming, why he left the "left" but the "left" didn't leave him, the prevalence of the martyr mindset in farmers, the danger this poses everyone, how to break ...
12.17.2020 #7-Tad Hargrave: Marketing For Hippies In this episode of Building Your Permaculture Property I speak with Tad Hargrave about right livelihood, ethical business, and why a small business is an essential part of every permaculture property. Tad is a self described hippy who developed a ...
11.15.2020 #6-Nicole Masters: For the Love of Soil In this episode of Building Your Permaculture Property I speak with Nicole Masters about her new book "For the Love of Soil". Nicole Masters is an independent agroecologist, systems thinker, author and educator. She is recognized as a knowledgeable and ...
11.14.2020 #5-Don Ruzicka: Conversation with an Elder Agrarian In this podcast Don Ruzicka and I chat about the past, present and future of regenerative agriculture, the missing connection to the land that plagues our culture, the red herring of carbon credits, and much more. Don and his wife ...
10.29.2020 #4-Rob Avis: A Permaculture Engineer's Perspective on Diet In this podcast my colleague, co-author and friend Rob Avis shares his insights, on peak energy/food, intermittent fasting, bioregional diets and how a permaculture approach to your diet can help you to heal yourself, and heal the planet. Rob and ...
10.29.2020 #3-Mark Anielski and Rob Avis: An Economy of Well-Being Economist Mark Anielski sits down with Rob Avis and Takota Coen to talk about the economics of well-being. Mark Anielski (B.A., BScF, MScFE) is an economic strategist specializing in measuring the well-being and happiness of nations, communities and businesses. Mark ...
10.29.2020 #2-Rob Avis and Takota Coen: The Permaculture Response to Every Conspiracy Takota Coen and Rob Avis discuss why permaculture is the best solution to any conspiracy, real or imagined. ▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca ▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/building-your-permaculture-property/donations
10.24.2020 #1–Sally Fallon: "Nourishing Diets: How Paleo Ancestral and Traditional Peoples Really Ate" In this podcast I talk with Sally about her most recent book Nourishing Diets: How Paleo, Ancestral and Traditional Peoples Really Ate. Sally's past work on traditional diet brought me back from a year of vegetarianism, and has been incredibly ...
10.20.2020 Introduction to the podcast Join farmer, educator and author Takota Coen as he explores how you can design and develop land anywhere in the world to provide for your food, water, shelter, energy, and other needs in a way that is good for all ...