Ivy Walls is the owner and operator of Ivy Leaf Farms in Sunnyside, Houston, Texas. A community-based farm, @Ivyleaffarms grows fruits and vegetables not to meet the demand of individual restaurants and stores but to become the sustainable source of healthy and organic food that would benefit the entire community.

Start Small and Grow Big! Jeremy Peaches is an agriculturist based in Houston, Texas. Founder and CEO of Fresh Life Organic FLO, a farmer and very passionate about animals as well. He is an advocate of sustainable agriculture practices. It hasn’t been an easy road to be an agriculture consultant while being a farmer, especially when you don’t have the land or the working capital.  Envisioned to making Houston as the epicenter of urban agriculture. Thus, it takes a lot of grit, being resilient, and faith.

In this episode, we talk about:

Various sustainable agriculture practices

How people growing new varieties of plants in their backyards affect the farmers

The power of aquaponics and hydroponics

Jeremy’s favorite and least favorite plants to grow

Urban farming movement and how the agriculture district can be established to help promote home gardening

Farming awareness brought about by different events that occurred throughout history.

The need for more farmers and gardeners rather than more politicians

Welcome to Just Grow It: The podcast.  

 

In today's episode, we are having a candid conversation with Geoffrey Johnson, the founder of the social media platform Depend on Planet Earth, aka D.O.P.E.