Shane talks to temperate tree crop breeder Alex Tanke about his work with persimmons and pecans/hickories, plus a whole bunch of other topics related to tree crops and the development of diverse and resilient food systems.

Read more about Alex's work at his website: https://dispersionfarms.com

Check out his Youtube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@alextanke8963

And check out the activity on the Nut Processors Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1351572005177147/

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

Shane talks to Justin Senryu-Williams about his extraordinary work to breed resilient, low input tomatoes for the soggy British climate through extensive outcrossing to wild tomato relatives.

You can learn more about his work through his posts on Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/JustinSenryu

https://www.facebook.com/groups/182244131939228

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

Shane talks with Thomas Stoughton about his extensive field work studying the spring beauties (Claytonia species) a diverse group of plants with enormous untapped domestication potential and a host of weird genetic tricks. They also dive into fungi- foraging, farming and domestication, and a host of other side track topics.

You can read more about Thomas' work and see his beautiful botanical photos at: https://claytonia.org

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

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Shane talks to Gus Le Breton about his lifetime of exploring and promoting the vast array of useful edible and medicinal plants that grow Southern Africa and Madagascar. You're in for a rare ethnobotanical treat!

You can learn more about Gus' work at the links below.

Youtube channel with plant profiles and field trips: https://www.youtube.com/@AfricanPlantHunter

Gus' main website- https://africanplanthunter.com

The African Baobab Alliance- https://africanbaobaballiance.org

FairWild ethically connecting local plant producers to markets- https://www.fairwild.org

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

Shane talks to Weston Adams about his fascinating work breeding crops at Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, including an ambitious project producing intergeneric hybrids of sunflowers.

You can reach out to Weston at Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/weston.adams.921

Or send him an email- [email protected]

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

Shane talks with Nathaniel from the Ozark Mountains about his extensive work adapting Korean Natural Farming practices to his corner of the world, scaling sorghum as a zero input staple crop, and the thriving community networks which have grown stronger in response to economic stresses.

Read more about Nathaniel's work in this essay: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1TkJXkxtg3Xkukre3L4SqY7372jDsdB4K/view

Contact him to find out about his native tree nursery- [email protected]

Learn more about the Ozark Area Community Congress- https://www.r3-0.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/A-PERSONAL-HISTORY-OF-OACC-HAENKE.pdf

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

Shane talks to Mark W. Kidd about preserving the cushaw squash in Appalachia, growing crops with minimal inputs in remote rural areas, and revitalising communities in the wake of contraction.

The Commonwealth Cushaw Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/commonwealthcushaw

Join a cushaw squash workshop in May:

https://cushawguide.handbarrow.org/

Check out the Going to Seed forum where Mark regularly posts: https://goingtoseed.discourse.group

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

Shane talks to Kahlil Corazo, a writer, thinker, entrepreneur and former agricultural researcher from the Phillipines about psychofauna, technocapital, the past and future of cacao and a whole bunch of other fascinating topics.

You can read more of Kahlil's writing at his substack blog: https://www.explorations.ph

And his article on psychofauna: https://www.theseedsofscience.pub/p/psychofauna-studies-a-manifesto

A few of Kahlil's books:

https://www.amazon.com/Turn-Ideas-Into-Reality-Entrepreneurship-ebook/dp/B0BRF2568Y/

https://www.amazon.com/Rajah-Versus-Conquistador-Gambit-Conquest-ebook/dp/B0F28XV6K7/

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

Shane talks to Michael Longfield about his extensive work developing syntropic agriculture systems in the central USA, tapping into an impressive range of local and introduced plant genetics.

You can learn more about Michael's work at Interwoven Permaculture: https://interwovenpermaculture.com

And get more regular updates and contact through: https://www.facebook.com/InterwovenPermaculture

Check out Michael's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/interwovenpermaculture/

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/

Shane interviews Nikomiko about his involvement in the creation of Viossa, a pidgin language that was constructed in online chat rooms through playful interaction in any language except English and which has since grown into a thriving community. We discuss the wild world of constructed and evolving languages, and play with ways that new languages could help build new cultures in this volatile time in history.

Recommended resources

Conlangs Subreddit- https://www.reddit.com/r/conlangs/

Viossa Subreddit- https://www.reddit.com/r/Viossa/

The Conlangery Podcast - https://conlangery.com

Jan Misali's Conlang Critic Episode 1 - https://youtu.be/l-unefmAo9k?si=RFhVZGQQe2Rm034g

Find more of Shane’s work at:

Zero Input Agriculture blog: https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com

Taming the Apocalypse ebook - https://www.amazon.com/Taming-Apocalypse-Shane-Simonsen-ebook/dp/B0D2XCLJ85/

Taming the Apocalypse audiobook - https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/taming-the-apocalypse-2

Our Vitreous Womb - https://www.amazon.com/Our-Vitreous-Womb-Book-1-4-ebook/dp/B0C7H9N1K3/