The Permaculture Podcast

Today's guest for this episode is Michael Judd, a permaculture teacher, designer, and author from Frederick, Maryland. He and I sat down at his home to talk about his background and work, including his recently released book Edible Landscaping with a Permaculture Twist. In addition to his book and design company, we talked about his introduction to permaculture that began at Earthaven Ecovillage with Chuck Marsh, Peter Bane, and many others. We also discuss Project Bonafide, an organization he started with Chris Shanks in Nicaragua. This is an inspirational conversation because of Michael's "Go do it!" attitude. He encourages all of is, new and old to gardening and permaculture alike, to get digging, get dirty, and start learning. Find out more about Michael through his website: EcologiaDesign.com. And here is a short video from Michael discussing his roundwood timber-framed home.

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Today's guest is Tao Orion, author of Beyond the War on Invasive Species. Her book and the concepts of war and invasion form the basis of our conversation.

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Today's guest is Andrew Mefferd, author of The Greenhouse and Hoophouse Grower's Handbook. Drawing on his years of research working at Johnny's Selected Seeds, he shares what it means to grow plants in an environment we can control, be that a cold frame in our backyard, an unheated hoop house, or a heated greenhouse.

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Today's guest is Victoria Redhed Miller, who joins me for the second part of our conversation on Craft Distilling, this time to talk about the art of the process that turns fermented sugars, whether from grains, fruit, molasses, or honey, into tasty, tasty liquor.

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My guest is Victoria Redhed Miller author of Pure Poultry and From No-Knead to Sourdough. These books pull on her experiences as an off-the-grid homesteader in the Pacific Northwest and are available from New Society Publishers.

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My guest today is Oliver Goshey, founder of the regenerative design and natural building company Abundant Edge, and host of the Abundant Edge podcast.

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Today's guest is Akiva Silver of Twisted Tree Farm in Spencer, New York. He joins me to talk about his life and the experiences that led to his book Trees of Power from Chelsea Green Publishing.

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Today's guest is Leslie Crawford, author of Spring the Rescue Pig, a children’s book about the journey of a pig on his trip from industrial agriculture to a sanctuary, and Rory, the child who helps him along the way. Using that book and story as a starting place, Leslie and I talk about agriculture, food activism, parenting, and the lessons we as adults can learn from children.

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This episode looks at what brought David Holmgren to the present moment and writing RetroSuburbia. From David Bilbrey’s questions, David Holmgren shares the past and ongoing influences that guided the development of permaculture from those first days in the 1970s through to how this work continues to grow to the current day.

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In this episode recorded by co-host David Bilbrey, David Holmgren returns for the first of a two-part conversation about his latest book RetroSuburbia.

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