Regenerative Skills

Ray Archuleta, Ademir Calegari, and Ben Taylor-Davies discuss regenerative arable farming

08 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 9th of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’ll be hosting discussions and debates between some o...

Eric Toensmeier outlines the roadmap to implementing a carbon farming solution

01 Oct 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode has been a long time coming for me. I’ve followed Eric Toensmeier’s work since I first started learning about permaculture and I...

Anthony Arvanitakis on cultivating a holistically healthy lifestyle

24 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back everyone. Today I’m going to explore a topic that has been important to me for a very long time, but that hasn’t been explored much o...

Harriet Mella demystifies cutting edge soil science for ideal plant health

17 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to another interview from the skill exchange calls that I’ve been running with Climate Farmers for our regenerative farming network in ...

How to make and analyse high quality compost: Expert panel 8

10 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the 8th of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’ll be hosting discussions and debates between some o...

Stefan Sobkowiak on running a profitable regenerative fruit orchard

03 Sep 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to another interview from the skill exchange calls that I’ve been running with Climate Farmers for our regenerative farming network in ...

Will Harriss of White Oak Pastures on the bigger picture of a regenerative farm business

27 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last handful of weeks I’ve had the pleasure of managing an ambitious new project in my role with Climate Farmers, an organization working t...

Nathan Fournier on The business side of regenerative landscaping and community restoration

20 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It was a couple months ago that Nathan Fournier joined the Patreon community and we began a correspondence. I quickly realised that he had followed a ...

How to repair the hydrological cycle of a landscape: Expert panel 7

13 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the seventh of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’ll be hosting discussions and debates between so...

Shane Simonsen is back to outline the refinement of his “Zero-Input” agriculture experiments

07 Aug 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s session is an interview that I’d been looking forward to doing for a while. Since last year in fact, when I found Shane Simonsen’s blog ...

Ivo Degn And Philippe Birker On The Climate Farmers Journey And Mission: Part 2

30 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

This episode is the second part in our interview with the cofounders of Climate Farmers, an organization I’ve been working with for almost a year no...

Ivo Degn and Philippe Birker on the Climate Farmers journey and mission: Part 1

23 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you’ve been listening to more than a few episodes this season, you’ll certainly have heard me mention a few times that I’ve been hosting the ...

The broad applications of the holistic management framework: Expert panel 6

16 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the sixth of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’ll be hosting discussions and debates between some...

Leilani Yats on the nuances and aspirations of regenerative travel

09 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A topic that I’ve been exploring personally for a long time is the concept of regenerative travel. I’ve been travelling my whole life in some way ...

Gabe Brown on how to restore soil and ecological health on a massive scale

02 Jul 2021

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of the farms that come to mind when I think of regenerative agriculture are smaller, more diverse and quite intensive, with many different crops...

Sven Kallen on How to restore the dry and degraded lands of Europe

25 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Three weeks ago I published the episode with Tomas Viguurs on circular mushroom production here in Catalunya and I gave a sneak peak at the second int...

Farm economics with Mark Shepard and Michael Ableman: Expert panel 5

18 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the fifth of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’ll be hosting discussions and debates between some...

Zach Loeks on how to inegrate perennial plants in a market garden: Skill building call 2

11 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the second of the Regenerative Skill Building calls that I host with Climate Farmers, a new organization working to promote regenerative ag...

Closing the loop on gourmet mushroom production

04 Jun 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve been making some really cool contacts here in Catalunya recently, and even though site visits and trips out to projects have been stalled as th...

Richard Perkins helps troubleshoot your market garden

28 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Get Richard's Mini Series!And all the free resources that come with it There’s two quick things I want to mention before we get to the interview....

Regenerating the biology in your soil: expert panel 4

21 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the fourth of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned in the past, each month I’ll be hosting discussions and debates betwee...

How to tell better stories

14 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

I remember distinctly the time that a storyteller came to my middle school when I was in 7th grade. At that point my school experience, like for many ...

Invest, Curate, Mend: A manifesto for our clothing

07 May 2021

Contributed by Lukas

If you don’t know her from her books, Fibershed and Harvesting Color you’ll likely remember Rebecca Burgess from the panel discussion two weeks ag...

Investing in regeneration: how to rethink your wealth

30 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

On this show I’ve often taken a strong focus on the actions that we can all take to restore ecosystem function and productivity, whether it be plant...

Exploring Regenerative Fashion: Expert panel 3

23 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the third of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned before, each month I’ll be hosting discussions and debates between some...

Step 1 in building your permaculture property: With Verge permaculture

16 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Let's take a look at the 1st step in the process of creating a design for building your permaculture property. In working in regenerative design f...

The history and future of agroforestry

09 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

With regenerative agriculture and agroforestry increasingly becoming popular topics in environmental and even political circles. I wanted to do a one-...

How to plan and succeed with your own reforestation project

02 Apr 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Since last week’s episode was an expert panel discussion on agroforestry, I wanted to expand on that theme and help to bring some practical and acti...

The potential of agroforestry: Expert panel 2

26 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the second of the monthly expert panel discussions. As I mentioned last time, each month I’ll be hosting discussions and debates between ...

How to Make biochar enriched compost for epic veggies

19 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

It's time we take a look at How To Make Biochar Enriched Compost For Epic Veggies. A lot of what I spend my time on these days, between working wi...

How to start a profitable Elderberry farm

12 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How To Start A Profitable Elderberry Farm. Since I first arrived in the northeast of Spain a year and a half ago, I’ve been obsessed with getting to...

How to build a One Rock Dam to regenerate an erosion area

05 Mar 2021

Contributed by Lukas

In today’s episode I spoke with Van Clothier about an innovative and subtle water erosion mitigation technique, and how to build a one rock dam. ...

The Future of Regenerative Agriculture, expert panel 1

26 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first edition of our monthly expert panels. This first edition starts off strong by addressing one of the most talked about issues of o...

How to Create a School Garden program

19 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

How to start a school garden program For this week’s episode I reached out to Kaci Rae Chirstopher, the author of the new book The School Garden ...

How to create an edible ecosystem

12 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

Zach Loeks, author of the edible ecosystem solution have you ever wondered what the difference between a garden and an edible ecosystem is? Do you ...

How to Ask Better Questions for a regenerative future

05 Feb 2021

Contributed by Lukas

To kick of the new season of the Regenerative Skills podcast I wanted to set the tone by highlighting the invisible secret to all the successful desig...

Working with nature to build soil health, with Robert Pavlis

27 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After last week’s session with Matt Powers, I want to add a second perspective on soil and the new science behind how we can restore it to health in...

The fascinating new science of regenerating soil, with Matt Powers, author of “regenerative soil”

20 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Now that I've wrapped up the series on waterway regeneration, I wanted to transition into a two episode deep dive into an essential component of water...

Regenerating lakes and ponds with floating islands, with Bruce Kania of Floating Island International

13 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve covered a ton of angles to this topic already, from fixing broken water cycles on the land with keyline planning and earthworks, to marine eco...

Reviving urban waterways with floating wetlands, with Galen Fulford from Biomatrix Water

06 Nov 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back friends and family to this ongoing series on waterway regeneration. In the past three episodes I focused on marine regeneration through c...

Regenerating coral reefs with art and community, with Celia Gregory of the Marine Foundation

30 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back friends and family to this ongoing series on waterway regeneration. We’ve covered so many approaches to this subject up until now, and ...

The massive potential in marine permaculture, with Brian Von Herzen

23 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing today with this ongoing series on waterway regeneration and a deep dive into marine ecosystems, I had the pleasure of speaking with Brian V...

Diving deep into ocean farming,with Joost Wouters of the Seaweed Company

16 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Over the last month, I’ve been focusing on interviews with people who are pioneering the repair and regeneration of the water cycle as it pertains t...

How to plant the rain in drylands and beyond, with Brad Lancaster, author of the Rainwater Harvesting books

09 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the last handful of episodes we’ve explored permaculture earthworks for water harvesting landscapes and keyline design on large scales. As a comp...

Making the most of your water on any farm, with Mark Shepard, Author of “Water for Any Farm”

02 Oct 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Since the last two episodes focused on earthworks, specifically water retention and catchment features, I wanted to revisit one of my favorite intervi...

A Permaculture guide to Earth Surgery, with David “Doc Spice” Spicer

25 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xSoKv2x4H0o Tying in perfectly with last week’s interview with Zach Weiss about building ponds and water harvest...

How to install ponds, dams, and water retention features, with Zach Weiss from Elemental Ecosystems

18 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the ongoing series on waterway regeneration. Today’s interview is the second conversation I’ve had with Zach Weiss, the Protégé ...

The Facts And Stories Behind Waterway Restoration, With Judith Schwartz

11 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As we continue into this series on waterway regeneration, I reached out to Judith Schwartz, a wonderful author who tells stories to explore and illumi...

How we can overcome the looming water crisis in our cities with “the Godfather of Green”Jerry Yudelson

04 Sep 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back to the second episode in this series on waterway regeneration. In this series we’ll be looking into the often overlooked role of the wa...

Why regenerating our oceans makes both public health and economic sense, with Dr. Enric Sala of National Geographic’s Pristine Seas Project

28 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the first episode in a brand new series focusing on waterway regeneration. In the last few years of hosting this show it’s become vividly...

Steps to food security: saving seeds, with James Ulager, author of Beginning seed saving for the home gardener

21 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s guest is James Ulager, the author Beginning Seed Saving for the home gardener, and though this certainly isn’t a talk about farm scale see...

Bringing farmland back into the hands of our communities, with Ian McSweeny of The Agrarian Trust

14 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

One of the biggest challenges that I’ve heard repeatedly both in the interviews in this series on regenerative agriculture as well as with peers and...

Uniting women in agriculture for a regenerative food future, with Lisa Kivirist

07 Aug 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Lisa Kivirist Though this series on regenerative farming has covered a ton of different farming models, land management techniques, food production...

Applying syntropic farming methods for dryland regeneration, with Jacob Evans

31 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Over the years I’ve been hearing about a new pedagogy of land management that has been gaining in popularity, especially in agroforestry circles. Th...

Restoring Spain’s degraded farmland with regenerative agroforestry, with Alfonzo Chico de Guzman, president of AlVelAl

24 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

As I’m slowly becoming better connected here in Spain in the last year, one of the main projects in regenerative agriculture that keeps coming up in...

Regenerating the rainforest by growing cacao with Alejandro Solano of Choco Mashpi

17 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Though I’ve spoken to some great orchardists through this podcast, many of them are growing cold tolerant trees in far northern climates, but I want...

What would agriculture look like with zero inputs? with Shane Simonsen, author of zero-input agriculture

10 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Though I’ve been inspired by all the amazing examples of regenerative farming through the people that I’ve interviewed through this series, there’...

Is permaculture still relevant to small farms and local food security? With Loren Luyendyk of Permaculture Intl.

03 Jul 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Permaculture has done an incredible job of raising awareness of natural land management techniques and teaching people to observe and read the pattern...

Creating the tools, resources, and community for a regenerative future in farming, with Ray Milidoni of Farming Secrets

26 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Ray Milidoni Though regenerative agriculture has made huge leaps forward in the last decade, it still only accounts for a very small percentage of ...

Pioneering the urban farm revolution, with Michael Ableman, author of Farm the City

19 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Michael Ableman Welcome back to another episode in the ongoing series on Regenerative Agriculture. Up until now I’ve spoken with growers and prod...

Stewarding the holistic health of a community orchard

12 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the past I’ve talked to quite a few orchardists and agroforestry practitioners, especially in the series on Reforestation and Agroforestry at the...

Is hemp the answer to a regenerative future for American agriculture? with Doug Fine, author of American Hemp Farmer

05 Jun 2020

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve been meaning to get in touch with someone who could explain to me the nebulous and exploding new farming industry around the ancient yet newly ...

How to restore soil and ecological health on a massive scale with regenerative agriculture, with Gabe Brown, author of from dirt to soil

29 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

A lot of the farms that come to mind when I think of regenerative agriculture are smaller, more diverse and quite intensive, with many different crops...

Essential tools to accelerate agricultural land regeneration, with Rhamis Kent, Co-director of the Permaculture Research Institute

22 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is someone who has been an inspiration to me since I first began to study permaculture almost a decade ago. Rhamis Kent has been the ma...

Can we make ecological agriculture mainstream by 2040? With John Kempf, author of Quality Agriculture

15 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back everyone to another episode in this ongoing series on regenerative agriculture. Before we get started today I want to give a quick shout ...

Championing a regenerative farming revolution in Europe, with Richard Perkins, author of Regenerative Agriculture

08 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome back everyone to this ongoing series on regenerative agriculture. Last week we kicked off with an interview with Joel Salatin and in this sess...

Joel Salatin has hope for a post-COVID regenerative agri-culture

01 May 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today needs little introduction. Joel Salatin has been one of the most prominent voices in regenerative agriculture for many years now and I ...

A guide to resilient living wherever you are

24 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Download the free ebook below Welcome to another special episode! This week we’ll be wrapping up the series on modern homesteading by reviewing s...

Building a more resilient life and investing in community, with Nicholas Burtner from The School of Permaculture

17 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s guest, NIcholas Burtner, is a permaculture designer, consultant and educator through his organization The School of Permaculture. I caught N...

How to build resilience in your life in a rapidly changing world, with Ben Falk of Whole Systems Design

10 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

My guest today is someone I’ve followed and looked up to since I first began to learn about permaculture and homesteading. Ben Falk is not only a ba...

From Manhattan to the Redwood Forest. An inner journey of rewilding, with Ayana Young of “For the Wild”

03 Apr 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In this ongoing series on homesteading I’ve talked to a lot of people who’ve given us really practical information on how to make the transition t...

Permaculture Homesteading in Nepal: A Story of Community Connection, with Zac Barton of Almost Heaven Farms

27 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing with our ongoing series on homesteading I wanted to talk to someone with a bit more of a similar experience to my own. More than once now I...

How to produce fresh food year-round, even in cold climates! With Pam Dawling, author of “The Year-Round Hoop House”

20 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the first half of this interview I spoke with Pam Dawling, the author of “The Year-Round Hoop House'' about the most important information about ...

Creative ideas for building your homestead on a budget, with John Moody

13 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to another episode in this ongoing series on homesteading. In this session I reached out to John Moody, the author of many books including “...

Is it Realistic to Produce All Your Own Food? with Deborah Niemann, author of “Homegrown and Handmade”

06 Mar 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing with this ongoing series on homesteading, I reached out to Deborah Niemann, the author of many books including “Homegrown and Handmade, E...

Essential things to consider when making the shift to a homesteading lifestyle, with Natalie Bogwalker of Wild Abundance

28 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

In the past I’ve done a lot of episodes focusing on specific skills and enterprises that people integrate into a regenerative lifestyle, but in this...

11 Inspiring Examples to Give You Hope That the World’s Forests can be Regenerated

21 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

After 11 interviews with experts on native reforestation, holistic orchard management, water retention landscapes, perennial crop agriculture and more...

how to grow a mature Native forest in just a few years, with afforestt founder Shubhendu Sharma: 146

14 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome to the last interview in the Reforestation and Agroforestry series. We’ve covered so many important aspects of this topic in 10 interviews o...

Mark Shepard on how to make the most of your water on any farm

07 Feb 2020

Contributed by Lukas

Welcome everyone to the first episode of a brand new season of the Abundant Edge podcast. I can’t believe I’m starting the fourth year of this lit...

Checking in with Granja Tz’ikin and the season finale, with Neal Hegarty: 144

27 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Here we are! The end of 2019 and season three of this podcast. For those of you who’ve been following this show for a while you know that I went thr...

Turn your orchard into a resilient ecosystem with these steps! From Stefan Sobkowiak of Miracle Farms: 143

20 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’ve covered so many different ways to approach reforestation, both with native species and mixes of natives and orchard trees. In today’s sessio...

Why forests are key to the future of agriculture, with Darren Doherty, co-author of the Regrarian’s Handbook: 142

13 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The last time I caught up with Darren Doherty for this podcast was back in season two. We talked a lot about his background and entry into ecological ...

Even the driest deserts can be regenerated. Here’s how! With Neal Spackman of the Al Baydha project: 141

06 Dec 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I had the pleasure of catching up again with Neal Spackman, one of the primary designers and organizers of the Al Baydha project in Saudi Arabia. The ...

A strategy for a global shift to perennial agriculture, with Professor Peter Kahn from Rutgers University: 140

29 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In all the research I’ve been doing for this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry I’ve struggled to find any reports or serious articl...

How your web searches can help reforest the world, with Pieter Van Midwoud, lead tree planting officer at Ecosia: 139

22 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing with this series on reforestation and agroforestry, I got the chance to speak with Pieter Van Midwoud, the lead tree planting officer of th...

Alley cropping as a remedy for slash and burn agriculture with James Potter from the Indga Foundation: 138

15 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

The first three interviews in this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry have highlighted small personal projects on private land, each wit...

Restoring degraded land to agro-cloud-forest with Kristen Krash of Sueño de Vida: 137

08 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I was first introduced to Kristen Krash through Atulya Bingham, the well known author and natural builder who’s been on this show a few time. She to...

Regenerating native forests on a large scale with Alex Kronick of Caoba Farms: 136

01 Nov 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve been so fortunate to get to speak directly with so many people who have created incredible examples of permaculture abundance and ecological he...

Restoring Native cloud forest in southern Mexico, with Jairo Rodriguez of Teyoapa Farms:

25 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j-lAJKPsQ0U&t=6s Today I’m going to kick off a new series focusing on reforestation and agroforestry. I’ve be...

Voices of natural and alternative building, an Abundant Edge special episode

18 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I haven’t done a special episode in a long time, in fact I haven’t done any at all this season and it’s been a while since I’ve done a Regener...

Meet the team that’s making cob legal, an interview with members of the Cob Research Institute: 133

11 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s episode is very important in that there’s a limited window of time for those of you, especially in the USA who care about natural building...

The essential guide to lime. Plasters, paints and cretes, with Aulya Bingham from “The Mud Home”

04 Oct 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve talked about many different building materials through this series, but one of my all time favorites often gets overlooked because it isn’t c...

Benito Steen of “The Nito Project” on exploring new natural building techniques and teaching around the world: 131

27 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s guest, Benito Steen is one of the people that I’ve most had requested from you listeners to do an interview with, in large part because of...

The best options for home scale renewable energy with Dan Chiras, author of “The Homeowner’s Guide to Renewable Energy: 130

20 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

We’re now well into this on-going series on natural building and design, and we’ve covered bamboo building, rocket stoves, design at the building ...

Does aircrete have a place in natural building and regenerative living? With Daniel Allen of Tiny Giant Life: 129

13 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Until getting to know Daniel and his understanding of building design and healthy living, I wasn’t sure I wanted to do an episode on aircrete. I’v...

Limecrete and renovating old homes with natural materials, with April Magill of RootDown Design: 128

06 Sep 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I finally had the chance to do a follow up session with one of my favorite natural builders, April Magill. She’s not only an accomplished architect,...

The architecture of healthy communities and designing for connection, with Mark Lakeman of Communitecture: 127

30 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

As I continue to explore the topics of natural building and ecological design in this ongoing series, I had the pleasure of speaking again with Mark L...

The most efficient stoves in the world and how to make them, with Kirk “Donkey” Mobert of Sundog School of Natural Building: 126

23 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

In this continuation of the series of regenerative building and design, I checked in with a good friend of mine and a hero in the rocket stove and mas...

The incredible potential of bamboo and building design for the tropics, with Trey Abernethy of “Natural Building Costa Rica:” 125

16 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

Continuing with this series of exploring natural building materials, design techniques and traditions, I spoke with my friend Trey Abernethy, a long-t...

Everything you need to know to get your natural building off the ground, with Chris Magwood, founder of the Endeavour Center: 124

09 Aug 2019

Contributed by Lukas

I’ve been looking forward to speaking with my next guest for a long time now. Chris Magwood is the founder and director of the Endeavour center, whi...