The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson
Episodes
175: Kaye Kittrell on Urban Gardening.
27 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
175: Kaye Kittrell on Urban Gardening.Discovering organic gardening alongside a determined learner.In the fall of 2011, Kaye converted the front yard ...
174: Shaun Keesee on Biointensive Farming.
24 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
174: Shaun Keesee on Biointensive FarmingA beginner's experience converting to larger scale organic farming.Shaun has an upstart one-acre mini-farm ca...
173: Brendan Gaughran on Liver and Gut Health
22 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
173: Brendan Gaughran on Liver and Gut HealthUnderstanding the sequence of food driven diseasesBrendan holds a degree in Molecular Biology from the...
172: Ocean Robbins on Changing our Food Future
20 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
172: Ocean Robbins on Changing our Food FutureFinding the motivation to make changes in our diets At 15, Ocean was a co-founder of the Creating O...
171: Robbie Shell on Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder
17 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
171: Robbie Shell on Honeybees and Colony Collapse Disorder.A researcher's perspective on the marvelous efficiency of honeybees.Robbie was a business ...
170: Don Tipping on Seeds and Plant Breeding
15 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
170: Don Tipping on Seeds and Plant BreedingCultivating the future through seed saving and educationDon has been offering hands-on, practical workshop...
169: Sarah Highlen on Farm Marketing
13 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
169: Sarah Highlen on Farm MarketingOffering cost-effective marketing for small farms and food producersSarah spent 17 years in the marketing industry...
168: Kerry Audisho on Locally Grown Foods
10 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
168: Kerry Audisho on Locally Grown FoodsConnecting a community to a healthier diet and access to locally grown foods.Kerry is a wife, mother, certifi...
167: Kristin Nikodemski on the Grow it Yourself Revolution
08 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kristin Nikodemski on the Grow it Yourself RevolutionEncouraging growth in the community of organic gardenersAs the Product Marketing Manager for Arbo...
166: Susan Poizner on Fruit Tree Care
06 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
166: Susan Poizner on Fruit Tree CareNurturing relationships with community and nature through orchards and fruit trees.Susan is an urban orchardist i...
165: Penn Parmenter on High Altitude Tomatoes
03 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
165: Penn Parmenter on High Altitude TomatoesGrowing and saving seeds for extreme or challenging climatesSince 1992 Penn and her husband Cord have bee...
164: Jeff Moyer on Organic Farmers Association
01 Dec 2016
Contributed by Lukas
164: Jeff Moyer on Organic Farmers AssociationGiving a larger voice to organic farmers in national policy discussions.Jeff is a world-renowned authori...
163: Melinda Adkins on Learning Homesteading Skills
29 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
163: Melinda Adkins on Learning Homesteading SkillsRekindling skills of past generations and sharing thrifty gardening tipsMelinda’s Urban Homestead...
162: Jesse Sparks on Neighborhood Harvesting
26 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
162: Jesse Sparks on Neighborhood HarvestingHarvesting fruits and friends from your neighborhood communityJesse is a sixth-generation Arizona native. ...
161: Vanessa Simkins on Juicing Deliciously
24 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
161: Vanessa Simkins on Juicing DeliciouslyConnecting healthy and flavorful juicing combinations for health and a good dietVanessa, is the founder of ...
160: Jim Loomis on Lifestyle Medicine
22 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
160: Jim Loomis on Lifestyle MedicineConnecting a plant-based diet and lifestyle to positive health benefits Jim Loomis Jr., M.D., M.B.A., receiv...
159: Brandon Peterman on Natural Building
19 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
159: Brandon Peterman on Natural BuildingConstructing buildings and materials from locally sourced ingredients Brandon grew up in Southern Califo...
158: Andrew Millison on Scaling up Permaculture
17 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
158: Andrew Millison on Scaling up PermacultureSharing a regenerative design system and the medicine our planet needs.Andrew has been studying, teachi...
157: Elena Ortiz on Nature Education for Adults
15 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Elena Ortiz on Nature Education for AdultsMaking connections to nature through working in a college garden.Elena has been teaching with the Phoenix Co...
156: Keri Fox on SPIN Farming
12 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Keri Fox on SPIN FarmingStarting a farming business in an urban area and making it work.Keri grew up on an organic farm in a small Saskatchewan commun...
155: Lawrence Parkhill of the Veteran Farmers of America
10 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
155: Lawrence Parkhill of the Veteran Farmers of America Helping our returning veterans heal through farming and agriculture.Lawrence signed up f...
154: Julian Awad on Backyard Riches and SPIN Farming
09 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Julian Awad on Backyard Riches and SPIN FarmingTaking a Small Plot and with Intensive Farming generate income.Julian experienced entrepreneurship earl...
153: Forest Shomer on Seeds
05 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Forest started urban farming in 1969 in Berkeley, California. Through the People’s Park Movement, he was launched into gardening and got the basic t...
152: Matt Powers on Regenerative Living
03 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Making a difference through social permaculture and gardening.Matt is an experienced teacher, family guy, author, consultant, farmer, seed saver, plan...
151: Saskia Esslinger on Teaching Gardening
01 Nov 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Saskia is a passionate gardener who believes everyone can grow some of their own food. She is trained in Permaculture, Environmental Science, and Rege...
150: Karine Kuchipudi on Going Vegan
29 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Transitioning to a plant based diet for a healthy lifestyle.Karine was once an extreme carnivore and she happily ate sweetbreads, blood pudding, lots ...
149: Sean Quinn on Vertical Farming
27 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Considering design in architecture and it’s impact on urban agriculture.Sean complements his design practice with research in green building technol...
148: Michael Ableman on Street Farms
25 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Growing Food, Jobs, and Hope on the Urban FrontierMichael Ableman, the cofounder and director of Sole Food Street Farms, is one of the early visionari...
147: Shawn and Beth Dougherty on Farmsteading
22 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Utilizing managed intensive grazing for maximum benefit for land and animalsShawn and Beth have been farming together since the 1980’s, for the last...
146: Robert Colangelo on Indoor Vertical Farming
20 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Robert is a scientist, author, and environmental entrepreneur who founded several leading market-based environmental concerns. Currently he serves as ...
145: Storm Kirk on Community and Gardening
18 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Storm lives on the South Fork of the Cosumnes River in Northern California with her husband Allen and her youngest child Savannah. She is the founder ...
144: Marianne West on Using Permaculture at Home
15 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Marianne is the co-host/co-producer of the Sustainable Living Podcast, the co-organizer of the San Diego Permaculture Meet up group and the founder an...
143: Cara Dafforn on Dehydrating the Urban Farm
13 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Cara is passionate about the tradition of supper and takes Civil War history very seriously; So it made sense for her to couple her food passion with ...
142: Craig Jenkins-Sutton on Tree Selection and Planting
11 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Craig’s love of the landscape was a natural progression of his upbringing in central Minnesota where he grew up at a youth camp. When he attended co...
141: Sherrie Pelsma on Pollinator Parkways
08 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Sherrie Pelsma on Pollinator Parkways.Bolstering pollinators in urban spaces and expanding safe habitats.Sherrie grew up on the rural Oregon Coast bef...
140: Dr. Jack Wolfson on the Paleo Diet and Heart Health
06 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jack Wolfson D.O., F.A.C.C., is a board certified cardiologist who uses nutrition and supplements to prevent and treat disease. After ten years p...
139: Whitney Cohen on Garden Based Education
04 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Whitney is a teacher, trainer, and author with tremendous commitment to, and expertise in, inquiry- and place-based education; strategies for engaging...
138: Lyn Harwell on Community Cafes and Kitchens
01 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Today's specials include healthy foods, great meals, dignity, education and community.A childhood spent on a farm in northeast Ohio shaped Lyn’s vie...
137: Heather Grove on Fleet Farming
29 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Heather co-created Stetson University’s garden and farmers market and served as the founding Community Director of Orlando's East End Mark...
136: Tim Diebel, from Pastor to Farmer
27 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tim grew up in West Texas, the younger son of a local church pastor and his Christian educator wife. After graduating from Texas Christian Unive...
135: Ruwan Subasinghe & Costas Simoglou on Nanofarms
24 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ruwan leads product design at Replantable. While earning his Mechanical Engineering degree at Georgia Tech, he machined microfluidic devices and instr...
134: Cecilia Nedelco on Growing Food Organically
22 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Cecilia is a Master Gardner, permaculturist, seed saver, a dowser and an herbalist. Gardening has been a passion all her life. She i...
133: Simon Huntley on Marketing a Small Farm Online
20 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Simon grew up on a small farm in the hills of southwestern Pennsylvania before pursuing a degree in Information Sciences and Technology at Penn State ...
132: Denise Stalder on Growing Food to Support Retirement
17 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Denise is a grandmother of eight who was forced into retirement from a management position at the age of 57. She and her husband rented a commun...
131: Kami McBride on Culinary Herbs for Health
15 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kami, author of The Herbal Kitchen, has spent the past 25 years helping people grow and use herbs so they can be more self-reliant in their health car...
130: Catherine Crowley is The Herb Lady
13 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Catherine, The Herb Lady, Crowley is a self-taught, hands in the dirt, Urban Farmer who experiments and researches constantly for new and interesting ...
129: Ping Honzay on Garden Based Education Resources
10 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ping Honzay is currently Member Programs Associate for the American Horticultural Society (AHS), where she coordinates national garden programs includ...
128: Ryan Leach on Pursuing Self-Sustenance on One Acre
09 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ryan is a Golf Course Superintendent by profession, and a homesteader by passion. He and his wife own the Live Simply, Live Richly Farm. His wif...
127: David Bainbridge on Gardening with Less Water
08 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
David grew up in the West in a small town working in the family toy factory and enjoying the rivers, mountains and sage covered hills. After earning h...
126: Missy Gable on Understanding Climate Zones
03 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Missy Gable serves as director for the UC Master Gardener Program and co-director for the UC Master Food Preserver program, both statewide programs un...
125: Tom Spellman on Backyard Orchard Culture Part 2
01 Sep 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tom has been involved in the nursery business since 1973. At that time, he was a freshman in high school and rode his skateboard to work. Since then h...
124: Tom Spellman on Backyard Orchard Culture Part 1
30 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tom has been involved in the nursery business since 1973. At that time, he was a freshman in high school and rode his skateboard to work. Since then h...
123: Shelley Peterman-Schwarz on Gardening with Disabilities
27 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Shelley has distinguished herself by meeting the personal and professional challenges of living and working with progressively disabling multiple scle...
122: Loretta Messinger on Aquaponics
25 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Loretta lives with her husband and two children in the Dallas/Fort Worth area of north central Texas. Having been gardening most of her adult li...
121: Mary Maranville on Agriculture Education for Kids
23 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Mary was raised on a Holstein dairy farm in the foothills of the Adirondack Mountains in upstate New York. In 2008 she founded SEEAG, Students f...
120: Morag Gamble on Permaculture Education
20 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Morag loves living a permaculture life. She is a passionate permaculture teacher, an experienced designer, a permaculture blogger and film maker, a re...
119: Nate Downey on Water Harvesting
18 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Author of the recent award-winning book, “Harvest the Rain,” published in 2010 by Sunstone Press, Nate brings an extensive background to his curre...
118: Laura Plumb on Natural Foods for Better Health
16 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Laura is a master teacher in numerous fields of the ancient science of life that arises from the Vedas and brings us Yoga, Ayurveda and Jyotish…time...
117: Eric Toensmeier on Carbon Farming
13 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Eric is the award-winning author of Paradise Lot and Perennial Vegetables, and the co-author of Edible Forest Gardens. He is an appointed lecturer at ...
116: John Moody of Farm to Consumer Legal Defense Fund
11 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
John is a husband, father to four, small farmer, author, and speaker. After serving on the board of the Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, he was as...
115: Hayley Fager on Agriculture Awards from INUAg
09 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Hayley joined International Network for Urban Agriculture (INUAg) as the Director of Programming and Operations in March of this year. She develops an...
114: Kelly Houle on Botanical Art
06 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kelly Houle is a botanical and wildlife artist, calligrapher, and founder of Books of Kell’s Press, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit that works to create handma...
113: Penny Livingston on Urban Permaculture
04 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Penny is internationally recognized as a prominent permaculture teacher, designer, and speaker. She holds a MS in Eco-Social Regeneration and a Diplom...
112: Becca Moore on Starting a Homestead
02 Aug 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Becca lives in Northeastern Pennsylvania with her husband and seven children. She loves to garden, preserve her own food, spend time with her family a...
111: Tim Amlaw on Tackling Food Deserts
30 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
An Urban Hydroponic project of PureHarvest FoodsTim is an urban agrarian from a farm and agriculture education training and background. He has dedicat...
110: Brad Lancaster on Rainwater Harvesting
28 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brad Lancaster is the author of the award-winning Rainwater Harvesting for Drylands and Beyond and co-founder of DesertHarvesters.org. Sinc...
109: Michelle Fehler on Biomimicry
26 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michelle’s love for gardening most likely was imprinted during her childhood in Switzerland where she grew up surrounded by green and lush vegetatio...
108: Darren Chapman on Stimulating Community Development
23 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Darren is a community pro-activist who has committed his life to helping people. He is Founder and CEO of TigerMountain Foundation (a.k.a. TMF),...
107: Kerry Wekelo on Encouraging Kids to Eat Better
21 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kerry is the founder and visionary of Zendoway and hopes to share with you from all her life experiences. Kerry serves as the Director of Human Resour...
106: Jessica Piper on Jarden's Can-It-Forward Day
19 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jessica is a home canning expert and has worked for Jarden Home Brands for over 11.5 years. She currently is an Analytics Specialist (or Home Canning ...
105: Stacey Murphy on Urban Farming in Brooklyn
16 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Stacey has taught hundreds of teens and adults how to grow, harvest and prepare fresh foods. She is a recovering engineer and architect turned ga...
104: Jerome Osentowski on Growing an Indoor Food Forest
14 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jerome Osentowski has spent the last 30 years developing indoor and outdoor forest farming technology at his location in Basalt, Colorado. He is the f...
103: DeBorah Prince on Learning How to Garden from the Internet
12 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Gardening has been DeBorah Prince’s passion and therapy for over 20 years. She grows a huge range of fruits and veggies from asparagus to zucchini, ...
102: Beth Terry on Living and Gardening without Plastic
09 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
After learning about the devastating effects of plastic pollution on the environment and human health, Oakland accountant Beth began an experiment to ...
101: Paris Masek on Food Hubs and Small Farms
07 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Paris Masek is the Managing Director for Green on Purpose and the Director of Agriculture Programs for Quincea Social Enterprises. He is also a PhD ca...
100: Toby Hemenway on A Permaculture Way of Life
05 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Toby is the author of a new book on urban and suburban permaculture, The Permaculture City, as well as Gaia’s Garden, the best-s...
99: Dr. George Brooks on Agtech and Aquaponics
02 Jul 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. George Brooks Jr. is the Founder and President of the NxT Horizon Group. Dr. Brooks holds an earned Ph.D., in Wildlife and Fisheries from the Scho...
98: Michael Judd on Edible Landscape Design
30 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael Judd has worked with agro-ecological and whole system designs throughout the Americas for the last 20 years focusing on applying permaculture ...
97: Jodi Torpey on Blue Ribbon Vegetables
28 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Growing vegetables worthy of entering competitions.Jodi is an award-winning vegetable gardener, craftsy gardening instructor, and the founder and edit...
96: Molly Cole on Starting a Small Farm in Washington
25 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Molly comes from a long line of farmers in Washington state. She grew up on a farm with chickens, cows, pigs and the occasional turkey. She has two bo...
95: Larry Santoyo on Permaculture Design
23 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Larry has been a teacher and practitioner of Permaculture Design for the last 28 years. After a career in law enforcement, Santoyo went onto land use ...
94: Tristram Stewart on Food Waste, A Global Scandal
21 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Tristram Stuart, founder of the charity Feedback, is an international award-winning author (The Bloodless Revolution and Waste: Uncovering the Global ...
93: Diana Rogers on Homegrown Paleo Cooking
18 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Diana is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist living on a working organic farm outside of Boston, Massachusetts. She is the author of The Homegrown P...
92: Casey Beck & Austin Blair on 'The Organic Life' a Documentary
16 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Casey is a director and producer of independent documentary films, highlighting untold stories. She premiered “The Organic Life” to sold-out cro...
91: Kamea Chayne on How to Thrive
14 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Kamea is the content curator of Kamea World and the author of Thrive, an evidence-based guide to healthy living. She is a graduate of Washington...
90: Diana Maranhao on Water Conservation
11 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Diana is a horticulturist, garden columnist and author of 3 books: Water-Smart Gardening; Rocky Mountain Fruit & Vegetable Gardening; ...
89: Candy Lesher on her Pool-to-Garden Transformation
09 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Candy is self-taught chef, instructor, writer and speaker, who has been inducted into Arizona's Culinary Hall of Fame and hosted and produced Food &am...
88: Michael Tamez on Transformative Nutrition
07 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Michael was morbidly obese, had severe sleep apnea, high blood pressure, and advanced gum disease. Not only did he lose 105 pounds, but he also reve...
87: Katie Poirier from Keep Phoenix Beautiful
04 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Katie Poirier is the project director of PHX Renews. PHX Renews finds temporary uses for vacant lots, an initiative envisioned by Phoenix Mayor Stanto...
86: Brandi DeCarli on Farm from a Box
02 Jun 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Brandi is the Founding Partner of Farm from a Box, an off-grid, modularly designed farm system that provides communities with the tools they need to g...
85: Ben Klempner on Urban Farming Activism
31 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ben is a husband and father of two boys and two girls living in the Jerusalem Foothills. He attended the University of Montana where he received a BA ...
84: DaNelle Wolford on Raising Goats and Sheep
28 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
DaNelle is a former health care provider, mother of 2 children, and creator of the blog Weed 'em & Reap. DaNelle started to take an interest in a ...
83: Jason Mraz Part 2: Farming on the Road
26 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is part 2 of a two-part series with singer-songwriter Jason Mraz. Jason Mraz is a two-time Grammy Award winning singer/songwriter and urban ...
82: Jason Mraz Part 1: Urban Farming Adventures
24 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. In this episode, Jason Mraz shares his urban farming adventures with Urban Farm U. Jason is a two-time Grammy Awa...
81: Dr. Jay Davidson on Connecting Food & Health
21 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Jay is a doctor focusing on a natural functional medicine approach. He is also a popular speaker, #1 international bestselling author, husband, ...
80: Albert Kaufman from Farm My Yard
19 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Albert is a long time Pacific Northwest activist. He's worked on urban farming, forestry, quality of life issues and more since moving to the region i...
79: Chef Jennifer Johnson on Cooking a Presidential Meal
17 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Jennifer Johnson was a former sous chef at Chez Panisse under Alice Waters, credited with starting the global sustainable foods movement. For the l...
78: Ed Roman on Music with Meaning
14 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Ed is an award-winning singer/songwriter, performer and multi-instrumentalist from Shelburne, Ontario, Canada. Blurring the lines between pop, roc...
77: Kim Eierman on Native Plants
12 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
77: Kim Eierman on Native PlantsChoosing plants that are appropriate for your ecosystem.Kim is an environmental horticulturist specializing in ecolo...
76: Amanda Midkiff on Growing Medicinal Herbs
10 May 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Amanda Midkiff of Locust Light Farm is a medicinal herb farmer and herbalist in New Hope, PA. She had been an organic vegetable farmer for 6 years be...