Best Peter Byck Podcasts (2025)

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#60: Award Winning Filmmaker Peter Byck with Roots So Deep 52:51

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Peter Byck is currently helping to lead a $10 million research project comparing Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing with conventional grazing; collaborating with 20 scientists and 10 farm families, focused on soil health & soil carbon storage, GHG cycling, microbial/bug/bird biodiversity & water cycling. The research also includes a new, 4-part d…

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#59: Elderberries! Founder/CEO Russell Carter Setting the Standard of Quality at Heartland Elderberry Farms in Indiana 1:00:51

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Powerful antiviral and cellular health powerhouse Elderberry are surging in popularity... because it WORKS! Russell Carter is about more than crafting a cleaner elderberry syrup. He’s helping to open eyes to the reality that a majority of elderberry products on the market are cleverly watered down, and that sugar and preservatives have become the n…

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#58: Revolutionizing our Food Future Through Storytelling With Evan Harrison CEO of Kiss the Ground 1:00:44

2M ago1:00:44

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Evan Harrison, the visionary CEO of Kiss the Ground—a nonprofit powerhouse that's igniting the regenerative agriculture movement through storytelling. Evan unpacks the transformative power of regenerative agriculture, from boosting nutrient density in our food to fueling the farm-to-table movement that's reconnecting us with nature's bounty. We'll …

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#57: Chocolate! Keith Bearden CEO at Alter Eco Foods Has Well-Earned Sweet Success 1:11:33

2M ago1:11:33

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Keith Bearden, CEO of Alter Eco Foods, makes chocolate. REALLY GOOD chocolate. His company takes chocolate to a whole new level, for the whole ‘ecosystem’ from producer to manufacturing to finished product. We discuss growing, transportation, processing, manufacturing, packaging, and more. You’ll walk away from this knowing a LOT more about chocola…

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#56: Supercool Entrepreneur Josh Dorfman Eliminating Waste and Mitigate Climate Change 59:13

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Josh Dorfman is a climate entrepreneur, author, and media personality. As CEO and host of Supercool, he hosts the SUPERCOOL podcast spotlighting real-world climate solutions that cut carbon, boost the bottom line, and improve modern life. Previously, Josh co-founded and was CEO of Plantd a carbon-negative building materials manufacturer named to Fa…

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How CNN's Bill Weir learned it's not the cow, it's the how - The Peter Byck Show Episode 5 53:44

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Way back in 2023, CNN's Bill Weir reported on the launch of the Hometown Roadshow. As the chief climate correspondent, Bill had heard lots of folks claim cows were "eco-villains." Luckily, he was open minded enough to listen to the most recent research. Over the years, Bill has been a consistent champion of regenerative agriculture - even including…

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Love of small farmers radicalized James Rebanks, what about you? - The Peter Byck Show Ep 4 44:34

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James Rebanks loves small farmers, and the struggles they face break his heart. That’s why he wants every farmer to know the incredible benefits of AMP grazing. James' books "The Shepherd's Life" and "English Pastoral" have encouraged farmers from all over the world to consider working with nature. But did you know he counts legends like Allen Will…

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Insets, Outsets, and the state of carbon markets - The Peter Byck Show Drop-In #2 w/ Russ Conser 9:41

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In a noisy market, what will actually lead to farmer wealth and soil health? In our second drop-in with Roots So Deep science team member Russ Conser, Peter and Russ discuss the difference between outsets and insets in carbon markets as the world works to value and support better agricultural practices. You can learn more about Russ and the rest of…

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Whole Systems Regeneration. Farm & Place with Caroline Grindrod [Founder - Roots of Nature] 49:59

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The very first episode of this podcast was an interview with Caroline Grindrod and it remains one of the most insightful discussions I think I’ve published around understanding what regenerative agriculture actually is. I’m delighted that Caroline returns now to add a new depth to all of this and catch us up with how things have been developing wit…

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Greg Judy, Regenerative Rancher | The Peter Byck Show, Ep. 3 57:36

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Greg and his wife Jan invited Peter to screen Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there) near their home in Missouri, and Greg took the time to record a podcast all about Greg’s childhood growing up on the farm, his passion for new farmers making the leap to regenerative practices, and the stakes we face if we don’t improve our food systems. …

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Blue Carbon Ecosystems - Finance, Restoration & Communities. [Catch up with Diana Denke] 48:11

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In this episode I invite you to open your mind to the potential around our coastlines. It's easy to overlook the value of the soils that are hidden underwater and the life that they support, but these blue carbon ecosystems are significant right across the globe. We are losing them, and the work to restore them can be even more challenging to fund …

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#55: Forming the Future of Ranching Capital at Smoke River Ranch with Joel Hollingsworth 3:20:11

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Over 17,000 ranches fail annually, a trend persisting for 40 years. The average rancher is 58, with 89% of ranches under 100 cows (average herd: 22). Most are family-run, with off-farm jobs. For every retiring rancher, fewer than one replaces them, threatening agriculture’s future. Joel and the crew at Smoke River Ranch are experts in history, econ…

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Meet the Women behind 'A Taste of Change' - Food Experiences for Healing, Land Care & Justice 51:36

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How can we think differently about food? And how can food help us to think differently? These questions are from the literature for the beautiful project that's at the heart of this discussion. A Taste of Change brings together research and food experiences in a three year arc that seeks to spark new energy and connection for a more just food syste…

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#54: Author Elspeth Hay on perennial nut trees, humans as a keystone species, and indigenous wisdom 1:01:24

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A new and ancient story about perennial nut trees, our ecological role as humans, and the future of food. Feed Us with Trees is Elspeth's hopeful manifesto about a new and ancient food system centered on perennial nut trees: oaks, chestnuts, and hazelnuts. Elspeth is an Author, creator of the Local Food Report, and proponent of place-based living. …

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How soils cycle carbon- The Peter Byck Show Drop-In #1 featuring Russ Conser 11:33

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Between longer episodes, we'll be sharing some shorter thoughts from great folks with interesting things to say. Our first drop in is, as Peter says, "perfect because it's Russ Conser. Russ and I have known each other since March of 2013. If you've seen Roots So Deep, if you've seen the science in that, Russ is a key key key person in making that a…

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Innovating with Soil Biology - Daniel Tyrkiel [Soil Ecology Laboratory] 52:20

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In this episode we return to one of my favourite topics - that microscopic life that lives in the soil. After recognising the significance of soil life for supporting the climate, Daniel Tyrkiel set about exploring solutions that would support farmers to support and work with the biology in soil. The desire was to create a plug and play solution; s…

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Diverse Community Ecosystems - Jordy Johnson [&Soul] 39:31

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I was thrilled to be able to chat with Jordy Johnson during an unexpected visit I took to &Soul Southall earlier this year. Jordy is the head of community for &Soul who describe their West London community hub as an entire village in a building; a place where they are reimagining urban existence. It was wonderful to immerse in this very unique envi…

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#53: Filmmaker Author Louis De Jaeger on Saving Our Soils and Eating More Trees 1:13:56

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Louis de Jaeger is a permaculturist, author, and award-winning documentary filmmaker from Bruges, Belgium. He’s pro Team Humanity and deeply passionate about soil regeneration. He's on a mission to regenerate 550 million hectares of land through his work. Louis sees a path forward for our species as stewards on this Earth. We discussed his brand ne…

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Native Gardens in New Housing Developments: Scaling Biodiversity Benefits - with Tim Sallin [Outside Collab] 40:14

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It's a pleasure to share this chat that I had with Tim Sallin about the work happening across Florida to help shift garden habitats at scale in support of biodiversity. The Outside Collab brings together many minds with an aim to reshape Florida's landscapes in response to growing pressures from huge population growth and the impacts this has on re…

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Food Waste, Community, Dignity - In Conversation with Adam Smith [Surplus to Purpose] 42:24

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Adam Smith brings a fabulous perspective on the food system which comes from years of witnessing the enormous problem of waste and exploring varied angles trying to address it. Issues in the food system are complex to say the least, but Adam brings a clarity through his determination to find the root cause of all of this waste. He says we're over p…

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How I met Gabe Brown, and what he's doing now | The Peter Byck Show, Episode 2 49:36

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In Episode 2 of The Peter Byck Show, Peter sits down with Gabe Brown, the regenerative farming legend, co-founder of Understanding Ag, and star of Kiss the Ground and Common Ground, to discuss the need to regenerate - not just sustain - our soils, all over the world, at scale. Peter and Gabe first met when filming "Soil Carbon Cowboys" in 2013 - th…

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Plants, Poetry, Community - In Conversation with Jamie Nix [Plants & Poetry] 35:58

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If you're a poet, artist, photographer, writer or budding creative of any kind then you might like to listen extra closely to this one! Jamie Nix is the co-founder of Plants & Poetry whose work shares and nurtures connection to the natural world through a collaborative approach to curating published works. Alongside her poetry Jamie's career is foc…

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Knowledge, Community, Scaling: Catch up with Peter Byck 32:10

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At the start of April I managed to catch back up with Peter Byck for this chat which feels well timed not just because it was a rare pause in his ongoing schedule of travels, but because there's a lot being rolled out right now by the whole 'Roots So Deep' team to scale up the impact that the docu-series has already seeded. We talk about: Touring w…

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#52: Wrigglebrew founder Sam Baker's Vermicompost Tea Solving Big Issues in Florida 59:53

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Sam Baker is a chemist who started a company with his friends while he was at University. Wrigglebrew is a unique little company solving fertilizer runoff, algal blooms, increasing nutrient density in foods, all by creating a shelf-stable organic fertilizer from earthworm manure tea. He tells his tale of Perionyx Excavatus earthworms, Teddy the wor…

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Time to Look at it Differently. Because Carbon Builds Life {Special Compilation} 14:22

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I hope you enjoy this weave of inspirational voices. Each clip is brought in from our longer interviews. I've created this episode as an example piece that starts to compile the huge range of wisdom and knowledge that our guests have generously shared over the past few years. There's so much potential packed into our library and I wish to keep expl…

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Shifting Gears, Building the Vision, Acting Together - Season Four Intro 6:26

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I'm excited to be kicking off Season Four! I hope you enjoy listening through this little intro where I share about what's to come, why we're shifting gears and how I'm eager to step forward in building the vision together. Learn more over at the website: Explore the new art print range and matching greetings cards - the foundation for our experime…

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Can beef be a health food? w/ Dr. Allen Williams I The Peter Byck Show - Series teaser 17:34

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We've been traveling the world for the past two years sharing our 4-part docuseries Roots So Deep - and filming a new podcast called The Peter Byck Show with incredible guests like Greg Judy, James Rebanks, Bill Weir, Gabe Brown, Dr. Allen Williams, and many more talking about all the ways soil health impacts our lives - and what we can do to heal …

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Cows can help save the world w/ Dr. Allen Williams I The Peter Byck Show Episode 1 43:27

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After over a decade of working together, regenerative icon Dr. Allen Williams of Understanding Ag and Soil Health Academy and filmmaker Peter Byck sit down to dig into the incredible possibilities AMP grazing and regenerative agriculture offer our planet. Watch Roots So Deep (you can see the devil down there) and read our peer reviewed research tod…

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#51: Hydroponics in Urban Environments with Connor Tidd CEO of Just Vertical 46:06

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Skeptical of hydroponics claiming to be regenerative? Meet Connor Tidd CEO of Just Vertical. Right out of the gate Judith challenges Connor to make the case that hydroponics can indeed be regenerative and even the best option in certain places on earth where us humans live. Just Vertical is a small company out of Ontario Canada that's starting to g…

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#50: Van Carlson on Risk Management and Using Tax Code 831(b) to Self-Insure 52:58

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Van Carlson is the Founder & CEO of SRA 831(b) Admin and has over 25 years of experience within the risk management industry. In 2008, he saw the Great Recession hit his commercial business clients hard, and just like them, he was also affected by the sharp downturn in our economy. During this time, he realized there must be a better way to manage …

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#49: Andrew Millison on Global Permaculture Projects and Wins for Humanity 1:29:37

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Meet Andrew Millison, permaculture educator at Oregon State University, and owner of the largest permaculture channel on YouTube. He’s known for his instructional videos covering massive projects like greening the Sahara Desert and several different national level projects in India to restore entire watersheds and make rivers flow again. Andrew tal…

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#48: Wisdom on Relocating and Building a New Farm with Janelle Anderson, The Haven Farmstead 1:13:56

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Meet Janelle Anderson, the striking tall iconic farmsteading milkmaid and cattle guru. She’s in lots of homesteading videos in her wide brimmed hat flashing her million dollar smile and sharing a TON of knowledge. She and her husband founded The Haven Farmstead in Tennessee where they live with their children. Janelle examines the critical importan…

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#47: Knifemaker Billy Nelson Forging Heirlooms from Waste Materials 57:44

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Billy Nelson, custom knifemaker and founder of ELEVEN KNIVES COMPANY – (soon to be XIRO knives). is a hard-charging craftsman, driven by his ambition, entrepreneurism, and relentless pursuit of quality. He creates knives from special-purpose American industrial steel that is being discarded, wooden waste materials, and a special proprietary process…

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#46: Lindy Elston Talks Upcycling, Post-Millennial Homesteading, Life Skills and Entreprenurism for 20-Somethings today 1:33:21

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Lindy Elston, owner of Lindy’s Designs and a 24-year old entrepreneur, specializing in upcycling items, adding Pendleton Wool patterns, and giving things a new life. She’s a 4th generation farmer in Pennsylvania sharing knowledge and experience with her own generation, Gen Z / Post Millennials, in today’s uncertain world. From Lindy’s designs upcyc…

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#45: Chemical Free Beekeeping Success with Adam Martin at Bee Kept 1:34:56

1y ago1:34:56

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From catching a wild swarm to horizontal hives, listen to how to shed the 'factory beekeeping' paradigms and raise super healthy bees, naturally, with minimal physical effort, happier bees, fewer stings, and zero chemical inputs. Adam lays it all out sequentially in this must-listen-to episode. Adam is the founder of http://www.beekept.com and the …

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#44: Will Harris of White Oak Pastures on the beneficial social ripple effect of a successful regenerative farm 1:04:42

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Iconic cattleman Will Harris spends an hour talking about regenerative ranching and raising 10 species of grassfed meats on his 2000 acre farm in Bluffton Georgia. He leases and grazes an additional 3000 acres and has created nearly 200 jobs in his town, entirely reversing the downward trajectory that his town was in. Will discusses the positive ri…

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#43 Hurricane Helene Disaster Coverage with Billy Bond at Permapasture Farm in Asheville NC Area 1:13:37

1y ago1:13:37

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Support for the West End Bakery, they're feeding hundreds of families every day out of their own pocket, running a bakery with no power, just gas, serving up hearty healthy sourdough bread. They need supplies and support - you can contribute to them at:https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-west-end-bakerys-effort-to-feed-asheville Additional agencies …

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#42 Hurricane Helene Disaster Coverage from James and Audra Holmes at the Perennial Holmestead in TN 48:28

1y ago48:28

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Straight talk about what happened, why, what's going on and how people can help. Discussion about general preparedness follows. Specific ways to help: The Funny Farm: A small business that is leading grassroots efforts to get supplies to those that were cut off from everything by the Nolichucky River. Venmo @FunnyFarmTN (3632) put “floods” in the d…

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#41: The Abundance Mindset Collective - This Month I Learned / September 2024 1:15:46

1y ago1:15:46

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Another installation of This Month I Learned, group chat with Wendi Bergen and Greg Peterson. Last month we laughed about Chicken Juice. This month we discover the spinach tree and Pea-Trees. We discuss freeze drying the harvest, deterring deer and what to do when big tomatoes fail three years in a row- grow lots of little ones! We discuss the decl…

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#40: Chad Johnson: Elevating nature through the permaculture process 56:44

1y ago56:44

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Chad Johnson, protegee of Sepp Holzer, permaculture designer at Kingdom Come Permaculture, is pushing the boundaries of what we consider possible. He ‘unfolds the earth’ to create microclimates and sacred spaces for humans, designing with nature for the delight of humans. He has a special affinity for water and earthworks, creating crown gardens, c…

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Nature Based Solutions - In Conversation with Diana Denke [Co-Founder Fair Carbon] 1:00:03

1y ago1:00:03

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I'm delighted to be joined by Diana Denke who has generously offered to bring us an overview of what can be done to bring more financing towards nature. For generations wealth and financial markets have benefited from the extraction and depletion of the natural world to the extent that we're globally facing a crisis of biodiversity loss and ecosyst…

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#39: Getting retrospective and doing a raindance in central Ohio. 26:22

1y ago26:22

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Water on the mind because there's not enough here. Worst drought in 35 years. Getting philosophical on water handling and sharing the golden observations of what drought looks like on my farmstead. PS: Rainmaker needed.By Judith Horvath, Fair Hill Farm

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Nature Connection for Well-Being & Earth Healing - Wayapa Wuurrk Group Chat 59:53

1y ago59:53

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Join me for a group chat with four practitioners of Wayapa Wuurrk exploring the relevance of Indigenous wisdom & nature connection in our modern world. There are many reasons that our lives today have caused disconnection between us and the people and environments around us. And it's too easy to over look the importance of this. I'm joined by three…

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#38: Jim Gale Bringing Permaculture to Prisons: Second Chance University 1:00:06

1y ago1:00:06

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Jim Gale is not just talking about change—he's making it happen. From tackling the turmoil in our food systems to launching Second Chance University, where permaculture meets prison reform, this episode is all about flipping scarcity on its head and cultivating abundance. Tune in as we explore how one man's audacious projects are turning the paradi…

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#37: Abundance Unleashed: Renaissance Man Billy Bond at Perma Pastures Farm 1:35:38

1y ago1:35:38

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Meet Billy Bond, the mastermind behind Billy's Bone Sauce, the unofficial king of comfrey, author of "Scrapsteading," and host of the Permaculture P.I.M.P Cast. A jack-of-all-trades from Perma Pastures Farm, he's not just a permaculture designer and trained butcher, but also an electrician, family man, and community builder. Dive into his world whe…

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The Weather Proof Farm - In Conversation with Niels Corfield [Soil Health & Regen Ag Trainer] 55:53

1y ago55:53

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It's a pleasure to be joined by Niels Corfield who shares insights from his concept of 'The Weatherproof Farm'. It's hard to not have noticed the increase in standing water across farmlands in recent years; fields appearing to contain vast lakes during our wetter seasons. Whilst we might consider ourselves to be at the mercy of changing weather thi…

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#36: Homesteaders Chicken Jam with Wendi Bergen, Greg Peterson and Judith Horvath 1:09:41

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What the heck is chicken juice? I didn’t know till I learned how to make some. Ride along as three seasoned pros share tips, tricks, product reviews and anecdotal yuks. And remember folks, bugs carry bugs.By Judith Horvath, Fair Hill Farm

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A Quick Invite - Join Our Food Forest Learning Group [Climate Action From Our Gardens] 3:18

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From Our Food Forests Discovering Climate Action in Our Gardens & Communities Join us as we embark on a learning journey of regeneration from our growing spaces across the globe. From Our Food Forests is a new light touch network hosted by Helen Fisher for connection and co-learning Read the newsletter on LinkedIn Subscribe to the newsletter on Lin…

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#35: Nigel O'Quinn and Organ Meats for a Palatable HIgher Healths Win 1:18:23

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Nigel O'Quinn, discusses the launch of his business, why he came to the USA, settled in Montana, and singlehandedly created a brand new revenue stream for his regenerative rancher neighbors through this venture. He's a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner with a background in Kinesiology, founded Higher Healths - Beef organs as Real food fo…

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#34: Holistic Hilda's Health Wisdom From Indigenous Peoples 1:11:24

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Hilda Labrada Gore (a/k/a Holistic Hilda) is a certified health coach who is known as a kind of Dora the Explorer 2.0. She has traveled extensively, as an experiential anthropologist—Mongolia, Peru, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Kenya, Australia, etc.—with the objective of exploring traditional practices to improve the energy and vitality of humanity. Hilda i…