Weāve covered so many different ways to approach reforestation, both with native species and mixes of natives and orchard trees. In todayās session I wanted to focus on fruit orchards and I got to speak with the wizard behind Miracle Farms and the film, āThe Permaculture Orchardā Stefan Sobkowiak. Iāve […]
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 agriculture and how that journey informed his development of the Regrarianās platform and outlook on the potential of regenerative farming. I recently […]
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 Al Baydha project began in 2009 with a long list of lofty ambitions. Among them they aimed to improve the local economy, act […]
In all the research Iāve been doing for this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry Iāve struggled to find any reports or serious articles that outline the potential steps to transition the worldās agricultural model on a large scale from one thatās based on annual crops and the intensive cultivation […]
Continuing with this series on reforestation and agroforestry, I got the chance to speak with Pieter Van Midwoud, the lead tree planting officer of the search engine company Ecosia. Iāve been using Ecosia as my default search engine for a couple years now because of their claim to plant trees […]
The first three interviews in this ongoing series on reforestation and agroforestry have highlighted small personal projects on private land, each with a different person in south or mesoamerica whose primary motivations are to restore the forests and biodiversity of their land. In all three cases producing a viable agricultural […]
I was first introduced to Kristen Krash through Atulya Bingham, the well known author and natural builder whoās been on this show a few time. She told me about this incredible little project in Ecuador focused on regenerating the native cloud forest and off-grid living, and that I had to […]
Iāve been so fortunate to get to speak directly with so many people who have created incredible examples of permaculture abundance and ecological health and resilience through this podcast, and though Iāve also gotten to visit many permaculture projects and practitioners, many of the ones Iāve seen in person are […]
Today Iām going to kick off a new series focusing on reforestation and agroforestry. Iāve been motivated to return to this subject as it seems to be unusually pressing these days. The wild fires in the western USA and in the Amazon rainforest are not only destructive to those regions […]
