The Urban Farm Podcast With Greg Peterson

Using to bamboo to help address the climate crisisIn This Podcast:David Sands shares his journey from trying to be a better steward for the planet and how that evolved into him starting a business offering bamboo wood for building lumber. We learn why this is such a renewable resource and some of its unique aspects that can help as we seek solutions for the climate crisis.David is the Founder, Director and Chief Product Officer for Bamboo Ecologic Corporation and RIZOME.  A company that is reforesting thousands of acres and producing laminated bamboo building materials.  Their mission - Sequester gigatons of carbon by developing giant bamboo into a primary global building material.  David also helped develop the first US building code standard for structural bamboo.As a side note Greg shares that he found RIZOME through an investment platform that he belongs to and has invested in the company!Visit www.urbanfarm.org/bambootimber for the show notes and links on this episode!David Sands on Bamboo

Soil: The Easiest Way to Get Great ResultsA Garden Chat with Zach BrooksLet's talk about the science and the beauty of the soil that our food grows in. Zach Brooks joins us to share his secrets on making organic, no-till gardening the laziest and easiest way to get great results. Zach's work at Arizona Worm Farm has given him a chance to experiment with a variety of soil building methods and he shares what he has learned.  On the last Tuesday every month we host The Urban Farm Garden Chats where Greg Peterson has a relaxed conversation in a Zoom room with a special guest to cover useful gardening topics, and they answer questions from the live listening audience.  To join us for the next event, go to www.GardenChat.orgZach semi-retired from Healthcare Management at age 42 when his consulting company went public. And when his first of three grandchildren were born, he went back to Arizona State University to get a second Masters Degree, in Sustainability. Frustrated that most causes of clim

740: Companion Planting, a Seed Chat.A Chat with an Expert on Seeds.In This Podcast:This is the April 2023 class discussing seed and plant selection. Join Farmer Greg and Bill McDorman as they explore what it means to companion plant, and it depends on what you want to accomplish. From a permaculture perspective, can also be called the whole systems perspective, companion planting looks at every aspect of your ecosystem.  This brings into play guilds, pollinators, planting things that thrive together and avoiding things that don’t like each other and building ecosystems that work together. At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class. Join the class! Register anytime for the next event.Register Here for the Seed Saving Class with Live Q&ABill McDorman is the former Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started

Join Farmer Greg on his monthly segment on the Arizona Radio Show "Rosie on the House". What animals can you host on your urban farm? Let's start with Backyard chickens of course. Our friend Kari Spencer joins Greg and Romey in a discussion on which animals work in an urban setting and why. Kari is an amazing homesteader, master gardener, and author of City Farming and Vegetable Gardening Journal. "Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement advice that is found on several key Arizona radio stations. It is a trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey consider that an honor and a responsibility, a feeling that Greg shares."On the fourth Saturday of each month, Farmer Greg will talk about all aspects of gardening and urban farming in the Arizona climates… Gardening Tips * Chickens * CompostingSmart Watering Tips * FruitTrees * Seed SavingSonoran Desert Weather *Permaculture TidbitsCome join us for the next broadcast or catch up on our previou

Edmund Williams on The Phoenix Backyard Garden Program.Changing the face of food in phoenix.Ed Williams joins Greg on the podcast to bring us up to date on the project he is tackling in the heart of Phoenix to transform the world of urban agriculture with one simple way of growing food. Ed has been working hard to create a system that will make a difference in reducing food deserts at a level that the individual gardener can reach, yet can be supported by cities anywhere. He goes further and explains what democratizing the food system.Ed is a civil engineer and urban agriculture innovator. He has developed a new method of gardening called a LEHR Garden, a garden system that combines 12 different methods and practices of gardening, soil creation, and ecosystem repair into one cohesive system that is designed to meet the unique challenges of urban agriculture. Between water struggles and the decline of urban farmland, Phoenix has an urgent need to develop a resilient food system. Like in most cities a mass

Worm CompostingSimplifying Vermicomposting And Making It Easy For Anyone To StartA chance encounter at a farmers market led Greg to meet Steve Churchill, the creator of the worm bag he had recently bought. In this interview, Steve explains the reason he designed a new worm composting bag and explains many of the ins and outs of vermicomposting. Steve Churchill is the owner of the Urban Worm Company, a vermicomposting-related blog, online store, and manufacturer of the Urban Worm Bag. Through the Urban Worm blog, social media, and e-mail interactions with his readers, Steve is a joyful promoter of vermicomposting as a means to turn household and commercial waste into a highly valuable soil amendment. Steve is also a retired military veteran and a pilot for Southwest Airlines.Visit https://www.urbanfarm.org/2023/05/02/737-steve-churchill/  for the show notes on this episode, and access to our full podcast library!Mentioned in this episode:Worm Composting Class and Wo

Encouraging every gardener to have some permaculture principles in their toolbox.Debra Knapke and Greg discuss the climate shifts they have experienced in different parts of the country.  Learn how to take these shifts into consideration by incorporating some basic permaculture principles into your garden planning.  Treat the earth with respect, and your garden will be healthier and more resilient.After two previous careers, in 1992 Debra turned her avocation of plant study and gardening into her full-time career.  Debra is passionate about gardening, sustainable garden design and the natural world, and enjoys sharing knowledge through her writing, public speaking, and garden consulting in the private and public sectors. In addition, she has mentored the future of the landscape industry at Columbus State Community College for 24 years. Debra boasts an eclectic garden packed into two thirds of an acre.Visit https://www.urbanfarm.org/2023/04/28/736-debra-knapke/ for show notes and links.Debra Kna

A chat with Emily Rockey and Greg Peterson.  In This Garden Chat: Are you starting your first garden? Take heart!! Your First Garden is Your Worst Garden, and that means yes, you can experience a variety of challenges, setbacks, excitement, and successes too. Let's talk about these and what comes next. Join Emily Rockey and Farmer Greg as they explore the pitfalls of starting a garden anew.On the last Tuesday every month we host The Urban Farm Garden Chats where Greg Peterson has a relaxed conversation in a Zoom room with a special guest to cover useful gardening topics, and they answer questions from the live listening audience.To join us for the next event, go to www.GardenChat.org or Click HERE to register for the Monthly Garden Chat with Live Q&A

734: Seed and Plant Selection For Challenging Gardens.A Chat with an Expert on Seeds.In This Podcast:This is the March 2023 class discussing seed and plant selection. Join Farmer Greg and Bill McDorman as they explore all the magical places to grow your garden. Restricted by where you can plant your garden? How do you optimize difficult spaces to plant your favorite vegetables? We will help you navigate challenges with areas never targeted for beautiful eye-catching gardens. It is possible! At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class. Join the class! Register anytime for the next event.Register Here for the Seed Saving Class with Live Q&ABill McDorman is the former Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Garden City Seeds. In 1984, Bill started Seeds Trust/High Altitude Gardens, a mail order seed company he ran successfully until it sold in 2013.Visit www.ur

Join Farmer Greg on his monthly segment on the Arizona Radio Show Rosie on the House. What is an urban farm, anyway?  Learn how you can level up your participation in the local food economy by growing your own food.  Greg talks about how to get started, different methods of farming, and even ways to make a little cash, either as a side hustle or a full time profession.  Wherever you are right now, grow some delicious food, name your space, and reap the benefits of having your own urban farm!"Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement advice that is found on several key Arizona radio stations. It is a trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey consider that an honor and a responsibility, a feeling that Greg shares."On the fourth Saturday of each month, Farmer Greg will talk about all aspects of gardening and urban farming in the Arizona climates… Gardening Tips * Chickens * CompostingSmart Watering Tips * FruitTrees * Seed Savi

Homesteading Off The Grid.Join Aurora Rogers and Greg for a lively conversation about resiliency, home steading, low grid and becoming financially free.  Aurora is a Venezuelan designer and process consultant devoted to creating resilient frameworks for every area of her life. Her usband of 24 years is Jason, who is an American engineer devoted to creating effective systems for growing food, generating fuel, and building sustainable homes. Aurora believes that the currency of the future are heirloom seeds and resilient living skills.Aurora Rogers and her husband, Jason founded Producing Freedom Academy for families and broadcast their Resilient Pioneer Podcast Livestream on Youtube where they interview their favorite experts and talk about off grid survival, primitive homesteading, and other related topics which encourage their audience to create healthy and vibrant ecosystems.Visit https://www.urbanfarm.org/2023/04/07/732-aurora-rogers/ for show notes and links.Aurora Rogers on Resilient Pioneering

Greg on Let's Get Growing with Enoch GrahamGetting a View of How Greg got to 'Urban Farmer'.On today’s podcast I have a replay of my interview from the Let’s Get Growing You Tube Channel.  I am so excited to have joined Enoch, Aisha, Michella and Mark for an amazing conversation and exploration of my history around gardening and what I am up to in the world.  The thing I love about their show is it is fun, educational and we had a blast.  I would like to invite you to check out their you tube channel @TheUrbanGardner every Saturday midday for new guests and lots of great gardening information.  Now let’s get on with the show!Visit https://www.urbanfarm.org/2023/04/04/731-greg-peterson/ for shownotes and links.Greg on Let's Get Growing with Enoch Graham.

Samara Price on the Exceptional Elderberry            Handcrafting a local berry into gourmet productsIn This Podcast:Greg speaks with Samara Price about a tiny berry with huge potential.  Like many people, Samara became interested in elderberries for their health benefits and she began making syrup.  But she has discovered there are so many other ways to use them!  They also make delicious and healthy beverages, baked goods, and even condiments.  Hear how her interest in this amazing food has grown into both a business and a passion.Samara Price is the founder of Brew Naturals, a gourmet elderberry company based out of Western Northern Carolina. Brew Naturals is a farm to table product that focuses on real ingredients, delicious flavor and full body wellness. For years, elderberry has been seen primarily just as wellness products, however Samara is committed to making the most delicious elderberry products in the region to showcase th

A chat with Janis Norton and Greg Peterson.  In This Garden Chat: Join Janis and Greg as they discuss what is permaculture and how can we begin to integrate it into our lives.   They start with a discussion of the definition of permaculture then dive into the 8 principles that are used in the Phoenix Permaculture Design Course or PDC.On the last Tuesday every month we host The Urban Farm Garden Chats where Greg Peterson has a relaxed conversation in a Zoom room with a special guest to cover useful gardening topics, and they answer questions from the live listening audience.To join us for the next event, go to www.GardenChat.org or Click HERE to register for the Monthly Garden Chat with Live Q&A

728: The Impact of Seeds and Planning.A Chat with an Expert on Seeds.In This Podcast:This is the February 2023 Seed Saving Class discussing the impact of seeds and planning.  Bill and Greg Peterson give an overview of how to save some basic seeds and how to plan your garden for seed saving.  No, you don’t need acres of land, pollination bags or combines.  Some simple concepts will help you plan for the next steps in your seed saving adventure.  They chat through the latest things in seed saving and review the 5 easiest seeds to save.  And as a bonus they chat about how to do a germination test. It is easier than you think. At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class. Join the class! Register anytime for the next event.RegisterHere for the Seed Saving Class with Live Q&ABill McDorman is Executive Director of Rocky Mountain Seed Alliance, Ketchum, Idaho. He got his start in the bio-regional seed movement while in college in 1979 when he helped start Gar

Join Farmer Greg on his monthly segment on the Arizona Radio Show Rosie on the House. In this episode Greg chats about how to create a food forest in your front and back yard, plus reviews the 7 layers of your food forest. He also explains how to set up zones in your space. You are not going to want to miss this one!"Rosie on the House is a father and son weekly radio show on home-improvement advice that is found on several key Arizona radio stations. It is a trusted source of home-improvement advice and know-how. Rosie and Romey consider that an honor and a responsibility, a feeling that Greg shares."On the fourth Saturday of each month, Farmer Greg will talk about all aspects of gardening and urban farming in the Arizona climates… Gardening Tips * Chickens * CompostingSmart Watering Tips * FruitTrees * Seed SavingSonoran Desert Weather *Permaculture TidbitsCome join us for the next broadcast or catch up on our previous shows through our podcast episodes.  Either way you will expand your knowledg

Restoring Planetary Health and Rebuilding After an ImpactIn This Podcast:This is the second part of Greg’s interview with Rosemary Morrow, a member of the first generation of what we now call the Permaculture Movement.  We reached out to some of our friends in the permaculture community and asked, “If you could talk to Rowe, what would you ask her?”  Learn more about Rosemary’s decades of experience teaching permaculture all over the world as she discusses the answers to these thought-provoking questions. Don’t miss an episode!visit UrbanFarm.Org/blog/podcast Rosemary Morrow is a permaculture teacher, author, speaker, and agricultural scientist. She has spent decades travelling the world designing healthy living systems and applying permaculture as a practice to restore our planetary health. She has worked locally across Australia as well as globally with farmers and villagers in Africa, Central and Southeast Asia; people of war-torn nations such as Vietnam and Afghanistan; and communities

Restoring Planetary Health and Rebuilding After an ImpactIn This Podcast:In this very special episode, Greg talks with Rosemary Morrow, a member of the first generation of what we now call the Permaculture Movement.  Rosemary has decades of experience teaching permaculture all over the world and she shares how that global perspective influenced her most recent book.  Hear about her definition of permaculture, her philosophy on teaching permaculture, and her experiences teaching permaculture to people in many different countries.  We are delighted to have Rosemary on our podcast! Don’t miss an episode!visit UrbanFarm.Org/blog/podcast Rosemary Morrow is a permaculture teacher, author, speaker, and agricultural scientist. She has spent decades travelling the world designing healthy living systems and applying permaculture as a practice to restore our planetary health. She has worked locally across Australia as well as globally with farmers and villagers in Africa, Central and Southeast A

Appreciating the Variety of Pollinators That Visit Our GardensIn This Podcast:Phyllis Stiles is someone who loves to create a buzz about pollinators.  She became fascinated with bees when she started keeping her own, and that led to an appreciation of and sense of responsibility for all pollinators.  As she became aware of the problems they face, she decided to do something about it and created the Bee City USA program.  The program certifies for cities and universities, but as Phyllis explains, there are also many things that individuals anywhere can do to help our friends the pollinators. Don’t miss an episode!visit UrbanFarm.Org/blog/podcast Phyllis Stiles is founder and director emerita of Bee City USA®, which began in Asheville, NC in 2012. The North American Pollinator Protection Campaign named her “Pollinator Advocate of the Year for the United States” in 2015, the same year the sister program, Bee Campus USA, launched. To date, more than 330 cities and campuses in 46 states ha

723: Bodacious Garden.A Rosie on the House Radio Show.In This Podcast:This is the January 2023 show discussing how to grow your own BODACIOUS edible garden.  Greg covers all the bases – sun, water, soil, and garden helpers.  Plant your garden where it will get just the right balance of sun and shade by determining your garden’s solar aspect and observing the light as it moves throughout your space each day and each season.  Seek out every drop of water available to you.  Before you default to the typical drip irrigation system, consider also harvesting grey water, rainwater and air conditioning condensate.  The next, and most important component is healthy soil.  You’ll want to be sure it contains all five of the following: dirt, airspace, water, organic matter, and living organisms.  Greg talks about how to improve soil that is lacking in any of these things.  And last but certainly not least, he explains how chickens and weeds make fantastic garden workers.  &nbs