The Urban Farm Podcast With Greg Peterson

52: Anne-Marie Miller on Overcoming Homesteading ObstaclesAnne-Marie, or Dash (for the hyphen in her name), is an urban farmer in Dallas, Texas. She raises chickens and rabbits on less than ¼ of an acre.  Plus, she has turned her front yard into a large stand-out-in-the neighborhood vegetable garden. In addition to the farming she does on her homestead, she helped create a community garden literally from grassy field to thriving garden. What stands out about her little urban homestead is her determined out of the box approach to overcoming obstacles. You can follow her adventures on her little urban homestead by visiting her blog, BloomWhereYourPlanted.com.  

Joe Urbach is the publisher of GardeningAustin.com and is the author of Phytonutrient Gardening: The Guide to Understanding, Growing & Eating Phytonutrient-rich Antioxidant-dense foods. Living in the central Texas area for over 30 years, Joe can be found offering gardening talks and advice as well as teaching classes at local nurseries, libraries, garden clubs and Extension offices. He is an advocate for, "a kitchen garden in every home," and for the last several years he has installed raised beds and container gardens in homes throughout the Austin and San Antonio region. Joe is currently focusing on phytonutrient gardening and with the release of his new book he wants to help as many people as possible learn to live active, healthy, and productive lives by growing their own phytonutrient-rich, antioxidant-dense fruits and vegetables. 

Sam Coffman has over 10 years of military experience as a U.S. Special Forces Medic, an interrogator and a linguist. He studied botany and bio-regional medicine both privately and at several outdoor schools in Colorado, and during his military service as a Green Beret Medic he logged thousands of hours in the field as a team medic, military emergency rooms and troop medical clinics.

49: Roger Doiron on Seed MoneyRoger is founder and director of Kitchen Gardeners International, a Maine-based nonprofit network of over 35,000 individuals from 120 countries who are taking a hands-on approach to re-localizing the food supply. His work and ideas have been featured in the Chicago Tribune, International Herald Tribune, New York Times and the Washington Post. Roger’s successful proposal and petition campaign to replant a kitchen garden at the White House gathered over 100,000 signatures and international media coverage. He was voted the  grand prize winner of the “On Day One” contest sponsored by the United Nations Foundation.  Roger first became involved in food issues in Europe as head of Friends of the Earth’s European office in Brussels during the 1990s at the height of the Europe’s mad cow furor. He was also part of the American NGO delegation to the 2002 UN World Food Summit.  He enjoys cooking, gardening and eating with his three Belgian-American boys Francois, Maxeemm, and

At 11 years old, Doug began learning about the native plants of Colorado from his mother. He has gained a vast amount of knowledge about edible and medicinal plants through his experiences living in the Sonoran Desert and Gila Wilderness of Southern New Mexico. He lived primitively for over 20 years and now teaches about primitive skills, medicinal plants and wild edibles. 

Nathan Crane is an award winning author, inspirational speaker, and conscious filmmaker dedicated to helping make possible for every human being the possibility to live a healthy, sustainable, meaningful life.From addiction, dependency, jail, and homelessness, to a profound spiritual awakening becoming a highly sought after international entrepreneur of personal empowerment, Nathan found his life’s purpose in helping people experience more health, joy, and fulfillment in their lives -dissolving harmful habits and mental attachments – and experiencing physical, mental, emotional, financial and spiritual transformation. Nathan’s newest film series is titled, The Search for Sustainability.

46: Ira Wallace on Seed Saving Ira Wallace is an owner of the cooperative Southern Exposure Seed Exchange, an organization that helps people keep control of their food supply through seed saving and sustainable gardening. Ira is also a co-organizer of the Heritage Harvest Festival at Monticello, a fun, family-friendly event featuring an old-time seed swap, local food, and hands-on workshops and demos.Her book, The Timber Press Guide to Vegetable Gardening in the Southeast, is available online and at bookstores everywhere.For more links and resources on this podcast go to http://www.urbanfarm.org/blog/2016/03/01/ira-wallace/ 

Marjory is the founder of the [Grow] Network, which is the online home of a global network of people who produce their own food and medicine.  "Home grown food on every table" is the solution.  Marjory was featured as an expert in sustainable living by National Geographic, she speaks at Mother Earth News Festivals, and is a regular guest on Coast to Coast AM.  She is an author of several books, but is best known for her video series "Grow Your Own Groceries" which has over a half million copies in use by homesteaders, foodies, preppers, universities, and missionary organizations around the world.  

Anna Steude co-created Mojo Garten, a vertical garden kickstarter project that allows people grow fruits, vegetables, and herbs in small spaces. Her team wanted a way to bring more nature into their urban lifestyles and live more sustainably and self-sufficiently.

Sarica Cernohous is a licensed acupuncturist in Arizona and California. Her formal education includes Traditional Oriental Medicine, Chinese Herbal medicine, the unique and involved theoretical construct of Asian medicine, western biomedicine, and both western and eastern perspectives on nutrition. She uses techniques such as fermentation and culturing, to low-heat dehydrating, to soaking and sprouting and the use of bone broths to create an environment suitable for optimal digestion.

Cap’n Dave has been gardening since he was a kid, and his Dad taught him fishing, hunting, gardening… and the myriad skills of a self-reliant outdoorsman. He has been a SCUBA instructor and dive boat captain, has now been in professional aviation for over 2 decades, currently a pilot for the Governors of Florida. Cap’n Dave is also a certified permaculture designer. He has 6 acres out in the woods that he has been “food foresting” for a couple decades and “permaculturing” for 5 years. His main crop is blueberries and in addition to vegetables he raises rabbits, chickens, ducks, and turkeys.

Joel is a farm boy who grew up tending a soil garden like others have for centuries, but he shook up the gardening world with his first book on his breakthrough concept, straw bale gardening.  Joel earned a BS in Horticulture from the University of Minnesota and spends his summers tending his vegetable garden, doing research, and experimenting with new ideas and methods he can pass along to his followers. Joel has inspired tens of thousands of first-time gardeners and a legion of “seasoned” growers who have found a new and better way to pursue their passion.  His methods have even enabled “retired” gardeners to begin gardening again since his method eliminates the physical challenges found in traditional soil gardening. 

Mark is founder of Vertical Veg, an initiative that inspires and supports growing food in containers in small urban spaces (balconies, patios etc). Mark grew over $1,300 worth of food in one year on his small balcony and windowsills in London. He loves growing his own food, and is on a mission to promote the many health, community and environmental benefits of growing in containers at home. He runs workshops on food growing in containers, a website and an online club for container gardeners.

Vynnie McDaniels has been gardening in the Phoenix area for over 15 years, teaching organic gardening and holistic living.  His handy work has graced the pages of Phoenix Home & Garden, Popular Mechanics, and Dwell magazines.  He’s been on various local television programs (Your Life AtoZ & Sonoran Living Live), and was featured on Sundance Channel’s "Big Ideas for a Small Planet."Applying permaculture concepts and xeriscape principles, his vision is to teach and educate others on the joys of urban agriculture and self-reliance, growing your own food for improved nutrition and optimal wellness. Vynnie is currently developing Xericopia Urban Gardens, a hands-on learning space in downtown Phoenix.

Stephen is a 26-year-old entrepreneur with an MBA in Finance from Loyola Marymount University.  Always inspired by entrepreneurs in his family, Walden decided to try his hand at inventing a new product when he was a senior in college.  Upon graduation, Walden moved back to his hometown in Phoenix, AZ to start Bosse Tools to pursue his dream of inventing a product. Listen in to learn about his journey and why the ergonomic tools he invented are revolutionizing what it means to work in the garden.

Justin Rhodes of Abundant Permaculture teaches others how to live a more sustainable life by teaching others how to live more sustainable lifestyles. Learn about his journey on today's episode of The Urban Farm Podcast. Hint- there is a little bit about chickens in here.

Ginger Duncan has a fascinating lifestyle to share. Whether she's tending to her garden, raising animals, catching fish, foraging for wild edibles and medicinals, upcycling old materials, or making the open-ocean commute between town and her homestead, Ginger knows how to handle the elements and create simple abundance in one of the last wild places on Earth.

What Danielle and Jordan Nuhfer thought was going to be a simple vegetable garden turned into a space where neighbors shared their bounties and a place where they were able to connect with people who lived in the neighborhood and may never have met. They started Grow Your Own Freedom in order to share their urban farming know how with others, and plan to make their backyard an educational space.

Learn what urban farmer Jake Mace's 10 favorite trees are and why wood chips might just be the BEST thing you can do for your garden.Which trees give you the most bang for your buck? What are the most nutritious fruits to grow? Urban farmer Jake Mace weighs in on his Top 10 favorite trees to grow, some tree-growing tips, and what he loves about each of these trees. Jake's secret for growing thriving trees? Wood chips! Listen for how to use them and why he is convinced they may be the BEST thing you can do for your trees.

Kari is a popular local gardening & homesteading speaker. Both a Master Gardener and a Master Farmer, Kari enjoys sharing her passion for growing and raising food with others. In addition to teaching classes all over the city of Phoenix, she is a talented instructor and curriculum writer in the Urban Farming department at Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. Her family operates The Micro Farm Project, a small farm in North Phoenix, where gardens and livestock animals provide her family with fun and food. She loves to experiment with new ways to create a healthier, more self-reliant and sustainable lifestyle, and invites others to join her on the journey.