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Sorghum the Perfect Prepper Grain – Epi-3282

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Sorghum is a highly versatile crop that has been cultivated for thousands of years and has become an essential food source in many parts of the world. Its earliest known cultivation dates back to ancient Egypt, where it was used to make bread and beer. There are lots of reasons for preppers and homesteaders to consider growing sorghum.  Sorghum is highly resilient and can grow in various conditions. It is drought-tolerant, making it an excellent crop to grow in arid areas where other crops may not survive. It is also resistant to pests and diseases, making it easier to grow … Continue reading →

Fertility and Composting for a Resiliant Homestead – Epi-3275

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The average farmer and even large scale gardener in the US spends a great deal on fertilizers and fertility aids to gain a good yield on their efforts.  Due to modern chemistry mankind was gifted or cursed depending on how you look at it, by learning two things…  Plants can grow and be productive with only three primary nutrients (NPK)  We can make NPK cheaply from industrial processes   This is what led to the “green revolution” credited today with feeding the planet with almost 8 billion people on it.  I want to point out before turning the corner that … Continue reading →

Mark Baker on Solving America’s Food Crisis – Epi-3186

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Mark and Jill Baker, raise their animals on regenerative land management practices with good ole’ fashion sunshine and managed pastures. Community is at the heart of bakers green acres. Through the natural systems of the farm, we seek to build soil communities, a healthy environment for our family, and relationships in our greater community to provide great pasture-based food for those around us. Pasture, the product of sunshine and soil, is the basis of our meat production. Green grass, sunshine, and fresh air enable us to raise healthier, happier animals that result in the best tasting, highest quality meat possible. … Continue reading →

Chris Coulter on the Importance of Family Farms – Epi-3059

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Today I am joined by Chris Coulter to discuss full time market gardening, the importance of small family farms and his new book, “The Complete Guide to Survival Gardening”. After growing up on the family farm in Kentucky, Chris obtained a degree in Wildlife Biology and enjoyed a lot of outdoor working/living/camping before becoming more interested in the edible side of science. He returned to school to obtain a Master’s Degree in Plant and Soil Science and took his first international trip to Africa, coming back inspired to help people have access to good food and to learn how to … Continue reading →

Episode-2857- Building a Farming Business as a Teenager with Nick Hazelton

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Nick Hazelton is a young yak and hog farmer based in Western Oregon. Started raising yaks after dropping out of high school at 16. His focus is on living with the land and make complicated systems easy to understand and manage. Success isn’t the goal, learning to do it right is. Nick has been on the show a few times before the first time he was 17 and had made the decision to live life on his own terms.  At 22, he is still living the life he decided he would. Resources for today’s show… Follow Life With Jack on … Continue reading →

Episode-2805- Function Stacking and New Projects on Nine Mile Farm

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Today I am going to use a variety of projects I am currently planning and implementing here at Nine Mile Farm to teach you about function stacking.  Function stacking is a key principle in permaculture but it should really be a key principle in all design. Geoff Lawton says “the more restrictions on a design, the more eloquent the design” and it is always how you see function stacking show up even when designers don’t use the term.  A perfect example is all the “tiny house” TV shows and videos.  Equally you see it in RVs. As soon as that … Continue reading →

Episode-2645- Roger Rodriguez on Building a Small Animal Processing Facility

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Roger Rodriguez is from a military family having been raised on military bases around the world and the U.S. He is also a former Marine having served as an infantryman from 91 to 95. From there a real estate centered work period began involving the buying, remodeling and selling of residential properties. Currently Roger is working with a fellow TSP community member in a small animal ranch. Bountiful Acres raises poultry and rabbits and processes them onsite to sell to restaurants and the local farmers market.  He joins us today to discuss how Bountiful Acres built a processing facility in … Continue reading →

Episode-2625- Stories of Off Grid Living, Adventure and ReGen Ag with Eddy Garcia

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Growing up on a small Hawaiian island, Eddy Garcia has over 30 years of experience living off-grid. His deep connection to Nature has taught him fundamental truths that are woven into Living Earth Systems. Observation, Consistency, Stewardship. Eddy has been self-reliant from a very young age. He lived off-grid on Maui & Molokai as a kid with a traditional Hawaiian native family and had to teach himself how to hunt, produce energy, build shelters… In the meantime, he developed a deep understanding for nature that has enabled him to grow food for himself and his community, become entirely self-sufficient, and … Continue reading →

Episode-2591- Reed Richard on the Biophilic Approach to Life

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Reed Richard is the Conductor of Orchestra Farm, a regenerative experiment in social horticulture. Orchestra Farm is in its fourth year of cultivation. Nestled in the Salish Sea within the southern gulf islands of BC, Reed is enjoying being a father in a growing family. As a polymath Reed enjoys a wide range of overlapping interests from dancing, painting and mixed media crafts, musician, author, and cultural critic & co-creator. Reed has traveled through much of North America, with a bicycle and trailer. and lived in Hawai’i exploring a radical approach to life. Utilizing arts to explore notions of freedom … Continue reading →

Episode-2575- Thoughts on Tactics and Tech for Changing the Global Food System

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One thing we know is the current food system works, shocked that I said that?  Okay when is the last time you had money, wanted food and could not get any?  This is true in most of the world, people that go with out food do so from poverty not scarcity.  In fact billions of tons of good food it thrown away annually.  So when I say works, I mean the main stated goal of the managed Global Food System is produce enough food to feed the world.  It does that.  We must start there or no meaningful discussion about … Continue reading →