The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson
Urban Farm Team
Welcome to The Urban Farm Podcast, your partner in the Grow Your Own Food revolution! This audio only podcast features special guests like Rosemary Morrow, Zach Loeks, and Andrew Millison as we discuss the art and value of growing food in urban areas. We'll explore topics such as gardening basics, urban beekeeping and chicken farming, permaculture, successful composting, monetizing your farm, and much more! Each episode will bring you tips and tricks on how to overcome common challenges, opportunities to learn from the experience of people just like you, and plenty of resources to ensure you're informed, equipped, and empowered to participate more mindfully in your local food system... and to have a great time doing it!
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Episodes
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Feb 4, 2016 • 29min
35: Danielle and Jordan Nuhfer on Raised Garden Beds
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.Cehck out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/02/04/danielle-and-jordan/
Feb 2, 2016 • 46min
34: Jake Mace on The Best Fruit Trees in Warm Climates
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.Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/02/02/jake-maces-10-favorite-trees-and-wood-chips/
Jan 30, 2016 • 20min
33: Kari Spencer on Composting Made Easy
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. Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/01/30/kari-spencer-composting/
Jan 29, 2016 • 31min
32: Leanne Philips on Life Energy Awakenings
Creator of Life Energy Awakenings, is a organic lifestyle and holistic health educator. Leanne is an inspired advocate for creating clean, deeply nourishing foods, and extends this into a full organic lifestyle. Over the last six years she has brought the message of “simplicity and stability” in our choices of environment, foods, and lifestyle. This has take the form of empowering health classes and activities. These classes include organic gardening, the wisdom of using pure essential oils , raw vegan foods, structured water and hydration, pet remedies, weight and emotional balance techniques.Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/01/28/leanne-phillips/
Jan 26, 2016 • 19min
31: JD Hill on Compost Collection with Bokashi
Today on the Urban Farm Podcast, we welcome a Phoenix local successful farmpreneur, JD Hill of Recycled City with his experience on composting.JD grew up in St. Michael, Minnesota, and arrived in Tempe, Arizona eager to earn his degree in business from Arizona State University.Upon graduating with his first Bachelor’s Degree in 2008, he realized there were not many jobs in finance, and ASU opened its School of Sustainability, so he continued on, earning a second Bachelor’s Degree in Sustainable business.He founded Recycled City 2 years ago and has over 500 customers!Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/01/26/jd-hill/
Jan 23, 2016 • 39min
30: Stephen Ritz on Healthy Students, Schools and Communities
Stephen Ritz is a South Bronx teacher/administrator who believes that students shouldn't have to leave their community to live, learn and earn in a better one. Moving generations of students into spheres of personal and academic successes they have never imagined while reclaiming and rebuilding the Bronx, Stephen’s extended student and community family have grown over 25,000 pounds of vegetables in the Bronx while generating extraordinary academic performance.Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/01/23/stephen-ritz/
Jan 21, 2016 • 39min
29: Troy Albright on Growing Healthy Food without Soil
We are continuing the conversation on the evolutionary and truly remarkable tower gardens with our guest today Troy Albright founder and CEO of True Garden in Mesa, Arizona. He started True Garden, a solar powered greenhouse that spans 5000 square feet, designed to drastically reduce water consumption by 90% and use 90% less space than a conventional farm.Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/01/21/troy-albright/
Jan 19, 2016 • 26min
28: Renata Chalmers on Tower Gardens
She grew up gardening and farming. She had a farm and edible landscaping when she lived in Washington State. Then she moved to Arizona - Climate culture shock! After a couple of years, she gave up. She no longer had the energy to do it well. Until last spring, when she walked into True Garden in Mesa, Arizona, where she discovered the Tower Garden.Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/01/19/renata-chalmers/
Jan 16, 2016 • 35min
27: Sheri Menelli on Being an Earth Friendly Homeowner
Today, we are meeting with Sheri Menelli, a fellow podcaster and an Earth Friendly Homeowner and member of the Secrets of Soil Society. Sheri has a green garden group and teaches people how to turn their lawns into a drought-tolerant landscapes. Sheri wanted to create a podcast because “I know if we just had a way to get out some of the information that we knew out to the public, we’d have less pollution in our water, healthier soil and less damage from droughts and floods.”Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/01/16/sheri-menelli/
Jan 14, 2016 • 23min
26: Christal Blessin on Using the Garden in the Kitchen
Christal is a writer, horticulturist, and cook. She spent many years in permaculture and interior scaping. Now, she blogs, with ongoing posts about how to start a garden from seed. She also includes recipes using techniques and ingredients that you can afford - all real food - good for you too!Check out our show notes at https://www.urbanfarm.org/2016/01/14/christal-blessin/
