Building Your Homestead Podcast

Stefan Sobkowiak operates a 12 acre farm of which 6-acres are in a permaculture orchard at Miracle Farms in Quebec. Sobkowiak originally bought the farm as a conventional 12 acre 4,000 tree monoculture apple orchard and immediately transitioned it to organic, but he quickly realized that an organic monoculture merely substitutes inputs from the conventional model. The alternative he created is a diverse polyculture that produces a wide variety of different fruits, berries and perennial herbs for u-pick membership customers. Sobkowiak is also an avid teacher, having taught at the university level and now popularly, through his Permaculture Orchard video, his online virtual orchard tour and his online pruning course.Find out more about Stefan at www.miracle.farm▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca ▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Tim and I talk about why he left his job in big tech to become a blacksmith and homesteader, why you should learn a pre-electricity skill, the essential human need to produce, morality, politics, and what is the one tool we would each grab on our way out of the house after a zombie apocalypse.Find out more about Tim on his website: http://reforgedironworks.com▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode I coach one of my students about how to navigate the philosophical, ethical and political implications of keeping chickens in a California city when it suddenly became illegal.▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Neal Spackman is an internationally recognized pioneer of hyperarid agroforestries. He was cofounder and Director of the Al Baydha Project in Saudi Arabia, where he lived and worked with tribes of bedou to convert deserts into savannahs. He founded the webinar series Sustainable Design Masterclass, and has taught and consulted in the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. He is passionate about the connection between ecologies and wealth. He his the CEO of Regenerative Resources CO.Find out more about Neal at https://regenerativeresources.co▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

James Corbett, award-winning investigative journalist and founder of The Corbett Report, gives a mini primer on open-source intelligence and scrutiny of official narratives. He explores surveillance awakenings, central banking, eugenics and medical martial-law concerns. The conversation highlights transhumanism, decentralization, and practical paths for local resilience.

Ludovic Bourdon works with organizations like Ecosia to help design and develop permaculture aid projects throughout Africa.Find out more about Ludo's work here:https://www.abundantbynature.org/https://facebook.com/abundantbynature/https://www.instagram.com/abundant_by_nature/https://www.youtube.com/c/AbundantbyNature▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Judith D. Schwartz is a journalist based in Vermont who looks to nature for approaches to solving global challenges. Her most recent book is The Reindeer Chronicles and Other Inspiring Stories of Working With Nature to Heal the Earth (Chelsea Green Publishing.)Find out more about Judith's work at https://judithdschwartz.com/▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

▶️ Join Ben Falk and I for a Free Online Summit https://www.mypermacultureproperty.comBen and I talk about his plans to revise his book "The Resilient Farm and Homestead", what it's like living on a permaculture property for almost 2 decades, the increase of "COVID Refugees" to the permaculture space, why we should all be naked more, our favourite plants, and so much more.Ben Falk developed Whole Systems Design, LLC as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings.Find out more about Ben's work at: http://www.wholesystemsdesign.com▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

▶️ Join Mark Shepard and I for a Free Online Summit https://www.mypermacultureproperty.comMark and I chat about why permaculture went from "permanent agriculture" to "gardening on steroids", P.A. Yeomans Scale of Permanence, design process, and much more.Mark Shepard is a Permaculture farmer, homesteader, author of Restoration Agriculture: Real World Permaculture for Farmers, and Water for ANY Farm. Teacher, Restoration Agriculture system designer & installer.Find out more about Mark's work at https://www.restorationag.com▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Dan and Takota talk about how a lack of a living, adaptive process is holding permaculture back from reaching its fullest potential, and what we can all do about it.Dan Palmer is a design educator, author and podcaster living in NZ. As well as helping run a permaculture design firm called Very Edible Gardens, Dan is a co-developer of a holistic decision making and living design process.Find out more about Dan's work at https://makingpermaculturestronger.net▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com