Building Your Homestead Podcast

In this episode Takota and Kevin talk about:The prevalence of toxins like VOC's, formaldehyde, and molds in our homes and other built environmentsEarly warning health symptoms to watch out forStrategies to identify, eliminate, reduce or mitigate toxins that might be affecting your healthKevin Mullen is the Founder and President of Empire Kitchen & Bath and Empire Custom Homes. After developing an acute chemical sensitivity following the 2013 Calgary flood, Kevin had to change many things in his life to foster a healthier lifestyle. He began questioning the health impacts of the products used in the construction of homes and the potential effects on homeowners. Find out more about Kevin and his work at https://www.empirecustomhomes.com▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode Curtis and Takota talk about, how he got into farming, why he left the "left" but the "left" didn't leave him, the prevalence of the martyr mindset in farmers, the danger this poses everyone, how to break out of this paradigm, what permaculture got wrong, what permaculture got right and so much more.Curtis Stone is a farmer, author, speaker and consultant. His area of expertise is in quick growing, high value annual vegetables for direct consumer market streams. His book, The Urban Farmer demonstrates organic intensive techniques with a focus on business and systems to streamline labour and production. He offers a new way to think about farming. One where quality of life and profitability coexist.Find out more about Curtis at https://theurbanfarmer.co▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode of Building Your Permaculture Property I speak with Tad Hargrave about right livelihood, ethical business, and why a small business is an essential part of every permaculture property.Tad is a self described hippy who developed a knack for marketing (and then learned how to be a hippy again). For over a decade, he has been touring his marketing workshops around the world, bringing refreshing and unorthodox ideas to conscious entrepreneurs and green businesses that help them grow their organizations and businesses (without selling their souls).You can find out more about Tad at https://marketingforhippies.com\▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode of Building Your Permaculture Property I speak with Nicole Masters about her new book "For the Love of Soil".Nicole Masters is an independent agroecologist, systems thinker, author and educator. She is recognized as a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker on the topic of soil health.Her team of soil coaches at Integrity Soils work alongside producers in the U.S., Canada and across Australasia. Supporting producers who work with over 1.2 million acres to take their operations to the next level in nutrient density, profitability and environmental outcomes.She is one of a growing number of people who are facilitating a rapidly expanding world of quality food production and biological economies.Her book titled “For the Love of Soil” showcases examples of the tools and principles producers are using to regenerate their soils. Describing a step-by-step triage of actions, so that you too can regenerate your land.Link to her new soil course https://soilhealthfoundations-e542.thinkific.com/courses/soil-health-foundationsBuy the book on www.integritysoils.co.nzListen on Audible: https://adbl.co/35wrYw9▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this podcast Don Ruzicka and I chat about the past, present and future of regenerative agriculture, the missing connection to the land that plagues our culture, the red herring of carbon credits, and much more.Don and his wife Marie were early adopters of Holistic Management and Organic agriculture. Over the course of 25 years they transformed their 640 acre farm from a debt ladened degenerative farm to a prosperous regenerative one. Don is now retired. He has been my mentor, friend and hero for almost 10 years.▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this podcast my colleague, co-author and friend Rob Avis shares his insights, on peak energy/food, intermittent fasting, bioregional diets and how a permaculture approach to your diet can help you to heal yourself, and heal the planet.Rob and his wife Michelle are the founders of the globally-recognized and award-winning design, consulting, and education company, Verge Permaculture. For the past decade they have helped more than 1000 students and a growing number of clients to design and/or create integrated systems for shelter, energy, water, waste and food, all while supporting local economy and regenerating the land. I often refer to Rob as an Amateur Holistic Nutritionist, and if you watch the video you will see why!In this podcast Rob shares his wisdom on:His health transformation from a "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Diet"How insulin was the original root cellar and why it makes you eat until you hate yourselfBioregional Probiotics: The most important thing you can grow in your own back yardWhy peak oil, peak energy, peak phosphorus could equal peak foodIntermittent fastingHow a pig is a cross between a coconut tree and olive treeThe prime directive of permaculture Selfishness intelligence: how do we meet our needs while enhancing the biosphere.How he ate his way into not wearing glasses anymore, and eliminating his hypoglycaemiaHis 5 step process for experimenting with his personal optimal dietAnd so much more!▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Economist Mark Anielski sits down with Rob Avis and Takota Coen to talk about the economics of well-being.Mark Anielski (B.A., BScF, MScFE) is an economic strategist specializing in measuring the well-being and happiness of nations, communities and businesses. Mark holds three degrees from the University of Alberta: Economics (1981), Forest Science (1984), and Masters of Science in Forest Economics (1991). For ten years (2003-2012) he was professor of corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship at the University of Alberta’s School of Business. He has lectured internationally on the economics of happiness and well-being in Canada, the US, China, Tahiti, The Netherlands and Austria.Mark is the author of the best-selling, award-winning book The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth (2007) and his new book An Economy of Well-being: Common Sense Tools for Building Genuine Wealth and Happiness (2018). The Economics of Happiness was published in China in 2011. In 2008, his book won the gold medal in the Conscious Business and Leadership category at the Los Angeles Nautilus Book Awards. The book also won a bronze medal at the Axiom Book Awards in New York in the category of economics.▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Takota Coen and Rob Avis discuss why permaculture is the best solution to any conspiracy, real or imagined.▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this podcast I talk with Sally about her most recent book Nourishing Diets: How Paleo, Ancestral and Traditional Peoples Really Ate. Sally's past work on traditional diet brought me back from a year of vegetarianism, and has been incredibly influential on my newfound health. But her new book takes it to a whole new level. Going back into diary accounts from the pre-industrial Europeans and the first explorers to have contact with traditional peoples in the Americas, Africa, and Australia she paints a compelling picture of their diet, impeccable health and how they managed their land holistically. Never before have I read such an inspiring account of what is possible when the health of land and the health of its people are viewed as one. Sally shares her wisdom on:What the most universal human diseases is (I guarantee you have it)The insidious origins of our iconic food pyramidThe importance of fat, salt, and carbs in our dietWhy our government and educational institutions are so antagonistic to traditional diets and optimal human healthThe "natural selection of the wise"How wilderness is a "dirty" word in traditional culturesAnd so much more!​Sally Fallon Morell is founding president of The Weston A. Price Foundation (westonaprice.org), a non-profit nutrition education foundation dedicated to returning nutrient-dense food to North American tables. She is also the founder of A Campaign for Real Milk (realmilk.com), which has as its goal universal access to clean raw milk from pasture-fed animals.  She is the author of the best-selling cookbook Nourishing Traditions (with Mary G. Enig, PhD); The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care (with Thomas S. Cowan, MD); Nourishing Broth (with Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN); and Nourishing Fats.▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Hi Folks, I’m Takota Coen, thank you for checking out the Building Your Homestead Podcast where I talk with expert guests about agriculture, health, economics, technology, philosophy, and other topics that I believe will help to peacefully exit the increasing tyranny of our world and start building a parallel system, one homestead at a time.I started this podcast because I believe that the best way to fight the nefarious agents destroying our world is not with pandemonium, petitions, or pouting, but by ending our dependency on their systems that seek to keep us sick, broke, and enslaved. Whether you are still planning your exit strategy from the city, or you already have an established property, I hope these conversations will inspire you and give you the tools to live a life of freedom and abundance in partnership with nature.