The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson
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! Support our Podcast and listen Ad-Free! Visit www.urbanfarm.org/patron for more information and see what else we include.
Episodes
809: Enoch Graham on His Garden Story.
Passionate about encouraging others to Garden.
In This Podcast: From houseplants, to a single plant that actually makes a cucumber to growing groceries on your carport roof and having the police come and investigate what you are growing...wink, wink. He wasn't, he was growing groceries and turned his passion into a weekly YouTube sho...
808: How to Help Pollinators
A Garden Chat with Charlotte Wiggins.
In This Garden Chat:
Ever wonder about pollinators and their impact on our environment? Why are they important and how do they impact the e...
807: Seeds, Are They Dead or Alive?
A chat with an expert on seeds.
In This Seed Chat:
This is the March 2024 Seed Chat - Don’t throw away seeds collected for years. Do a germ test. Germination testing is a vital step to ensure seed viability before planting. We will talk about the process and show you how to determine the ratio of succ...
806: The Rogue Food Conference with Joel Salatin and John Moody
Showcasing those who are making a difference in our food systems.
In This Podcast: The Rogue Food Conference" is an annual gathering of innovative thinkers and passionate advocates who are challenging the status quo of the food industry. Hosted by Joel Salatin and John Moody, this conference showcases individu...
805: Jennifer Jewell on
the Personal, Ecological and Cultural Significance of Seeds.
Saving an iconic resource almost lost to history.
In This Podcast: We chat with Jennifer Jewell on her journey discovering the significance of seeds. She shared "that my tiny life will end and I will have spent a lot of hot air talking to gardeners, but th...
804: Janis and Ray on Journaling a New Habit
A Rosie On The House Radio Show Replay
In This Podcast: Janis Norton and Ray Jess join us for our monthly Rosie on the House Radio hour talking about journaling for gardens and orchards.
Our Guests: Janis Norton is the General Manager at The Urban Farm, where she manages several major projects including their Fruit Tree Educati...
803: Joe Villines on Reviving a 123-Year Old Farm
Living a Dream.
In This Podcast: We speak with Joe Villines about his history as a media person in the Army and how it has impacted the process of rebuilding the 123-year old farm he and his family purchased.
Our Guest: Joe is a father, husband, US Army veteran and co-owner of ‘HalfAcre Farms at Armadillo Acres’ with his par...
802: All About Chickens, Goats, and Sheep
A Garden Chat with Judith Horvath.
In This Garden Chat:
Judith joins our Garden Chat and she shares the ins and outs of getting into raising small backyard animals. This includes goats, sheep, and chickens. In this Chat, we explore the pitfalls associated with having sm...
801: Flower Parts for Dummies.
A chat with an expert on seeds.
In This Seed Chat:
This is the February 2024 Seed Chat - Bill McDorman and Greg Peterson simplify the intricate world of flower anatomy into digestible insights for any level of gardener. Emphasizing the relevance of understanding flower parts, the duo investigates flo...
800: Robbie Shaw on American Chestnut Blight and Rescue.
Saving an iconic resource almost lost to history.
In This Podcast: What if you discovered a long lost tree, one that there used to be billions of two centuries ago, but are now functionally extinct? Today's guest found one and rather than do nothing, she wrote a book about their story. Join Robbie Shaw as she share...
799: Prepping Soil for New Gardens
A Rosie On The House Radio Show Replay
In This Podcast: Soil the most important thing you can be investing in for your garden. Made up of 5 components and if all you have is the dirt component your chances of success are low. Invest the time to learn then invest in soil. This is our Rosie on the House segment with Shota Austin from Tan...
798: Cami Prada on Being a Beginning Farmer
A Journey to a more fulfilling lifestyle.
In This Podcast: What if it was time for you to leave your corporate life and jump into a life of farming? Well that is exactly what Cami Prada did. She left her life in Miami to start anew in a small town in North Carolina. Now she works at a farm that has an honor stand and with the ...
794: John Collet on Growing From Home Gardener to Market Gardener
Encouraging people to grow food and sell their extra produce at a farmers market
In This Podcast: John Collet is a long distance runner that decided after a lifetime of hobby gardening to jump all in to market gardening, without knowing he was doing it. After successfully growing a ton (literally) of...
796: Rebecca Newburn on Documenting Seed Libraries
Connecting Seed Communities Worldwide.
In This Podcast: Join Rebecca Newburn as she shares just what a seed library is and her organizations efforts to document where they are. They have had incredible success in first encouraging people to start seed libraries and now to document their world wide spread, in many differen...
795: William Horvath on Permaculture Farming in Croatia
Encouraging and assisting aspiring permaculturists
In This Podcast: Join William as he shares his story of growing up in war torn Croatia in the early 1990's then exploring Australia and discovering permaculture first hand from David Holmgren. And finally he tells how he returned home to start his own permaculture ad...
794: Kristin Parsons on Guilds
A Rosie On The House Radio Show Replay
In This Podcast: Kristin Parsons joined us for our monthly Rosie on the House Radio hour talking about plant guilds. What is a guild you say? It is a beneficial collection of purposely planted plants that self generate in the future. Ya know kinda like nature does. She also share the 7 components of ...
793: Lee Reich on Growing and Pruning Fruit Trees
Teaching us about where to cut and trim our orchard trees
In This Podcast: Lee Reich joins us to share his multi decade journey from perpetual college student to author and fruit tree grower. Lee shares his incredible journey from a chance meeting with Elliot Coleman to his present farmden and beyond.
792: Bryce and Brita Lundberg on Growing Organic Rice
Continuing a multi-generational practice of regenerative organic farming.
In This Podcast: Brita and Bryce Lundberg of Lundberg Family Farms join us to share their four-generation family journey into Regenerative Organic farming. It is an amazing story that started in the great American dust bowl, then created a mantra...
791: Jeff Robinson on Grow a Lot with Little Space
Growing way more food than one could eat by oneself.
In This Podcast: Join us in a conversation with Jeff Robinson about how he grew from a environmental science professional into a professional farmer. In a quarter acre of land and with a little planning he is growing and processing strawberries, blueberries, cucumbers,...
790: Tom Spellman on Best Fruit Tree Pruning Practices.
Keeping fruit trees manageable for typical backyards.
In This Podcast: What are the best practices for growing fruit trees in our front and back yards. It is not the way fruit trees are grown in orchards. So then what? Join Greg, and Janis as we chat with Tom Spellman from Dave Wilson Nursery to discover the best b...
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