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Greg Peterson joined me on Sept 16, 2024 to discuss his work in permaculture and regenerative farming. Greg began his journey in food sustainability as a teenager, eventually discovering permaculture, which he describes as the art and science of working with nature. He emphasizes the importance of growing your own food and understanding its sources, noting that many current human systems, including food production, are degenerative and harm the planet. Greg promotes sustainable practices like composting, organic farming, and urban gardening, encouraging people to take control of their food by growing it themselves. He also shares his experiences in urban farming, having transformed his small Arizona property into a food forest. Additionally, he explains how industrial farming practices like using glyphosate are detrimental to human health and the environment. His message revolves around reconnecting with nature through responsible, local food production.
Links:
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https://www.youtube.com/theurbanfarm
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I am a lifelong food growing aficionado. I became interested at a very early age with aquaculture, and as a teenager I was growing fish to eat. During the 1970s when I was in my teens, as my first business I used to build fish ponds for people to grow food in their backyard.
During that time, I discovered the fragility of our food system and started growing my own. In 1991 I discovered Permaculture and it transformed my life from the linear way of thinking to a regenerative, or circular way of thinking.
In 2001 when I went back to college to complete my degree I created a project called The Urban Farm. It was the home that I lived in for 32 years and transformed into what we call in permaculture an old growth food forest.
Along the way I learned about rainwater and greywater harvesting, reuse of building materials, how to grow fruit trees, how to work with nature.
I believe the most important thing we can be doing right now is understanding where our food comes from and how to grow our own. As we have a VERY broken food system in the world.
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