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Regenerative SkillsReviving heritage foods through landrace farming, with Glenn Roberts: reduxJoin Oliver on Regenerative Skills as he interviews Glenn Roberts of Anson Mills, exploring the revival of heritage cultivars like Carolina Gold Rice. Discover how deep-rooted, sustainable agricultural practices and community engagement are transforming the modern food system. Learn about the importance of landrace genetics, polyculture, and the potential of crops to adapt to climate change. Glenn shares his journey, the influence of early mentors, and how chefs and local communities are embracing this movement towards more resilient and flavorful food.
2025-06-071h 25Regenerative SkillsThe regenerative potential of transformative learning, with Pavel CenklToday I want to start a fun new series on a topic that I’ve wanted to explore for quite a while, which is the concept of regenerative education.
I’ve worked as a teacher and educational facilitator in different capacities since the beginning of my career, first in before and after school programs for kids, then as an arts and environmental educator at summer camps, then English as a second language in both South Korea and Guatemala, and in between teaching various technical workshops in natural building, permaculture, ecosystem restoration, the transition journey to regenerative agri...2025-02-211h 01Regenerative SkillsSteps to transition to regenerative communities, with Don HallAfter 8 years of interviewing people in the regeneration sector, It’s become clear to me that knowledge is not as valuable as experience. Gathering facts, concepts and theories is great up to a point, but until you put those ideas into practice, it’s impossible to know if those ideas clash with your reality, or require adaptation to what’s really going on on the ground.
For this reason I was excited to see that Don Hall, who has worked with the transition towns movement in various capacities for 16 years now, has come out with a new book titled...2025-02-1450 minRegenerative SkillsThe cutting edge of soil science and agronomy, with Harriet Mella and James WhiteWelcome everyone to the first episode of season 9. The beginning of the 9th year of making this show.
I’ve got a lot of exciting new projects and collaborations coming up that I’ll be bringing you along for including some ambitious water restoration projects, educational trainings for regen ag transition in Europe, and quite a few mini series on new topics and perspectives on regeneration that I’ll be co creating with some friends and members of this podcast’s Discord server
But before I get into all of that, I want to start this season of...2025-02-0756 minRegenerative SkillsExciting things to come in 2025: The New Years Special
Hello and welcome back to a special New Year episode. Unlike the normal interview format today I want to take some time to reflect on the past year, answer some very tough and thought provoking questions from the Discord community, and explain my vision and planned projects for the year to come, or at least the ones I can foresee from this early vantage point.
It’s always surprising to me how this little passion side project of a podcast has stayed relevant in my life and grown to reach so many people around the world. It started in February of...2025-01-0258 minRegenerative SkillsThe challenges and opportunities of diverse farm enterprises with Ariane Lotti, Maria Giménez, and Francisco AlvesI’m excited to announce that we've restarted the panel format. Many of you will remember that I used to put together monthly panels with experts on popular topics. The truth is that they can be tough to coordinate and take a lot more planning than regular interview episodes so I let them go while I focused on other projects, but thanks to help from some digital tools and popular requests from listeners, we’re working to bring these episodes back on a monthly basis.
So if you haven’t heard previous panel episodes, I’ll give you a qu...2024-12-2056 minRegenerative SkillsRe-becoming keystone species, and practical steps for restoring your environment, with Tanja DekkerLong time listeners to this show will know that soil health and deep soil science are not my specialty. I’ve done quite a few interviews on soil over the years, but I’ve usually looked for broader patterns and simple concepts around health soil function, and left the lab work and understanding all the microbes and fungi to others.
A few weeks ago however I was invited by my friend Isa to a soil food web alumni gathering. There I met so many fascinating people who spoke about their projects and initiatives with farmers and other organizations whic...2024-12-131h 18Regenerative SkillsLessons from regenerating a 1100 hectare farm in semi-arid Spain, with Silvia QuartaThis last week has been incredible for me. After almost 5 years of being connected to different aspects of the work at the farm in La Junquera, first through my connection with Silvia Quarta the leader of Camp Altiplano, the first in the global Ecosystem Restoration Communities network back when I worked at the restoration coordinator, then through collaborations with Alfonzo and Yanniek through the Climate farming community, and also with their incredible staff of Clara, Jeronimo, and Jacobo in coordination and organizing, I was finally able to visit them in person.
In the first few days we...2024-12-061h 05Regenerative SkillsDrought: Part 3. Mitigation strategies for large and regional scale projects: reduxWelcome to the final episode in mine and Nick’s 3 part series on drought. In the first episode we talked about how drought was affecting our two homes at the moment. His home on the island of Tenerife, and my own in Northeastern Spain. We went over the definition of drought and some common myths and misconceptions, as well as the major factors that can make drought more common and severe.
In the second episode we turned to look at the myriad of options that are available to mitigate and even reverse the effects of drought focusing fir...2024-11-221h 06Regenerative SkillsDrought: Part 2. Solutions and opportunities for small and medium scale: reduxContinuing with our deep dive into drought, my good friend Nick Steiner and I are going to move now from defining drought and the its myriad of causes and factors that make it worse, to a wide range of solutions and opportunities available to people who are living in different environments and with different access to land and space.
You may not be surprised to hear that we ended up running long and so I split the episode into two parts. In this session we cover mostly the order of consideration for a retrofit of a home o...2024-11-151h 07Regenerative SkillsDrought: Part 1. The myths, misconceptions, and causes: reduxIt’s that time again. In todays’ regenerative round table, my good friend Nick Steiner and I give updates on our respective projects. Him on the Island of Tenerife and myself in the mountains of central Catalunya in Spain. In the update we talk about some of the challenges we’ve been experiencing this year. The big topic at the moment for us, and many other in this area of the world, is drought. Partly because Nick and I live in parts of the world where drought is a common factor we’ve been researching it for some time.
In...2024-11-0855 minRegenerative SkillsInstalling water retention and fire mitigation features on the ground: reduxContinuing on the journey we started in the last episode, Nick and I went to the next project where we got to install the types of water retention features that we had designed for the previous clients.
Together we talk about the joys and the challenges of site where we were creating these earthworks. Over the previous summer the whole landscape had burned in a wildfire and the clients there are especially motivated to mitigate the risks moving into the future. We also got to work with a team with a variety of experiences and talents which contributed t...2024-11-011h 07Regenerative SkillsReading the landscape and gathering essential data for a water restoration designWe’re starting in a big way with a special episode in which me and my good friend and collaborator Nick Steiner will be taking you along with us on a client visit in the south of Portugal in the very first steps of a water retention landscape project.
We’ll be giving you a behind the scenes look at what we do on these jobs, the landscape indicators that we’re observing to inform our concept plans, and all of the essential data we collect while out in the field as we build the initial design for this fa...2024-10-2546 minRegenerative SkillsDiary of a water restoration design and installToday I want to go back to one of my favorite episodes of the last few years. This was back at the start of the 7th season, so almost two years ago. I was trying out a new format as I headed out on a water retention landscape job, which the episode will explain in a minute.
The reason why I’m choosing to re-release this episode now is because I’ve been covering so many aspects around the topic of water over this series, but a lot of it has been pretty theoretical. Honestly, the way that I’ve...2024-10-181h 09Regenerative SkillsHow we can overcome the looming water crisis in our cities, with Jerry YudelsonIn this series on water, the one area that I've left out so far is the urban landscape. In this week’s episode I got to chat with Jerry Yudelson, the author of 13 full-length professional and trade books on green buildings, integrated design, green homes, water conservation, building performance and sustainable development. Dubbed ‘The Godfather of Green’ by Wired Magazine, Jerry’s passion for optimizing the built environment is reflected by his many years of professional experience in the green building and certification fields, serving as an elected LEED Fellow and as president of the Green Building Initiative. He also ser...2024-10-111h 03Regenerative SkillsModeling restoration strategies to repair the hydrological cycle, with Ali Bin ShahidAs the importance of the water cycle to global climate regulation has gained attention in the last few years, I’ve also seen an emergence of voices working to explain the science and the details of the intricate workings and contributors to the nuance of water cycles.
One of my favorites and one I’ve come to count on to consistently expand my understanding about working with water is that of Ali Bin Shahid, an engineer turned permaculturalist based in Islamabad Pakistan working to capture the rhythms of nature through quantification.
In his substack blog, R3genes...2024-10-041h 05Regenerative SkillsManaging floods, erosion, and living coastlines, with Mike LynnSo much of the conversation around water revolves around its scarcity. Today we’ll get a chance to explore how to manage water regeneratively when the challenge is having too much.
As arid zones become drier, the opposite is proving true for humid zones. The North American eastern seaboard is looking like an emblematic case of this. As storms become stronger and charged with massive evaporation from warmer temperatures and a warmer ocean, flooding erosion and saturation are becoming bigger issues.
Coastlines as well are struggling with these issues as well as the degradation of th...2024-09-271h 19Regenerative SkillsHow to repair the hydrological cycle of a landscape, with Nicole Masters, Zach Weiss, and Mark ShepardIn this session I hosted a discussion on the importance of restoring proper hydrological function in a landscape and the steps to achieving it with my friends and colleagues at Climate Farmers, a non-profit organisation working to advance regenerative agriculture in Europe.
In this panel I got to speak with three of the most experienced and influential educators working on this from a farming perspective. Since landscape hydrology and its proper function is often overlooked in its importance in regulating global temperature, I wanted to focus on this specifically. I was lucky enough to bring together three...2024-09-2055 minRegenerative SkillsThe massive potential of marine permaculture, with Brian Von HerzenContinuing today with this ongoing series on waterway regeneration and a deep dive into marine ecosystems, I had the pleasure of speaking with Brian Von Herzen.
Brian is an ocean scientist, engineer and entrepreneur, though much of his career has been in Silicon Valley where he developed innovative technical solutions for companies like Pixar, Dolby and Microsoft. Brian is also the founder and Executive Director of the non-profit The Climate Foundation, an institute working to regenerate life in the world’s oceans and reverse global warming within our lifetimes.
Through Brian’s work with the Clima...2024-09-131h 00Regenerative SkillsDiving deep into ocean farming, with Joost WoutersToday I want to continue with a deeper dive into the topic of water, literally, by going to the furthest point downstream, where terrestrial water enters the ocean.
Marine ecosystems are much less understood by the general public for a variety of reasons, but our actions on land have a direct effect on the health of our oceans too. Luckily there are incredible teams of people looking to address these issues with promising new solutions and over the next couple of episodes I’ll be highlighting a few of them.
To get things started I spok...2024-09-0645 minRegenerative SkillsWhy regenerating our oceans makes both public health and economic sense, with Dr. Enric SalaWhile the climate change narrative has mostly focused on the concentration of CO2 and other greenhouse gasses in the atmosphere since the industrial revolution, we’ve ignored the essential role that the water cycle plays in regulating global temperatures. In this series I’ll be speaking to an incredible list of scientists, farmers, and restorationists who are dedicated to reviving the precious waterways of the world. From the urban environment to the deep seas, our actions will determine whether or not we preserve our aquatic resources and all the life that depends on them for future generations.
...2024-08-3057 minRegenerative SkillsRegenerative earthworks for water retention landscapes, with Douglas BarnesMy guest today is here to demystify one of the aspects of permaculture design that I hear the most questions about, but also one of the issues that I see folks most entrenched in their viewpoints about. I’m talking about earthworks; one of the first aspects that people implement and the most permanent change made in a landscape. Today I’ve got Douglas Barnes, author of “permaculture earthworks” and owner director of EcoEdge Design Ltd. to answer our questions and take the guess work out of the subject of terrain changes.
In this interview Douglas talks about th...2024-08-231h 04Regenerative SkillsThe permaculture guide to earth surgery, with David “Doc Spice” Spicer I spoke with David Spicer, affectionately known as Doc Spice, an accomplished permaculture designer who has specialized in earthworks installation. Having taught and worked on various projects extensively within Australia and internationally, in places such as Morocco, Jordan, Palestine and New Caledonia, Doc has worked in a broad array of different soil types, topographies and climatic zones.
He’s also a valued member of the Permaculture Sustainable Consulting team headed up by Geoff Lawton and is registered Teacher #5 with the Permaculture Research Institute of Australia.
Doc is a master of practical and logical mainframe permaculture des...2024-08-1649 minRegenerative SkillsThe essentials of rainwater harvesting, with Rob AvisIn keeping with the theme of water regeneration this month I spoke to Rob Avis, the co-author along with Michelle Avis of their book in the New Society Essentials series called Rain Water Harvesting.
Rob and Michelle founded Verge Permaculture, an award-winning design, consulting and education company in Calgary, Alberta after years of international training in renewable energy and regenerative design. Since its founding, Verge has helped more than 1000 students and clients to design and create integrated systems for shelter, energy, water, waste, and food, all while supporting their local economy and regenerating the land. Through their...2024-08-0846 minRegenerative SkillsHow to plant the rain in drylands and beyond, with Brad LancasterIf at any point you’ve been interested in water harvesting in dryland contexts, it’s almost impossible that you’ve missed Brad Lancaster’s work.
His pioneering activities and projects in Tucson, AZ have propelled a movement of water wise landscaping, rainwater harvesting, and smart water reuse all around the world.
While so many of the examples I’ve highlighted in this series relate to actions and strategies for working with the land, a huge majority of Brad’s work is focused on the urban and suburban context with everything from roof water, to road and storm drain...2024-07-261h 01Regenerative SkillsRepairing eroded and incised waterways, with Van ClothierIn today’s episode I spoke with Van Clothier about an innovative and subtle water erosion mitigation technique, and how to build a one rock dam.
I know this might seem oddly specific, but after an interview with Brad Lancaster last season, he talked about how he’s been learning from people like Van and his mentor Bill Zeedyk about smaller, less intrusive interventions that can have profound effects on the health of a watershed.
The truth is that there are so few watersheds and water bodies left around the world that aren’t highly degrad...2024-07-1924 minRegenerative SkillsRegenerating lakes and ponds with floating islands, with Bruce KaniaI had done one other episode in the past on the topic of floating wetlands that I’d like to revisit today as we continue with this series on regenerative water solutions.
In today’s episode I got to speak with Bruce Kania of Floating Island International which developed their patented Biohaven floating island technology as a solution to algae-ridden and nutrient impaired waterways since 2005. Since then they´ve launched over 9,000 island systems worldwide as solutions to a variety of problems facing contaminated water.
In this interview Bruce breaks down the chemical and biological processes that ha...2024-07-1256 minRegenerative SkillsReviving urban waterways with floating wetlands, with Galen FulfordToday we’re going to take a look at fresh water systems and specifically, how to decontaminate them through biological methods.
Some of you may remember an interview I did with Tom Duncan about his floating wetlands and how they can be used to clean up excessive nutrients and pollutants back in season 1. Today I’ll be expanding on that technique since it´s gained a lot of traction and floating islands are popping up all over the world to help deal with contaminated rivers, lakes, and ponds. I’ll be sure to put a link to...2024-07-0557 minRegenerative SkillsSuccessful design and construction of wetlands, with Tom BiebighauserOne of the most crucial natural environments for the health and stability of landscape hydrology are wetlands. They also usually happen to be areas of the highest density of wildlife and biodiversity when they are healthy and functioning well. At the same time wetlands in all their different forms are highly endangered, being the targets for milenia of drainage and infill in order to make use of them for cultivation. Yet recovering and rebuilding wetlands is not only possible, it can be an affordable and context appropriate way of regenerating the health of entire water catchments as well.
2024-06-281h 37Regenerative SkillsThe story of soil through a microscope, with Isadora SchmidtContinuing with my series highlighting badass local people around my community here in Spain, I was really pleased to be able to share this conversation that I had with a new close friend of mine and soil health advocate extraordinaire, Isadora Shmidt.
I was first passed Isa’s contact by another good friend, Noemi, who is also part of the Soil Food Web graduate network.
Isa created Terra Viva, her consulting and soil analytics company operating from her home base of Manresa, a small city about an hour west of me.
She has a very di...2024-06-211h 01Regenerative SkillsKeys to successful regenerative farm transition, with Andre AntunesI have to admit, there is an unsung hero behind many of my favorite interviews of the past couple years. Connections and recommendations to some of the people who I’ve learned the most from in some recent discussions with people like Phyllis Van Ambraugh, Ben Taylor Davies, Ian Robertson, Ed Brown, and others have all come from a good friend of mine Andre Antunes who you’ll finally get to know on this episode.
I met Andre first in a car ride with our mutual friend and the co-founder of Climate Farmers, Philippe Birker, on our way...2024-06-141h 11Regenerative SkillsThe practice of managing holistically, and lobbying for regenerative agriculture in Europe, with Meghan SappAs I continue to make connections and find people in my local area who are working on regenerative projects and supporting progress in Spain and the Iberian Peninsula, I’ve been amazed at the talented, courageous, and inspiring people that I’ve come into contact with.
I’ve already interviewed a few in recent episodes such as Sara Garcia, and Aline Moerbeke, and I’m pleased to add another local badass to that list in today’s conversation.
For frequent listeners of this show, you’ll remember that I’ve been through the trainings from the Savory Institu...2024-06-071h 23Regenerative SkillsFarming for both local and regional change, with Anne Van Leeuwen: part 2Today we’ll be continuing with the second part of my discussion with Anne Van Leeuwen from Bodemzicht in the Netherlands.
In case you missed the first part, I recommend going back for some context where Anne spoke about how she and her partner Ricardo got started in Farming and the evolution of their farm at the original location.
In this second half we’ll pick up where Anne begins to talk about their new farm, how they found it, and the vision they have for it’s development.
We also talk about the things that t...2024-05-3149 minRegenerative SkillsFarming for both local and regional change, with Anne Van LeeuwenToday’s conversation is the first of a two part conversation with Anne Va Leeuwen from Bodemzicht in the Netherlands that I’ve been looking forward to for quite a few years.
Anne and her husband Ricardo and I met for the first time at the first Climate Farmers conference in Germany 3 years ago. By then they were already building a reputation in the Dutch regen ag scene as leaders and innovators.
Since then they’ve continued to take a leading role in bringing visibility to regenerative farming, the challenges that farmers face, and advocate for the creati...2024-05-2456 minRegenerative SkillsSoil health and drought mitigation panel from REVOLVE magazineA couple weeks ago I was invited to speak on a panel discussion about soil health for the release of a new issue of REVOLVE magazine.
Established in 2010, REVOLVE inspires climate action by keeping you informed about the circular economy, ecosystem restoration, the energy transition, sustainable mobility and water resources.
Their latest episode focuses on the importance of soil and how to restore the health and function of soil through the perspective of researchers and practitioners.
Along with Teresa Gimeno a forestry researcher with the Centro de Investigación de Ecologia y Aplicaciones Forestales or...2024-05-171h 04Regenerative SkillsSimplifying gardening and food forests, with David the GoodContinuing on the theme of last week’s episode in which I spoke with Jessica Robertson about community food forests, we’re going to go deeper into the practical knowledge and skills that anyone can develop to create their own plant nursery, propagate their favorite varieties, and get their own garden or food forest established quickly and cheaply.
Joining me for this dive into DIY plant breeding and propagation is David Goodman, better known to his fans as David the Good. David is a gardening author and teacher, focusing on simple methods to grow the most food for t...2024-05-101h 19Regenerative SkillsHow to design and build a community food forest, with Jessica RobertsonWith the growth in popularity around permaculture and food forests, even people without access to their own land are looking into opportunities to come together and create beautiful edible landscapes that everyone can access on public land. Enter community orchards or food forests. These are increasingly being grown on abandoned lots, local parks, or forgotten strips of land that caring neighbors take interest in and decide to grow perennial food and medicine crops on. Yet as the number of people involved grows, and the need to conform to regulations and permit processes, many people can get lost in the...2024-05-031h 01Regenerative SkillsTaming the apocalypse by partnering with new species, with Shane SimonsenSo much of what inspires me and that I hope to highlight on this show comes from an ever growing awareness of the incredible superpowers that humans have that emerge from our relationship with the natural world around us. Our senses coupled with adaptability, the skill of collaboration and the inventiveness of our creativity have allowed humans to find a niche in almost every major biome on this planet. Whether it’s forming a symbiotic relationship with the semi-wild reindeer of the arctic circle, or coastal people of the tropics evolving superior vision underwater, or our ability to communicate wi...2024-04-251h 13Regenerative SkillsFinding the potential in "invasive" species, with Tao OrionI’m really lucky that I have been collaborating with book publishers since the early days of this podcast. It gives me access to all of the books from the authors that I interview and the full catalogs of most of the publishers too. As a result I have a pretty good overview of the new literature that comes out on the topics that I focus on in this podcast.
Under these conditions, It’s rare that a single book stands out so much in my mind for the quality and importance of the ideas in it, and for...2024-04-191h 19Regenerative SkillsWhy we need inscets and how you can help rebug the planet, with Vicki Hirdworld of insects.
Though there are only a handful of bugs and invertebrates that humans consider edible, productive, or beautiful, they are an essential element in any healthy ecosystem.
All too often the ones that we don’t derive beauty from or direct use from are considered an annoyance at best or actively destroyed and eradicated in all too many cases. It’s long overdue that I highlight just how valuable insects are to out world and our own wellbeing on this show, and to help me to do that in this episode is Vicki Hird.
Vic...2024-04-1253 minRegenerative SkillsNatural beekeeping for better honey, healthy colonies, and vibrant ecosystems, with Uli BeckmanI’ve had the pleasure over the last few months to interview quite a few people that I admire, who’ve told me about their fascination with beekeeping. Over and over again I’ve heard about the incredible insights into overall ecological health and the amazing reflections of ecosystem function that can be observed through managing bee hives.
I got a window into the world of natural beekeeping back in May of 2022 when I co-hosted a Climate Farmer’s community event at Wilmer’s Gaerten, a regenerative farm just south of Berlin. Since then I've been looking...2024-04-051h 39Regenerative SkillsReflections on over two decades of resilient farmstead living, with Ben FalkDespite the popularity of permaculture, homesteading, regen ag, and all these other buzz terms we hear, many of the people promoting these ideas, including myself, are quite new and inexperienced. It’s still rare to find people who can offer insight and wisdom from decades or a whole lifetime of living with regenerative systems.
Sure, you can still find quite a few hardy old timers who know a lot about resilience and self sufficiency, but even though there is a ton of wisdom to be gleaned from those life experiences I’ve found many of them lacking in t...2024-03-291h 04Regenerative SkillsFinancial management tips for a healthy farm, with Julia ShanksThough I’ve highlighted this before on this show, it bears repeating. So many of the stress factors on farms are caused by money. Either not being able to generate enough, being in debt, not having control over the expenses and cash flows, or another one that I see time and again, not paying yourself a salary and just hoping for a profit at the end of the year.
Though this is hardly the most interesting part of the work for anyone I know who farms, it doesn’t change the fact that a farm is a busi...2024-03-2253 minRegenerative SkillsReversing the Spanish trajectory towards desertification, with Sara GarciaIn the process of researching the area that I now call home, and working to understand the context and history of the land, I’ve uncovered some fascinating information. The Iberian peninsula made up mostly of Spain with Portugal along the Atlanitc coast and Andorra in the Pyrenees mountains has been dramatically transformed through thousands of years of human history, to say nothing of prehistoric and geological times. Caves and monuments point to some of the earliest evidence of human habitation in Europe. Empires from the Romans through the Visigoths and the Umayyad caliphate as well as various ruling fa...2024-03-151h 09Regenerative SkillsThe potential of small scale regeneration, from three distinct perspectivesI’ve spent a lot of time through the interviews of this podcast speaking with people around the world who are advancing incredible and ambitious projects that aim to regenerate large land bases like farms, estates, or even whole regions. Last week’s conversation with Weruschca Kirkegaard from United Designers is a perfect example of these kinds of projects and the potential of collaborative large scale design.
That being said, it’s such a tiny portion of the population globally that has access or ownership of any land at all, much less many multiple acres or hectares. Despìte...2024-03-081h 18Regenerative SkillsLarge scale regeneration and the potential of cooperative design, with Weruschca KirkegaardTodays episode is going to build on a couple concepts that I’ve been exploring from different perspectives. The first is that of the power of community, and the second is different scales of regeneration. In this episode I’m joined by my good friend and mentor Weruschca Kirkegaard
based in the Netherlands, Weruschca the is co-founder of United Designers International and head of their project management. Her combined experience and knowledge of aesthetics, nutrition, health, and communications brings a multidisciplinary expertise to the design table.
She is seasoned in large scale project management and brin...2024-03-0156 minRegenerative SkillsThe essential skills and knowledge to become a regenerative water worker, with Zach Weiss and Nick SteinerFor those of you following along from the last three episodes of this season so far, I’ve been sharing the intimate details of my own journey along with my good friend Nick Steiner as we’ve gone around to visit a number of out client’s projects in the south of Portugal and both gather essential data to inform our process and actually put that process into action implementing water retention features.
We’ve seen examples of farms facing droughts and rural communities facing wildfire and working to recover from it. In last week’s episode with Aline...2024-02-231h 30Regenerative SkillsNature based solutions for the worst drought on record, with Aline Van MoerbekeI’ve talked a lot about drought and water management on this podcast. It’s becoming a bigger and bigger part of my work and specialization, both in the work I do with private clients and through the network of farmers that I work with through Climate Farmers. At the moment, these topics are hitting home for another reason. Catalunya, the region where I live in Northeastern Spain is currently experiencing the most severe drought in its recorded history, and there is little relief in sight.
Now obviously I’m not from this area of the world myself...2024-02-161h 07Regenerative SkillsInstalling water retention and fire mitigation features on the groundContinuing on the journey we started in the last episode, Nick and I went to the next project where we got to install the types of water retention features that we had designed for the previous clients.
Together we talk about the joys and the challenges of site where we were creating these earthworks. Over the previous summer the whole landscape had burned in a wildfire and the clients there are especially motivated to mitigate the risks moving into the future. We also got to work with a team with a variety of experiences and talents which contributed t...2024-02-091h 08Regenerative SkillsReading the landscape and gathering essential data for a water restoration designWelcome to the first episode of season 8 of the Regenerative Skills podcast. We're starting in a big way with a special episode in which me and my good friend and collaborator Nick Steiner will be taking you along with us on a client visit in the south of Portugal in the very first steps of a water retention landscape project.
We'll be giving you a behind the scenes look at what we do on these jobs, the landscape indicators that we're observing to inform our concept plans, and all of the essential data we collect while out in t...2024-02-0246 minRegenerative SkillsRegenerative farming on the edge of the desert, with Yanniek SchoonhovenThere are a few farms and organizations here in Spain that have been gaining international attention for their work and initiatives in the past few years. Partly through reaching out directly and partly through the Climate Farmers network I’ve been connecting with them to bring their inspiring stories and innovative knowledge to the farmers community that I help to manage.
One of the most established and accomplished of these farms is La Junquera, an 1100 hectare farm in one of the most environmentally challenging regions of Spain in the south eastern province of Murcia in the altiplano reg...2023-12-2947 minRegenerative SkillsMaking soil health approachable and practical, with Ian RobertsonBy now I’m sure many of you have heard the few episodes on soil health that I’ve recorded with people like Harriet Mela, Matt Powers, James White, and others. I know that the subject of soil has become really popular with growers and it’s always talked about as being central to the success of regenerative agriculture and broader environmental health, and I don’t disagree. Yet I’m often worried that the discourse around soil science is reminiscent of other scientific studies in which there’s a never ending search for more granular details.
Breaking comp...2023-12-221h 02Regenerative SkillsAdapting syntropic agroforestry to temperate climates, with Renke De VriesSyntropic Agroforestry has exploded in popularity and interest in the last few years. I’ve explored this agroforestry design and management system a little in some previous episodes with my friend Jacob Evans, but there’s so much more to explore.
First pioneered by renowned farmer Ernst Gostch in Brazil, his integrated approach of dense planting and timed pruning and intervention to accelerate natural succession and replace outside inputs for both ecosystem regeneration and nutrient dense food production has sparked an interest in many people to adapt the concepts to their own climates and contexts.
...2023-12-151h 26Regenerative SkillsGrowing fresh produce through the coldest winters, with Catherine SylvestreI’ve been so happy to see how popular the concept of growing one’s own food has become in recent years. Especially since the pandemic, a lot of us have connected deeply with the need to build food resilience by cultivating our own gardens, and quite a few have even gone further and started to grow at a market scale.
It’s a beautiful thing to be able to eat fresh healthy produce from your own land, but I’ve often wondered as well, how we can cross the long dark and cold period of winter, when fres...2023-12-0856 minRegenerative SkillsMaking micro farms work through lean planning, with Ben HartmanI’ve been observing an interesting trend in the regen ag space. The concept and awareness of regen ag has been growing exponentially with many people exploring ways to start their own farms and to participate in and support those who are already involved. At the same time the current economic situation and the complexity of regulations, paired with skill worker shortages, and other challenges are leading people to burn out or quit altogether.
It’s no joke how complex and difficult it can be to run a lean and profitable farm in modern times. Luckily there are s...2023-12-0158 minRegenerative SkillsLow tech solutions for erosion and water management with Neil Bertrando and Jeff AdamsWe live in a time when everyone seems to be looking for high tech solutions for every problem. Maybe it's due to all of the new tech that has come out in recent decades with lofty promises of new frontiers, or the fact that so many of us are removed from regular interaction with the natural world, but I genuinely believe that technology is more over-applied and responsible for more problems than it usually solves.
For that reason I always like to see when professionals advocate for low tech solutions and a return to basics and analog methods...2023-11-241h 26Regenerative SkillsWorking with wastewater and learnings from Biosphere 2, with Mark NelsonI’ve been lucky in recent months to be able to speak to people who’ve been leaders and change makers in the regenerative space for a significant amount of time. Building on that knowledge and experience I got to speak with Dr Mark Nelson.
Mark is Chairman of the Institute of Ecotechnics, head of Wastewater Gardens International and has worked for several decades in closed ecological system research, bioregenerative space life support, ecological engineering, restoration of damaged ecosystems, desert agriculture and wastewater recycling. Notably, Dr. Nelson was a member of the eight person “biospherian” crew for t...2023-11-171h 22Regenerative SkillsReviving heritage foods through landrace farming, with Glenn RobertsA few months back when I covered the topic of landrace gardening and crop breeding, I had no idea what a passionate and knowledgeable community around the world that I was tapping into.
The seed savers and plant breeders who I’ve been in touch with, including quite a few who are part of the Discord community for this podcast, are working on everything from quinoa crosses for tough climate staple crop production, to the domestication of silverweed, adapted varieties for low maintenance, and so much more.
For the most part though I’ve been coming acros...2023-11-101h 26Regenerative SkillsJohn Kempf on the trends and future of regenerative agricultureMy guest today needs no introduction if you’ve been paying attention to the regen ag scene in the last decade, but just in case you’re new to this topic and community let me catch you up to speed
John Kempf is an entrepreneur, speaker, podcast host and teacher. He is passionate about the potential of well managed agriculture ecosystems to reverse ecological degradation.
It is John’s mission to have these regenerative models of agriculture management become the mainstream globally by 2040.
In addition to being a grower, John is the fou...2023-11-031h 27Regenerative SkillsWill Harris reflects on his career and his return to giving a damnDespite the popularity of regenerative agriculture at the moment and the fact that there are many inspiring farmers involved in the movement, it’s still rare to find experienced farmers, especially in large scale operations that have been working to regenerate their ecosystems and communities for more than 20 years.
For this reason I was thrilled to connect with Will Harris of White Oak Pastures for a second time to dig into the remarkable career he’s had and the journey of transforming his farm into one of industrial beef production to a holistically managed multi-species farm that has b...2023-10-271h 06Regenerative SkillsKey insights from reviving soils around the world, with Matt SlaughterThough we’ve covered many aspects of soil health on this show in previous episodes, this is an area of scientific and agronomic study which is constantly growing and evolving. It seems that there are a growing number of specialists who are pioneering research in very specific and detailed aspects of soil health which helps to expand our overall picture of the ecosystem under our feet.
At the same time it’s essential to be able to translate all of this advanced biology, chemistry, and even physics into information that someone from outside of academia can translate into...2023-10-201h 29Regenerative SkillsBuilding a regenerative food system in Europe, with Patricia WiklundThis week I want to build on the panel discussion that I started previously in the panel episode with the group from the Alpbach forum. In that conversation we looked at various visions on what a regenerative food system could look like from representatives from Nestle, Agrana, and a conservation farmer.
Today I want to bring another perspective into this idea of building healthy and resilient food systems from a friend of mine who has been working on this by connecting stakeholders throughout the entire food value chain in Finland.
Patricia Wiklund is the C...2023-10-131h 04Regenerative SkillsFrom planting to harvest. How to care for your fruit trees, with Suzan PoiznerThe growing popularity of permaculture food forests and backyard multispecies orchards is part of a movement that I’m 110% in support of. Any addition of native and food producing plants in diverse multispecies configurations is a wonderful thing.
I want to see as many people as possible find success with these plantings, and that’s why I’ve been a bit concerned by the way that many designers and landscapers oversell the benefits and expectations to people who want to plant their first fruit trees and expect to get a yield from them.
That isn’t to say t...2023-10-061h 17Regenerative SkillsEcological regeneration through profitable farming with Jake TakiffAny of you who’ve been following the show this season will remember one of my favorite episodes from the beginning of the year in which I documented a water restoration job I went out to Nicaragua to go in collaboration with Restoration Agriculture Development, the contracting company founded by Mark Shepard.
There I worked under the guidance of Jake Takiff, RAD’s dryland restoration specialist and the lead designer on that job.
I got along famously with Jake and learned a ton from working alongside him on that project. So much of his personal journ...2023-09-291h 25Regenerative SkillsVisions for a regenerative food system in EuropeAt the end of August I had a unique opportunity to attend the European Alpbach Forum in Austria, as I was invited by organizers at Nestlé to moderate an event they were organizing. This was a unique session that included a guided hike in the Alps around the town and a discussion centered on the core themes of which structures, innovation, incentives, models, and mindsets are necessary to enable the transition to regenerative food systems.
As listeners of this show already know, I’ve explored these concepts a lot in the past but mainly from a farmer and...2023-09-221h 05Regenerative SkillsPioneering regenerative dairy production, with Phyllis Van AmburghAt this point I’ve covered a wide array of practices and management styles that fall under the broad umbrella of regenerative agriculture. Some could be considered traditional while others are more modern and innovative and they span continents, climates, biomes and industries. Nonetheless I’ve noticed a pretty big gap that I’ve yet to cover in detail that I hope to begin to fill in today.
Dairy farming has been under sharp criticism in recent times. Scrutiny over everything from the appropriateness of dairy in the diet to the methane emissions of cows and the controv...2023-09-151h 18Regenerative SkillsAkiva Silver on propagating plants and starting a nursery business: Part 2 This is part two of the conversation started last week with Akiva Silver. Co-owner of Twisted Tree nursery and homestead. If you haven’t yet heard the first part, you can find the link in the show notes for this episode on the website at regenerativeskills.com
You’ll remember from last week that one of the first projects I encourage people to do when starting any land based project is to start a plant nursery. Not only will you start the long process of coaxing plants into maturity which is worth beginning as soon as possible, but y...2023-09-0827 minRegenerative SkillsAkiva Silver on propagating plants and starting a nursery business: Part 1After the last few weeks of focus on the intricacies of Holistic management and building community in agriculture, I wanted to go back to some technical information on specific farming enterprises.
One of the most common questions I get asked from listeners and clients who are starting new projects is about where to begin. Those of you familiar with permaculture will know of the common advice to live and wait a full year on your site before beginning to design and implement your vision. This time of observation and information gathering can be essential to avoiding common m...2023-09-0131 minRegenerative SkillsChampioning the alternative to a farm free future, with Chris SmajeI’ve been watching an interesting and important discussion play out for a number of years now within the environmental movement and ecological farming community. It appears that on one hand we have a group that is convinced by the data that farming to feed a population which is growing exponentially through traditional land based means is doomed to be an ecological detriment. Our current system should instead be replaced with high tech solutions such as vertical farms and laboratory processes to create the nutrition this population needs. As a result we could return much of our farmland to re...2023-08-251h 08Regenerative SkillsMatt Powers on discovering the world under our feet with soil microscopyOne of the emerging practices in the regenerative work space is that of citizen science. This covers an infinite range of scientific specialties, but I’ve especially seen amazing things come from two areas in the last couple years. These would be mycology and the study of soil. That isn’t to say that traditional institutions aren’t making advances in these fields, but passionate amateurs have also been leading some incredible innovations in these areas. Incredibly, at the center of both of these movements I regularly find my good friend Matt Powers, the author of many well known volume...2023-08-181h 21Regenerative SkillsBuilding community for farmers with Klarien KlingenSince last year much of my work with Climate Farmers has been in building the European farmer community and creating connections so that members can learn from each other.
I admittedly don’t have a lot of prior experience with this so I went looking for experienced and successful community builders to mentor me in the process.
One of the most helpful and inspiring people the this search put me in touch with is Klarien Klingen, one of the primary organizers of the Dutch agroecological community called Toekomstboeren which translates to future farmers and works to s...2023-08-1151 minRegenerative SkillsIan Robertson, Ed Brown, and Ben Taylor-Davies on the knowledge and mindset needed for regenerative farm transitions (redux)I’ve touched on this topic briefly in previous interviews, but it bears repeating. Agriculture around the world is going through a critical moment. The skyrocketing prices of petroleum products, meaning most agriculture chemicals and fertilizers as well as machinery fuel, is causing a tipping point for many farm businesses. Operations that have long been dependent on these synthetic inputs are facing tough decisions. Do they double down and continue to keep their land on life support, sticking with the system they know, but which is becoming more and more unsustainable, or do they take a gamble on new ma...2023-08-041h 24Regenerative SkillsLeveraging native plant communities and ecological succession for regeneration, with Henry AndersonOne of my favorite topics to explore on this show is how other people with unique skill sets and talents look at the natural world and the ecological design process. I’ve been fortunate in my network of designers, educators, farmers, and academics to peer into the specialties of ecological understanding and design thinking from many points of view, and today is one of those opportunities.
I first met Henry Anderson through a design project that our mutual friend Juan Pablo was working on in Portugal through the Climate Farmers Pioneer program. We were looking at...2023-07-281h 40Regenerative SkillsJoseph Lofthouse shows how anyone can get started with landrace gardening
I’ve been looking forward to today’s session for a good couple months now.
Though it’s been years since I got excited about seed saving and heard the first little bits of the ideas around landrace gardening, I only recently got a window into its real potential. I honestly feel a bit embarrassed that I didn’t know more about landrace plant breeding until recently since it’s the reason we have pretty much all the domesticated and semi-domesticated varieties of food that you can find all over the world. It also turns...2023-07-211h 19Regenerative SkillsHelen Atthowe shares her secrets for long term ecological farming successA lot of my work these days revolves around communicating with farmers around Europe who are at various stages of a transition towards regenerative management. For many different reasons farmers are looking for solutions outside of the conventional industry of chemical and technological manipulations and are rediscovering the potential of partnering with natural cycles and processes. Though there are a handful of examples of growers who’ve been pioneering these practices around the continent, the vast majority are fairly early in their journeys. It’s still rare to find an experienced commercial grower who has found success through organic, no-t...2023-07-141h 21Regenerative SkillsReflecting on the journey and my learnings after 300 episodesWelcome to a very special episode of the regenerative skills podcast. This is the 300th episode that I am publishing today, and to make the occasion I wanted to try something new. At this point the show has grown immensely from where I started it and I would imagine that most of you who are tuned in now haven’t been here since the beginning.
For that reason I’m going to revisit the origins of this show and explain the context in which this podcast was started, how it’s evolved along with my own personal journey...2023-07-071h 28Regenerative SkillsWilliam Horvath helps build effective processes for farms and homesteadsToday’s episode touches on a very timely topic for me. I’m currently developing a program to assist European farmers in their transition to regenerative management of their farms, and the big challenge is to make a program that is relevant for the vast array and contexts and differences that farmers across this continent are working from. No set of information is appropriate. No one teaching style is going to connect with everyone.
Even the regulatory frameworks and incentive structures can vary a lot.
I’ve long since observed this as an obstacle for design framewo...2023-06-301h 08Regenerative SkillsA new formula for integral and long lasting development work with Daillen Culver and Lailani YatsToday’s episode is going to require some context for anyone who’s not familiar with the origin of this show.
Back in 2017 when I started this podcast I was doing an internship with my friend and mentor Charlie Rendal on bamboo building in Lake Atitlan Guatemala. I had been traveling back and forth from Guatemala for a number of years.
I had originally gone down there with a friend to learn Spanish and I ended up coming back for years to see friends and just because I love that country.
In my t...2023-06-251h 06Regenerative SkillsMark Shepard’s field manual for hydrological restoration on any farmSince the three part series that Nick and I recorded about the vast array of drought mitigation and recovery solutions for people in different living situations we’ve gotten a lot of follow up questions from listeners who want to go deeper into this subject.
Luckily one of my friends and mentors who’s had an outsized influence on my educational journey and inspiration to work with farmers and land managers in helping them to make the most of the water resources has just come out with a new book.
Many of you know Mark Shepar...2023-06-161h 30Regenerative SkillsNick Steiner and Oliver Goshey on the scope of water cycle restoration options for any project sizeI’ll keep today’s intro real short because this is a long episode. The short of it is that my good friend Nick Steiner and I have been diving real deep into the topic of landscape hydrology and water cycle restoration both on our own properties and through our work with clients and farmers all around Europe.
In the process we’ve become complete nerds about this topic and all of the incredible potential that working with water systems can have for the ecology and quality of life where it’s applied appropriately.
So today, Nick and I are just gon...2022-12-231h 41Regenerative SkillsLearnings and reflections from starting our own regenerative projects with Oliver, Nick, and JacobThis week I wanted to get back to one of my favorite formats from the early days of this show in which I just take the time to speak with some of my close friends and collaborators about what we’re working on. Today I grabbed my good friends Nick Steiner and Jacob Evans.
Nick is one of my closest colleagues in my work with Climate Farmers. He leads the Academy at the company and has spearheaded the coach matching service where we put farmers in touch with other farmers and experts who can help them in their transition to reg...2022-08-261h 09Regenerative SkillsJill Cloutier, Scott Mann, and Oliver Goshey on the launch of the Regenerative Media AllianceLearn more about the Regenerative Media Alliance and our events and resources here!
I’m very excited for today’s episode, because it’s been in the works for quite a long time.
For years I’ve been thinking about how to connect with some of the other podcasters and content producers that I’ve admired and learned from. My initial motivation after all was to contribute something to the incredible body of work being built online and made available for free. These resources are behind my own professional growth and the success of many of the projects I’ve been involved...2022-04-2952 minRegenerative SkillsJacob Rodenburg on engaging young communities through nature reconnectionLearn more and register for the Profitable Syntropic Agroforestry course today!
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As we continue in this ongoing series on building strong communities, I wanted to take a step back and focus on the youngest members whose needs and considerations are often overlooked as the adults take charge and make decisions.
Childhood education, especially nature reconnection and environmental knowledge has come to the forefront of my thinking this year when my sister and the three little girls came to visit from where t...2022-04-0148 minRegenerative SkillsCharles Marohn on the keys to designing strong and resilient townsLearn more and register for the Profitable Syntropic Agroforestry course today!
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I’ve often wondered what in the world goes on in the thought process behind the planning and design of the newer towns that I’ve lived in. In the case of really old places, the layout and architecture always made more sense to me. Streets are laid out with orientations to sun patterns or for ease of access to important markets or buildings, and the homes reflect the integral rela...2022-03-181h 16Regenerative SkillsDavid Holmgren on the hidden regeneration potential of the suburbsLearn more and register for the Profitable Syntropic Agroforestry course today!
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I’ve had the privilege of being able to travel to many places around the world to design and manage projects for organizations and clients, and the one constant that I find whether it’s getting a natural home off the ground, planning an agroforestry plantation, or even remotely consulting with someone on their dream project, is that the community element is the most often overlooked.
Time and time again I’ve...2022-03-111h 39Regenerative SkillsDarren Doherty on the evolution of the Regrarians regenerative farm design frameworkLearn more and register for the Profitable Syntropic Agroforestry course today!
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As we continue through this series on regenerative design we’ve taken a look at small and residential scale projects with Rob Avis of Verge Permaculture, last week we explored the homestead scale with Drew Grim from The Schoolhouse Life, and this week we’re getting into the larger scale of properties and how regenerative design can be applied to farms.
For this subject, my go-to source for practical and profe...2022-02-181h 20
Awfully Irish PodcastOliver Goshey & Chris Devault | Awfully Irish Podcast #150In today's episode, the lads talk with permaculturists Chris Devault and Oliver Goshey. Support the podcast! ko-fi.com/awfullyirish Join the discord! https://discord.gg/kkZbtmE Follow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/awfullyirishpodcast/ Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/awfullyirishpodcast/2020-12-061h 13
The Happy Hustle PodcastUtilizing Holistic Regenerative Living Practices and Sustainable Abundance to Better our World with Oliver GosheyOliver Goshey is a regenerative consultant, designer, educator, natural builder for regenerative social and land-based projects. After studying as a marine engineer and working mostly in blue-collar trades such as commercial shipping, trail building, construction, and farming, across the world, Oliver built a unique and wide perspective implementing projects and managing complex systems as a practitioner on the ground. After struggling to justify his participation in destructive and extractive industries, he shifted his focus to land stewardship and rebuilding community connections. Ever since then he´s applied his unique experiences from 15 years of travel to h...2020-11-041h 12Awfully Irish PodcastOliver Goshey | Awfully Irish Podcast #76In today's episode, the lads talk to Oliver Goshey from the abundant edge podcast about permaculture and environmental restoration.Support the podcast! ko-fi.com/awfullyirishJoin the discord! https://discord.gg/kkZbtmEFollow us on Instagram! https://www.instagram.com/awfullyirishpodcast/Like us on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/awfullyirishpodcast/2020-08-051h 18Regenerative SkillsBuilding a regenerative future and heading in different directions: RRT 13We’ve completed 100 episodes! Thank you to all our listeners and supporters who are part of more than thirty thousand subscribers to this podcast and the growing regenerative community that is taking back our future and helping humanity move into its fullest potential. In this episode Oliver and Neal talk about the new direction that Abundant Edge and Granja Tz’ikin will be taking independently and how the two enterprises will continue to work together and support one another in the years to come. They also talk at length about the main takeaways and learning that has happened over the last...2019-02-2259 minRegenerative SkillsAnimal pens, native plant nursery and teaching at the farm: RRT 10In this month;s regenerative round table Jeremy and Oliver discuss the challenges of managing a lot of animals in a small space and some of the problems with keeping pests and predators out. We cover the progress on the little coffee beneficio, plastering the house, producing native and edible plants for ourselves and clients and all of the progress over the last few weeks of developing our little farm on lake Atitlan in Guatemala.
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In this special episode, Oliver goes into one of the key lectures in the Intro to Natural Building course on some of the most important considerations and bits of information to consider when designing a natural building and choosing a site for the structure. In this episode we cover many iconic natural building styles, considerations for different climates and regions, designing for function, determining needs and wants, and a whole lot more. Don’t forget to download the accompanying PDF document in the show notes for this episode at abundantedge.com
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Get th...2018-10-2650 minRegenerative SkillsMitigating natural disasters and forming a permaculture landscaping collaboration: RRT 8Welcome back to the regenerative round table. Today Neal and Oliver are joined by "Bamboo" Charlie Rendall, natural builder and founder of Return to the Forest as we talk in depth about new developments and progress on the Abundant Edge farm (aka Finca Tz'ikin). We recently had a new drainage channel open up right next to the farm so as we scramble to shore up the northern border of our land and divert any potential water away from the house we discuss the many ways that you can mitigate the risks and damage from a severe weather event when it...2018-09-071h 14Regenerative SkillsThe paradox of diversity and efficiency in permaculture enterprises and much more: RRT 7Our baby goats, just a few days old
One of the biggest challenges that we and many other peramculturalists face is how to balance the need for diversity and resilience in our ecosystems and enterprises and the need for efficiency and simplicity in their maintenance and operation. On this regenerative round table Neal and Oliver talk about their own experiences and mistakes along the way in finding this balance on the Abundant Edge farm as well as balancing the development needs of their site with the work they do for clients. Everything from moisture issues in hobbit houses to delivery...2018-08-1044 min
human insights with james coxRegenerative Design and Climate: a chat with Oliver GosheyOliver Goshey is an innovator in the field of Regenerative Design and Agriculture. He took his diverse life experience and founded Abundant Edge, a firm that helps train people around the world on how they can become more connected to nature, and in the process become more secure.
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Email: jamescoxprivateemail@gmail.com2018-07-0226 minRegenerative SkillsIt’s all about Goats! and a few other important things, but really GOATS!: RRT 2Welcome to this month's regenerative round table. In this session we talk about our newest additions to the family, the GOATS! Neal and Oliver go into the details behind the goat pen design, and Jeremy talks about mushroom production and the extension of the water and irrigation systems. We also discuss the importance of getting your hands dirty and the reality of implementing your designs. All that and more as we give you a direct window into the development of our regenerative homestead model.
If you would like your own questions answered by the AE team, you can write to...2018-03-2349 min
Naturally Smart People201: Oliver GosheyS2E1 of Naturally Smart people begins with a conversation with Oliver Goshey who runs the Abundant Edge project. Oliver talks about Natural Building, design and well-being.2017-11-2900 minRegenerative SkillsThe hidden side of natural building, how to start your own build project and more with Oliver Goshey: 030today's episode is going to be a bit unusual in that I'll be stepping over to the other side of the microphone as my good friend and permaculture blogger Mike Vair Haley writer of the blog Permaculture Hami asked me to do an interview with him for an article. Mike is a teacher/traveler spending this year going around the world and documenting interesting sustainable designs along the way. He also writes a lot about how permaculture can be applied in unexpected ways such as in finance, government, and business. I highly recommend that you check out his blog at h...2017-08-111h 04Regenerative SkillsMyths and Misconceptions About Natural Building with Oliver M GosheyIn this episode I talk about some of the most common myths and misconceptions about natural building and bust them. There's a lot of first hand knowledge from my years as a designer and builder around the world, and I work to help you get better information than what's often available online. This talk is mean to give you a realistic idea of how to get started with a natural building project and how to avoid some of the unrealistic expectations and misleading information that can get you started on the wrong foot. 2017-04-1319 minRegenerative SkillsIntroducing the Abundant Edge with host Oliver M Goshey: 001Welcome to the very first episode of "The Abundant Edge." In this introductory episode I'll introduce the concept and motivation behind starting the podcast and introduce myself, Oliver Goshey, by explaining how I got interested in regenerative living practices and the journey I've gone through to get where I am as a natural builder and permaculture designer.
As always, these episodes are meant to be a dialogue and conversation starter more than a lecture series. Especially in these early days of getting the podcast up and running I really appreciate feedback, comments, ideas, whatever. I want to hear from you! If...2017-01-2210 min