Regenerative Skills

Regenerative Skills


Latest Episodes

Building a regenerative food system in Europe, with Patricia Wiklund
October 13, 2023

This 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 rege

From planting to harvest. How to care for your fruit trees, with Suzan Poizner
October 06, 2023

The growing popularity of permaculture food forests and backyard multispecies orchards is part of a movement that Im 110% in support of. Any addition of native and food producing plants in diverse mu

Ecological regeneration through profitable farming with Jake Takiff
September 29, 2023

Any of you whove 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

Visions for a regenerative food system in Europe
September 22, 2023

At the end of August I had a unique opportunity to attend the European Alpbach Forum in Austria, as I was invited by organizers at Nestl to moderate an event they were organizing. This was a unique s

Pioneering regenerative dairy production, with Phyllis Van Amburgh
September 15, 2023

At this point Ive 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 mo

Akiva Silver on propagating plants and starting a nursery business: Part 2
September 08, 2023

This is part two of the conversation started last week with Akiva Silver. Co-owner of Twisted Tree nursery and homestead. If you havent yet heard the first part, you can find the link in the show no

Akiva Silver on propagating plants and starting a nursery business: Part 1
September 01, 2023

After 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.O

Championing the alternative to a farm free future, with Chris Smaje
August 25, 2023

Ive 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

Matt Powers on discovering the world under our feet with soil microscopy
August 18, 2023

One of the emerging practices in the regenerative work space is that of citizen science. This covers an infinite range of scientific specialties, but Ive especially seen amazing things come from two

Building community for farmers with Klarien Klingen
August 11, 2023

Since 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 dont have a l