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Today's show is another remarkable story of another entrepreneur, a permaculture entrepreneur.

It's the story of someone who went from being an anti-money activist to running a $1M permaculture desig…

Big isn't always better. More just for the sake of having more is pointless.

Just because you have access to more land doesn't mean you need to take it.

If you are getting bigger then you better have…

While the presentation will focus on plant propagation for a profit from a small/backyard nursery stand point if you want a successful permaculture business you will want to attend this talk.

Within …

Today's show is about time.

Specifically how precious our tiem is, and how we ought not to waste it.

I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

This…

Think about how much work you do on the farm now. How much of that work is actually being done efficiently and effectively?

Are you making the best use of your time by focusing on the 20% of the task…

Learn practical tips to leverage this powerful and often misunderstood marketing tool.

This talk will teach you to focus on generating farm revenue while avoiding the popularity contest trap.

This ta…

Today's episode focuses on fear.

Fear is a very powerful motivator for humans. It's part of what keeps us alive. But it's also what holds us back.

It holds us back by taking over our mind. Stalling o…

How can you a lot mistakes and wasting valuable resources by overproducing a crop, and the inverse of that, not producing enough?

Good record keeping.

Records on the farm are extremely valuable. When…

Is there a place for permaculture principles in a bio-intensive approach to successful ( and profitable) small-scale vegetable production?

For more than a decade Jean-Martin and his wife have been ma…

Joel Salatin speaks on successional farming - partnering the older generation with the next generation of farmers.

This is an excerpt of an interview that I conducted with Joel Salatin on May 22, 201…

Can you accept in the beginning that what you are doing may not work?

Because, guess what, it might not.

But as long as you keep trying something will..

You just have to be willing to continue on unt…

In this talk Greg Judy talk covers the steps used to find leased land and build a multi-species grazing operation from scratch.

Livestock can be a blessing or a curse. It's all in the management. Wit…

Denis Hayes talks about a lifetime of work in environmentalism - the challenges, successes, the changing environmental problems, and how he has endured numerous political changes in Washington.

Denis…

Work to learn, not to earn...

Understand where you want to go, understand why you want to get into it, figure out a smart systematic way to get there, and work hard in the process.

And give yourself …

Peter and Grant met at a Darren Doherty workshop in 2012 as landless farmers with the shared dream of regenerating landscapes.

Since then, they’ve both landed properties, planted thousands of trees, …

This is an excerpt of an interview that I conducted with Joel Salatin on May 22, 2013 in Big Bear Lake, CA.

Listen to another podcast with Joel at permaculturevoices.com/89

It's August 25, 2015 which means we are at the tail end of summer and shorter, cooler days are coming as fall nears.

We are in one of those unique periods in the year known as the shoulder season, th…

Appropriate technology plays a critical role in permaculture systems. Developing, documenting, and sharing these tools and systems can turn dreamers into true permaculture practitioners.

Grant will d…

Hello Diego,

My name is Russ. I am married, and have two awesome children and I used to be an alcoholic...

This episode is the story of Russ and how permaculture helped him get past alcoholism and ch…

As a farmer, how do you communicate what you have to sell each week, how much it costs, and when you need orders placed by, so you can deliver it on time?

You use what is called a fresh sheet.

At it'…