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In business there is no such thing as new business, there is only other people's business. That's the subject of today's show.

Strategically planning your business so you can capture a share of the b…

It is now April 8 and we are another week into the Urban Farm season with Curtis. What's happened on the farm so far.

At this point in the season Curtis has prepared most of the growing beds on his v…

The United States Greatest Permaculture Challenge?

There are enormous challenges and contrasting opportunities inherent on Indian Reservations today. One one hand you have sovereign nations inside th…

This episode is a presentation given by Erik Ohlsen at PV2 in March 2015.

Learn real world tools for design and implementation of Permaculture based contracting businesses. Permaculture principles ap…

Week 3:

It's Tuesday, March 31st, and the first farmers market is coming up in four days. What's Curtis up to?

In this episode we are talking about how Curtis maximizes his efforts on the farm by sta…

Nature’s been using biochar to replenish soil carbon for millennia. Taking our cue from her, we’ll unravel what biochar is and how it works to build long-term soil health. We’ll explore techniques of…

My guest today is Cherrie Nolden a Masters and Ph.D candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She says "If animals are not managed to maintain vegetation, they are going to destroy the vegeta…

Week 2:

It's mid-March and the farm is now in what Curtis calls the setup phase. He has started selling some overwintered crops and he is adding to his restaurant customer base.

This show is the stor…

Community food forests are rapidly emerging as part of a new trend in the local food movement to promote food literacy and build community. This talk will discuss what community food forests are and …

What if you had all the time, money and energy in the world?

What would you do?

Frank’s wife asked him that question 5 years ago, and he realized he needed to get out of the Navy, make mead and share…

Week 1:

It's mid-February and the farm season is just beginning. Most of the work on the farm is preparing for the warmer months ahead. A lot of time is spent planning and preparing for the year ahea…

This episode is a recording of Luke Callahan's presenation at PV2.

Want to start your business, but don’t know where to begin? Does starting your business feel scary and overwhelming?

In this session…

We are experiencing the end of an era as a new era in human civilization is beginning. It is a time of great risk but also a time of great potential.

We now know that it is possible to restore large-…

In this episode, the second part of a multi-part series, we at some of the critiques of permaculture. And the focus is on an article written by permie Peter Harper in 2003.

This series takes a critic…

In this episode, the first part of a multi-part series, we look at what permaculture is. Is it a design science or is it a movement?

This series takes a critical look at permaculture itself. The good…

Toby Hemenway joins me to talk about his upcoming talk at PV2 titled Liberation Permaculture.

Permaculture offers more than a path to a sustainable and just food system. It can move entire segments o…

John talks about the workshop that he will be giving on Sketchup at PV2.

This workshop will give the student a crash course in using Trimble SketchUp, followed by a tutorial on landscape modeling and…

Grant Schultz presents on trees from VersaLand in Iowa City, Iowa.

This presentation focuses on the propagation of trees to be used in tree crop style systems. There is a lot of information on tree b…

This interview with Michael centers around his upcoming workshop at PV2, There's Not Just Honey In That Hive.

Michael describes the talk as, "I want to tell you my first hand experiences with bees, f…

This episode is a short PV2 episode with PV2 speaker and multiple time guest on this show Javan Bernakevitch.

This is an episode about person journeys. How many people, including myself, are in this …