Regenerative Agriculture with Doneil Freeman

We have a great podcast for you today.  Today’s show is an interview with Doneil Freeman, who is a husband, father (a Regenerative Dad), permaculturist, farmer based on regenerative agriculture principles, beekeeper, teacher and a fellow podcaster.  Doneil Freeman operates Freeman Family Farms located in Calhan, Colorado.  Doneil has experience beekeeping, rebuilding soil in arid places and regenerating overgrazed pastures using principles from regenerative agriculture and permaculture.  He has run a successful CSA program, and he has a lot of advice for those of us who are starting small businesses which includes market gardens, urban farms CSA programs and even a blogs and podcasts.

This will be a two part interview.  In this podcast, we cover a lot of topics including attending Hogtoberfest, beekeeping, starting and running a CSA program, and regenerative agriculture including rebuilding soils in arid environments.  Part 2 will include a discussion about Doneil’s wicking beds and the Regenerative Dad’s podcast.

Topics - Regenerative Agriculture with Doneil Freeman

Doneil and I discussed the following topics in Part 1 of our two part interview:

Hogtoberfest 2017 with Greg Burns, Drew Sample and Michael Jordan

Origin Stories

My Story

Doneil's Story

Doneil's Bees

Regenerative Agriculture, Restoring the Land and Farming

Boom to Bust CSA Program

Freeman Family Farm

Links

Doneil and I covered a lot of ground in this podcast including the following links:

Doneil Freeman on Facebook

Freeman Family Farms

Regenerative Dads Podcast Website

Regenerative Dads on iTunes

The Sample Hour Episode 171 - Hogtoberfest 2017