The Urban Farm Podcast with Greg Peterson
Welcome to The Urban Farm Podcast, your partner in the Grow Your Own Food revolution! This audio only podcast features special guests like Rosemary Morrow, Zach Loeks, and Andrew Millison as we discuss the art and value of growing food in urban areas. We'll explore topics such as gardening basics, urban beekeeping and chicken farming, permaculture, successful composting, monetizing your farm, and much more! Each episode will bring you tips and tricks on how to overcome common challenges, opportunities to learn from the experience of people just like you, and plenty of resources to ensure you're informed, equipped, and empowered to participate more mindfully in your local food system... and to have a great time doing it!
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- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 36 minutes
- Episodes
- 939
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
609: Growing Cover Crops for Multiple Benefits
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice, in short, bite-size episodes.
In This Farmer Friday Podcast:
Marlene Simon from Flower Power Garden Hour Podcast returns to reveal the many ways that cover crops can…
608: Jon Hayes on Online Farmers Marketplace
Expanding farmers reach to customers with busy schedules.
In This Podcast:
We hear from Jon Hayes about a new app he created and launched that brings local food even closer to home. Jon tells us how hi…
607: Watching for Contaminants in Your Soil
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice, in short, bite-size episodes.
In This Farmer Friday Podcast:
Kristina Hunter from Live. Well. Green Podcast educates us on the many sources and types of contaminants…
606: Crystal Stevens on Regenerative Urban Farming
Bringing gardening methods full circle.
In This Podcast:
We learn from Crystal Stevens about the many inexpensive ways to build a regenerative and edible landscape using natural resources. Crystal desc…
605: Using Biodynamic Approaches to Farming and Gardening
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice, in short, bite-size episodes.
In This Farmer Friday Podcast:
Greg is joined by Andrew Faust, host of Permaculture Perspectives podcast, who gives us an in-depth look…
604: Michael Schaeffer on Finding Farmhands
Connecting farmers with farm workers looking for jobs.
In This Podcast:
We learn about the Farm Post App created and designed by Michael Schaeffer, an entrepreneurial idea stemming from need to connect…
603: Spotting Beneficial Predators in Your Garden
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes.
Marlene Simon from Flower Power Garden Hour podcast returns for an eye-opening chat on understanding all stages of the bug life cycle. …
602: Partnering with Nature
602: Partnering with Nature
A chat with Jessica Walliser
Jessica Walliser returns for a riveting discussion about unique ways we can partner with nature that will enable a thriving garden. Many perceiv…
601: Avoiding Three Common Mistakes When Starting a Homestead
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes.
Returning guest Brian Wells, host of The Homestead Journey podcast, shares the most common yet avoidable mistakes that everyone should …
600: Saving Seeds of Grasses and Grains
600: Saving Seeds of Grasses and Grains.
In This Podcast: At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman. This is the April 2021 class discussing the importance of growi…
599: Building Healthy Soil with Five Essential Components
Building Healthy Soil with Five Essential Components.
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes.
Greg kicks off this episode with answering two questions from our listeners that f…
598: Tommie Hockett on Sharing Seeds with Friends
Tommie Hockett on sharing seeds with friends.
Splitting a Seed Up In a Box with six others and building community resilience.
We hear first-hand experience from one of our avid podcast listeners, Tommi…
597: Uncovering the Root Causes of Blossom End Rot
Uncovering the Root Causes of Blossom End Rot.
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes.
Marlene Simon, host of the Flower Power Garden Hour Podcast, joins us this week as she un…
596: Patti Milligan on Saliva and the Immune System
Patti Milligan on Saliva and the Immune System.
Improving our body’s resilience to environmental and emotional stressors.
This week we delve into the world of saliva research as we speak with Patti Mil…
595: Defining What is Modern Homesteading
Defining what is modern homesteading.
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes.
Greg invites Brian Wells, host of The Homestead Journey Podcast, to share with us how he defines …
594: Designing Your Edible Landscape
594: Designing Your Edible Landscape. A chat with Kristin Parsons.
We visit with Kristin Parsons who helps us explore the beneficial concepts of permaculture design and how to integrate functionality …
593: Exploring the Seven Layers of a Food Forest
Exploring the Seven Layers of a Food Forest.
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes.
In This Brief Bite: Greg invites Crystal Stevens on our show to illustrate the seven dense …
592: Saving Seeds of Onions, Umbels, and More
592: Saving Seeds of Onions, Umbels, and More.
A chat with an expert on Seeds.
At least ten times a year we have a live Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman. This is the March 2021 class discussing the…
591: Adding Liquid Nutrients to Your Plants
Adding liquid nutrients to your plants.
Gardening tips, tricks, and advice in short, bite-size episodes.
In This Brief Bite: Farmer Greg chats with Anthony Dominguez, the co-founder and C.O.O. of HyKre…
590: Jeffrey Smith on Genetically Modified Microbes
Jeffrey Smith on Genetically Modified Microbes.
Raising public awareness about gene editing.
After attending a lecture on GMO’s twenty-five years ago, Jeffrey Smith could not help but feel concerned ab…