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
711: Holiday Gardening Gifts.
A chat with Greg, Janis, and Doreen.
The holidays are just around the corner, and we all love to share gifts from our heart with our friends and family. Join us as we share our ideas for some cool g…
709: Kathryn Wilking on Feng Shui in Our Spaces.
709: Kathryn Wilking on Feng Shui in Our Spaces.
Balancing the energies around us to create sanctuaries that we love.
Greg chats with Kathryn Wilking to discover how feng shui concepts can be used in o…
708: Dr. Joel Fuhrman on Eating for Life
Dr. Joel Fuhrman on Eating for Life.
Using Nutrition To Prevent And Reverse DiseaseIn This Podcast:
Joel Fuhrman, M.D. is a board-certified family physician, seven-time New York Times bestselling aut…
707: Steven Churchill on Worm Composting
Worm Composting
Simplifying Vermicomposting And Making It Easy For Anyone To Start
A chance encounter at a farmers market led Greg to meet Steve Churchill, the creator of the worm bag he had recently b…
706: Indoor Gardening of Salads
A chat with Peter Burke.
It makes sense to keep our herb gardens close to our kitchens for easy access, and for some people that means gardening indoors. There are a variety of culinary options to o…
705: How Do You Store Your Seeds.
705: How Do You Store Your Seeds.
This is the October 2022 Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman discussing how to store your seeds. The most asked question we get in all our educational programs is “H…
704: Clara Roza on Conquering Australian-sized Farming Challenges
Growing food while overcoming droughts, record rains and floods, and catastrophic fires.
Clara is a 31-year-old Amateur Mycologist, mushroom grower, Beekeeper, and Chicken lady who is passionate about…
703: Justin “Jules” Giuliano on Earth Friendly Potting Soil
Earth Friendly Potting Soil.
Educating about soil and planetary health with peat free planting mix.In This Podcast:
Justin “Jules” Giuliano may be a relative newcomer to the garden, but his love of the…
702: Starting Your Fall Garden
A chat with Christy Wilhelmi.
Now is the perfect time to get a 'kick in the pants' on starting back into our fall gardening. Christy Wilhelmi, frequent Urban Farm Podcast guest and author of Garden V…
701: Seed Starting Challenges (with Kari Spencer)
701: Seed Starting Challenges.
This is the September 2022 Seed Saving Class with Kari Spencer discussing seed starting. There is nothing more satisfying than getting a jump on the gardening season by…
700: Rebecca Newburn on Creating Local Seed Libraries
Helping People Share Seeds In Their Community
In This Podcast: Rebecca Newburn’s vision was to start seed libraries, not just locally, but all over the world. To accomplish this goal, she created an …
699: Jeffrey Smith on Protecting the Microbiome
Raising Public Awareness About the Dangers of Gene Editing
In This Podcast: Jeffrey Smith returns to the Urban Farm Podcast to talk about what he calls “GMO 2.0”, an easily attainable technology with …
698: Andrew Millison on The Permaculture Water Harvesting Summit
Creating a Hopeful Future Through How We Manage Our Water
In This Podcast: Andrew Millison, an experienced and enthusiastic permaculture teacher, announces his upcoming online Permaculture Water Summi…
697: Planting for the Bugs
A chat with Suzanne Bontempo.
In This Garden Chat: Bugs play a vital role in the health of an ecosystem, and with a little strategic planting, we can invite the "good" ones to join us in our own gro…
696: Warm and Cool Season Crops
696: Cool Season and Warm Season Crops.
A Chat with an Expert on Seeds.
In This Podcast: This is the August 2022 Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman discussing cool season and warm season crops. Do w…
695: Joshua Burman Thayer on Food Forests for First Timers
Making Growing Fruit Trees Easy and Affordable for Beginners
In This Podcast:
Joshua Burman Thayer believes everyone can and should grow food, but with so much to learn, it is easy for a beginner to g…
694: Lizzy Shapiro on Discovering Music in A Container Garden
Making a Connection Between Jazz and Gardening
In This Podcast: Like many people during the pandemic, Elizabeth “Lizzy” Shapiro suddenly found herself at home staring at an empty calendar. To fill th…
693: Paul Horner on Vermicomposting
Worms Are People Too
In This Podcast: When his previous industry ground to a sudden halt, Paul Horner decided to farm worms, and this unusual decision turned his life in a completely unexpected direct…
692: Fertilizing Through Irrigation
A chat with Scott Murray.
In This Garden Chat: Watering your gardens is a step that we all need to do. Fertilizing is just as important, although sometimes not as easy to remember. Both of these cho…
691: Seed Harvesting
691: Seed Harvesting.
A Chat with an Expert on Seeds.
In This Podcast: This is the July 2021 Seed Saving Class with Bill McDorman discussing seed harvesting. Before you know it, all your crops will b…