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
- 940
- Years Active
- 2015 - 2025
363: Stepheni Norton on Heirloom Small-Plot Urban Farming
Finding healing through farming and growing healthy food.
In This Podcast: Coming home from deployment is hard enough without adding a significant disease to the mix, yet this is what propelled Stephe…
Bonus 18: Seed Saving Class May 2018 (362.5)
Bonus Episode 18: Seed Saving Class May 2018.
A chat with a seed expert about Why is Our Gut Messed Up.
In This Bonus Podcast: Belly hurt? Have gut problems? Bill McDorman and Greg Peterson unpack one…
362: Alex Lewin on Kombucha and Fermented Drinks
Experimenting with bacteria and beverages.
In This Podcast:
Having first come across this drink at a cousin’s house and thinking there was something wrong with the odd beverage, it was not until much l…
361: Adam Federman on The Influence of Patience Gray
Digging up the story of a slow-food pioneer.
In This Podcast: It must have been one well written obituary, because it stuck with Adam Federman and then after he found her book on his parents' shelves …
360: Sara Matlin on Selling at Farmers Markets.
Building local food systems through community markets.
In This Podcast: She was not planning to be a Farmers Market Manager, but that where Sara Matlin ended up and she is passionate about her communi…
359: Keiran Olivares Whitaker on Black Soldier Fly Farming.
Composting with nature's own army.
In This Podcast:
It was a common tilapia being released into the wild that had a profound effect on Keiran Olivares Whitaker. He realization on how ecosystems were be…
358: Jake Mace on WWOOFing
Trekking around the world to learn about organic farms.
In This Podcast: Starting a new adventure with a minimalist lifestyle and travel to foreign countries is not something readily understood by mos…
357: Alex Lewin on Fermentation
Transforming food with healthy microbes.
In This Podcast:
Wanting to know more about healthy eating after his father got sick, Alex Lewin did lots of reading, studying, and research. He narrowed his fo…
356: Jourdain Beltran on Re-purposing Unwanted Land
Making the most of discarded plots for farming and community gardens.
In This Podcast: He did not finish college, but that has not stopped Jourdain Beltran from pursuing knowledge and growing healthy …
355: Sowan Thai on Cultivating as Millennial Farmers.
Becoming the next generation of urban farmers.
In This Podcast: Raised by two farmers, Sowan Thai wanted to do anything else with his life. Yet pursuing a degree in science led him back to his roots a…
354: James Ross on Value of Community Gardens.
Empowering a community's strength and resilience through gardening.
In This Podcast: If you just can’t help yourself and tend to get involved in your community, then you might be just like James Ross.…
Bonus 17: Seed Saving Class April 2018 (353.5)
Bonus Episode 17: Seed Saving Class April, 2018.
A chat with an expert on Seeds.
In This Bonus Podcast: There is always a bounty of information available in conversations with Bill McDorman. This is t…
353: Homestead Phil & Jenn Tompkins on Chickens for Eggs.
Bringing a simple food source closer to the table.
In This Podcast: After moving to a rural life, and googling crazy business ideas, Phil and Jenn Tompkins started a business helping people rent their…
Bonus 16: Seed Saving Class March 2018 (352.5)
Bonus Episode 16: Seed Saving Class March 2018.
A chat with an expert on Seeds.
In This Bonus Podcast: There is always a bounty of information available in conversations with Bill McDorman. This is th…
352: Scott Murray on California Grown Coffee
Improving polyculture growing techniques.
In This Podcast:
When one of his farmer clients was seeking answers for their aging avocado farm, Scott Murray encouraged a solution that allowed for polycultu…
351: Lisa Ziegler on Urban Farming with Flowers
Growing florals for a farming business.
In This Podcast: She married her husband for all the right reasons of course and everything was going well. Then later Lisa Ziegler realized also got the bonus…
350: Andrew Nowak Garden to Cafeteria School Programs
Helping students have better access to healthier foods.
In This Podcast: After earning his PhD, an academic career was not going to work for him, so Andrew Nowak pivoted his passions and experience in…
349: Jennifer Johnson on Eco Conscious Cooking
Building healthy bodies and minds through good nutrition.
In This Podcast:
After getting a card from her youngest child and he said that he loved her but not her cooking, Jennifer Johnson set out to ch…
348: Megan Vollstedt on Value of a Start Up Accelerator
Helping agricultural technology startups.
In This Podcast:
Working at a startup company through the process of growing and its IPO was informative and provided Megan Vollstedt with invaluable insight f…
347: Theresa Rooney on Humane Critter Control
Keeping critters and pests at bay humanely and safely
In This Podcast: Dealing with pests in your garden or farm can be overwhelming unless you can change your perspective. Having her yard become a w…