019 – The Wealth in Weeds

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019 – The Wealth in Weeds

with host Linda Borghi

Farm-A-Yard Podcast — It’s a movement… have ya heard?

It is not common for the words “weeds” and ‘wealth’ to be put into the same sentence. Find out why Linda values weeds so highly!

After a 3 week trip wrap up of Linda’s travels, first to her son’s wedding, then on to conduct 7 workshops at the Healing Farm, Linda shares why she felt so rich when she arrived home. One year earlier, there was only fire ant drilling holes everywhere in her yard.. Find out what has happened and what she is now doing with all her new “wealth”! Links provided for all those who want to learn about biodynamics and how to get started using this method. Then go farm-a-yard…biodynamically!

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017 – Preparing for the Fall Season on a Biodynamic Farm

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017 – Preparing for the Fall Season on a Biodynamic Farm

with host Linda Borghi and guest Stewart Lundy

Farm-A-Yard Podcast — It’s a movement… have ya heard?

What an exciting interview! Stewart and Linda discuss what preparing for fall looks like when using biodynamic methods. The shift in the fall, is about reaping the harvest but also about the importance of opening the earth to breathe. You can learn the techniques, but more importantly, learn why it is SO valuable to build the health of your soil. Vital practices like these grow plant relationships for producing nutrient dense food. You can do the same even with a 3×3 plot! Experience what “life force” in food tastes like when you grow your own veggies! There will be no turning back! You’re invited to the Perennial Roots Farm Workshop in Virginia, Friday October 20th! Save the Date, details below.

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010 – The Biodynamic Summer: The Rhythm of the Garden

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010 – The Biodynamic Summer: The Rhythm of the Garden

with host Linda Borghi and guest Stewart Lundy

Farm-A-Yard Podcast — It’s a movement… have ya heard?

If you are curious about homeopathic practices in Biodynamic farming, you will be fascinated by this interview. These two seasoned biodynamic farmers share their experiences of gardening and farming in harmony with the rhythm of the seasons, and how they practice a culture of sharing and spreading nature’s abundance. Learn about the earth breathing, planting by the biodynamic Stella Natura calendar, and “planting intention” in the stirring and applying of the biodynamic preparations. Also learn how your intention affects living systems and water when Stewart shares his own shocking experiment! To apply biodynamics practices and benefits to your yard doesn’t require understanding the science behind it all, only your desire and will to take action!

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009 – Time For Food Ownership: Germinating the Neighborhood With Food!

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009 – Time For Food Ownership: Germinating the Neighborhood With Food!

with host Linda Borghi and guest Diana Pieri

Farm-A-Yard Podcast — It’s a movement… have ya heard?

Diana Pieri has been farming her yard for just 1 year and she is already infecting her neighborhood with food! Diana’s enthusiasm for growing food is infectious; she has had amazing results, changing her life after cancer, and now changing her neighborhood, and absolutely loving it. She was introduced to Farm-A-Yard as a fan of Evan Folds and his “Compost Tea in a Box”. Now she’s spreading food and compost tea everywhere! This is the one “bug” we hope EVERYONE catches.

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003 – Save Our Soil

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003 – Save Our Soil

with host Linda Borghi and Farm-A-Yard founder Evan Folds

Farm-A-Yard Podcast — It’s a movement… have ya heard?

Transform the way you think about the soil under your feet to seriously revolutionize your growing results.

Evan Folds, the “Soil Doctor” as we call him, does not give standard soil advice but shares proven methods that unleash soil regeneration. Evan is a Farm-A-Yard co-founder, owner of Progressive Farms & manufacturer of the Microbe Maker compost tea system, and his passion about nurturing microbes, healing the Earth through carbon sequestering, producing nutrient dense food, advocating for personal agriculture, and healing people through vibrant local food economies will change your focus from the stem to the soil.

Through his consulting work, Evan has developed BioEnergetic Agriculture, which seeks to increase the life force of living systems through physical, mineral, biological, and energetic influence.

Favorite Quote

“…our food is not nourishing us to allow the expression of our humanity.”

1:00 – Linda introduces Evan Folds, owner of Progressive Farms and shares how they met.

5:50 – Evan Folds talks about regenerative agriculture and what biodynamic/BioEnergetic methods are all about.

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002 – Biodynamics, Demystified Part 2

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002 – Biodynamics, Demystified Part 2

with host Linda Borghi and guest Abby Porter

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Abby Porter from the Josephine Porter Institute for Applied Biodynamics shares the history of Biodynamics, organics and the relationship between Rudolph Steiner & Dr. Pfeiffer, a scientist, who proved the the science behind biodynamics. The establishing of Demeter, the international biodynamic certification organization. Abby also talks about her mother Josephine Porter’s history in the making of the biodynamic preparations.

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019 – The Wealth in Weeds

019 – The Wealth in Weeds

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017 – Preparing for the Fall Season on a Biodynamic Farm

017 – Preparing for the Fall Season on a Biodynamic Farm

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010 – The Biodynamic Summer: The Rhythm of the Garden

010 – The Biodynamic Summer: The Rhythm of the Garden

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009 – Time For Food Ownership: Germinating the Neighborhood With Food!

009 – Time For Food Ownership: Germinating the Neighborhood With Food!

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003 – Save Our Soil

003 – Save Our Soil

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002 – Biodynamics, Demystified Part 2

002 – Biodynamics, Demystified Part 2

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