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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007 – Miraculous Mycelia

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007 – Miraculous Mycelia

with host Linda Borghi and guest Matthew Legatski – The Gourmet Mushroom Guy

Backdrop to this podcast is Linda’s surprise meeting with mushroom legend, Paul Stamets, Linda and Matthew share a passion for the of mushroom, so good as medicine and food.. Matthew got hooked on mushroom production and learning everything possible about it at 22 years old. He designed and created his own sterile mushroom lab operation. His knowledge is way beyond his years and he loves sharing about the cultivation and production of mushrooms with everyone! The income potential is explored. Cool diagrams and slide show links too!

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005 – Biodigesting Close to Home

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005 – Biodigesting Close to Home

with host Linda Borghi and guest Maria Blon

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Maria Blon is a speaker, author and teacher who launched the “HEART in Haiti School” after the hurricane in 2010. Gardens and Moringa trees are grown at the school to teach the children how to grow and feed themselves. This oasis includes a biodigester. There is no garbage pick up in Haiti. Now with the biodigester to process all their garbage, they also generate energy for the school.

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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

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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 1

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002 – Biodynamics, Demystified Part 1

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 Biodynamic methods and preparations. Abby’s mother, Josephine Porter, founded the Institute. First in a series about biodynamics with Abby Porter which describes the 7 principles of Biodynamic Agriculture.

Get Part 2: http://farm-a-yard.com/p002-2

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