Permaculture Realized Podcast

Levi Meeuwenberg of Realeyes Homestead
  • 4.7 (29)
  • NATURAL SCIENCES

The Permaculture Realized Podcast delivers practical skills and knowledge to build your ecologically restorative homestead, farm, neighborhood, or business based on Permaculture concepts and methods. Please consider becoming our Patron on Patreon to keep this Podcast on the air. Visit: https://www.patreon.com/PermacultureRealizedPodcast

Episodes

  1. 12/03/2024

    What’s Happening at Realize Homestead – Local Radio Interview WUWU-LPFM 100.1

    I was recently invited by Dan Kelly to be a guest on his show, The Farm Report, on the local radio station WUWU-LPFM 100.1, a low power radio station based out of Elberta, Michigan. It was a fun chat in which we talked about the land I’m homesteading on, the motivations behind Realize Homestead, current […] The post What’s Happening at Realize Homestead – Local Radio Interview WUWU-LPFM 100.1 appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    54 min

  2. 05/03/2017

    Ep37, Carbon Tax: How it Works with Lina Bird

    Todays guest is Lina Bird who is very active in the Washington DC branch of the Citizens Climate Lobby. The Citizens Climate Lobby is a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots organization with chapters all over the country, with the aim of lobbying for national policies to address climate change. One of their primary policies is a Carbon Tax and Dividend. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 37, Carbon Tax: How it Works with Lina Bird appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    54 min

  3. 04/19/2017

    Ep36, Our Right to Farm with Randy Buchler

    This past winter I had the pleasure of visiting my friends Randy and Libby Buchler and their family at their farm, Shady Grove Farm in Michigans Upper Peninsula. In 2009, they recieved a notice for alleged zoning violations regarding their agricultural activity. Through a ton of research and collaborations, they were finally able to win back their Right to Farm in a 2012 court case. Today Randy Buchler joins us to share their story of how they achieved success. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 36, Our Right to Farm with Randy Buchler appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    45 min

  4. 04/05/2017

    Ep35, We Are the Forest with Nathan Ayers

    Today we’re talking to Nathan Ayers who teaches Permaculture to students of all ages in Michigan. This is Nathans second time on the show, and it’s always a great time having him. If you like this one, be sure to check out Episode 18 as well where we discussed water solutions to the Flint, MI Water Crisis. Today we talk about Nathan and his brother Nick’s exciting new project; We Are the Forest. In addition to their work in the Ann Arbor/Ypsilanti area, they are also involved on Beaver Island. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 35, We Are the Forest with Nathan Ayers appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    55 min

  5. 03/22/2017

    Ep34, How to Start an Edible Plant Nursery with Sean Dembrosky

    This weeks episode is about how to start your own edible permaculture plant nursery with special guest, Sean Dembrosky of Edible Acres. Edible Acres is a small homestead and plant nursery that Sean runs in the Finger Lakes area of New York State. Today, he shares with us some great tips to getting started or improving our own plant nurseries. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 34, How to Start an Edible Plant Nursery with Sean Dembrosky appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    50 min

  6. 03/16/2017

    Ep33, Ecologically Regenerative Animal Agriculture with Peter Allen

    Today we're talking to Peter Allen who runs Mastodon Valley Farm in Wisconsin. Before getting in to regenerative farming, Peter was a student of ecology and complex systems theory, so he brings a unique an informed perspective to the use of animal agriculture as a method of managing landscape for ecological health. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 33, Ecologically Regenerative Animal Agriculture with Peter Allen appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    42 min

  7. 03/07/2017

    E32, Bicycle-Powered Community Composting with Ried Meyer

    Today’s guest is a good friend of mine who started up a bicycle powered community compost pickup business here in Northern Michigan. We discuss his experience with starting up the project, why this model has a ton of oppotunity for others to step up and replicate it, and tips on how you can start your own! The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 32, Bicycle-Powered Community Composting with Ried Meyer appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    53 min

  8. 02/27/2017

    Ep31, Top Plants for Temperate Climate Permaculture with Bryce Ruddock

    Today's guest Bryce Ruddock, is an author, educator and avid forest gardener from Wisconsin. Today Bryce shares his favorite plants to grow from among the hundreds of species that he's experimented with at his home. I definitely recommend getting your notebooks out for this episode because Bryce shares so many great species and resources that deserve a closer look by anyone interested in gardening like an ecosystem. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 31, Top Plants for Temperate Climate Permaculture with Bryce Ruddock appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    52 min

  9. 02/21/2017

    Ep30, Air, Water, Food, Shelter, Kinship, Meaning (Part 2)

    This episode is a follow up on episode 27. If you missed it I highly recommend you check it out. In that episode we did an analysis of what humans need to flourish. So now, using what we learned from the past episode, this week we’re going to go into kind of the goal setting part of the design process if you want to look at it that way, but basically just looking at how we can respond to the situation that we’re in. How we can adapt. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 30, Air, Water, Food, Shelter, Kinship, Meaning (Part 2) appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    51 min

  10. 02/14/2017

    Ep29, Peter Bane 2020 - Climate Cooling We Can Believe In!

    Today’s guest is Peter Bane who is the president of the Permaculture Insitute of North America, he wrote the Permaculture Handbook, literally, he has built and lived in eco-villages and self-sufficient homesteads for decades. and has taught dozens and dozens of courses and workshops all over the world. He’s the real deal, as you’ll soon learn. The post Permaculture Realized Podcast Episode 29, Peter Bane 2020 – Climate Cooling We Can Believe In! appeared first on Realize Permaculture Homestead.

    48 min
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The Permaculture Realized Podcast delivers practical skills and knowledge to build your ecologically restorative homestead, farm, neighborhood, or business based on Permaculture concepts and methods. Please consider becoming our Patron on Patreon to keep this Podcast on the air. Visit: https://www.patreon.com/PermacultureRealizedPodcast

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