43 episodes

The Savanna Institute's podcast and blog about perennial agroforestry (AF) features interviews, questions from listeners, inside jokes, and more. Subscribe to Perennial AF to hear real AF conversations with some of the Midwest's top agroforesters and perennial farmers! More at https://www.savannainstitute.org/perennialAF

Perennial AF Savanna Institute

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    • 4.8 • 19 Ratings

The Savanna Institute's podcast and blog about perennial agroforestry (AF) features interviews, questions from listeners, inside jokes, and more. Subscribe to Perennial AF to hear real AF conversations with some of the Midwest's top agroforesters and perennial farmers! More at https://www.savannainstitute.org/perennialAF

    “Spreadsheets on the Radio” - Farm Viability and the Fruit & Nut Compass with John Hendrickson

    “Spreadsheets on the Radio” - Farm Viability and the Fruit & Nut Compass with John Hendrickson

    Spreadsheet wizard John Hendrickson helps host Jacob Grace get started with the Fruit and Nut Compass, a free spreadsheet tool for producers to track the financial viability of their enterprises. Show notes at www.savannainstitute.org/PerennialAF Free compass tools at https://cias.wisc.edu/our-work/farming-systems/farm-viability/

    • 1 hr 4 min
    Getting Started with Forest Farming - Ingrid Daudert, Karam Sheban, and Robin Suggs

    Getting Started with Forest Farming - Ingrid Daudert, Karam Sheban, and Robin Suggs

    This episode features portions of the PFG 2023 panel discussion "Everything You Wanted to Know About Forest Farming (But Didn't Know to Ask)", featuring Ingrid Daudert from Misty Dawn Farm in Wisconsin, Karam Sheban from the Northeast Forest Farmers Coalition, and Robin Suggs from Appalachian Sustainable Development. Show notes and links at www.savannainstitute.org/perennialaf 

    • 59 min
    Agroforestry for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation - with Nate Lawrence and Monika Shea

    Agroforestry for Climate Change Mitigation and Adaptation - with Nate Lawrence and Monika Shea

    Savanna Institute research scientists Nate Lawrence and Monika Shea dig into the details of agroforestry for climate change mitigation (through reduced inputs and carbon sequestration) and climate adaptation (through better mapping and management, among other things). Show notes and links at www.savannainstitute.org/PerennialAF

    • 50 min
    “Joy Is What Emerges From Connection” - Q&A with Author Ross Gay

    “Joy Is What Emerges From Connection” - Q&A with Author Ross Gay

    Author and poet Ross Gay speaks with silvopasture farmer Liz Brownlee in a recorded keynote session from the 2023 Perennial Farm Gathering. Show notes at https://www.savannainstitute.org/PerennialAF/

    • 53 min
    “Grass Holds the World Together” - A Beginning Farmer Interviews Greg Judy

    “Grass Holds the World Together” - A Beginning Farmer Interviews Greg Judy

    This episode features a recorded phone interview between Missouri silvopasture farmer and author Greg Judy and Iowa State University student Jesse Matt, recorded in 2018 as part of a Savanna Institute outreach project. Show notes: www.savannainstitute.org/perennialaf 

    • 1 hr 8 min
    Q&A With "Braiding Sweetgrass" Author Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer - PFG 2023

    Q&A With "Braiding Sweetgrass" Author Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer - PFG 2023

    Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, ecologist and author of "Braiding Sweetgrass" and "Gathering Moss", answers questions from the audience of our 2023 Perennial Farm Gathering. Moderated by author and Leopold scholar Curt Meine. 

    • 49 min

Customer Reviews

4.8 out of 5
19 Ratings

19 Ratings

ChuckAnderas ,

Excellent all around!

Savanna Institute is doing great work, and this podcast is an excellent part of it. Jacob is a fantastic host!

C. Snipes ,

Excellent show, excellent organization

I was really pleased to discover the Savanna Institute and this podcast. Perennial agriculture and agroforestry are important approaches to long-term thinking and our collective existence on the big blue marble. Thanks for the great interviews and inspiration.

noahnoahabc ,

Absolutely lovely

Can’t get enough of this info. So well presented too

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