Update: This comment thread on reddit for the podcast episode is red hot right now. This is an excerpt from this week’s podcast where I argue that permaculture is failing.…
This episodes features a listener submitted interview with Dr. Joe Kovach of Ohio State University. Dr. Kovach describes a small-scale mixed fruit-vegetable polyculture designed to produce steady, high-yields with a…
Frank interviews New Hampshire farmer Dorn Cox about his efforts to promote open source agricultural technology. Topics of discussion include his efforts to improve soil health, the open source Rodale…
This episode begins with a brief discussion of the status of this podcast and its host. Frank then launches into a discussion of the global land grab taking place in…
Another arduino for aquaponics prototype. The economics of this remains of great interest. Sure the prototypes are expensive; there is a lot of development work going into it. But if…
This video is an excellent primer on the state of arduino and agriculture. Clearly still a lot of development work to do, but amazing potential to scale the impact of…
@Indi_food asked me the following question: Just imagine the gains if flood irrigation changed to drip feeding that only initiated when soil moisture reached xx and evaporation levels went below…
I got an arduino, an arduino sensor shield, a solid-state relay, a set of climatological sensors, a bluetooth dongle, and an Android phone. Would it be possible to build an…
Frank is joined by Cliff Davis of Spiral Ridge Permaculture. Cliff begins by breaking down the natural history, forest composition, soil types, and topography of his permaculture farm in central…
People would ask: So tell us, Fukuoka sensei…is this Zen farming? He would say, No, no, no, it’s got nothing to do with religion, it’s just farming. It’s just farming.…
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