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Farming

Fooling Meat Eaters with Plant-based Replacements with Rody Hawkins: PYP 257

March 6, 2018
I personally wouldn’t have been able to predict that the guy behind Lunchables an Slim Jim jerky sticks would be the one who might save the planet. But Rody Hawkins, muscle physiologist, consultant to the meat industry for decades, nutrition wonk, and pioneer in shelf-stable food technology, has just launched a plant-based meat replacement company… Read More

Tackling Our Healthcare Crisis by Growing Food with Thi Squire: PYP 228

September 19, 2017
Thi Squire is the garden manager for Homestead Hospital, located 30 miles south of Miami on Florida’s east coast. Wait, what? Garden manager? At a hospital? Yup. Thi (pronounced “Tee”), a longtime urban gardener and sales rep in the burgeoning farm-to-table industry in South Florida, talked her way into a position growing food for the… Read More

Radically Self-Reliant Veganic Gardening with Will Bonsall: PYP 224

August 21, 2017
Will Bonsall is my new hero, and I say that without exaggeration. Check out the short video clip at the top of the Links section below to see half of the reason why. The other half of the reason take a bit longer to explain – hence this full-length podcast episode. Will is the visionary… Read More

The Biogas Revolution with Alon Civier: PYP 216

June 27, 2017
Alon Civier is the Customer Experience Manager at HomeBiogas.com, an Israeli startup whose mission is to bring clean and elegant biogas technology to the world. Read More

Sandi Kronick on Facilitating a Sustainable Food System: PYP 158

June 7, 2016
Sandi Kronick is founder and CEO of Eastern Carolina Organics (ECO), an innovative food hub company that connects medium-scale organic farmers with local and far-flung markets. Located in Durham, NC, ECO is part of a new breed of mission-driven for-profit companies looking to help us eat better within a capitalist framework. Read More

Keegan Kuhn on Not Hurting Anybody and Questioning Authority: PYP 157

May 31, 2016
Keegan Kuhn was raised with two rules: don’t hurt anybody, and question authority. Judging by what’s he’s become and what he’s accomplished, I think those two rules may comprise a necessary and sufficient philosophy of child-rearing. Keegan is an accomplished bio-intensive farm and garden developer, a social activist, and a documentary filmmaker whose latest project,… Read More

PYP 124: Samantha Carrie Johnson on Eating Real and Living Our Passion

October 20, 2015
Samantha Carrie Johnson, at age 30, has already accomplished several lifetimes worth of personal and social achievement. A chef, restauranteur, entrepreneur, actor, model, Miss Pennsylvania 2007, and MTV reality show star, Samantha devotes her energy and her time to raising consciousness, promoting plant-based health, and keeping her own life balanced. Read More

PYP 121: Dr. Ron Weiss on the Healing Power of Farming

September 29, 2015
After 7 years in the emergency room and 15 years running a traditional medical clinic in suburban New Jersey, Dr. Ronald Weiss decided to radically change his practice. He moved to a centuries-old working farm in rural New Jersey and began treating his patients with fresh, organic, sustainably grown produce. Read More

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