Fair Hill Farmstead Life
by Judith Horvath, Fair Hill Farm
Fair Hill Farmstead Life, hosted by Judith Farrell Horvath, is a dynamic podcast amplifying the voices of regenerative agriculture’s trailblazers. Showcasing stories of success and struggle, it inspires a new generation of farmers and earth-friendly entrepreneurs to build resilient, local food systems. From innovative Agrihoods to soil health breakthroughs, each episode explores practical strategies and visionary ideas for ecological regeneration and community prosperity. Rooted in resilience, gratitude, and systems thinking, the podcast, launched in 2023 reaches thousands globally, fostering a movement for sustainable agriculture. Available on all major platforms. For more info on Judith’s work visit www.fairhillfarm.com.
Episodes
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#64: Dan Kittredge on how to upgrade our food system, measuring nutrient density at the speed of handheld light
Yes. Using light to solve for measuring nutrient density in food. Meet Dan Kittredge, man who coined the term Nutrient Density, founder of the Bionutrient Institute, Bionutrient Food Association, and a man on a mission to map how much nutrition is possible in food. Sure, our food situation…
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#63: The Plants Told Us: Ed & Maya Skopal of ITAL Acres on Growing Your Own Medicine
Ed and Maya Skopal at I-TAL acres share their approach to what they call "fusion herbalism," drawing on Native American, Chinese, Ayurvedic, and Caribbean traditions, and explain why growing their own herbs from seed to tincture makes all the difference in potency. Whether you're a seasoned...
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#62: Revolutionizing Green Manufacturing: Ralph Bianculli's Blueprint for Sustainable American Success
Enjoy an engaging episode with Ralph Bianculli, CEO and Founder of Emerald Ecovations. Since 1997, Ralph has spearheaded the green movement, reducing waste and advancing sustainability via innovative products like Tree-Free™ towels and tissues, compostable tableware, and non-toxic…
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#61: Dr. Jonathan Lundgren's Ecdysis & The Thousand Farms Initiative Research Project
What if the future of food wasn’t just sustainable, but regeneratively superior? Join us for an explosive deep dive with Dr. Jonathan Lundgren, Founder & Director, Ecdysis Foundation and owner of Blue Dasher Farm, a research foundation as well as training ground for future scientists and farmers....
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#60: Award Winning Filmmaker Peter Byck with Roots So Deep
Peter Byck is currently helping to lead a $10 million research project comparing Adaptive Multi-Paddock (AMP) grazing with conventional grazing; collaborating with 20 scientists and 10 farm families, focused on soil health & soil carbon storage, GHG cycling, microbial/bug/bird biodiversity &…
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#59: Elderberries! Founder/CEO Russell Carter Setting the Standard of Quality at Heartland Elderberry Farms in Indiana
Powerful antiviral and cellular health powerhouse Elderberry are surging in popularity... because it WORKS! Russell Carter is about more than crafting a cleaner elderberry syrup. He’s helping to open eyes to the reality that a majority of elderberry products on the market are cleverly watered…
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#58: Revolutionizing our Food Future Through Storytelling With Evan Harrison CEO of Kiss the Ground
Evan Harrison, the visionary CEO of Kiss the Ground—a nonprofit powerhouse that's igniting the regenerative agriculture movement through storytelling. Evan unpacks the transformative power of regenerative agriculture, from boosting nutrient density in our food to fueling the farm-to-table…
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#57: Chocolate! Keith Bearden CEO at Alter Eco Foods Has Well-Earned Sweet Success
Keith Bearden, CEO of Alter Eco Foods, makes chocolate. REALLY GOOD chocolate. His company takes chocolate to a whole new level, for the whole ‘ecosystem’ from producer to manufacturing to finished product. We discuss growing, transportation, processing, manufacturing, packaging, and more. You’ll...
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#56: Supercool Entrepreneur Josh Dorfman Eliminating Waste and Mitigate Climate Change
Josh Dorfman is a climate entrepreneur, author, and media personality. As CEO and host of Supercool, he hosts the SUPERCOOL podcast spotlighting real-world climate solutions that cut carbon, boost the bottom line, and improve modern life. Previously, Josh co-founded and was CEO of Plantd a...
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#55: Forming the Future of Ranching Capital at Smoke River Ranch with Joel Hollingsworth
Over 17,000 ranches fail annually, a trend persisting for 40 years. The average rancher is 58, with 89% of ranches under 100 cows (average herd: 22). Most are family-run, with off-farm jobs. For every retiring rancher, fewer than one replaces them, threatening agriculture’s future. Joel and the...
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#54: Author Elspeth Hay on perennial nut trees, humans as a keystone species, and indigenous wisdom
A new and ancient story about perennial nut trees, our ecological role as humans, and the future of food. Feed Us with Trees is Elspeth's hopeful manifesto about a new and ancient food system centered on perennial nut trees: oaks, chestnuts, and hazelnuts. Elspeth is an Author, creator of the…
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#53: Filmmaker Author Louis De Jaeger on Saving Our Soils and Eating More Trees
Louis de Jaeger is a permaculturist, author, and award-winning documentary filmmaker from Bruges, Belgium. He’s pro Team Humanity and deeply passionate about soil regeneration. He's on a mission to regenerate 550 million hectares of land through his work. Louis sees a path forward for our species...
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#52: Wrigglebrew founder Sam Baker's Vermicompost Tea Solving Big Issues in Florida
Sam Baker is a chemist who started a company with his friends while he was at University. Wrigglebrew is a unique little company solving fertilizer runoff, algal blooms, increasing nutrient density in foods, all by creating a shelf-stable organic fertilizer from earthworm manure tea. He tells his...
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#51: Hydroponics in Urban Environments with Connor Tidd CEO of Just Vertical
Skeptical of hydroponics claiming to be regenerative? Meet Connor Tidd CEO of Just Vertical. Right out of the gate Judith challenges Connor to make the case that hydroponics can indeed be regenerative and even the best option in certain places on earth where us humans live. Just Vertical is a…
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#50: Van Carlson on Risk Management and Using Tax Code 831(b) to Self-Insure
Van Carlson is the Founder & CEO of SRA 831(b) Admin and has over 25 years of experience within the risk management industry. In 2008, he saw the Great Recession hit his commercial business clients hard, and just like them, he was also affected by the sharp downturn in our economy. During this...
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#49: Andrew Millison on Global Permaculture Projects and Wins for Humanity
Meet Andrew Millison, permaculture educator at Oregon State University, and owner of the largest permaculture channel on YouTube. He’s known for his instructional videos covering massive projects like greening the Sahara Desert and several different national level projects in India to restore...
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#48: Wisdom on Relocating and Building a New Farm with Janelle Anderson, The Haven Farmstead
Meet Janelle Anderson, the striking tall iconic farmsteading milkmaid and cattle guru. She’s in lots of homesteading videos in her wide brimmed hat flashing her million dollar smile and sharing a TON of knowledge. She and her husband founded The Haven Farmstead in Tennessee where they live with...
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#47: Knifemaker Billy Nelson Forging Heirlooms from Waste Materials
Billy Nelson, custom knifemaker and founder of ELEVEN KNIVES COMPANY – (soon to be XIRO knives). is a hard-charging craftsman, driven by his ambition, entrepreneurism, and relentless pursuit of quality. He creates knives from special-purpose American industrial steel that is being discarded…
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#46: Lindy Elston Talks Upcycling, Post-Millennial Homesteading, Life Skills and Entreprenurism for 20-Somethings today
Lindy Elston, owner of Lindy’s Designs and a 24-year old entrepreneur, specializing in upcycling items, adding Pendleton Wool patterns, and giving things a new life. She’s a 4th generation farmer in Pennsylvania sharing knowledge and experience with her own generation, Gen Z / Post Millennials…
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#45: Chemical Free Beekeeping Success with Adam Martin at Bee Kept
From catching a wild swarm to horizontal hives, listen to how to shed the 'factory beekeeping' paradigms and raise super healthy bees, naturally, with minimal physical effort, happier bees, fewer stings, and zero chemical inputs. Adam lays it all out sequentially in this must-listen-to episode....
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#44: Will Harris of White Oak Pastures on the beneficial social ripple effect of a successful regenerative farm
Iconic cattleman Will Harris spends an hour talking about regenerative ranching and raising 10 species of grassfed meats on his 2000 acre farm in Bluffton Georgia. He leases and grazes an additional 3000 acres and has created nearly 200 jobs in his town, entirely reversing the downward trajectory...
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#43 Hurricane Helene Disaster Coverage with Billy Bond at Permapasture Farm in Asheville NC Area
Support for the West End Bakery, they're feeding hundreds of families every day out of their own pocket, running a bakery with no power, just gas, serving up hearty healthy sourdough bread. They need supplies and support - you can contribute to them at:...
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#42 Hurricane Helene Disaster Coverage from James and Audra Holmes at the Perennial Holmestead in TN
Straight talk about what happened, why, what's going on and how people can help. Discussion about general preparedness follows. Specific ways to help: The Funny Farm: A small business that is leading grassroots efforts to get supplies to those that were cut off from everything by the Nolichucky...
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#41: The Abundance Mindset Collective - This Month I Learned / September 2024
Another installation of This Month I Learned, group chat with Wendi Bergen and Greg Peterson. Last month we laughed about Chicken Juice. This month we discover the spinach tree and Pea-Trees. We discuss freeze drying the harvest, deterring deer and what to do when big tomatoes fail three years in…
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#40: Chad Johnson: Elevating nature through the permaculture process
Chad Johnson, protegee of Sepp Holzer, permaculture designer at Kingdom Come Permaculture, is pushing the boundaries of what we consider possible. He ‘unfolds the earth’ to create microclimates and sacred spaces for humans, designing with nature for the delight of humans. He has a special…
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#39: Getting retrospective and doing a raindance in central Ohio.
Water on the mind because there's not enough here. Worst drought in 35 years. Getting philosophical on water handling and sharing the golden observations of what drought looks like on my farmstead. PS: Rainmaker needed.
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#38: Jim Gale Bringing Permaculture to Prisons: Second Chance University
Jim Gale is not just talking about change—he's making it happen. From tackling the turmoil in our food systems to launching Second Chance University, where permaculture meets prison reform, this episode is all about flipping scarcity on its head and cultivating abundance. Tune in as we explore…
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#37: Abundance Unleashed: Renaissance Man Billy Bond at Perma Pastures Farm
Meet Billy Bond, the mastermind behind Billy's Bone Sauce, the unofficial king of comfrey, author of "Scrapsteading," and host of the Permaculture P.I.M.P Cast. A jack-of-all-trades from Perma Pastures Farm, he's not just a permaculture designer and trained butcher, but also an electrician…
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#36: Homesteaders Chicken Jam with Wendi Bergen, Greg Peterson and Judith Horvath
What the heck is chicken juice? I didn’t know till I learned how to make some. Ride along as three seasoned pros share tips, tricks, product reviews and anecdotal yuks. And remember folks, bugs carry bugs.
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#35: Nigel O'Quinn and Organ Meats for a Palatable HIgher Healths Win
Nigel O'Quinn, discusses the launch of his business, why he came to the USA, settled in Montana, and singlehandedly created a brand new revenue stream for his regenerative rancher neighbors through this venture. He's a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner with a background in Kinesiology,...
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#34: Holistic Hilda's Health Wisdom From Indigenous Peoples
Hilda Labrada Gore (a/k/a Holistic Hilda) is a certified health coach who is known as a kind of Dora the Explorer 2.0. She has traveled extensively, as an experiential anthropologist—Mongolia, Peru, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Kenya, Australia, etc.—with the objective of exploring traditional practices to...
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#33: Botanical Wisdom From Professional Forager Tama Matsuoka Wong
Tama Matsuoko Wong, finance lawyer in Hong Kong turned professional forager for top restaurants in New York City. Hunting for clean chickweed, stinging nettle, purslane, lambsquarters and so much more... Tama discusses her journey and her life’s work. Author of “Into the Weeds” She’s the…
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#32: The Worlds Most Sustainable and Innovative Community - Down Under with Jeff Thierfelder at Witchcliffe
The most carefully planned, innovative community perhaps on Earth today. Listen to the thought process, the team, and learn about the structure and innovation behind Witchcliffe EcoVillage, 3 hours south of Perth, on Australia's West coast through an in-depth discussion with Jeff Thierfelder, one...
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#31: Positively Knowledgeable Wendi Bergin is Joyfully Prepared
Hear a couple astonishing tales of the power of herbalism from Wendi Bergin, founder of Joyfully Prepared. She is running an educational hub for water bath canning, pressure canning, freeze drying, herbal remedies and more. Her "prepper" site is different because Wendi focuses not on an upcoming...
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#30: Rogue Food at Polyface, Community, Synchronicity, Messages & News Preview
About my visit to Polyface, introducing a friend to the community, clients who become connected friends, what's in the works, and more.
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#29: Sandy “Everything is Figureoutable” Eplett: Grit Grace & Gratitude Embodied.
Growing up on the salty shores of the south, Sandy spent her years in the gym eating Hormel Chili and TV dinners. Married to her best friend of 38 years, attending (as she puts it) her Mother-In-Law’s ‘School of Dirt’, then homeschooling 5 children, and loving 9 grandchildren, it’s been quite the...
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#28: Urban Farming Nutritional Powerhouse: Microgreens Year Round From InstaFarm
Philip Hartman, inventor and CEO of InstaFarm, launched the world’s first soil-based fully recyclable and compostable microgreen robotic countertop micro farm in March 2023. He’s in Colorado, where he lives and this cool little machine is manufactured. It's designed so that fresh, nutrient dense...
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#27: Author Austin Frerick on his Bestseller Book Barons - Exposing Titanic Greed and Monopoly in America's Food Industry
Austin Frerick is the author of bestselling book “Barons – Money, Power, and the Corruption of America’s Food Industry.” He is an expert on agricultural and antitrust policy. He worked at the Open Markets Institute, the U.S. Department of Treasury, and the Congressional Research Service before...
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#26: Seven Rules for Slow & Steady Progress While Negotiating the Learning Curve of Homesteading.
Let’s talk Progress, year-over-year. One of the things that I hear from people new to homesteading or new to farming and their own food production is overwhelm. I feel for them, because when we first moved into our farm, I was in the same space. Between getting my home set up and wanting to do…
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#25: How CSAs Can Outcompete Grocery Stores when the Customer Experience is Put First.
This one is for Farmers AND Consumers both. Community support is critical for the survival of small local farms. CSAs are a POWERFUL option for all parties involved. And you likely have one available to you in your area. My family buys a CSA share every year, even though we grow a LOT of produce,...
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#24: Jim Gale - 100% Inspiration at Food Forest Abundance
Jim Gale, entrepreneur and expert permaculturist, man of faith and deep thinker is the founder of Food Forest Abundance. A positive energy dynamo, he talks about the solutions to society's most wicked problems. The solutions are really simple. Just not easy. He’s an educator, expert permaculture...
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#23: Joel Salatin on the Zeitgeist, Challenges & Solutions Within Reach
Joel Salatin, husband, father, world-famous regenerative farmer, speaker, 16-time author, owner of Polyface Farm and cofounder of the Rogue Food Conference joins to discuss contemporary topics: creating a more resilient food supply chain, regulatory issues, food freedom, raw milk, and going…
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#22: FOOP - Bioavailability Gamechanger and Biochar with CEO Larry Footer
Larry Footer founded FOOP Organic Biosciences in 2016 and has been a man on a mission to bring the best possible product to the market for plant growers everywhere. It’s not even fair to call it plant food. It’s a proprietary blend- a spectrum of beneficial bacteria from fish manure, 11 strains…
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#21: Jeremy Lekich and Nashville Foodscapes: Creative Food Solutions thru Landscaping
In 2010, Jeremy Lekich founded Nashville Foodscapes and in 2014, Jeremy co-founded Compost Nashville. As of January 2021, Nashville Foodscapes became a worker-owned cooperative. Jeremy's journey as an entrepreneur has allowed him to witness the value of leveraging our current systems and capital…
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#20: Getting Nerdy and Talking No-Till Soil Science with Farmer Jesse Frost
Farmer Jesse Frost of No-Till Growers talks soil life, growing top notch veggies with no-till methods and getting started in regenerative agriculture. He shares his journey from cooking in restaurant kitchens in Louisville and New York City, through his awakening during a tour of a French…
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#19: Small Town Vet with a Big Imprint: meet Lori Davis DVM
Veterinarian Lori Davis may live in a small town but she has a world class education and heart bigger than the state she lives in. Ride along with the farm vet who didn't grow up in the country but today lives a James Herriot lifestyle in Central Ohio. Meet the farm vet who purchased a shrinking...
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#18: Cooking up A Farmish Kind of Life with Amy Dingmann
In today's episode I’m talking to a super entertaining, memorable lady - Amy Dingmann, 11-time published author, from A Farmish Kind of Life website and podcast. She’s also a Facebook blogger, a thinker and serious foodie… We hear how homesteads and little farms are a different kind of wonderful,...
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#17: A Full, Regenerative Life: Planting the Seeds of Tao with Joshua Prieto
Joshua is willing to take the punches and get his hands dirty. He cares deeply about protecting life on earth and shares his story of an unsuccessful start to his first homestead in Montana. From what he knew then, to what he learned in the process, what he knows now and where he's going... this…
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#16: Earnest Roots in Alabama
They’re millennials from the world of tech and engineering… and they returned to Kiley’s roots of multigenerational farming. As Kiley put it, “Doors were opened” during the Covid pandemic and they embraced the opportunity. Today they farm in a different way than prior generations as they’ve...
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#15: Mission Critical and Local: Greg Peterson and his Urban Farm in Phoenix AZ and Asheville NC
Meet Greg Peterson, the man who is doing his part to fix our broken food system... starting in everyone's own home! According to Greg, no matter where you live, if you grow it and share it with others, you're a farmer! Growing food is a basic human right and at www.urbanfarm.org Greg teaches,...
About this show
Fair Hill Farmstead Life, hosted by Judith Farrell Horvath, is a dynamic podcast amplifying the voices of regenerative agriculture’s trailblazers. Showcasing stories of success and struggle, it inspires a new generation of farmers and earth-friendly entrepreneurs to build resilient, local food systems. From innovative Agrihoods to soil health breakthroughs, each episode explores practical strategies and visionary ideas for ecological regeneration and community prosperity. Rooted in resilience, gratitude, and systems thinking, the podcast, launched in 2023 reaches thousands globally, fostering a movement for sustainable agriculture. Available on all major platforms. For more info on Judith’s work visit www.fairhillfarm.com.
Hosted by
Judith Horvath, Fair Hill Farm