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Farm On
by Joe Phillips
Hosted by Joe Phillips. New episodes monthly. Conversations with agriculturists, artists and activists on the front lines of the food movement. Subscribe on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. To hear more episodes or to read my essays on everything from zucchini to Zen, visit dharmaonthefarm.comTheme music performed by Joe Phillips and engineered by Jude Shuma.Header image: “Proposal for a New American Agriculture”, composted cotton flag by Claire Pentecost
Episodes
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FARM ON #27 - Making our art & our lives with LAURA DUNN
LAURA DUNN is a filmmaker based in Austin Texas who directed a documentary called THE UNFORESEEN, as well as a more recent documentary which is the focus of our conversation: LOOK & SEE: A PORTRAIT OF WENDELL BERRY. The film is available on Netflix and I can't recommend it enough. Laura and…
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FARM ON #26 - Peeling back the layers with DAVID METTLER
DAVID METTLER is a nice guy who happens to be married to my good friend Kim. We occasionally bump into each other to eat and/or drink things over pleasant conversation. He's quite tall. Sometimes he is bearded. Other times, not so much. David works as a freelance writer, producer and director of...
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FARM ON #25 - Reflecting on reflections with MELISSA COLEMAN
Imagine the scene: it's 1968, and you make the brazen decision to move with your soon-to-be pregnant wife to the country where you build a simple house from trees you cut down by hand, with no power tools. You then raise three children with no electricity or running water, subsisting on a system…
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FARM ON #24 - Going greenhorn with STEVE SUDERMAN
Happy new year, and happy birthday to FARM ON! The show is turning one year old, and I want to send a hearty THANK YOU to everyone for tuning in, and sharing these episodes with like-minded folks. As a documentary director and producer, STEVE SUDERMAN has spent the last decade immersing himself…
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FARM ON #23 - Designing for resistance with the BEEHIVE DESIGN COLLECTIVE
Ever heard of Mesoamerica? I'll be honest. I was clueless about the place until I stumbled on the work of today's guest. Mesoamerica is a cultural and geographic region that forms a thin land bridge (or isthmus) between North and South America and the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans—and is one of the...
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FARM ON #22 - Exercising the right to know with CAREY GILLAM
In the early 60's, Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was instrumental as a catalyst for the modern environmental movement. In fact, Silent Spring altered the course of history by forcing a ban on the herbicide DDT - an active ingredient in Agent Orange during the Vietnam war - and spurring...
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FARM ON #21 - Finding yourself in paradise with KAREN MAEZEN MILLER
For this episode I'm going to step out of the usual mode and talk to someone who stumbled onto gardening by a twist of fate, and who uses her garden's many lessons to teach us the living wisdom in our natural world. KAREN MAEZEN MILLER is a Zen priest at the Hazy Moon Zen Center in Los Angeles…
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FARM ON #20 - Rebuilding shattered hearts with MARY REYNOLDS
Back in episode #16, LARRY KORN was very excited to tell me about an Irish garden designer named MARY REYNOLDS. It turns out he helped to edit and wrote the forward for her phenomenal book THE GARDEN AWAKENING: DESIGNS TO NURTURE OUR LAND AND OURSELVES. Mary's life and work has been committed to...
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FARM ON #19 - Chasing the honeybee with HEATHER SWAN
My good friend and New Zealander nomad VANESSA BECK takes the controls of this episode of FARM ON, and interviews poet and author HEATHER SWAN. Vanessa was the natural choice for this conversation since she and Swan share many traits in common: a keen sensibility for the natural world, deep...
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FARM ON #18 - Getting in tune with ANDREA HAZZARD
Driving past corn fields in the Midwest can seem like a trip through a pastoral, idyllic farmscape, but in reality the corn commodity realm is a dystopian industrial wasteland that is genetically engineered and chemically supported. However, agriactivists like ANDY HAZZARD are proving that it is...
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FARM ON #17 - Cultivating essentialism with LINDSAY STEELE
Every time I check in with my good friend LINDSAY STEELE, it's like watching a slow-motion flip book come to life. Each conversation is like a snapshot into the unfolding of his family farm called GARDEN FORT in rural Michigan. Over the years Lindsay has honed a "lean farm" approach that…
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FARM ON #16 - Flying the one-straw revolutionary flag with LARRY KORN
MASANOBU FUKUOKA'S manifesto for natural farming ONE-STRAW REVOLUTION (1975) was as much a revelation to me as it has been for millions of readers worldwide. It has been translated into more languages than can be accounted for, and is regarded as one of the essential titles for PERMACULTURE...
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FARM ON #15 - Uncovering radical routes with RYAN GRIFFIS & SARAH ROSS
RYAN GRIFFIS and SARAH ROSS make art that combines academic research, wide-eyed curiosity and a commitment to radical activism. Joe visited their home studio in Chicago to talk about their multi-media projects including books, videos and gallery installations. Ryan and Sarah also empower other...
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FARM ON #14 - Riffing on Wendell Berry with LAUREN MAPLES
LAUREN MAPLES is the co-founder and executive director of PEAS (Partners for Education, Agriculture, and Sustainability), a nonprofit operating in Austin, TX. PEAS provides educators to local schools to lead outdoor lessons and works with teachers to help them better utilize the outdoor spaces on...
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FARM ON #13 - Coming full circle with MANNY LAHOZ
Joe had the pleasure of sitting down with Filipino farmer MANNY LAHOZ while he visited family in Chicago. Manny is featured in an upcoming documentary called RICE: A FILIPINO LOVE STORY, which highlights his 24 acre farm and the many other local growers that he has helped to create organic,...
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FARM ON #12 - Choosing your own adventure with NAAMAN GAMBILL
Co-hosted by VANESSA BECK. For this episode of Farm On, Joe and Vanessa have a nice chat with NAAMAN GAMBILL, co-owner of Chicago's first and only retail store dedicated solely to beekeeping equipment, services, and education. Naaman's rural Indiana work ethic shines through in this talk, as does...
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FARM ON #11 - Celebrating Independence Day with GOATS
Co-hosted by VANESSA BECK. For this 4th of July special, Joe and Vanessa kick things off with the question "What does it mean to be independent?". Then Joe reads his essay "How I explained American Independence to My Goats", over the sound of actual fireworks recorded from his backyard. Read the...
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FARM ON #10 - Nerding out with LINDSAY STEELE
Summer seemed like the perfect time to catch up with my old friend, graphic designer-turned farmer LINDSAY STEELE. The last time we talked it was the dead of winter and he was dreaming big about getting lean and farming smarter, and as you will hear on today's episode he is delivering on both at...
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FARM ON #9 - Channeling the urban wild with GAVIN VAN HORN
Co-hosted by VANESSA BECK. For this episode, we sit down with my friend and fellow Oklahoma native GAVIN VAN HORN to talk about his forthcoming book Channel Coyotes and his deeply nuanced interest in place-based values concerning the natural world in an urban context. We also discuss what it…
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FARM ON #8 - Finding Right Livelihood with BILL WILSON
Bill Wilson is co-founder of Midwest Permaculture with his wife & partner Becky. I was fortunate enough to attend one of their week-long Permaculture Design Certification trainings, and found it to be the paradigm-shifting kick in the pants that I needed to gain a new perspective on what is...
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FARM ON #7 - Riffing on Thoreau with DEBORAH NIEMANN
Deborah Niemann is the author of EcoThrifty, Raising Goats Naturally, Homegrown & Handmade, and the ebook Just Kidding: Stories and Reflections on Goats Giving Birth. That last topic comes up a lot in our conversation since Deborah has hundreds of goat births under her belt, and her trust in…
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FARM ON #6 - Deep listening with NANCE KLEHM
Co-hosted by VANESSA BECK. For this episode we were fortunate to share an hour with a true renaissance woman of the earth: NANCE KLEHM. Nance has been an ecological systems designer, landscaper, horticultural consultant, and permacultural grower for more than two decades. Her approach is centered...
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FARM ON #5 - Tasting the good life with LAVERN PHILLIPS
Lavern Phillips was born and raised in Canton, Oklahoma - current population 615. He loves to tell stories about his Grandpa Andy, a hardscrabble second generation German immigrant who settled near the epicenter of the dust bowl to stake his claim as a farmer. Now 72, Lavern was the first person…
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FARM ON #4 - Dissolving Separation With BARBARA STONE
Since 1979, Barbara Stone has used images of polar bears as a personal symbol in her art. She's done research in the Northwest Territories (not in the Yukon as I incorrectly stated in the podcast), has artwork included in the collection of the White House & Smithsonian, and has traveled the world...
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FARM ON #3 - Leaping into the void with MATT WILLEY
I caught up with the multifaceted artist Matt Willey to talk about his globetrotting initiative The Good of The Hive, which is raising awareness about the current struggle and population decline of honeybees while celebrating their incredible behaviors. How is he doing this, you ask? By painting...
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FARM ON #2: Leaning in with LINDSAY STEELE
Joe speaks with his old friend Lindsay Steele about his Michigan homestead farm called Garden Fort. This talk covers a lot of ground including (but not limited to) "lean" farming, unschooling, and saving the world through empathy. Photos and video of Lindsay, his family and their beautiful farm...
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FARM ON #1: Acting directly with KEN DUNN
Joe interviews the godfather of urban farming in Chicago: agriculture activist and philosopher Ken Dunn of City Farm and the Resource Center. They crammed into the front seat of a delivery truck to discuss Ken's Mennonite roots, his stint in the Brazilian Amazon, and his PhD studies at the...
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Hosted by Joe Phillips. New episodes monthly. Conversations with agriculturists, artists and activists on the front lines of the food movement. Subscribe on iTunes, or wherever you get your podcasts. To hear more episodes or to read my essays on everything from zucchini to Zen, visit dharmaonthefarm.comTheme music performed by Joe Phillips and engineered by Jude Shuma.Header image: “Proposal for a New American Agriculture”, composted cotton flag by Claire Pentecost
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