The Agrarian Renaissance Podcast

IP58 is proposed legislation that will be on the November 2026 ballot which would, in the words of its proponents, "extend the legal protections that keep our companion animals safe to animals currently on farms, in research labs, and in the wild—which would then protect those animals from slaughter, hunting, fishing, and experimentation."Here is the audio version on SpotifyMore at: www.thetippingpoints.netSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Show notes:https://www.yesonip28.org/https://orcattle.com/no-on-ip28/#growyourown, #organic, #openpollinated, #heirloom, #seeds, #seed, #organicseed, #nongmo, #farmtotable,  #healthyliving,  #seedfreedom, #gardening, #‎slowfood‬, #regenerativefuture #growyourgroceries, #theagrarianrenaissance, #dontipping, #tippingpointsCheck out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

During a recent trip to the ocean to harvest seaweed (nori & bladderwrack), I was reflecting how for thousands of years food was free. Now in this age of capitalism and dollar devaluation (inflation), many people are feeling the strain of how expensive groceries have become. Unfortunately many people are more inclined to complain about the price of groceries than take matters into their own hands and grow a garden!Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Since the advent of F1 Hybrid seeds in the early 20th century much f the work to maintain the open pollinated varieties that had been what fed humanity for millennia has languished. This is, in my view, because greed and profiteering found a way to create monopolies to maximize profit with proprietary hybrids. The new wave of Small scale, farm based seed companies are thankfully putting in the hard work to change this paradigm by curating and stewarding the heirlooms of tomorrow with on farm plant breeding and elevating seed work to the craft that it is.Don shares a fairly in depth analysis into a comparison between Open Pollinated (OP) and (F1)hybrids, including exploring the ethically questionable laboratory breeding techniques used in many modern hybrids that you may find in the bigger seed catalogs or at your local farmers markets. Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Current World events have the topic of petroleum on everyone's minds. While not widely understood well over half of all agriculture is only made possible because of the Haber-Bosch process of converting atmospheric nitrogen into urea, anhydrous ammonia and nitrate fertilizers. The disruption of natural gas supplies in the Persian Gulf stands to impact the global food supply sooner than later. Here in Episode 22, farmer Don Tipping provides a basic overview of the role of Nitrogen in the environment as it applies to plant growth and maintaining fertility of agricultural lands. The existential threat to our food systems compels us to develop and strengthen local food production, distribution and storage to ensure resilient Agrarian communities. Be the solution!Here is the audio version on SpotifyMore at: www.thetippingpoints.netSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Show notes:The Party's Over, by Richard Heinberghttps://richardheinberg.com/bookshelf/partys-overWorld Fertilizer Use: https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/fertilizer-total-useCheck out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

The Spring Equinox invites us to embrace new growth, ideas, paradigms and concepts. Current events compel us to redefine wealth to usher in an Agrarian Renaissance in your local community. What resources/assets can you contribute?Here is the audio version on SpotifyMore at: www.thetippingpoints.netSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Show notes:Check out the following books by Ursala Le Guin:The Dispossessedhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_DispossessedAlway Coming Homehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Coming_HomeCheck out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Welcome back to the Agrarian Renaissance Podcast after a brief hiatus! In episode 20 Don Tipping aggregates a brief history that leads us to the current new North Star for humanity of best described under the term "Solarpunk". No AI agents were used in the writing of this original piece!Check out the essay version here on my substackGet bioregionally adapted seeds & tools from our farm at Siskiyou SeedsConsult with Don Tipping on your land based project HERESHOW NOTES:Links, Books and Websites mentioned in order:https://workthatreconnects.org/https://www.youtube.com/@SpaceWeatherNewsS0shttps://hieroglyph.asu.edu/2014/09/solarpunk-notes-toward-a-manifesto/https://agreaterapplegate.org/Regenerative Chamber of CommerceDouglas Rushkoff & Distributismhttps://republicofthebees.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/from-steampunk-to-solarpunk/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludditehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pollyannahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassandrahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrington_Eventhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cascadia_subduction_zonehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Mollisonhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Schumacherhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckminster_Fullerhttps://www.permacultureintl.com/jenny-pellhttps://www.gameb.wiki/index.php?title=Main_Pagehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_autonomous_organizationVertical Farming failsBOOKS:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecotopiahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Always_Coming_Homehttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fifth_Sacred_Thinghttps://Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Increasingly I am coming to believe that the answer to all of the major issues facing civilization today is to do what YOU can do to cultivate resilient regenerative community locally. Arguing, debating, bickering or living in fear or hatred. Please determine what you can do personally, in your neighborhood, and/or locally and go do that. The impact will be tangible and real. Thank you!More at: www.thetippingpoints.netAudio at:Workshops: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/w....Seeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/5rSKEQj5JepHeIHLPpmRTc?si=a580268239df41f3Show notes: Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

The Seed Academy’s mission is to increase network capacity, collaboration and synergy in the Seed Freedom Movement in the Rogue Bioregion and beyond. Learn with experienced seed farmers to gain the essential skills you need to harvest & process seed. Training is workshop style with different modules and lectures throughout the weekend and oriented towards farmers, gardeners, educators, entrepreneurs, permaculturalists & anyone interested in becoming a part of the Seed Movement. Many people leave this course transformed, inspired and energized!WHEN: A 3 day event taking place in May (Spring Seed Academy) or in October (Fall Seed Academy). The event begins at 9:00 am on a Friday and runs through 4pm on the Sunday.  Friday and Saturday are 9am-6pm with dinner to follow and a more open, salon type format after dinner. People travelling from out of town can arrive Thursday evening if they are camping onsite by prior arrangement only. WHAT: We invite you to join us for one or both of these a 3 day intensives!Don Tipping is the lead instructor who brings over 30 years experience in organic farming, seeds, permaculture and enthusiastic on-farm education. There are always expert guest instructors included as well. Check out this years' event listings for the guest instructors!Curriculum includes:seed savingbasic botany & reproductive biology in plantsunderstanding selection,planting seeds & soil mixesseed germination & germination testingisolation, crossing,seed libraries & storagefield trip to another small farm that produces organic seeds.whole systems, permaculture, regenerative agriculture, and solutions oriented actionstep-by step tools, strategies & inspired vision required to start or upgrade a seed business, or implement a seed system to you farm or homestead. VISION: The journey with connecting more deeply with seeds as a source point of life begins with seed saving, then progresses to seed growing on a farm or garden preservation scale. The master level is seed stewardship, cultivating a deep relationship with the species and all of its potential for bioregional adaptation to climate, pests, disease and agronomic & culinary preferences.We visualize interconnected Community Seed Hubs that are capable of doing breeding, selection, stewardship and improvement that work with bioregional centers that can do finish cleaning, climate controlled storage, marketing and distribution of high quality, open-pollinated organic seeds. In this way we can co-create a sustainable seed system that will support organic food production for local markets and resilient local food systems. Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Farmer Don Tipping shares a brief synopsis of the often used term Permaculture and how it is a term to describe a whole systems way of seeing and interacting with the worl.If you're interested in learning more about Permaculture and it's applications, be sure to check out our course offerings here: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursOr you can buy seeds here: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Agrarian Renaissance Podcast here: https://open.spotify.com/show/5ki9cmcYWnPQsKFacabJPV?si=ce08655957794fa9Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Currently there is a whole lotta buzz around the the term "Regenerative Agriculture", which is encouraging, however, why might we be wary of embracing this newfangled buzzword? I invite you to listen in and glean from farmer Don Tipping's insights from over 30 years of being an organic farmer trying to implement permaculture/biodynamic/regenerative practices on his farm.Check out more at: www.thetippingpoints.netAudio at https://open.spotify.com/show/5ki9cmc...Workshops: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/w....Seeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

I recently attended the 45th EcoFarm conference at Asilomar in Pacific Grove (near Monterey, CA) and wanted to share some observations and thoughts as a full time farmer for the past 30 years about what I perceive as the state of the west coast organic farming movement.Check out more at: www.thetippingpoints.netAudio at https://open.spotify.com/show/5ki9cmc...Workshops: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/w....Seeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Agrobiodiversity refers to the biodiversity of edible crop species. Of the estimated 585,000 total plant species globally, it's estimated that 7000 humans use for food but only 200 are in widespread use and 3(corn, wheat, & rice) comprise 70% of total global caloric intake. This is an unfortunate trend that puts people, regions and nations in danger of starvation and breakdown of global food supply chains due to climate change, natural disaster and war. Agrobiodiversity is foundational to our health and wealth and human civilizations. Check out more at: www.thetippingpoints.netAudio at https://open.spotify.com/show/5ki9cmc...Workshops: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/w....Seeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

The Agrarian Renaissance Episode 13: Homestead Movie Reaction Salon with Jonah Mesritz, James Teepe & Don Tipping. We watched the Homestead movie from Angel Studios recently and were intrigues to see how Hollywood would depict an post apocalyptic scenario. What did they get right? And what was overlooked?What did we like & appreciate?Check out more at: www.thetippingpoints.netAudio at https://open.spotify.com/show/5ki9cmc...Workshops: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/w....Seeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Some friends and I recently saw the movie from Angel Studios called Homestead out in the theaters right now.  We all generally liked the movie (and are looking forwards to what the ensuing series has in store) and it's nice to see this topic which has risen in popularity in recent years getting some mainstream attention. However.....As a homesteader and organic farmer for the past 30 years I was disappointed that they got some significant things wrong, or failed to devote more attention to these important details:1) The movie centers on an enormous mansion in the mountains. This is just not realistic and creates a distorted view. If they had the money for this house then they could have set up a better homestead in terms of food production, which is the main point of homesteading!2) Your Food storage is more important than your armory. I mean what do you need all those guns to defend if your root cellars and walk in coolers are inadequate and lacking?3) Minimal gardens shown. There's no long rows of corn, potatoes and root vegetables. There should be at least an acre plus garden if you aim to feed over 80 people!4) Lack of Livestock. Besides chickens there does not appear to be larger livestock like cows, sheep, goats for milk and meat. Animals are central to any functional homestead for feed, grazing and manure for making compost.  5) Idealized Fall Abundance. The movie is shot in what appears to be the height of harvest season around the Fall equinox with grapes, peaches and apples ripe. This is the easy time to eat from the land. Going into winter, it would have been nice to see more canning, drying and preserving. 6) Firewood! To heat and cook with fire in that huge mansion and the tent village you would need A LOT of firewood. It would have been nice to see woodlots being tended and big sheds full of wood and all the associated firewood management equipment.  7) Insufficient Infrastructure. There were minimal barns and sheds and cabins. Once again the movie centers on a huge (10,000 sq. ft. minimum) mansion and most people are left outside sleeping in tents!  Check out more at:  www.thetippingpoints.netAudio at https://open.spotify.com/show/5ki9cmc...Workshops: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/w....Seeds & Tools - https://wwCheck out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

Off the GridToday is the winter Solstice and over the longest night we had a wild and blustery storm roll in bringing gusts that toppled trees onto power lines and shutting power off to about 10,000 people in our rural river valley. The irony of the lights going off on the coinciding with the darkest night here in the northern hemisphere did not escape me. All our community message boards were lit up with people anxiously asking if anyone around them has power, as if sitting with the dark and lack of electronic communication was too much to bear. So many people crying out into the dark, “anyone? Can you hear me? Please tell me it will all be ok and I will have all the perks of electricity back soon. How will I make coffee this morning?!”Whenever this happens, I can’t help but smugly smile inwardly knowing that almost 2 decades ago set up the first grid tied, battery backup solar system in Oregon. So, when the power goes out, I don’t even notice and with Starlink, our internet is uninterrupted as well. Before establishing this homestead, which does had 200 amps of grid power available, I had lived on an off grid homestead nearby where we had to generate all of our electricity with solar panels and a micro-hydropower system which used falling water from a nearby steam to generate DC electricity 24/7. At that location we got our domestic water from a gravity water line fed from a mountain spring. The simple life to be sure, which certainly requires lots of hands-on maintenance but has the added benefit of the knowledge of how to do so. When I was establishing this farm, it felt like a step backwards to get back to on the grid living, however, we quickly became accustomed to all the electricity after years of having to ration ourselves based on if the sun is shining, or how much juice we had in our battery pack. We used to have a 1 light on per person rule to conserve electricity and decisions whether to do a load of laundry or run power tools were everyday occurrences.So, when Oregon began offering cost-share programs to incentivize homeowners to install solar back in 2006, I jumped at the opportunity to achieve some degree of energy independence once again. We sold our diesel farm truck that we had been running on biodiesel to afford the upfront costs which made sense to us at the time. We still had an old beater farm truck. A new inverter had recently been invented which converts DC power to AC that had the technology to balance many power inputs and outputs such as solar, hydro and generator power in and home power and “net-metering” which is the term for selling power back to the grid. The solar installer joked that I was installing the most expensive flashlight in the world! The idea of the power going out when I had a solar system and having no power seemed absurd to me, but this is how most of the solar systems that you see on roofs are set up, with no battery backup whatsoever.read more on Medium: https://medium.com/@dontipping/off-the-grid-9772277d18f9?sk=f1193fc9ca8c46fe05c719b109e3c482 Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

In this next installment of the podcast Don Tipping elaborates upon how the evolution of life branched into aerobic bacteria and later plants evolved to use light for cellular respiration. Photosynthesis is an absolute miracle when we take the time to consider how plants use light to create sugars and growth and the air we breathe. Show notes:2:00 - Dating the Earth: Lead.10:00 Kindoms of Life 11:00 Biology of Belief, by Bruce Lipton 12:00 - Advent of Oxygen24:00 - Xylem & Phloem 27:00 - Fascia & light 28:00 - Huberman Lab Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

In Episode 9 Don Tipping upacks the journey from the Pleistocene to the Holocene and the dawn of Agriculture.Show Notes: 5:00 - Younger Dryas Period -  6:00 - The Pleistocene Epoch9:30 - The Anthropocene - 10:00 - AMOC11:00 - The Holocene14:00 - Gobeckli Tepie14:30 - First Cereal grains16:00 - The Dawn of Everything, David Graeber 16:20 - First Dogs16:40 - Wolf Totem, by Jiang RongCheck out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

In Episode 7 Don expands upon how latitude and photoperiodicity play a crucial role in what crops can grow where on the earth and how adaptation of a species or variety has more to do with hours of sunlight over the seasons than many other factors. Plants respond to sunlight and a nuanced understanding of this fact is crucial to being skillful gardeners and seed stewardsCheck out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

In Episode 6 Don delves into the realm of Agribiodiversity with a highlight upon the incredible work of Russian botanist Nikolai Vavilov and his theory about the centers of origin for humanities' domesticated crops.Check out more at: www.dontipping.comWorkshops: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/worksh...Seeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Show Notes:1:20 Nikolai Vavilov -https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Vavilov3:10 Flood Retreat farming - https://www.canr.msu.edu/oturn/OTuRNBriefingNote3.pdf5:30 Where Our Food Comes From, Gary Nabham -https://islandpress.org/books/where-our-food-comes#desc6:40  Biodiversity Hotspots - https://www.conservation.org/priorities/biodiversity-hotspots7:30 Centers of Origin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vavilov_center12:00 AgroBiodiversity - https://www.fao.org/4/y5609e/y5609e01.htm#:~:text=%5BBox%202%5D%20A%20DEFINITION%20OF,%2C%20livestock%2C%20forestry%20and%20fisheries.12:45 Plant Technology, Jill Turner - https://www.amazon.com/Technology-Peoples-British-Columbia-Handbook/dp/077265847113:15 Lysenko - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trofim_Lysenko14:00 Darwinism vs. Lysenkoism 15:30National Germplasm Repository 18:00 Plants of the Gods - Mark Plotkin - https://markplotkin.com/podcast/Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

In episode 5 we welcome back Naturalist and educator, James Teepe with Four Winds Earth Skills from Williams, OR. James and Don discuss the interface between our cultivated landscapes and native plants and ecosystems. We look forward to curating ideas and discussions centered around tools that will help to grow resilient communities.Learn More about James Teepe & Four Winds Earth Skills here: https://www.instagram.com/fourwindsearthsk...Check out more at: www.dontipping.comWorkshops: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/worksh...Seeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Show notes:1:20 Himalayan blackberry - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubus_armeniacus4:00 - Italian Prunes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prune_plum8:00 - https://medium.com/@dontipping/evolving-from-the-pioneer-phase-to-land-stewardship-642394a55c11?sk=b606c9cb4f88026928085d94fa5d023c8:15 - https://brucecockburn.com/9:00 - https://www.monticello.org/research-education/thomas-jefferson-encyclopedia/useful-plant-quotation/Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

In episode 4 we welcome Naturalist and educator, James Teepe with Four Winds Earth Skills from Williams, OR. James and Don discuss the interface between our cultivated landscapes and native plants and ecosystems. We look forward to curating ideas and discussions centered around tools that will help to grow resilient communities.Learn More about James Teepe & Four Winds Earth Skills here: https://www.instagram.com/fourwindsearthskills?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==You Tube: https://youtu.be/n03FQTZ89u0?si=Cp0u7UpADmic5TMr Check out more at: www.dontipping.comSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Show Notes: 1:30 - California Black Oak - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quercus_kelloggii3:00 - https://markplotkin.com/podcast/4:00 - Chinquapin - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrysolepis_chrysophylla7:30 - Reading the book Nature - https://www.biodynamic.org.uk/product/spiritual-ecology-reading-the-book-of-nature-and-reconnecting-to-the-world-r-steiner/10:15 - Firefox Books - https://www.foxfire.org/shop/category/books/19:00 - Ecological Succession - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ecological_succession19:10 - Penny Livingston - https://www.pennylivingston.com/21:10 - History of Chinese Miners in the West - https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/goldrush-chinese-immigrants/22:00 - Survival in the 21st Century Book - https://www.amazon.com/Survival-into-21st-Century-Planetary/dp/093327804723:30 - Korean Natural Farming - https://growingformarket.com/articles/an-introduction-to-korean-natural-farmingCheck out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

In episode 3 we delve into Ethno-agronomy, Nikolai Vavilov and species journey from hunter gathers to farmers and wild plants to cultivated species. We look forward to curating ideas and discussions centered around tools that will help to grow resilient communities.Audio File: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2388982/15...Check out more at: www.dontipping.comSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Show Notes:4:17 - Nikolai Vavilov - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolai_Vavilov5:00 - Richard Evans Shultes - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Evan...10:00 - Plants of the Gods Podcast with Mark Plotkin - https://markplotkin.com/podcast/11:40 - Guns, Germs and Steel, by Jared Diamond - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guns,_Germs,...16:05 - 100,000 Milankovitch Cycles  - FYI - the fact that YouTube puts a "Climate Change note on this episode is absolutely laughable and proves that the word "Science" has been captured by the Spin Doctors - https://science.nasa.gov/science-research/...23:45 - the Holocene -https://ucmp.berkeley.edu/quaternary/holoc...24:40 - https://strictlymedicinalseeds.com/Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

In episode 2 I give a broad overview of how humans moved from hunter gathers to agricultural peoples and why this matters for the understanding of how to make sense of these current times.Show notes:5:45 - The Dawn of Everything, by David Graeber and David Wengrowhttps://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374157357/thedawnofeverything8:45 - Tom Ward aka Tomi Hazel is an Oregon based Permaculture ecologist https://siskiyoupermaculture.org/articles-and-writings/12:15 - History of Maiz cultivation - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize19:00 - David Holmgren Permaculture - https://holmgren.com.au/19:30 - Joel Salatin / Polyface farm - https://polyfacefarms.com/about-usCheck out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/

The Agrarian Renaissance For the vast arc of the history of human civilization it has been agrarian. When humans developed agriculture, it enabled us to settle in place, construct cities, and commence the diversification of work that led to the flowering of agrarian societies. The industrial revolution marked a turning point where fossil fuels and mechanization began to separate people from the land. This has had many downstream effects, most concerning being pollution, overcrowded cities and the social ills associated with them. The back to the land movement of the 1960s and 70s heralded the first ripples of the Agrarian Renaissance. Many people are still trying to get “back to the garden” to quote the Crosby, Stills and Nash song popularized by Joni Mitchell; seeing it as a viable solution to our disconnect from nature, community and the rampant mental health crises besieging industrial civilization.This podcast will weave historical perspectives with salient examples of successful homesteading and artful tools for growing resilient communities.This introductory episode provides a framework and context as to why this is a vital discussion to be having.Show Notes: 1:05 - Crash on Demand Energy Descent Scenarios Essay by David Holmgren: https://holmgren.com.au/writing/crash...3:22 I say Barlow Paradox but it's actually the Jevons Paradoxhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jevons_...4:00 - Transition Town movement - https://transitionnetwork.org/5:45 - Temple Grandin - https://www.templegrandin.com/6:45 - The New Map / Emergent Strategies - https://medium.com/@dontipping/the-ne...9:30 - The Power of Community / Cuba -    • The Power Of Community: How Cuba Surv...  15:25 - The Dunbar Number - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunbar%...Check out more at: www.dontipping.comCourses & Farm Tours: https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/pages/workshops-and-toursSeeds & Tools - https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/Growing Tips https://www.siskiyouseeds.com/blogs/news/