The Farm-A-Yard podcast brings inspiration and new thought about growing Healthy People
Episodes
Monday Jun 18, 2018
Monday Jun 18, 2018
049 - Summer Disguised as Spring
with host Linda Borghi
In this podcast Linda dives deep into the connection between our thoughts and how we grow. Linda gives you an example and some great solutions directly from from her 11 year Biodynamic urban farming experience in New York’s Hudson Valley.
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- Josephine Porter Institute - https://jpibiodynamics.org/
- Sponsor: Raising Chickens in Your Backyard course on Udemy $9.99 coupon - http://revx.me/fay041
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Monday Jun 11, 2018
Monday Jun 11, 2018
048 - From Plot to Plate
with host Linda Borghi and guest Diana Lenard Pieri
Listen to how Diana creates yummy eats from what she is growing. She has an amazing cracker recipe with the leftover fiber from juicing! The key to her healing has been lots of fresh fruits and vegetable and she shares new ways to incorporating them into your life.
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- https://www.instagram.com/fitfoodyall/
- https://www.instagram.com/gemfarmfun/
- https://www.facebook.com/FitFoodYall/
- https://www.facebook.com/GrowingEveryMeal/
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Monday May 28, 2018
Monday May 28, 2018
047 - Local Changemaker
with host Linda Borghi
Linda was interviewed by the “Grow Network” and Linda walks you through that interview which unveils her story, passion and the birth of the Farm-A-Yard movement. You’ll learn Linda’s fascinating story and how the garden helps us hone a whole new relationship with food. Food should be everybody’s business! The Farm-A-Yard even has a jingle...every movement needs a jingle, right? Well, we want to get the whole world singing, so check out the jingle link below!
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- https://www.seedvoyage.com/ -Seed Voyage
- https://docs.google.com/document/d/14x5PR-DjCX6OFP13PqjYA5KbrJ-0CFj73q4uhXmeaFw/edit?usp=sharing - The Farm-A-Yard Jingle lyrics!
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Thursday May 24, 2018
Thursday May 24, 2018
046 - Driving to Work With My Engineers
With host Linda Borghi and guests Jonathan Aisoni and Jeremy Borghi
Linda’s nephews know where their food comes from thanks to Aunt Linda’s passion for growing food and instilling the value and skills necessary!. Listen in for Linda’s exciting announcement about a Tiny House Community with an Air BNB where people can come to learn to grow food and the values of simple living! These enlightened young men are Linda’s design engineers for this community and are excited to help Linda’s dreams come true!
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- Sponsor: Raising Chickens in Your Backyard course on Udemy $9.99 coupon - http://revx.me/fay041
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Tuesday May 15, 2018
Tuesday May 15, 2018
045 - Nothing But Billions in Benefits Part 1 of 6
with host Linda Borghi and guest Wayne Roberts
Wayne takes us down the garden path of billions of dollars of free public services. So how can you benefit? If you are a gardener, listen up because this especially applies to YOU!
Wayne Roberts is a Canadian food policy analyst and writer, widely respected for his role as the manager of the [Toronto Food Policy Council], a citizen body of 30 food activists and experts that is widely recognized for its innovative approach to food security, from 2000-2010. As a leading member of the City of Toronto’s Environmental Task Force, he helped develop a number of official plans for the city that were adopted in 2000-2001. So these plans are working!
He shares the 3 billion dollars of savings today that is available for the public benefit, starting with recycling food waste. Your city could be saving big time! Not to mention preventing serious water pollution, improving soil health which in turn creates nutrient density of food and improving human health & the environment. Wayne can show you how to make this a reality in your city! We need to spread this word! This is the first of 6 enlightening episodes!
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- https://www.patreon.com/posts/down-garden-path-18822082 - Wayne Robert’s guest article & linked resources
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Tuesday May 08, 2018
Tuesday May 08, 2018
044 - The Missing Ingredient: Love, Music & Laughter
with host Linda Borghi
Update on Linda’s exciting month (and crazy schedule) during our Grow It Don’t Mow It - 30 Days to Starting a Successful Yard Farm! So what does Love, Music & Laughter have to do with yard farming?
Linda still keeps farmers hours, waking up at 4:00 am. Listen to Linda’s perspective on life, where everyone has the right to do what they love, with lots of music and laughter!
You won’t want to miss this episode!
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Monday Apr 23, 2018
Monday Apr 23, 2018
043 - Activated Water
with host Linda Borghi and guest Evan Folds
Welcome to Week 4 of our Grow It Don’t Mow It - 30 Days to Starting a Successful Yard Farm! This week is all about Activated Water.
Should we have our water tested? What is activated water? How do you activate water? Is rainwater better than what comes out of the tap? Is water more than wet? How do we apply these concepts to improve our garden? How can water get wetter? What is a vortex and implosion all about? Fascinating podcast you won’t want to miss!
You’ll find a new post every day in April on our Patreon feed with different information on how to plan and start your food garden this year. If you’re joining us after April 2018, please make sure to check out our Patreon feed for all our delightful garden-starting content.
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- Sponsor: Raising Chickens in Your Backyard online course: $10 coupon code: http://revx.me/fay043
- BeAgriculture.com -Evan Folds, Soil Doctor
- https://www.amazon.com/Living-Energies-Exposition-Concepts-Schauberger/dp/0717133079 - Living Energies by Callum Coats
- www.masaru-emoto.net/english/water-crystal.html -Water Crystals -Dr.Masaru Emoto
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAvzsjcBtx8 - Water Consciousness & Intent -Dr. Masaru Emoto
- The Fourth Phase of Water by Gerald Pollack
- https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-t5g7k-8e689a -The First Amendment. Podcast with Evan Folds
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Tuesday Apr 17, 2018
Tuesday Apr 17, 2018
042 - Seedy Insights
with host Linda Borghi
Welcome to Week 3 of our Grow It Don’t Mow It - 30 Days to Starting a Successful Yard Farm! This week is all about Seeds.
You’ll find a new post every day in April on our Patreon feed with different information on how to plan and start your food garden this year. If you’re joining us after April 2018, please make sure to check out our Patreon feed for all our delightful garden-starting content.
Seeds...Linda is in awe of them! She has been “seeding” the food movement for a very long time. In this podcast episode, she shares some of her life changing history with seeds. Did you know that 92% of seed varieties have gone away because people stopped growing them? Linda covers a lot of ground in this podcast to help you learn how to choose seeds for your zone, how to map the sun to determine where to place your garden and even how to grow pea shoots in 10 days!
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- The Growing Pea Shoots tutorial will be in the Think It Out Thursday downloadable packet this week on Patreon, along with information on sprouting for cooking, lists of seed catalog companies, information on starting seeds, printable forms to add to your Farm-A-Yard binder, and much more. Make sure to follow us or support us on Patreon see https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard/posts for all our Grow It Don’t Mow It - 30 Days to Starting a Successful Yard Farm posts!! Become a patron on Patreon to make sure you don’t miss out.
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Monday Apr 09, 2018
Monday Apr 09, 2018
041 - Soil Health: The First Amendment
with host Linda Borghi and guest Evan Folds, the Soil Doctor
Welcome to Week 2 of our Grow It Don’t Mow It - 30 Days to Starting a Successful Yard Farm! This week is all about Soil Health.
You’ll find a new post every day in April on our Patreon feed with different information on how to plan and start your food garden this year. If you’re joining us after April 2018, please make sure to check out our Patreon feed for all our delightful garden-starting content.
We owe our existence to the the top few inches of topsoil. Pretty important, hey?. Why do you need a Soil Doctor? What is good soil? What are microbes all about? What about bagged soil? (which should more accurately be called “dirt”... why?) Why soil testing? We first need to learn how to grow healthy soil, before we can grow healthy plants and ultimately healthy people!
You won’t want to miss this episode, it is critical to your success in growing healthy soil and nutrient dense food!
This podcast is made possible by funding by our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- https://gardenculturemagazine.com/?s=evan+folds - Articles by Evan Folds in Garden Culture magazine
- www.beagriculture.com Evan Folds, the Soil Doctor - 10% discount on Be Agriculture services - mention or use discount code farmayard
- Sponsor: Raising Chickens in Your Backyard course on Udemy $9.99 coupon - http://revx.me/fay041
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.
Monday Apr 02, 2018
Monday Apr 02, 2018
040 - Garden Planning on a Bridge
with host Linda Borghi and Farm-A-Yard Co-Founder Marsha Howe
Welcome to Week 1 of our Grow It Don’t Mow It - 30 Days to Starting a Successful Yard Farm! This week is all about Garden Planning & Sun.
You’ll find a new post every day in April on our Patreon feed with different information on how to plan and start your food garden this year. If you’re joining us after April 2018, please make sure to check out our Patreon feed for all our delightful garden-starting content.
Find out how gypsy gardener, Marsha Howe grows! Marsha is a “treehouse” apartment dweller who grows in many different and unusual places around her town. Her project on a public walking bridge over a freeway, with no water source except the rain, gives her permaculture skills an opportunity to expand by applying principles that make this project simple and super easy to maintain with minimal cost and time.
This podcast is made possible by funding from our Patreon supporters.
Please support our podcast at https://www.patreon.com/FarmAYard
Links:
- See our Patreon Page on Think It Out Thursday for our downloadable packet of Garden Planning & Sun Tips including help on mapping the sun in your own yard
- http://farmayard.podbean.com/ - Podcast webpage
- https://www.facebook.com/groups/farmayard/ - Facebook Movement Community
- http://farm-a-yard.com - Join the Movement, get on our email list and check out our blog
- https://www.facebook.com/letsfarmyouryard/ - Our Facebook Like Page
- https://www.youtube.com/user/lborghi1?&ab_channel=Farm-a-Yard - Our YouTube channel
Music credit: “Insomnia” by John Sheehan. Used with permission.