The Agrarian Renaissance Podcast
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.
Episodes
15 episodes
Agrarian Renaissance Episode 16 - 5 Myths of Regenerative Agriculture
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 insig...
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23:40
Reflections on the pulse of the Organic farming movement
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...
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26:14
Episode 14: Agrobiodiversity
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 7...
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Episode 14
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Episode 13: Homestead Movie Reactions from a Navy SEAL & Seasoned Homesteaders. Hollywood Homestead or Real Life?
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 ...
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Episode 12: Hollywood Homestead vs. Real Life. Farmer responds to 7 points the Movie got wrong. No spoilers...
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 top...
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18:49
Episode 11: Off the Grid Solstice Rant
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 valle...
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10:06
Episode 8: Photosynthesis
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 ...
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29:37
Episode 9: the Holocene and the dawn of Agriculture.
In Episode 9 Don Tipping upacks the journey from the Pleistocene to the Holocene and the dawn of Agriculture.Show Notes: 5:00 -
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24:59
Episode 7: Latitude & Photoperiodicity
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 fact...
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20:52
Episode 6: Vavlilov & the Centers of Origin
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:
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18:15
Episode 5 (part 2): Interview with James Teepe
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 t...
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12:48
Episoide 4: An interview with Naturalist James Teepe (part 1)
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 cur...
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24:02
Episode 3: Ethno-Agronomy & the Holocene
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 ...
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26:37
Episode 2: From Hunter Gathers to Farmers
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...
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Episode 1: Welcome to the Agrarian Renaissance Podcast with Don Tipping
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 w...
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