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
9 episodes
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 - AGR 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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The Agrarian Renaissance Podcast: 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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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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Season 1
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Episode 1
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