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Learn how to grow your own genetically diverse, locally adapted vegetable crops. Learn more at GoingToSeed.org- Seeds, Courses, Community.

Joseph Lofthouse and Shane Simonsen

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    • Jan 16, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 25 EPISODES


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    Joseph Lofthouse at the Utah Farm and Food Conference

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2025 52:43


    Going To Seed: Inspiring a shift in agriculture towards adaptation, community and diversity.This is my first solo podcast after Shane Simonson started his own podcast -- Zero Input Agriculture. We wish Shane joy and success in his new endeavor.In this episode, I'm posting the presentation that I did at the Utah Farm and Food Conference, January 11th 2024, in Cedar City Utah.Red Acre Center for Food and Agriculture hosts the conference. Red Acre Center advocated for the passage of Utah's Food Freedom law, which allows individuals to sell food to each other without licenses or regulations.The center attends the legislative sessions each year advocating for increased food freedom, and continuing preservation of the gains already made.I highly value the work of Red Acre Center, and pause for a moment of reverence for Sarah, Symbria, Mark, Shawn, and all others involved in supporting this work.Going To Seed sponsors this podcast. Join us there for seeds, farmer support, and complimentary content like video courses, and online forums.

    Farewell from Shane Simonsen

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2024 49:19


    In his final episode, Shane interviews himself to help launch his new solo podcast: Zero Input Agriculture. Shane outlines his breeding work, successes with shifting to a zero input agricultural mindset, and efforts and experiences in building networks of local growers to start the long process of reviving agriculture that can stand the test of time.To keep listening to the new podcast, and read about Shane's never ending stream of results on his experimental farm, sign up for free at www.zeroinputagriculture.substack.com for weekly updates in your inbox.You can also read Shane's exploration of the past and possible future of agriculture in "Taming the Apocalypse" and his biological science fiction in "Our Vitreous Womb".Drop Shane an email at Shane.simonsen@icloud.com if you have a suggested podcast guest, or just to say hi.

    Paul Ward

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 9, 2024 67:09


    Shane talks with Paul Ward as he reflects on a lifetime of experience breeding maize, tepary beans, landrace wheat in temperate Australia and a whole bunch of other side topics.

    Reville Saw

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2024 64:36


    Shane Simonsen talks to Reville Saw about his work rehabilitating degraded land in West Papua using syntropic principles, the indigenous agriculture surviving in Papua, and his own extensive efforts breeding bananas from original species, lima beans, restoring fertility to ginger, breeding better biomass plants, and a bunch of other topics.

    Richard Paul Watson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 7, 2024 64:24


    Richard Paul Watson talks to Shane about his efforts growing and breeding a wide range of vegetable crops in windy New Zealand, and his successes in building a network of seed growers to create a collective seed sales organisation, the Sentinels Group.Check out more of Richard's work at https://www.sentinelsgroup.co.nz

    William DeMille talks to Joseph and Holly

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2024 59:37


    Farmer and educator William DeMille talks to Joseph and Holly about permaculture, biodynamics, silvopasture, holistic management and georgics and how they apply to his farm in northern Nevada.Check out more of Williams work belowhttps://www.thegeorgicrevolution.com/https://www.amazon.com/Worry-Free-Eating-William-John-DeMille/dp/B0BW2Y4GLZhttps://www.amazon.com/Ditch-Rider-William-DeMille/dp/154509053X/https://www.instagram.com/gardening_with_william_demille/https://www.facebook.com/william.demille.50

    Episode 22- Austin Vaughn

    Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2024 42:04


    Shane chats to Austin Vaughn about his experiments developing landrace carrots and a range of other crops in his difficult Texas clay. Check out more of Austin's work at the Going to Seed discourse forum https://goingtoseed.discourse.group

    Taylor Chance

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2024 47:11


    Taylor Chance talks to Shane about his many crop breeding projects, including Chinese yams (Dioscorea polystachya), ancestral cucurbits and interspecies goji berry hybrids.

    Padraic Flood

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 8, 2024 43:30


    Shane Simonsen talks to Padraic Flood about his work to domesticate the lost tuberous pea crop of Europe, Aardaker, also known as Lathyrus tuberosus.

    Episode 16- Darren Abbey

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 9, 2024 48:53


    Shane talks to Dr. Darren Abbey about breeding blue beans, white tomatoes, storage tomatillos and so much more.Read more about Darren's work - https://the-biologist-is-in.blogspot.com/ Find him on Twitter (@thebiologistisn), Mastodon (@thebiologistisn@redwombat.social), Bluesky (@thebiologistisn), Threads: (@thebiologistisn), Instagram (@thebiologistisn) and Tiktok (@thebiologistisn).

    Episode 15- Holly Hansen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2024 55:37


    Joseph and Holly reminisce and discuss plans for the year ahead.

    Yevgenii Berben-Zycki

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 18, 2024 19:15


    This episode features traditional farmer Yevgenii Berben-Zycki, managing his farm with his family in the middle of an active war zone in Ukraine. He outlines his family's work selectively breeding hazelnuts over the last four generations, and how they are reconnecting with historic farming techniques.

    Raphael Maier

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2024 53:05


    Shane and Joseph talk to Raphael Maier about breeding cold hardy passionfruit and other fascinating projects. Check out Raphael's book- https://www.amazon.com/Breeding-Hardy-Passion-Fruit-Developing/dp/B0C12P63RK And Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/imperatorplantae/?hl=en

    Going to Seed- Bruce Pascoe

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2023 50:36


    Shane Simonsen talks to Bruce Pascoe about revitalising Australian Indigenous foods (including kangaroo grass and vanilla lily among many other species). Check out Bruces work at the following links: Black Duck Foods https://www.blackduckfoods.com.au Trailer for the Dark Emu Story https://youtu.be/Z1Vq7rrTsY0?si=pw6AQBtWDwRA3o0W Full Documentary- The Dark Emu Story https://iview.abc.net.au/show/dark-emu-story

    Going to Seed- Mark Shepard

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2023 57:13


    Shane Simonsen and Joseph Lofthouse talk to Mark Shepard about restoration agriculture and breeding staple tree crops with mass selection. Check out Mark's work at the following links: restorationag.com www.forestag.com Mark is speaking at the Restoration Agriculture Conference very soon! https://events.acresusa.com/e/2023-eco-ag-conference-trade-show/tickets

    Joseph Lofthouse talks to Evan Sofro

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2023 56:07


    Joseph Lofthouse chats to nomadic farmer Evan Sofro about heritage grains, biophilia and land artistry. See more of Evan's work at- www.instagram.com/regenerative_earth_art/ Contact Evan at- evansofro@earthincorporated.net/

    Shane Simonsen talks to Damien Beaumont about intergeneric berry hybrids

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 4, 2023 20:23


    Going to Seed Podcast- Shane Simonsen talks to Damien Beaumont about raspberry-strawberry hybrids and other fascinating topics. Check out Damien's work at his blog - http://living-mudflower.blogspot.com Contact Shane with guest suggestions at shane.simonsen@icloud.com

    Joseph Lofthouse talks Tomatoes with William Clark Schlegel

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 52:21


    Joseph Lofthouse Interviews William Schlegel about promiscuous tomato breeding and other projects. https://osseeds.org/ossi-breeders/wil...

    Shane Simonsen talks about primitive permaculture with David Lauterwasser

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 65:32


    Shane Simonsen talks to primitive permaculturalist David Lauterwasser. Find out about the diverse agricultural systems in tropical Thailand, and hear discussions about breeding jackfruit, tropical mustard greens and aquatic tomatoes. Read more of David's work at his substack- https://animistsramblings.substack.com Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/feunfoo.permaculture.rewilding/

    Joseph Lofthouse interviews Mark Reed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 53:50


    Joseph Lofthouse Interviews Mark Reed about Sweet Potato Breeding, broccolish and a bunch of other fascinating projects. Check out Mark's broccolish project in more detail here- https://youtu.be/7tgfpo28fhc?si=blPDSVnQT-uOrp8u

    Shane Simonsen talks to Thulahn about domesticating Silverweed

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 35:22


    Shane Simonsen talks to experimental crop breeder Thulahn about his exciting new project to domesticate silverweed (Argentina anserina). Read more about Thulahn's work at his substack: https://urbanfoodforest.substack.com https://linktr.ee/foodforestadventurer

    Zero Input Agriculture with Joseph Lofthouse and Shane Simonsen

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 52:34


    Joseph Lofthouse talks to experimental farmer Shane Simonsen. Learn how to grow food with no irrigation, no imported fertiliser and no pest protection, the zero input agriculture way. Shane also talks about his experimental crop breeding work with Canna tubers and Bunya nut trees. Check out Shane's weekly blog - https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com And his biological science fiction novellas- https://www.amazon.com/stores/Haldane-B-Doyle/author/B0BRN1ZN8Z

    Bringing Potato Onions Back from the Brink with Joseph Lofthouse and Kelly Winterton

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 55:14


    Joseph Lofthouse talks to world potato onion expert Kelly Winterton. Learn how you too could become a crop expert with a little care and attention.

    Joseph Lofthouse interviews David the Good

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2023 56:31


    Episode 2- Pioneer vegetable breeder Joseph Lofthouse interviews David the Good about gardening on Florida sand, subtropical food forests, survival gardening, and learning to grow food to build community. Check out David the Good's writing at https://www.thesurvivalgardener.com/ and his videos at https://www.youtube.com/@davidthegood

    Joseph Lofthouse interviews William Whitson of Cultivariable

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2023 51:33


    Joseph Lofthouse talks to William Whitson about breeding potatoes from true seed and his many other crop breeding projects. Check out Will's work at https://www.cultivariable.com

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