Podcast appearances and mentions of nick ritar

To wrap up a season of dreamy guests, we spoke to Kirsten Bradley, co-founder of Milkwood Permaculture. Kirsten and her partner Nick Ritar founded Milkwood, kind of by accident, back in 2007 when they moved to Nick's family farm with the intention to build a tiny home, grow veggies and lead a simple life. And it turns out they weren't the only ones looking for this type of life.  Soon they were hosting events and workshops as teachers and students descended on their farm. That interest and momentum spawned this way-of-living, education hub which has become Milkwood Permaculture. Milkwood was the name of that first farm in country NSW. While their location has changed once or twice, their ethos has only grown stronger and bolder. Kirsten and Nick now call lutruwita / Tasmania home, and they continue to share their knowledge on everything from permaculture design, to how to grow mushrooms, and building resilient and abundant communities. Milkwood was a bit of a gateway drug for Maddie's entry into gardening, and Em and her husband have recently embarked on their Organic Vegetable Gardening Course. Where we live there's barely a home that we go to that doesn't have a copy of Kirsten's first book Milkwood: Real Skills for Down-To-Earth Living. Kirsten's latest book is called The Milkwood Permaculture Living Handbook, Habits for Hope in a Changing World, released in late 2023. The book explores the 12 Principles of Permaculture, and covers everything from ‘compost everything', to ‘using your privilege for purpose' and ‘cook a meal outdoors'. Find Milkwood on Instagram here.  We're drinking a rosemary gimlet - following a recipe from Cocktail Botanica by Elouise Anders We're recommending the Bronchial Buster tea, recipe from Plants for the People by Erin Lovell Verinder We're drooling over everything at The Agrarian Kitchen - check out their cooking classes here.  We're flicking through a decades old Fowlers book We're loving Bokashi and Compostable Kate's tips. Visit us at @avantgardeners.podcast and www.avant-gardeners.com

Kirsten Bradley together with partner Nick Ritar are educators in the truest sense. At a time when connecting with our gardens, the earth, our environment, and each other has never been more important the Milkwood handbook offers practical solutions for mindful daily living and restoring balance in our lives.  https://www.hoselink.com.au/?utm_source=podcast&utm_medium=all+the+dirt&utm_campaign=5+percent+off  

WARNING: This Podcast May Cause Deep Love for Fungi Mindset is everything! When you have the right mindset, it's so much easier to make these transitions and care for the soil.Molding your thoughts into something that will benefit not only yourself but other people as well can be a very powerful thing- especially in today's world where everyone needs healthy soils from which they grow their own food. Who is Nick Ritar? With his partner Kirsten Bradley, Nick Ritar runs Milkwood, offering courses in Permaculture design, urban farming, backyard veggies, natural bee-keeping, gourmet mushroom cultivation, fermented foods, natural building, market gardening, and much, much more. Nick is Milkwood's primary educator and consultant and is passionate about cultivating community and creating authentic outcomes for students studying permaculture. Based in southern Tasmania, Nick spends his time growing good food, keeping bees, cultivating mushrooms, teaching permaculture design & advocating for community-scale resilience.  ----------  Website: www.milkwood.net Join the next Mushroom Cultivation course. https://soillearningcenter.com/home-mushroom/cultivation/course   ---------- Social Media: www.facebook.com/Milkwood www.instagram.com/milkwood/  Dig Deeper Club: https://soillearningcenter.com/digdeeperSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of TGL we explore how to learn skills that can save our planet, allow us to create sustainable living and create communities with like minded people! I speak to Nick Ritar, co-founder of Milkwood, an online platform that teaches people all over the world how to create a sustainable ecosystem in  our gardens, on our lands, and grow amazing food too! Milkwood is dedicated to teaching and sharing permaculture skills, for living like it matters.It all began in 2007, on a farm in New South Wales, Australia… Kirsten Bradley, Nick Ritar (and later their  kiddo, Ash) started off as just a small crew, when they moved to Nick's family farm in NSW Australia, in 2006. They built a tiny house and grew some food. This somehow turned into a wild and wonderful, permaculture-farm-school-experiment-thing – called Milkwood.They welcomed students and teachers from all over the world to their tin-shed classroom during those years, and they all learned a lot!Fast forward to 2020 – Milkwood has a larger crew of educators, facilitators and doers.Together, they teach everything from permaculture design to market gardening, natural building and mushroom cultivation, to help create resilient and abundant households and communities. They do this by providing free online resources & offering world-class training – skills that give students the confidence to create permanently sustainable systems.Students leave their courses ready and able to design and implement a better future for their families, farms and communities.Head this way to see all their upcoming courses – and get inspired to live life better… Purchase Nick and Kirsten's books HERE Follow them on Instagram , Facebook , and subscribe to their You Tube Channel      

Where do you turn for the comprehensive permaculture information you need as a farmer? Today on the Thriving Farmer Podcast we're happy to have Nick Ritar, Cofounder of Milkwood, located all the way down in Tasmania, Australia. Milkwood is dedicated to sharing permaculture skills for living like it matters. Online, in print, via their renowned courses, whatever it takes to get you inspired, Milkwood is here to help people learn. They acknowledge that permaculture owes the roots of its theory and practice to traditional and Indigenous knowledge from all over the world. The education offered by Milkwood covers everything from permaculture design to market gardening, natural building and mushroom cultivation, to help create resilient and abundant households and communities. Are you ready to boost your farming and permaculture know-how? Stick with us! You'll hear: How long Nick has practiced permaculture 2:27 What drove Nick to write his book, Milkwood: Real Skills for Down-to-Earth Living 7:52 How Milkwood operates their education courses 19:16 What is covered in Milkwood's Permaculture Living Course 22:35 Why we need to respect indiginous knowledge when it comes to permaculture 30:54 How Milkwood came to be the trove of information that it is 39:15 What Nick does with waste mushroom cultivation 44:58 How Nick describes the lifestyle promoted by Milkwood to someone with an outside perspective 50:23 About the Guest: Nick Ritar is co-director of Milkwood - an education enterprise dedicated to teaching skills to regenerate the earth. Since 2007 Ritar, with his partner Kirsten Bradley, have given over 15,000 students the opportunity to learn from the world's best sustainable farmers, market gardeners & permaculturists. Their first book ‘Milkwood - real skills for down to earth living' was released in Sept 2018. In 2019 Milkwood launched their first online course 'Permaculture Living' a 12 week intensive course with the co-originator of Permaculture David Holmgren and they have recently launched their second online course on Home Mushroom Cultivation. Resources: Website: https://www.milkwood.net/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Milkwood Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/milkwood/

Summer is for going slow with your people. We're making the most of this too here at FS HQ. But don't worry,  we've created a short & sexy summer season  of thought provocation by delving  into the archives & reloading some of the best conversations we've recorded over the last two years.Kirsten Bradley has dedicated the last 13 years (in cahoots with partner Nick Ritar and a host of thinkers and doers) to helping people learn permaculture skills for living like it matters.We're referring to Milkwood, of course. And today we get a backstage pass to the brain of its co-creator; a joyous conversation indeed.Kirsten has a knack for distilling big ideas into bite size words of wisdom, bringing decades of lived experience to our cuppa-tea-with-a-mate interview that will leave you feeling affirmed and hopeful.She shares her trajectory from inner-city artist to iconic permaculture educator, author and champion of back-to-basics living. Her thoughts on long-term renting, community sufficiency, ways of stewarding land (that don't necessarily involve buying a massive property), how to bypass hypocrisy and why to get comfy with shades of grey.Post-episode, you'll probably want to knock on your neighbour's door and offer them surplus garden greens - because, according to Kirsten, community connection is the bedrock of a better life (and planet). Listen, absorb, enjoy.SHOW NOTESLiving in Tassie  - autonomy and community sufficiency. Insights from their trials of different ways of living (including family farming, community living, homesteading, share houses).Alternative ways to steward land (other than ownership)Actions to consider now foro a better future: 1. Growing food, anywhere/anyhow. 2. Community involvement - get enmeshed, get involved. 3. Figure out your greatest skills and what you can contribute to and learn from your community.Reframing life towards what mattersWhy helping people reclaim lost skills is the most incredible life path she could have chosen.Bypassing the guilt of hypocrisy and embracing good habits.The value of seeking out ‘wild spaces'.Why getting to know your ecosystem is fundamental to living a good life (your watershed, the First Nations title for the land you reside on, your climate, your seasons)The evolution of thought and practical outcomes which has come from living in different environments and communities.Accepting shades of grey over black and white.Stepping past the one family/one house concept.The tension between tenancy, tenure, community values, land use/management and ownership.How disasters crystallise community bedrock.Why they'd rather steward less land, not more.LINKS YOU'LL LOVERebecca Solnit - “Hope In The Dark”Melliodora PublishingMilkwood - Real Skills for Down-To-Earth LivingThanks to our podcast partners:Wwoof AustraliaNutrisoilBuy the Book Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow mattersSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading)The rockstars who smooth the sound:  Open Door StudiosSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading)

This episode is dedicated to the people, trees, animals & land of Australia. The world is hearing a lot about the tyranny & division in Australia at the moment, but it's important to remember this unifying concept of Permaculture was born, has grown, and matured to resilience in Australia to inspire people and places all across the world. This episode explores just a small slice of the many voices throughout the region that have such beauty, innovation and regenerative cultures to share. Hope you enjoy and share some positivity with this episode with your friends, family & neighbors! Our hearts go out to Aussies on this one...keep living strong, resilient, wild & free!Learn more about the inspiring folks from this episode, watch the videos and read the show notes on this episode here >Hear from voices like David Holmgren, Rosemary Morrow, Geoff Lawton, Bill Mollison, Darren Doherty, Hannah Moloney, Nick Ritar, Robyn Francis & more…“Though the problems of the world are increasingly complex, the solutions remain embarrassingly simple.” ― Bill Mollison- - -Learn more about the inspiring folks from this episode, watch the videos and read the show notes on this episode here >- - -Disclaimer: This is another episode exploring different themes in Permaculture and related fields with audio clips, interviews & anything else we can find. All audio clips are credited and linked on our website. We seek to share content & information which is becoming increasingly hard to find, censored and/or deemed controversial. Opinions expressed by content creators, guests & interviews on Permaculture Freedom podcast do not necessarily reflect the views of Land by Hand. No human holds the whole truth and listening to many different perspectives helps to shape a critical informed opinion. Always do your own unbiased research before drawing conclusions or spreading others' ideas as the truth.  "It is the mark of an educated mind to entertain a thought without accepting it." - Aristotle - - - If you enjoy the show, please subscribe and consider the following: Share it with someone else in your life  Leave a review or rating for the show Submit feedback, episode topic/guest ideas or a question at landbyhand.org/pfp Thanks for listening and your support! Land by Hand Permaculture education & media to live a natural, resilient lifestyle.-Learn more, watch the videos, and read the show notes on this episode here >

Kirsten Bradley has dedicated the last 13 years (in cahoots with partner Nick Ritar and a host of thinkers and doers) to helping people learn permaculture skills for living like it matters.We’re referring to Milkwood, of course. And today we get a backstage pass to the brain of its co-creator; a joyous conversation indeed.Kirsten has a knack for distilling big ideas into bite size words of wisdom, bringing decades of lived experience to our cuppa-tea-with-a-mate interview that will leave you feeling affirmed and hopeful.She shares her trajectory from inner-city artist to iconic permaculture educator, author and champion of back-to-basics living. Her thoughts on long-term renting, community sufficiency, ways of stewarding land (that don’t necessarily involve buying a massive property), how to bypass hypocrisy and why to get comfy with shades of grey.Post-episode, you’ll probably want to knock on your neighbour’s door and offer them surplus garden greens - because, according to Kirsten, community connection is the bedrock of a better life (and planet). Listen, absorb, enjoy.SHOW NOTESLiving in Tassie - autonomy and community sufficiency. Insights from their trials of different ways of living (including family farming, community living, homesteading, share houses).Where and how their shift from inner city artists to sharers of skills came aboutAlternative ways to steward land (other than ownership)Actions to consider now foro a better future: 1. Growing food, anywhere/anyhow. 2. Community involvement - get enmeshed, get involved. 3. Figure out your greatest skills and what you can contribute to and learn from your community.Reframing life towards what mattersWhy helping people reclaim lost skills is the most incredible life path she could have chosen.Bypassing the guilt of hypocrisy and embracing good habits.The value of seeking out ‘wild spaces’.Why getting to know your ecosystem is fundamental to living a good life (your watershed, the First Nations title for the land you reside on, your climate, your seasons)The evolution of thought and practical outcomes which has come from living in different environments and communities.Accepting shades of grey over black and white.Stepping past the one family/one house concept.The tension between tenancy, tenure, community values, land use/management and ownership.How disasters crystallise community bedrock.Why they'd rather steward less land, not more.LINKS YOU'LL LOVERebecca Solnit - “Hope In The Dark”Melliodora PublishingMilkwood - Real Skills for Down-To-Earth LivingSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading)

Session 1: Relief & Response This event brings together community members and experts for a discussion about the way forward. From small community fundraisers, to wildlife recovery, to land management, politics and the economy, what sort of future do we want to rebuild? Hosted by Julia Baird with Lorena Allam, Christine Morgan, Erin Riley, Nick Ritar, Dr. Larry Vogelnest, Elizabeth Mossop and Julia Baird.   

Today’s conversation with permaculture educators Kirsten Bradley and Nick Ritar from Milkwood is dose of goodness for anybody looking to connect with the earth, and themselves.Hearing from Kirsten and Nick is an absolute joy, as they share their gentle and exploratory journey towards creating a meaningful life.Their story begins in central Melbourne, working as art-makers and VJs, before undertaking an enormous challenge and moving to Nick’s rural family farm in NSW in the hope of transforming it into a new life and their new livelihood. With a lot of love and effort, this eventually blossomed into their permaculture business Milkwood Permaculture - that has trained and inspired thousands of us with it’s message of building a better world.Nick and Kirsten focus their efforts around taking care of the earth and stewarding the planet’s resources, and have a delightful time along the way. They make a compelling case for us all to slow down and consider what really matters - whether that’s learning to keep bees naturally or grow tomatoes, making things with our hands or considering our individual impact on our surroundings.Whether you’re craving a major life transformation or to introduce something as small as growing mushrooms, Kirsten and Nick have a thoughtful philosophy to change that we can all adopt: make incremental changes where we are, with what we have, doing what we can.

Linda chats to Milkwood co-founder Nick Ritar about harvesting seaweed for the garden, starting a summer tomato patch and growing your own mushrooms.These helpful topics are featured in an inspiring new book ~ Milkwood - Real Skills for Down to Earth Living. Which I’m sure will get you on the right road for growing, making, foraging, keeping, creating, cooking and baking.As the Milkwood crew says,“The skills that we learn bind our lives together. Do you want to learn how to grow your own vegetables? Or how to keep bees? How to forage for edible seaweed along the shoreline, or wild greens down by the stream? Maybe you’re curious about growing mushrooms or how to grow the perfect tomato.We invite you to make these skills your own. Designed to be read with a pot of tea by your elbow and a notebook beside you, Milkwood draws on rich seams of knowledge and experience to bring the essence of these five subjects to you in a friendly, let’s-get-going format.”Buy the book herehttps://www.milkwood.net/book/Connect on insta -@milkwood_nick@milkwood_permacultureConnect with Linda -@gardenclinicclub@linda_kirin ross

Linda chats to Milkwood co-founder Nick Ritar about harvesting seaweed for the garden, starting a summer tomato patch and growing your own mushrooms.These helpful topics are featured in an inspiring new book ~ Milkwood - Real Skills for Down to Earth Living. Which I’m sure will get you on the right road for growing, making, foraging, keeping, creating, cooking and baking.As the Milkwood crew says,“The skills that we learn bind our lives together. Do you want to learn how to grow your own vegetables? Or how to keep bees? How to forage for edible seaweed along the shoreline, or wild greens down by the stream? Maybe you’re curious about growing mushrooms or how to grow the perfect tomato.We invite you to make these skills your own. Designed to be read with a pot of tea by your elbow and a notebook beside you, Milkwood draws on rich seams of knowledge and experience to bring the essence of these five subjects to you in a friendly, let’s-get-going format.”Buy the book herehttps://www.milkwood.net/book/Connect on insta -@milkwood_nick@milkwood_permacultureConnect with Linda -@gardenclinicclub@linda_kirin ross

We speak with Chido Govera, a 31 year old Zimbabwean farmer, activist, educator and founder of The Future of Hope Foundation, a group that is committed to ending poverty, abuse and victimhood at grassroots level in Africa through food security.Chido's background is one of the toughest childhoods imaginable, one that saw her orphaned at the age of 7, with her remaining relatives offering more abuse than support, while she was responsible for feeding and caring for her very elderly grandmother, and her malnourished younger brother. Her long road out of this situation came via the unlikely path of mushroom cultivation, and she now teaches thousands of people across the world - and in particular other vulnerable young women in Zimbabwe - how to grow mushrooms, as a way of gaining some autonomy in their lives.Later we talk about growing mushrooms at home with keen mushroom grower, forager and educator Nick Ritar of Milkwood.

In this week’s show, Alexx chats to Nick Ritar after promising to bring him back again to discuss bees. If you were never really interested in bees before, trust us when we say you will well and truly fall in love with them, as well as understanding what you can do to protect them. Nick’s positive attitude and gentle way of helping people If you were never really interested in bees before, trust us when we say you will well and truly fall in love with them, as well as understanding what you can do to protect them.  Nick’s positive attitude and gentle way of helping people make shifts in understanding and appreciation of nature, makes us excited to protect our bees, rather than wrapped in all the doom and gloom of “the bees are dying”. Nick shares many ways we can protect these amazing little nature ninjas into the future, starting from our every day. Enjoy this Enjoy this heartfelt window into what a bee lover sees and you never know - you may well become one yourself! Check out the show notes over at https://www.lowtoxlife.com/podcast/

On this episode of People of Purpose, Johanna speaks to Nick Ritar about where food comes from, where it goes in its waste form and how those two elements are fundamental to many of the problems facing humanity today. Nick is co-founder and Director of Milkwood Permaculture with partner Kirstin Bradley. The pair are challenging Australians to rethink their daily habits and learn the skills and knowledge needed to create an abundant future.