13.12.2022, 19:10
Living Farm! The Self-Reliance Cash Crop Organic Ideabank
Last updated 4/2021
MP4 | Video: h264, 1280x720 | Audio: AAC, 44.1 KHz
Language: English | Size: 10.19 GB | Duration: 7h 56m
A Storehouse of Organic Food Science- Self-Reliance, Cash Crops, Economics, Wisdom from Organic Farms around the World
What you'll learn
LEARN the Principles of Self-Reliance Farming- quickly, logically.
CASH CROPS: Earn MORE Money, for the Same Efforts...Start Thinking about fitting These- and Others- to your Farming Plans.
FOCUS on PERENNIALS- Work is Up-Front, Fruits and Efforts are Easier Later.
LEARN the Techniques and Crops of other Growers in this World - Can These Apply to YOU?
Requirements
Best to KNOW Something of Farming and of Growing Food, either thru Learning Media or Experience
Description
WELCOME TO LIVING FARM! hey, it's SimPL.LEARN the Principles and Efforts Required, for Self-Reliance Farming- quickly, sensiblyCASH CROPS: Earn MORE Money per unit of Work -How To Fit these Coveted Jewels to your Farming PlansPERENNIALS, Your Primary Crop Focus: Work is Up-Front, Future Fruits and efforts become simpler- with increasing Income, ROISTUDY Techniques and Crops of other worldwide Growers - Can These Apply to YOU?SPECIAL MESSAGE for THESE TIMES:FOR THE FIRST TIME in recent memory,ORGANIC FARMERS are rising to Center Stagein global importance to their fellow Humans-AS Health & Wellness is a PRIMAL human concern throughout our precious, abused and damaged Planet-We stand in the position now, finally-to provide the highest-quality, highly-valued and vitally enriching FOOD, to a human DEMAND which will continue to RISE as "conventional", long-supply-chain chemical farming continues to FAIL.WE, as food growers, CAN MAKE PEOPLE STRONGER-WE CAN MAKE OURSELVES, STRONGER.to this, I say THANK YOU for showing interest in this oft-ignored and maligned area of human effort.~ thank you ALL, for being here ~----------------------------------------------A Note For Organic Farmers:The Essential BioDynamics is intended to be taken BEFORE the farming courses, in a logical triad of Cosmos Education, Earth-Care, and Strategic Organic Food Production.1. The Essential BioDynamics provides The Why- vital details on supportive Cosmic rhythms, delivering the unique potency for 2. Bio-Organic Farming & Gardening which provides The How- a basic foundation of Earth prep and BioDynamic-Organic Food Production, and 3. Living Farm! provides The What- strategizing farm efforts, and suggests practical Options to improve long-term Economics and Community Acceptance for You, The Bio-Organic Farmer. ---------------------------------------WELLCOME - to a growing compendium of THE REAL, A STOREHOUSE OF FOOD SCIENCE from the ground up-ADVANCED LECTURES in market-wise and responsible farm strategies, and operational detailing as told by the farmers who steward their bits of land and resources. Inside:SELF-RELIANCE- a piecewise breakdown of what makes a Self-Reliant Organic FarmWHOLISM- what is it, and why would I care? What's this to do with a farm?CA$H CROPS- apply highest probabilities, result in the highest quality- add in a disciplined and diligent economic- and deliver Life's Beloved Essentials to a hot, awaiting publicACTUAL, OPERATING ORGANIC FARM EXAMPLES- as told by the farmers who steward their bits of land and resources, and shown to us by the very RESULTS we will see before us. DIFFERING VIEWPOINTS- add diversity to what has been presented in the previous TWO SimPLife farm coursesUNKNOWN OR EXOTIC TECHNIQUES- can THESE be adapted to improve how you manage your own Operation?CASUAL EXPERIMENTS IN FARM PRODUCTION- posing the questions, of WHAT may happen IF- the venerable WhatIf- which can inspire us to useable ideasBURGEONING OPERATIONS- starting humbly, growing to robust presence, maturing, evolving past merely furnishing the family table or sharing food wealth with others, past providing at local farm markets ----> and into EARNING THEIR ICON, arising as a studied tour destination, farming-lore subject matter expert, community point-of-pride.......and here to capture YOUR interest--------------------------COURSE UPDATES LOG:24 April 2020- A New Section: The Self-Reliant Farm- Wholistic, BioIntense, Strategic 6 lectures, review/lecture style25 April 2020- A New Section: CA$H CROPS- Earn a Good LIVING in What You Love DOING 8 lectures - updates scheduled27 April 2020- A New Section: IdeaBLASTS- Brief Exchanges with Big Ideas 3 lectures - updates scheduled20 May 2020- A New Section: MidTerm Break- Balance & The Triad 2 lectures13 June 2020- a CA$H CROP miniseries: Avocados- Care and Planting, Species & Localization, Big Picture 3 lectures1 July 2020- QUIZZES added in, testing and review data for each of 9 sections.3 Sep 2020- A New Section: Urban GreenFields: ReGREEN the CityScape! 6 lectures24 Oct 2020- A New Section: The Big Business of Small Farming 9 lectures this brings the course total to 93 lectures & quizzes, and the day aint over yet...---------------------------This isn't a COURSE, in the traditional sense; think of it as a very affordable investment, a Knowledge Fund with growing dividends. pun...ok that was intended.This is an IDEABANK, a pointer to POSSIBILITIES for your own farming adventures, and an advanced view of what farming is and may be for you- - -MANY VIDEOS are rough & raw, many are straight camera-to-course. The farm and farmer conditions or constraints are explained in as great a detail as possible, the remainder of what you see and hear- becomes your ever present, ever accessible idea trove for the musing - with many more to come.SHOWN HERE IS A DIVERSITY of crops, many with accompanying tips and techniques for growth or marketingYOU WILL SEE different ecosystems & growing regions, each with constraining weather and seasonal conditionsYOU WILL HEAR farmers' stories, of persisting in the face of calamity and adversity, and finding our Divine Earth's encouraging dogged insistence of prevailing despite all that...YOU NOW HAVE a Lifelong Co-Conspirator; farm guide, coach, call it a kindred zealot who shares your excitements and will offer assistance to support you throughout your own journey, of naked ground- to soil prep- to seeding- to growth- finally to harvest, in the midst of the bumps and setbacks you may encounter.my name is im, with decades of farm experience, at your service.SimPLife, the educational platform created for these offerings, wishes only to help in whatever way small or grand, to help facilitate the Lost Arts of the Basic,TO ASSIST in the arming of denizens in this Human World- not to defacto conflict and violence- rather to the beguiling abundance and joy which Earth-as-Partner promises us-WHEN OUR ATTENTIONS are once again drawn towards Responsibility- for our own Life Staples and for those Dear Ones around us~THIS HUMAN LIFE ISN'T PASSIVE!BE THE EXAMPLE. BE YOUR OWN MIND & HEART.......and roll the dice right there beside the Gods of Experience- with as much likelihood for success as anyone else out there.......!VIVE LA REVOLUCION, we say.......!THIS IS SimPLife, and i am still im. see you inside.Sensibleintegratedmultiplicity forPracticalLiving--------------------------------------------------------------------------------* the main focus in the original course, Bio-Organic Farming & Gardening, was on learning the Ladakhi Organic Farm Method, as being overall the best, simplest & resource-conservative working farm stewardship that SimPLife has found throughout it's decades-long multicultural global wanderings.Most of the farms exampled herein however, are doing their own thing- SimPLife does not intend to judge these as a competing or lesser viewpoint, but does analyze and discuss each detail in order to foster greater understanding.YOUR FEEDBACK is essential in this ever-unfolding effort, as we surmise the greater contributing energetic attention attracts the approach of a greater Beneficial Human Truth, to bounce back outward in the sharing.
Overview
Section 1: Living Farm INTRO! for Growers
Lecture 1 Living Farm INTRO
Lecture 2 Habiba Organic Farm Intro Tour
Lecture 3 Organics in the Accidental Forefront
Lecture 4 The Farmer Dictator
Lecture 5 What does ORGANIC Even Mean?
Lecture 6 Changing the "ORGANIC" Game
Lecture 7 Living Farm! Info and Links
Section 2: The Self-Reliant Farm- Wholistic, BioIntense, Strategic
Lecture 8 Self-Reliance1- Soil, Greenhouse, Biomass
Lecture 9 Reliance2- Grasses, Water, Seed & First Plantings
Lecture 10 Reliance3- UpFront Method, Compost & Enrichments
Lecture 11 Reliance4- Perennials, Trees, AgroForectry
Lecture 12 BioIntensive & Wholistic ONE
Lecture 13 BioIntensive & Wholistic TOO
Section 3: CA$H CROPS- Earn a Good LIVING in What You Love DOING
Lecture 14 Ca$h Crops INTRO & Resources
Lecture 15 Berries! Everyone's Favorite Power Food
Lecture 16 Berry Strategies One
Lecture 17 Berry Strategies TOO
Lecture 18 Blueberries!
Lecture 19 Blueberries TOO
Lecture 20 Organic Coffee
Lecture 21 The Coffee Ecosystem
Lecture 22 Avocados- Care and Planting
Lecture 23 Avocados2- Species & Localization
Lecture 24 Avocados3- Big Picture
Section 4: The Big Business of Small Farming
Lecture 25 Point: WHY We Are Losing Our Farms
Lecture 26 CounterPoint: WHY We Farm, and How to KEEP IT
Lecture 27 The RiverHouse- A Lemonade From Lemons Story
Lecture 28 Stranger In A Strange Land- MiniGuide For Foreign Volunteers
Lecture 29 The Foreign Farmer- Same Dynamics, Different Culture
Lecture 30 Hosting Reality- The Farmer Perspective on Volunteers
Lecture 31 Hosting Reality Too- Deeper Details
Lecture 32 First Field Analysis- Optimizing Land for Higher Outputs, Profits
Lecture 33 Long-Term Field Optimization - Tensification to the MAX
Section 5: MidTerm Break
Lecture 34 Balancing the Farm
Lecture 35 The TRIAD- SimPLife Farm Schema
Section 6: Urban GreenFields - ReGREEN the CityScape!
Lecture 36 Intro- Grow INSPIRING, SHARING Food
Lecture 37 Residence Field - Pokhara Nepal
Lecture 38 The BackYard Series
Lecture 39 BackYard Too
Lecture 40 BackYard Three
Lecture 41 Parks and Public Spaces
Section 7: Horticultural Research Station- Pokhara NEPAL
Lecture 42 Macadamia Trees
Lecture 43 Macadamia n Lychee Pruning
Lecture 44 Acacia Coffee Shade
Lecture 45 Giant Mustard
Lecture 46 Long Radish
Lecture 47 Green Peas
Lecture 48 Snow Mystic Cauliflower
Lecture 49 VermiCompost- The Super Growth Tonic
Lecture 50 Spinach
Lecture 51 Japanese Chestnut
Lecture 52 Nepali LabLab Beans
Lecture 53 Compost & Mulch Tour
Lecture 54 More Composting, with EM
Lecture 55 Crops on Parade
Section 8: NEPAL: Methods of Rural Himalaya
Lecture 56 Tapa's Farm- Flat Field Farming
Lecture 57 Outdoor FEED Mound
Lecture 58 Bamboo GreenHouse
Lecture 59 Nepali Bridge: a BBC Moment
Section 9: The Dirty Dozen: MEAW FARM SAIPAN 12 Video Series
Lecture 60 Meaw Farm Saipan INTRO
Lecture 61 Meaw Farm2: Mango, Pumpkin, Greens, Dragons
Lecture 62 Meaw Farm3: Diversity, Thai Basil, Dragon, Companions
Lecture 63 Meaw Farm4: Repurposing Materials, Tomatoes
Lecture 64 Meaw Farm5: Thai Dokae, Winter Squash, Tires as Growing Supports
Lecture 65 Meaw Farm6: Pumpkin Seeding
Lecture 66 Meaw Farm7: Outdoor Living Room, Flowers, Using Junk
Lecture 67 Meaw Farm8: A Stroll Through the Nursery
Lecture 68 Meaw Farm9: Nursery2- Moringa, Dill, Diversity
Lecture 69 Meaw Farm10: Aquaculture mini
Lecture 70 Meaw Farm11: VISIT, SHARE, LEARN from other farmers!
Lecture 71 Meaw Goes To Sabalo Market
Section 10: JOHN McGUIRE FARM: more SAIPAN RAW-n-Ragged Tropical VIDEOS
Lecture 72 Meeting John McGuire
Lecture 73 Chats With John: ONE
Lecture 74 Chats With John: TWO
Lecture 75 SIX MONTHS LATER: Re-Intro
Lecture 76 Developing the Saipan Tree
Lecture 77 A Tour of the Comeback Trail ONE
Lecture 78 A Tour of the Comeback Trail TWO
Lecture 79 Farm Tour EastSide
Lecture 80 Signing Off This Chapter
Section 11: IdeaBLASTS- Brief Exchanges with Big Ideas
Lecture 81 Localization - with Local Futures
Lecture 82 YE OLDE Farming Videos
Lecture 83 David Allen- Farming & AirCrete Construction
Lecture 84 Nancy Dyer- My Toxic Neighbour
Farmers, Gardeners and Production Managers who are Searching for new Ideas- Crops to Introduce, Improvements to Farm Methods
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