Fair Hill Farmstead Life

Sam Baker is a chemist who started a company with his friends while he was at University. Wrigglebrew is a unique little company solving fertilizer runoff, algal blooms, increasing nutrient density in foods, all by creating a shelf-stable organic fertilizer from earthworm manure tea. He tells his tale of Perionyx Excavatus earthworms, Teddy the worm guy, the magic of enzymes in natural processes, the great problems of growing 10x e...

Van Carlson is the Founder & CEO of SRA 831(b) Admin and has over 25 years of experience within the risk management industry. In 2008, he saw the Great Recession hit his commercial business clients hard, and just like them, he was also affected by the sharp downturn in our economy. During this time, he realized there must be a better way to manage risk overall. From that desire to improve business operations for both himself an...

Meet Andrew Millison, permaculture educator at Oregon State University, and owner of the largest permaculture channel on YouTube. He’s known for his instructional videos covering massive projects like greening the Sahara Desert and several different national level projects in India to restore entire watersheds and make rivers flow again. Andrew talks about a series of projects around the world he's covered, things he's learned and ...

Meet Janelle Anderson, the striking tall iconic farmsteading milkmaid and cattle guru. She’s in lots of homesteading videos in her wide brimmed hat flashing her million dollar smile and sharing a TON of knowledge. She and her husband founded The Haven Farmstead in Tennessee where they live with their children. Janelle examines the critical importance of planning, mentors, support networks and community, touching on the differences ...

Billy Nelson, custom knifemaker and founder of ELEVEN KNIVES COMPANY – (soon to be XIRO knives).  is a hard-charging craftsman, driven by his ambition, entrepreneurism, and relentless pursuit of quality. He creates knives from special-purpose American industrial steel that is being discarded, wooden waste materials, and a special proprietary process for making visually stunning handles in a regenerative process turning waste to hei...

Lindy Elston, owner of Lindy’s Designs and a 24-year old entrepreneur, specializing in upcycling items, adding Pendleton Wool patterns, and giving things a new life.  She’s a 4th generation farmer in Pennsylvania sharing knowledge and experience with her own generation, Gen Z / Post Millennials, in today’s uncertain world. From Lindy’s designs upcycled items to Lindy’s Field Notes where she teaches canning, homesteading skills, hun...

From catching a wild swarm to horizontal hives, listen to how to shed the 'factory beekeeping' paradigms and raise super healthy bees, naturally, with minimal physical effort, happier bees, fewer stings, and zero chemical inputs. Adam lays it all out sequentially in this must-listen-to episode. Adam is the founder of http://www.beekept.com and the author of Bee Kept with Wild and Free Honeybees. Adam and his wife Leslie keep bees i...

Iconic cattleman Will Harris spends an hour talking about regenerative ranching and raising 10 species of grassfed meats on his 2000 acre farm in Bluffton Georgia. He leases and grazes an additional 3000 acres and has created nearly 200 jobs in his town, entirely reversing the downward trajectory that his town was in. Will discusses the positive ripple effect and benefit in the surrounding county. Author of "A Bold Return to Giving...

Straight talk about what happened, why, what's going on and how people can help. Discussion about general preparedness follows. Specific ways to help:

• The Funny Farm: A small business that is leading grassroots efforts to get supplies to those that were cut off from everything by the Nolichucky River. Venmo @FunnyFarmTN (3632) put “floods” in the description.  Follow @FunnyFarmTN on Instagram and Fac...

Chad Johnson, protegee of Sepp Holzer, permaculture designer at Kingdom Come Permaculture, is pushing the boundaries of what we consider possible. He ‘unfolds the earth’ to create microclimates and sacred spaces for humans, designing with nature for the delight of humans. He has a special affinity for water and earthworks, creating crown gardens, connecting human hearts to nature and feeding the soul, and connecting through dreams ...

Jim Gale is not just talking about change—he's making it happen. From tackling the turmoil in our food systems to launching Second Chance University, where permaculture meets prison reform, this episode is all about flipping scarcity on its head and cultivating abundance. Tune in as we explore how one man's audacious projects are turning the paradigm upside down, offering hope, and realigning our world with life itself. https://se...

Meet Billy Bond, the mastermind behind Billy's Bone Sauce, the unofficial king of comfrey, author of "Scrapsteading," and host of the Permaculture P.I.M.P Cast. A jack-of-all-trades from Perma Pastures Farm, he's not just a permaculture designer and trained butcher, but also an electrician, family man, and community builder. Dive into his world where innovation meets tradition, and discover how he's just warming up in his quest to ...

Nigel O'Quinn, discusses the launch of his business, why he came to the USA, settled in Montana, and singlehandedly created a brand new revenue stream for his regenerative rancher neighbors through this venture. He's a Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner with a background in Kinesiology, founded Higher Healths - Beef organs as Real food for real people - to ensure his family received the best nutrition possible. This perso...

Hilda Labrada Gore (a/k/a Holistic Hilda) is a certified health coach who is known as a kind of Dora the Explorer 2.0. She has traveled extensively, as an experiential anthropologist—Mongolia, Peru, Ethiopia, Ecuador, Kenya, Australia, etc.—with the objective of exploring traditional practices to improve the energy and vitality of humanity. Hilda is the host and producer of the Wise Traditions podcast (13+ million downloads to date...