The Going to Seed Podcast

The Going to Seed Podcast

by Joseph Lofthouse, Holly Hansen, Shane Simonsen

Home and Garden Natural Sciences

Season 1

Episode 15- Holly Hansen

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

Yevgenii Berben-Zycki

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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