The PanaFamilia Podcast

by Eduardo & Nicole Trujillo

Season 2

What we love about Panama & Las Lajas - less populated country, beauty everywhere, small town life, and more

Happy Friday! For a comical, inside look into our marriage, be sure to listen to the first 7 minutes of this episode! Ha....but for real, we are excited to talk about all that we've come to love about Panama and our little pueblo called Las Lajas, since living here for 9 months now! We talk about the perks of living in a country that is not over-populated, a country that is lush and beautiful almost everywhere you look. We love living in a small town where kids can ride their bike around safely and you know all your neighbors, you see cowboys and cattle running down the road regularly, and most people's yards are covered with trees and beautiful bright flowers, our favorite local restaurants, and more! What do you want to learn about or hear about most? Leave us a comment and/or write me (Nicole) an email at [nourishfarmturlock (at) gmail.com ] and let me know! We would love to hear from you. **To join the waitlist for our educational farm tours and Panama family relocation tours, visit this page of our website and add your name and email to the form. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo --------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org

S2 · E4

Apr 12, 2024

26:04

What we miss after relocating to Panama; things we miss from USA, California, and our hometown Turlock.

In today's episode, we reflect on what we miss from our home country and hometown, after relocating to Panama. This podcast episode isn't about complaining or wishing that we still had all these things we discuss. We just thought it would be fun to share some (mostly materialistic) things that we wistfully wish for sometimes. We talk about services we miss from USA as a whole, then share some California specific "things," and then end it by talking about what we miss from our hometown of Turlock, CA. What we've really learned after moving to Panama is how much we don't need all that convenience. Most of it was fun to have and enjoyable and brought value to our life, but it wasn't vital for our happiness and of course we knew that, but living here has proved that! Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S2 · E3

Apr 5, 2024

22:26

All About Panama Series: Las Playas - different types of beaches in Panama; our top 3 favorite beaches here in Panama; beaches we still want to visit

Today's episodes is all about beaches! We are going to be talking about beaches (las playas) in Panama. Living near the beach was one of the top reasons we decided to move to Panama. We wanted to have our farm but also be within a short drive from the beach - for surfing, playing, and all the beach fun. We are so blessed to have found our dream farm, that we're now building on, near one of the best & most gorgeous beaches in all of the country of Panama - Playa Las Lajas, Chiriqui. We start the episode by discussing the coast lines here in Panama, the Pacific and Caribbean sides, types of beaches here, and what kind of services you can find at beaches here. Then we share our top 3 favorite beaches that we've been to here in Panama, and finish it off with some beaches that we still want to visit! Sit back, grab a cold drink, and enjoy hearing about some gorgeous, quiet, hidden gems here in Panama. Follow along with our life and #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S2 · E2

Mar 29, 2024

31:46

Home Build Series: Aircrete Dome Home Progress March 2024- CA builder comes to train, permitting the dome, working with a great local team

We are so excited to be back with Season 2 of The PanaFamilia Podcast! Eduardo and I (Nicole) start this second season off with an episode all about our dome home progress. We discuss how we've been working for about 4 weeks now on our aircrete dome home with the help of local builders, and an experienced dome builder from California. We share about the permitting process and what that has been like. We talk about the ups and downs of the building process, and much more. Follow along with our #domehomepanama progress via our Instagrams @nourishfarmpanama and @edddduuuaaaarrdddoooo **Fore more information on aircrete domes, I encourage you to look up Dome Gaia and/or @holisticprogressions on Instagram. ------------------------------------------- If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! JOIN OUR MAILING LIST VISIT THE NOURISH FARM PANAMA WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S2 · E1

Mar 22, 2024

37:26

Season 1

Farm/Home Build Series: We Bought Cows! What kind of cows we purchased; our plan for our cows on the farm; about the "Gyrlando" breed.

Today is our final episode for Season One! We will be back in March 2024 with more episodes. Today we're talking all about las vacas! We purchased ten pregnant Gyrlando heifers back in October and they have been living at our farm and enjoying all the lush grass. We talk about why we picked these cows and this breed. We share a bit about how we found them and what it felt like when they arrived at our finca. We then spend time discussing our plan for the cows; genetics; growing our herd, etc; and most importantly how we'll use them to feed us and all our other future farm animals. They will be the top of the food chain, we'll pick a few to be our family milk cows. Thank you for listening to Season 1 of our podcast! Come back in March 2024 for Season 2! *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S1 · E13

Dec 22, 2023

27:59

Panama Protests - Part 3- The Finale. Protests & roadblocks are over; the people won; what we learned during the protests

Today we have another longer episode (hopefully the last long one for a while)! the FINAL part 3 of the Panama protest series. The Panama protests and roadblocks are over! The Panamanian people got what they asked for and we can all travel freely and get everything we need now. We start out with a slight recap of why and when the protests started and how it lasted for 41 days (October 22, 2023-December 2, 2023). We share how it ended with the Supreme Court finding the mining contract unconstitutional and how the mine will cease operations. This is what the protestors wanted. We discuss our uncertainty of whether or not the roadblocks would actually open. They finally did and have been open since! We touch a bit on the fallout from these roadblocks on the economy, agriculture, tourism, and more. We then share what we learned during this challenging time. We learned a lot about the kindness and patience of the people here and found new strength within ourselves. We are still 100% happy that we moved our life here and are excited to be able to get back to work on all our projects now! NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY! *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S1 · E12

Dec 15, 2023

40:20

Farm/Home Build Series: Designing our Aircrete Dome Home - why we chose aircrete, how we found out about it, the design process, dome sweet dome

This Friday's episode we're talking about designing our new home to be built on our farm here in Panama - which will be an aircrete dome home. We talk about how we came across aircrete and dome building; what kind of building material aircrete is; why we chose to use this alternative building method -pros and cons; how Nicole got Eddie on board with it- ha. We talk about finding our designer and builder; what the design process has been like; and when we hope to start building! We're very excited to get started on creating a beautiful, healthy, safe dwelling for our family to live, sleep, be nourished, spend time together in, and host friends/family. Check out these links for more info on domes and aircrete: https://domegaia.com Dome Gaia Youtube Our dome designer's website Our dome builder NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY! *episode photo from Dome Gaia's website *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S1 · E11

Dec 8, 2023

27:56

Travel Series: Panama City Trip Recap - beautiful architecture, deli meat, US Embassy, awesome Airb&b

This week is our Panama City Trip Recap! We visited Panama City back in October 2023 for a 3 (turned 4) day weekend to visit the USA Embassy. We needed to go to the Embassy to complete some business regarding our Panamanian drivers licenses. The trip included lots of good food, beautiful architecture, an amazing Airb&b, and….the beginning of the protests here in Panama. We ended up releasing our “Protests In Panama” episodes before this, because we thought they were more important to hear. But our Panama City trip was lots of fun and we’re excited to share it with you. Visit this link to see the AirB&B we stayed at in Panama City. NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY! *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S1 · E10

Dec 1, 2023

28:20

Farm/Home Build Series: We Bought Land in Panama!

We bought land in Chiriqui, Panama! Today's episode is full of so much excitement, because we share all about our gorgeous piece of land & future farm, here in Las Lajas, Chiriqui, Panama. We purchased 7.1 hectares, or about 17 acres of overgrown pasture land, about 15 minutes from our favorite beach. We discuss the 6 non-negotiable features we were looking for in a piece of farm land here. We then talk about how we spent multiple weeks looking at different pieces of property and the 2-3 properties that really stood out to us. We share how the farm we ended up buying was not actually listed. It was shared with us by a local Panamanian realtor, and owned by a local Panamanian woman. We share how quickly we fell in love with it, the process of looking at it, putting an offer in, etc. Then we finish the episode up by talking about our vision for the farm, what we hope to build and accomplish there, and again how excited we are to get it all started! If you're looking to start your own homestead or sustainable farm in Central America, this episode would be a great listen for you! Thanks so much for listening. NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY! *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S1 · E9

Nov 24, 2023

27:13

Protests in Panama, Part 2 - road blocks, supply shortages, scavenging for food, cabin fever, the Lord provides

This Friday's episode we give you all an update on the protest situation here in Panama. As of the recording of this episode, it has been 20 days straight of blocking the main highway and nation wide protests. On the date that we release this episode, it has been 25 days, and the situation is the same. We discuss what it has been like finding food in the small grocery stores here; how we will soon be out of gas for our car and propane for cooking; how violence has escalated in some areas; that we are not seeing ANY SIGNS of this ending soon, and more....but most importantly we share that we are doing just fine, still enjoying living in this beautiful place, and that the Lord's constant provision is over us as a family. NEW EPISODES EVERY FRIDAY! *Music used with permission from www.joystock.org If you enjoyed our show or found something helpful, we'd love for you to leave us a kind review! VISIT OUR FARM'S WEBSITE FOLLOW ALONG WITH US ON INSTAGRAM DONATE TO OUR PODCAST VIA PAYPAL

S1 · E8

Nov 17, 2023

35:38

4 of 5