Diego Footer’s Creative Destruction Podcast
Honest, hard conversations about farming, business, and life with those trying to make a living doing something that they love and dealing with life in the process.
You’ll hear from experts who are far down their respective paths and people just like you who are starting out and making a go of it and learning as they go.
I’ll dive deep into each story, looking at the why and the how, leaving you with practical tools, tips, and techniques that you can put into use right away to be part of the change by doing your work.
Remember… though you may not be able to change the world, you can change your world, so go for it..
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The Episode Archives:
Voices of Change – The Episodes:
238: The Importance of Taking Time Off with Javan Bernakevitch – Part 2 – The Post-Mortem
237: The Importance of Taking Time Off with Javan Bernakevitch – Part 1 – The Pre-Mortem
236: Harvesting Water, Planting Trees and Restoring the Ecosystem AS A CAREER with Erik Ohlsen
235: Practical Tips, Ideas and Technologies for Homescale Biochar with Gloria Flora
234: Increasing Crop Quality – Better Soil, Better Crops with Dan Kittredge of BioNutrient.org
227: Lessons Learned Successfully Failing with Oliver Goshey of The Abundant Edge
225: Building a Profitable Permaculture Farm with Richard Perkins of Ridgedale Permaculture
224: Paul Wheaton on Hacking Kickstarter, PDCs, Haters, Failure, and Doing Epic S***
223: The Importance of Being a Father
221: 10 Big Lessons to Change Your Life in 2017 and Beyond with Javan Bernakevitch
220: Work to Live or Live to Work with Javan Bernakevitch
219: Change the Job or Change the Level of Dissatisfaction with Javan Bernakevitch
218: Arguing with Reality – And Making Yourself Miserable with Javan Bernakevitch
214: Savanna Gardens: Regenerating the Ultimate Human Ecosystem presented by Peter Allen at PV2
213: Perennial Plants for Profit – Presented by Taylor Walker at PV3
208: Plant Propagation for Profit – Presented by Jack Spirko
207: Using Social Media to Generate Farm Revenue – Presented by Paul Greive
205: A Beginners Guide to Multi-Species Grazing on Leased Land – Presented by Greg Judy
203: Tools and Technology for the Permaculture Homestead – Presented by Grant Schultz
202: Fruits, Nuts & Livestock – Creating a Permaculture Silvopasture – Presented by Grant Schultz
201: Permaculture for Humanity – Beyond Buildings and Food – Presented by Larry Santoyo
196: The Farmscale Permaculture Series – Tree Crops: Tree Propagation by Grant Schultz
194: Restoring Tall Grass Prairie and Tree Crops with Ben Tyler
193: 3 Keys to Starting A Successful Permaculture Based Business – Presented by Rob Avis
192: From Lawn to Productive & Profitable Mini-Farm – Presented by Curtis Stone
191: Renaturing the Landscape: Presented by Zach Weiss. Part 2
190: Renaturing the Landscape: Presented by Zach Weiss. Part 1
188: Darren’s Farm and Broadacre – The Regrarian Open Consultancy with Darren Doherty, Part 5
186: Designing the Farm and Tree Systems, The Regrarian Open Consultancy with Darren Doherty, Part 3
185: Permaculture Plants – A chat with Dave Whitinger of All Things Plants
184: The Holistic Goal. The Regrarian Open Consultancy with Darren Doherty, Part 2
183: USDA Microloans – What they have to offer beginning and established farmers
182: Pastured Hogs Webinar with Rebecca Krassnoski
180: Building a Thriving Microgreens Business from Scratch, The Founder’s Story with Chris Thoreau
171: Building Businesses, Marketing, and Dealing with Failure, The Founder’s Story with Jack Spirko
167: The Power of Perseverance and Taking Risks, The Founder’s Story with Erik Ohlsen
166: The Most Important 93% of Your Life That You Aren’t Thinking Enough About (CD11)
162: The Long Road to Overnight Success (CD7)
160: Time – One Resource That’s Continually Depleting… Don’t Waste It (CD5)
154: What’s it like to get punched in the face with Scott Hebert? – The Untold Story of You
152: Dr. Ross Mars on Practical and Realistic Processing of Homescale Greywater and Blackwater
151: Permaculture – Another Tool in The Toolbox – Where Engineering Meets Permaculture with Rob Avis
150: Massive Influence – A Tribute to Toby Hemenway
149: The Untold Story of Gaia’s Garden
148: Liberation Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
147: Liberation Permaculture – The Prequel – An Interview with Toby Hemenway
146: Backing Away from the Energy Cliff: A Permaculturist’s Guide to Thinking About Energy
144: Arrive at a Solution, Don’t Impose a Solution – Permaculture and Life with Toby Hemenway
142: Managing Success and Growth Doing The Work You Were Destined to Do with Justin Rhodes
140: Rotational Grazing Layer Chickens in a Small Backyard with Shawn McCarty
139: Balancing Personal Goals, Raising Kids, and Day to Day Work with Rob Avis
138: Rocket Mass Heater Basics and Practical Applications with Erica Wisner
137: Pasture Cropping with Colin Seis
136: The 8 Forms of Capital – Through Regenerative Cacao presented by Gregory Landua
131: Taking Regenerative Agriculture Forward presented by Jack Spirko
130: Activist to Entrepreneur with Permaculture Magazine North America Co-Founder Hannah Eckberg
125: Liberation Permaculture by Toby Hemenway
114: 10 Essentials For Profitable Urban Farming Presented by Curtis Stone
111: You Can Change Your Own Life, If You Want To – Going from Alcoholism to Permaculture.
104: 7 Steps to Start Your Profitable Permaculture Based Business presented at PV2 by Luke Callahan.
103: The Great Work of Our Time presented at PV2 by John D Liu.
102: Critiquing Permaculture – A Deeper Look Into Permaculture – Part 2.
101: What Permaculture Isn’t, And Is – A Deeper Look Into Permaculture – Part 1.
100: Liberation Permaculture with Toby Hemenway.
099: Permaculture Plants: A Business and A Hobby with Taylor Walker.
098: Farmscale and Broadacre Permaculture Design Experiences with Neil Bertrando.
097: Growing Apples in Warm Climates.
096: Building Soil Health by Dr. Elaine Ingham.
094: Forest Farming with Steve Gabriel. Growing Crops Within the Canopy of an Existing Forest.
088: Designing Simple and Effective Passive Solar Greenhouses with Rob Avis.
087: Making $2000 A Week Growing Microgreens with Luke Callahan.
086: Raising American Guinea Hogs, The Homestead Pig with Cathy Payne.
084: The Veglio Project. Restoring the Land. Awakening the Soul.
082: Hugelkultur. What it is. When is it appropriate. And when isn’t it. With Javan Bernakevitch.
081: Permaculture. The Future of Business and Beyond. An Interview Compilation
080: Radical Mycology with Peter McCoy
079: Hazelnuts. A Viable Broadacre Crop for the Midwest? Almost. with Phil Rutter
078: 100 Degrees and 3 Inches of Rain. Greening Saudi Arabia with Neal Spackman.
077: Changing the World by Changing Our Approach – An Interview Compilation
075: Geoff Lawton presents The Permaculture Designers’ Manual.
074: What’s a PDC? Part 2 of 2.
073: What’s a PDC? Part 1 of 2.
072: Farming Well. Cultivating a Community and Growing Businesses with Nigel Walker of Eatwell Farm.
071: Natural Swimming Pools with David Pagan Butler.
069: Unschooling Agriculture. Taking Steps Towards the Permaculture Farm with Grant Schultz.
064: Bringing More Permaculture to the Farm, Real World Constraints with David Sachs
063: 1000′s of Trees and Half an Acre. Small Scale Nursery Business with Akiva Silver
062: 75 Chicks to 10000. No Experience to Full Time Farmer. The Ronan Byrne Story
061: Designing & Building the Future…Literally. Open Source Ecology with Marcin Jakubowski
060: Building a Profitable Permaculture Business with Jack Spirko
056: An Idea Worth Sharing. Inside The Permaculture Orchard.
055: Rhodesia to Long Beach. 50 Years of Struggle, Persistence, and Success with Allan Savory.
054: PermaEthos. Changing the Agriculture System, A New Permaculture Farm Model with Jack Spirko
053: Plants and the Evolution of Permaculture with Byron Joel
052: Fermenting Success. A Passion for Family, Friends and Mead. The Frank Golbeck Story
051: Grow Better, Not Bigger. The Market Gardener – Producing $140,000 on 1.5 acres.
050: What Really Matters? Staying on track through your permaculture journey with your goal in mind.
049: Just Start. A Year of Podcasts. My Top 10 Most Impactful Episodes.
048: Planning for Success. Creating a Business Plan with Bill Bean.
047: Permaculture Homesteading – Enjoying Life Being a Realist, Not an Idealist with Cliff Davis.
046: Water – Simple, Yet Complex with Watershed Artisan Craig Sponholtz.
045: Profitable Methods Used to Heal the Land With Mob Grazing with Greg Judy.
044: How Can I Make it Happen. Stop Aspiring, Start Doing.
043: Starting a farm and living the happy farm life. A conversation with farmer Shannon Jones.
042: Bees and Beekeeping with The Bee Whisperer, Michael Jordan.
039: The Future of Agriculture – Changing the Concept with Mark Shepard
038: Biogas and Anaerobic Digestion: Closing the Loop on Waste and Creating Energy in the Process
037: Arrive a Solution, Don’t Impose a Solution. Permaculture and Life with Toby Hemenway
036: Putting the Dehesa back into SoCal, A $1M Restoration Agriculture Start-Up
035: Ditching the Status Quo, Using Your Life Energy to Make a Better World: Permaculture Business
034: Permaculture 2.0, Designing a Profitable Broadacre Perennial Farm with Grant Schultz
033: Building Soil and Closing the Loop on Waste using Chickens….plus eggs!
031: Geoff Lawton Talks Permaculture – The Past, The Future, and The Land
030: Paul Wheaton Discusses Intentional Community – Central Leader vs. Concensus
029: Darren Doherty Introduces the Regrarian Platform [A workshop recording, Part 1]
028: Industrial Farmer to Beyond Organic Icon, Will Harris III of White Oak Pastures
027: Permaculture Design and Cold Climates with Ben Falk
026: SPIN Farming with Curtis Stone
025: The Myth of the Perfect Job with John Kitsteiner
024: Permaculture Patterns and Goals with Owen Hablutzel
023: Michael Pollan talks GMOs, Industrial Agriculture, and the Impact of Cooking your Own Food
022: Thistles, The Dehesa System, a PDC, and more on Darren Doherty
021: The Permaculture Orchard f. Stefan Sebkowiak
020: Urban Lumber, Creating Value and Saving Wood from the Fireplace f. David Barmon
019: Joel Salatin Being Proactive and Controlling Your Own Sphere of Influence to Change the World
018: Using Permaculture Earthworks to Capture Rainwater Runoff and Prevent Erosion
017: Construction Estimator to Hog Farmer, The Story of a First Time Farmer f. Rebecca Krossnoski
016: Darren Doherty Talks Keyline Design and the Importance of Building Soil
015: Joel Salatin Talks to the Next Generation of Farmers
014: Raising Pastured Hogs & Why More People Aren’t Doing It f. John Backes of Circle B Ranch
013: Darren Doherty on Regrarianism and Why Regenerative is Better than Sustainable
012: Build Soil, Healing the Land, and Raising High Quality Food with Rotational Grazing
011: Growing Mushrooms, Building Soil, and Making $100,000 per Acre
010: Raising Heritage Breed Livestock and Venturing into Farming with Cathy Payne
009: Build a Backyard Food Forest Today, Part 2
007: Can anyone be an entrepreneur? f. Permaculture Voices speaker Sarah Aubrey
005: Paul Wheaton Keynote from the 2013 Southern California Permaculture Convergence
004: Build a Backyard Food Forest Today, Part 1
003: Fruit Trees for Year Round Fruit and Small Spaces with Ben Kotnik
002: Batteries for homesteads and mobile power with Iron Edison
001: Alternative Energy with Gasification and Wood Gas with Off Grid Pro
Growing and Selling Microgreens with Chris Thoreau:
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Grass Fed Life with Darby Simpson:
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Farm Small, Farm Smart featuring Curtis Stone and other Farmers &
The Urban Farmer with Curtis Stone – Seasons 1 & 2:
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ASK Voices with Farmer John Suscovich:
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ASK Voices with Homesteader Justin Rhodes:
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ASK Voices with Mycologist Peter McCoy:
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