Ep. 85 - Permaculture. The Art and Science of Working with Nature. Greg Peterson.
Release Date: 08/12/2025
Fresh Tastes Better! Food Dignity's Clancy Harrison.
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Ep 103. Part Two. On this episode we are grateful to have Clancy Harrison. Clancy is the founder of Food Dignity®, an organization that empowers farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies to lead the change in transforming food systems. With nearly 30 years of hands-on service alongside the people who have directly experienced food injustices, Clancy brings an unmatched depth of empathy and understanding to her mission. Clancy is the catalyst for companies across North America who want to join the deeper conversation around food—and build a more equitable and...
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Fed the Dumpster with More Produce than I Fed People. Food Dignity. Clancy Harrison.
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Ep 102. Part One. On this episode we are grateful to have Clancy Harrison. Clancy is the founder of Food Dignity®, an organization that empowers farmers, corporations, nonprofits, and government agencies to lead the change in transforming food systems. With nearly 30 years of hands-on service alongside the people who have directly experienced food injustices, Clancy brings an unmatched depth of empathy and understanding to her mission. Clancy is the catalyst for companies across North America who want to join the deeper conversation around food—and build a more equitable and...
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I've Gotten So Much More than I Was Able to Give. Grafton Correctional.
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One Hundred and One. Today’s episode was recorded and filmed onsite at Grafton on a beautiful Fall sunny day in their garden. This is Part Two of my 100thEpisode, released on a cold winter day. During my visit, I talked with inmates and leaders at the Grafton Correctional Institute, where Hope is provided daily. In 2024, the garden grew and distributed 23,000 pounds of produce. This 100th Episode is in two parts. Part One was with two of the Caretakers. This is Part Two, with Sister Rita Mary and Frank, who talk about starting Prison Ministries in 1996 and how it has...
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One Hundred. Hope through Food. No Matter where You Live.
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Ep 100. Today’s episode was recorded and filmed onsite at Grafton on a beautiful Fall sunny day in their garden. I wanted this to be my 100th episode so I waited until a snowy winter day to share. During my visit, I talked with inmates and leaders at the Grafton Correctional Institute, where Hope is provided daily. In 2024, the garden grew and distributed 23,000 pounds of produce. This 100th Episode will be in two parts. Part One will be with two of the inmates. For those watching on YouTube, they were not allowed to be filmed. Their closing message, in their own words were...
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70% of Our Health is Lifestyle. Regardless of Your Genetics. Lisa Parda
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Ep 99: On this episode we are grateful to have Lisa Parda. Lisa is the Owner of RealtyScape Brokerage and co-host of Lisa and Robyn on the Mic, a live weekly radio show. Food has become Lisa’s latest way of exploring connection. Her new cookbook, My Love Language Is Food, isn’t about flawless recipes — it’s about survival, joy, and the small rituals that keep people going. Lisa draws from her own seasons of struggle: long work hours, the ups and downs of body image, and the lessons of using food both as comfort and as medicine. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #genetics...
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Food is One of Life's Greatest Pleasures. Enjoy What You Eat. Just Not too Much. Marion Nestle
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Ep 98: On this episode we are grateful to have Marion Nestle. Marion is the Paulette Goddard Professor of Nutrition, Food Studies, and Public Health, Emerita, at New York University, in the department she chaired from 1988-2003 and from which she retired in September 2017. She is also a Visiting Professor of Nutritional Sciences at Cornell. She earned a Ph.D. in molecular biology and an M.P.H. in public health nutrition from the University of California, Berkeley. She has won numerous awards during her career and has authored, co-authored, or co-edited sixteen books, with her latest one to...
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80% of Heart Disease, 70% of Most Cancers Can Be Prevented by Diet and Lifestyle. Dr. Aaron Hartman
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Ep 97: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr. Aaron Hartman. Dr. Hartman is a distinguished medical professional with a deep dedication to integrative and functional medicine. Over the years, Dr. Hartman has accumulated numerous certifications, including a Fellowship from the American Academy of Family Physicians in 2006, board certification in Integrative and Holistic Medicine in 2015, Certification in Functional Medicine in 2017, and Board Certification in Antiaging, Regenerative, Metabolic, and Functional Medicine in 2022. Dr. Hartman's military service from 2003 to 2007 saw him rise...
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Food Should Be Our First Line of Defense. For our Health. Chef Mark Reinfeld
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Ep 96: On this episode we are grateful to have Chef Mark Reinfeld. Mark is an award-winning chef and authority on plant-based cuisine, and is the founding chef of the Vegan Fusion Culinary Academy. Mark has traveled the world and had over 25 years of experience preparing and teaching creative vegan and raw cuisine. He has written eight acclaimed books, and in 2017, he was inducted into the Vegetarian Hall of Fame. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #janegoodall #vegan #vegetarian #plantbased #chronicdisease #climate #protein #vipassana Please visit our website...
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We All Need to Eat Real Food, that Comes a Few Steps from Nature. Functional Medicine’s Dr Aimee Duffy
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Ep 95: On this episode we are grateful to have Dr Aimee Duffy. Dr Duffy, is the Founder and Medical Director of Carolina Integrative Medicine and Clemson IV bar in Clemson, SC. She is a Functional and Integrative Medical Physician, Lifestyle Mentor and Coach for medical providers seeking to learn more about they can optimize the health of their patients and clients. She is the #1 Best selling author of “Normal Doesn’t Have Side Effects” and “Why Can’t She See Me?” and an award winning speaker. #EatBetterFoodToday #Longevity #Health #functionalmedicine #testing #realfood #exercise...
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Prevention. Testing. Reduce Breast Cancer Risk by 82% by Getting Vitamin D Level to 60. Dr David Bilstrom
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Ep 94. On this episode we are grateful to have Dr David Bilstrom. Dr. Bilstrom is quadruple board certified in Functional and Regenerative Medicine, Integrative Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Medical Acupuncture. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, the American Academy of Medical Acupuncture, and the Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine. Dr. Bilstrom is on a mission to revolutionize the way autoimmune disease is treated worldwide by teaching the fundamentals of functional medicine. #eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #healthspan...
info_outlineOn this episode we are grateful to have Greg Peterson. Greg is a writer, teacher, and lecturer on many aspects of sustainability, green living, and permaculture. Greg’s passion is to present the concepts of green so that average person can conceptualize and implement sustainability concepts into their own lives. He is a contributing writer for Phoenix Magazine and for Edible Phoenix.
#eatbetterfoodtoday #longevity #health #permaculture #sustainability #gardening #organic #regenerative #nutrientdensity #localfood #climateresilience
Please visit our website https://eatbetterfoodtoday.com for YouTube videos, this week's recipe, interviews, books, research.
Look for information on Greg https://www.linkedin.com/in/theurbanfarm and https://www.urbanfarm.org
Other Websites mentioned by Greg: Wood Chips https://getchipdrop.com
Organic Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/real-organic-podcast/id1573111162
Organic Soil https://dirtcraftorganics.com
YUKA app https://yuka.io/en/
Seedup in a Box https://greatamericanseedup.org/product-category/bundles/
What’s In Season https://www.seasonalfoodguide.org/
Cleveland Kitchen https://www.clevelandkitchen.com/
Donate to Support East Cleveland https://link.clover.com/urlshortener/qQtSD2
Segment Notes:
Breakfast: Broccolini, Onions, Mushrooms, Eggs, Sourdough 1:21
History of Growing Food on the Urban Farm 2:02
- Creating healthy soil in the desert in under 2yrs – add 6-18 inches of woody mulch
- Be Patient – Nature Does in Natures Time
Path to Sustainability Career 5:44
- Apple Authorized Dealer in Phoenix
- Servicing Fish Ponds at 15
- Early 20s Wrote a Paper on Regenerative Fish Farms
- Challenge listeners to Create only Regenerative Systems, Like Nature
- Europe Thinks Differently than the US on Regenerative
Organic, Regenerative, Permaculture Meaning 11:09
- Only Organic carries a USDA definition
- Permaculture – the Art and Science of Working with Nature
- Permaculture – how do we work inside of how natural systems work?
- Industrial chicken vs Permaculture chicken
- Cover Crops: Open Pollinated or Heirloom that ReSeed themselves, not Hybrid
What Can You Do at Home 20:57
- Greg had 80 fruit trees, chickens, vegetable gardens on a quarter acre that also had a house
- Need the bees to do the work, pollinate, so we can eat
The Benefits 24:48
- Organic means the plants do better
- Food Miles Traveled. The US Average is 1,200-1,500.
- To Travel you have to Harvest Food Early, so its less Nutrient Dense.
- When it doesn’t have to travel, its at peak nutrient density AND it Tastes Better
Climate and Healthy Soil 29:33
- Five components: Dirt, Airspace, Water, Organic Matter, Live Local Soil Organisms
- Hugelkultur: Created 2’ Tall Raised Beds, first 8” is logs, topped with local composted planting mix
- The Planting Mix in OMRI Certified organic soil.
- You can Also Make Your Own Organic, Circular Soil.
Our Current Food System Issues 36:20
- It is feeding 330M people but its Very Fragile
- Start Growing Your Own Food
- Make Friends with your Local Farmers
Highly Processed Foods 39:28
- Over 20K Chemicals or Additives Used in These Foods
- These Foods Make Us Obese, Unhealthy, Unhappy
- YUKA App gives Products a Grade between 1-100
- Why Japanese People Aren’t Fat: Smaller Portions, Fresh Food, Minimal Sweets, No Soda Pop
Success Stories 42:22
- Listener of Greg’s Urban Farm Podcast created bigger and bigger gardens, soon Selling his Produce at a Farmers Market
- Local Food Economic Model: Seven Parts – but You Need Seeds – So Set up a Seed Bank in 2012
- Annual Seed Event to allow Local Folks to Buy their Own Open Pollinator Seeds and Get Education
School Lunches 49:57
- Today schools have to buy industrialized food – we don’t grow enough organic food
- Find your Local Food Hub
The Recipe: Granola 52:57
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