S3, Ep3: Vegan Urban Farming with Jack's Patch

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In this episode Evy and Momo talk with veganic farmer Jack Hodgson, better known as Jack’s Patch. Jack shares the three principles on which his market garden was founded; ‘no dig’, permaculture and biodynamic farming.

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Also in this episode:

• Jack talks about the power of good food, straight from the plant to the plate and shares how he fell in love with farming while traveling in Australia.
• Jack shares the story of how he manifested his own farm.
• How to farm in a veganic way and why it is beneficial for your garden and for your body. 
• Why Jack believes throwing away food should be criminalised!
•  How you can grow food at home regardless of how much space you have!
• Jack describes how bad farming practices and relentless animal exploitation have contributed to the soil erosion and degradation that is now threatening global food security, and how we can fix those issues.
• He breaks down what regenerative agriculture means and why some of its concepts are fundamentally flawed.
• Jack weighs in on the ‘plants have feelings’ debate and shares how he harvests his vegetables in a mindful way.

Links: 

Jack's Patch.

Follow Jack on Instagram and Youtube!

Check out some documentaries recommended by Jack:

 The Need to Grow, 

Fantastic Fungi

Dirt! The movie

Seed: The Untold Story

And a book that changed Jack's life: The Secret Life of Plants

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