Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

502 - Alex from Caoba Farms (Sustainable Farmer/Restaurant Owner)

Nov 6, 2021

01:31:01

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Those Who Wish to Be, That's All a Different Story.

03:04

What's the Fock of the Manifesto?

03:22

You've Got to Do What You Love to Do

01:34

Introduction

3min

The Real Potential of Psychadelics

3min

Those Who Wish to Be, That's All a Different Story.

3min

What's the Fock of the Manifesto?

3min

Do You Know How to Deal With Fucking?

2min

The Best Place to Eat in Antigua

3min

Aabot Taaboaaabt Oeoabot at Oo Aeao, Mulata, Bacoketa, Maaaeera, Tupoteigae Saga Tataga Tusto

4min

Kaoba Kaba - The Best Quality Mahogany in the World

3min

Is Everything All Right?

2min

10.

Soil Health in Microclimates

3min

11.

What's the Inspiration for the Pendemic?

2min

12.

Growing Herbs for Restaurants

3min

13.

Growing Romane Lettuce in Guatemala

3min

14.

Did You Grow Up Wanting to Do This?

2min

15.

Do the Plants Have a Sexuality Like Maraana?

2min

16.

Monsanto - I Don't Have Any Problems With It.

2min

17.

You're Not Going to Win the Battle Just by Bitching

2min

18.

How to Grow Radishes Long in the Field?

3min

19.

Are You Running Low on Fertilizer?

2min

20.

Is Cayenne a Better Pepper?

4min

21.

The Wrath of God, by Werner Hertzog?

2min

22.

Is There Any Kind of Taboo, You Know?

4min

23.

A Garden of Hope on Your Ten Shargarn Friends of Ours

2min

24.

Is the Restaurant Worth It?

5min

25.

You've Got to Be Flexible in Your Restaurant

2min

26.

You've Got to Do What You Love to Do

2min

27.

Grow Your Own Food

2min

28.

Get to Know Your Farmer the Most

5min

29.

You Think the Containers Are Our Air Proof?

3min

30.

How to Be Sustainable and Impact the Environment

3min

31.

Are You Educating?

2min

32.

Isn't Organic Agriculture?

3min

33.

The Interaction Between Plants and Insects

4min

Alex owns and runs Caoba Farms, just outside of Antigua, Guatemala. It's a Farm-to-Table restaurant where the tables are literally ON the farm. Best food I had in my two months in Guatemala, hands down. We talked about how he got started (growing weed in CA, then selling lettuce to restaurants back in Guatemala), why Alex loves to experiment and learn about nurturing plants and animals, and why this knowledge is so important to share. I really enjoyed hanging with this guy.

Here's the article I discussed in the intro.

Caoba Farms on Insta.

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Intro music: “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range; "Mistica," by Orishas; "Smoke Alarm," by Carsie Blanton.

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