The Good Dirt: Sustainability Explained

Welcome to September and Slow Living Through the Seasons! This is the month that we transition into fall. We'll talk how to embrace the last beautiful days of summer despite the marketing pressure for the upcoming autumn and winter season. Our Planting By the Signs segment will help you plan your fall garden activities, and as always we'll be sharing a couple of special recipes from our seasonal kitchen. Also we're discussing sweater weather, and some things to consider in keeping your cool weather wardrobe more sustainable.Support this podcast and get your own downloadable planting by the moon calendar by becoming a member of The Good Dirt Supporters! Topics Discussed & Resources Mentioned*:Planting by the Signs: Part Two Blog on Lady Farmer WebsiteFind Mary's Pumpkin Spice Latte Recipe hereFind Mary's Pimento Cheese Recipe hereFor Members of the Lady Farmer ALMANAC*Creating Fall Fragrances*Some of the linked articles will only be available to current members of The ALMANAC. If you are not currently a member and are interested in subscribing, check out this page for more information.Support this podcast and get your own downloadable planting by the moon calendar by becoming a member of The Good Dirt Supporters! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer:Our WebsiteFollow @weareladyfarmer on InstagramJoin The Lady Farmer ALMANACEmail Mary at production@lady-farmer.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share a story about slow living through the seasons!

In this interview, the mother-daughter team Krista and Fia Arias join Emma and Mary to discuss the mission of Tierra Soul Farm in Magdalena, New Mexico, helping people and communities find well being, connection and belonging in an often confusing and complicated world. Tierra Soul Farm is an earth sanctuary, honey spa, artist hive, ministry for healing, liberation, and cultural repair. Krista Arias is a Myth Mender— an Earth Alchemist and the creator of the Lazy Lady Living program. Also, among other things, she is a nutritional therapist, restorative justice enthusiast, permaculture instructor, birth keeper, and death midwife.Fia Arias, 17 years old, is keeper of the farm animals, big sister, daughter and aspiring sustainable, regenerative, and connected farmer. Her specialty is dairy. In this conversation, Fia reflects on her work with the animals and her coming of age in the context of an atypical upbringing, while Krista shares her thoughts about the inherent spirituality of earth connection, permaculture, indigenous wisdom and ancestral healing.This episode is brought to you by Farmer's Friend: Use code "gooddirt" for $10 off your first order of Quick-Plant Fabric for the month of September. One use per customer. Offer valid exclusively for new customers, expires 10/1/23 at 12:00am. Topics Discussed• Folklore Foods & Farming Program• Te Amo Member Cafe• Homesteading & Permaculture• Typical Teenager Life vs. Farm Life• Cultural Ethos to Raising Children• Indigenous & Mexican Practices• The Spiritual Dimension of Our Material Reality• Appropriation of Ceremony and Ritual• The Trauma of Colonization• Creative Revolutions from Plants• Remembering Our Bodies as a Part of Nature• GED, College, and Rites of Passage• Home Schooling• Reciprocity & Relationships• Specializing in Dairy & Cows vs. Goats• Myth Mending• The Soft Animal Course• Solace in Nature & AnimalsEpisode Resources:• Lazy Lady Living• Captain Fantastic Connect with Krista Arias:• Website: https://kristaarias.com/contact/• Follow @tierrasoulvillagefarm: https://www.instagram.com/tierrasoulvillagefarm/?hl=en• Tiera Soul Website: https://tierrasoul.com/• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/TierraSoul━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer:Our WebsiteFollow @weareladyfarmer on InstagramJoin The Lady Farmer ALMANACEmail us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you!Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production.

Do you feel like your time slips away from you? Do you feel overwhelmed by the tasks you have to complete during your day, like they're an insurmountable mountain you can't climb? You're not alone. We all feel this way at times. At The Good Dirt, we aim to educate and empower you, the consumer, to create the life you want and embrace slow living. In today's discussion, Mary and Emma will explore techniques to help you reframe your relationship with time and provide three practical tips for helping you experience more spaciousness in your day:Topics Discussed• What Time Actually Is• EOD or End-of-Day• The 21st Century Human's Relationship to Time• The Fixed Nature of a 24 Hour Day• Allowing Time• Changing Our Language Internally & Externally• The Making Meditation• Remember the Breath• Embrace Empty Space• Giving Your Kids Permission to Embrace Time• Overview of the 3 Practices: Allowing Time, The Making Meditation, Embrace Empty SpaceEpisode Resources:Leave Us a Voice Note at (443) 459-1950 to let us know how you will be implementing these techniques to help you take ownership of your time!━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer: Our Website Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you! Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production.12:42

As the climate crisis continues to escalate, viable solutions might seem more and more unattainable. Our guest is Philip Clayton, Co-Founder and President of the Institute for Ecological Civilization, talking about the great hope in on-the-ground solutions showing up all over the world that reflect the values of living in harmony with the earth. Philip describes EcoCiv as a place where "big ideas meet the local project." With his extensive background in academia, including a PhD from Yale University and guest professorships at top universities, he has refocused his efforts at the intersection of the environment and humanity, helping others in living ecologically and in ways that foster the thriving of our one and only planet earth. Philip provides three crucial steps that anyone can take to transform their habits and explores how each of us can affect positive change in a world that is increasingly in need of ecological solutions.Topics Discussed• The Institute for Ecological Civilization• The Climate Crisis• Finding a Piece of Earth• Reconciling Theology and Ecology• Our Home Ecosystem• Panentheism & Spirituality• Centering Nature over Humanity• Honoring the Sacred Aspect of Nature• The Anthropocene• How Humanity's Dominance Over Nature Shows Up In Our Day-to-Day• Transforming Our Habits• Promising Changes Happening Today• The Three Phrases to Help Anyone Get Started• Incremental Lifestyle ChoicesEpisode Resources• Listen to Our New Podcast "Slow Living Through the Seasons"• Listen to The Good Dirt "An Ecological Civilization for All with Andrew Schwartz of EcoCiv"• Visit The Lady Farmer Marketplace • The Ecociv Podcast.• "Is It Too Late?: A Theology of Ecology" by John B. Cobb• "The New Possible: Visions of Our World beyond Crisis" by Philip Clayton and Kelli M. Archie• This Changes Everything with Naomi Klein • "Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth" by David C. Korten • Kiss the Ground Film• Humanity as a Geologic Force with Michael Osborne of Generation Anthropocene• Greta Thunberg• Jainism• Deep Ecology• Religious Society of Friends.Connect with Philip Clayton:• Website: https://www.philipclayton.net/• Institute for Ecological Civilization: https://ecociv.org/member/clayton-philip/• Instagram @ecociv_: https://www.instagram.com/ecociv_/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer:• Our Website• Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram• Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC• Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you!Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production.

In this episode we're talking to Leah Webb, author of The Seven Step Homestead about how to turn any yard into a primary food source with vegetables, fruits, chickens, pollinator plants and medicinal herbs. A mother of two children with unique medical needs, Leah utilizes food grown in her own backyard garden as an important part of her children's integrative care. She sees herself as a solutions-based Family Food and Garden Coach, with a goal of guiding families in making small yet impactful steps towards sourcing their own nutrition and achieving long term dietary, cooking, and gardening goals. She is also the author of The Grain-Free, Sugar-Free, Dairy-Free Family Cookbook. In this conversation, we delve into the challenges and benefits of growing and preparing nutrient dense food, and the practicalities of creating your own microfarm in the space you already have. If you are one of many with a goal to connect with the land and create more independence from the industrial food system, Leah can guide you through, step-by-step.Topics Discussed• A Stormy Week in the DC Area• Leah's Background in Nutrition Education and Her Path to Creating a Microfarm in her own Backyard.• Being a Mom to Kids with Unique Medical Needs and the Role of Gardening and Home Grown Food in their Integrative Care.• Learning the Basics of Gardening for Food• Eating Home Grown Vegetables• Food Preservation• Convenience Foods• Priorities & Food• Investing in Homesteading• Start Small for the Long Haul• Which Plants to Start With• Planting Charts• Using, Measuring, and Creating Compost• The Difference Between Homesteading and Gardening• Homesteading , Self Sufficiency and Community• Finding an Alternative to the Industrial Food Industry• Consumer Awareness of Food• Regenerative Growing PracticesEpisode Resources:•"The Grain-Free, Sugar-Free, Dairy-Free Family Cookbook: Simple and Delicious Recipes for Cooking with Whole Foods on a Restrictive Diet" by Leah Webb•"The Seven-Step Homestead: A Guide for Creating the Backyard Microfarm of Your Dreams" by Leah Webb•Listen to The Good Dirt Reclaiming Our Food from Field to Kitchen with CSA Farmer Mo Moutoux of Moutoux OrchardConnect with Leah Webb:• Website: https://www.leahmwebb.com/• Instagram @leah_m_webb https://www.instagram.com/leah_m_webb/• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LeahMWebbWellness/━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer:•Our Website•Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram•Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC•Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you!Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production.

This episode originally aired on August 23, 2022. What aspects of the back-to-school season are tapping into core memory making, and how much is just consumer hype? Listen in as Mary & Emma peel away the marketing from the emotion, and discuss ideas for reframing this season in a more sustainable way for kids AND parents.Things Mentioned: Michael Pollan, author of In Defense of Food - An Eater's Manifesto Lady Farmer Marketplace Wool Lunchbox Jute Sandwich Bag Jackalo Clothing About Lady Farmer:Lady Farmer is a sustainable apparel and lifestyle brand, with education around sustainability and sustainable living at the forefront of our mission. Lady Farmer is proud to produce The Good Dirt podcast. Our Website @weareladyfarmer on Instagram Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC Leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or tell us what the good dirt means to you. Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com Original music by John Kingsley @jkingsley1026Statements in this podcast have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration and are not to be considered as medical or nutritional advice. This information is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease, and should not be considered above the advice of your physician. Consult a medical professional when making dietary or lifestyle decisions that could affect your health and well being.

TRIGGER WARNING: Princess Manuel briefly mentions her history with suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know needs help, please contact the National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. Many of us have lost our connection to the Earth through decades of colonization and the pressures of a capitalistic system, and consequently we have lost connection to our community as well. How can we rediscover our way back to each other and the plant and animal life all around us? Princess Manuel, LMSW (she/they/siya/sila), has been pursuing the answer to this question as a Spiritual Life Coach, Community Herbalist, Shamanic Practitioner and Founder of LUYA Healing and Herbs. She is deeply committed to helping communities of color heal generational trauma that presents itself in triggers, exhaustion, lack of motivation and low self-worth. Princess is interested in helping us thrive and rise above victimization and survival, and specializes in mental health wellness with a decolonization and intersectional framework. In this conversation, Princess talks about efforts to decolonize therapy and address the limiting beliefs placed on us all, and explains how nature holds the healing we need for our original attachment and mother wounds. Princess gives us unique insight into the healing wisdom of plant medicines, ancestral technology and somatic practices, animal spirit guides and ritual practices as tools for helping us reconnect with ourselves and the land.Topics Discussed• It's still summer!• Decolonizing therapy• Addressing Limiting Beliefs and the impacts of racism, sexism and classism• Intergenerational and present-day trauma• Healing by Reconnecting with the Earth• Becoming an Herbalist & Studying Traditional Medicine• Guidance towards Shamanism• Psychosomatic Healing Practices• Sourcing Herbs• Attachment Wounds & Mother Wounds• Insecure vs. Secure Attachments• Learning from Plants through the Indigenous View instead of a Capitalistic View• Healing Our Original Attachment Wound & Reconnecting with the Land• Indigenous Peoples' Connection to & Knowledge of the Earth• Belonging• The Privilege of the Nuclear Family• Generational Traumas• Animal and Spiritual Herbalism• Shamanic Journeying & A Lifestyle of Ritual Practice• Community Organizing & Think Tanks• The Soul Fire Farm Speaker's Collective• Knowing that You Are LoveEpisode Resources:•Listen to Slow Living Through the Seasons | 01 | August: Intro to Gardening by the Moon •Listen to The Good Dirt "Restoring Justice Through Love and the Living Soil with Jonathan McRay of Silver Run Forest Farm"• Join The Good Dirt Supporters! •"Love, Nature, Magic: Shamanic Journeys Into the Heart of My Garden" by Maria Rodale•"Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest" by Suzanne Simard •Sign Up for a Discounted Session with LUYA Healing & Herbs Here!Connect with Princess Manuel:• Follow Princess Manuel on IG @decolonizehealingjourney: https://www.instagram.com/decolonizehealingjourney/?hl=en• Princess Manuel's Website: https://www.princessmanuel.com/• Soul Fire Farm Website: https://www.soulfirefarm.org/our-team/• LUYA Healing & Herbs Website: https://www.luyahealing.com/• Instagram @soulfirefarm: https://www.instagram.com/soulfirefarm/• Facebook @soulfirefarm: https://www.facebook.com/soulfirefarm/• YouTube @soulfirefarm: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz3Bs3G0GkDR83JSxF4C5Eg• Support Soul Fire Farm here: https://linktr.ee/soul.fire.farm━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer:•Our Website•Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram•Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC•Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you!Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production.

In a world where rampant consumerism leads to the exploitation of the Earth's resources, what solutions can we look to for a more sustainable economy? Today's guest, Emily Prieto, co-founder of Seeds of Tao with her husband Joshua Paul Prieto, proposes an alternate path: Regenerative Business. Rather than solely focusing on the bottom line, regenerative business aims to form a circular economy, where production and consumption involve sharing, reusing, and recycling current products as long as possible.As an artist, entrepreneur, regenerative land designer, brand strategist, marketer, and mother of four, Emily advises fellow business owners on how to increase their profits while giving back to the planet. She aims to completely rewrite entrepreneurial education, focusing on local bio-regional issues, because what works in Washington D.C may not work in Argentina.This discussion delves into how the current economy takes but fails to give back, the small changes we can make to be more responsible in our choice of businesses to work with and support, and what buzzwords to look out for in greenwashing marketing practices.Topics Discussed• Reishi Powder & Umami• Slow Living Through the Seasons Podcast• Regenerative Business & Scaling Impact• Building a Circular Economy• The Meaning Behind "Seeds of Tao"• Taoism• Emily's Journey to Panama• Permaculture Design & Natural Buildings• Bio-Regional Hub• Creating a Home Based on the Climate• Local Business• The Power of Reframing Language• Moving Away from the Bottom Line• Examples of Regenerative Businesses• Tech & Sustainability• Greenwashing and Voting with Your Dollars• The Types of Businesses Emily Works With• Small Businesses, Entrepreneurs, and Solopreneurs vs. Big Corporations• What Consumers Need to Know About Marketing• Permaculture Land Design• Emily and Her Family's Work in the Rainforest• Hope in the Face of Eco-Grief• Motherhood and Slow LivingEpisode Resources:•Our New Podcast: Slow Living Through the Seasons•Join The Good Dirt Supporters Membership Here!•Lao Tzu: Tao Te Ching: A Book about the Way and the Power of the Way•Allbirds & VivobarefootConnect with Emily Prieto:• Website: https://www.seedsoftao.com/about• Podcast: https://www.seedsoftao.com/blog• Instagram @seeds_of_tao : https://www.instagram.com/seeds_of_tao/• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/seedsoftao/• Support Seeds of Tao: https://linktr.ee/seedsoftao━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer:•Our Website•Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram•Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC•Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you!Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production.

Welcome to the debut of Mary’s solo podcast, Slow Living Through the Seasons. In this first episode, Mary talks about the seasonal shifts that take place in August and encourages us to slow down enough to notice the changes taking place in our environment. She also gives us an introduction to the Appalachian tradition of Gardening by the Signs of the Moon and some first steps in getting started with it for your fall planting. For this month’s peek into the seasonal kitchen, we’re talking about baking bread in celebration of the ancient festival of Lammas, and a favorite recipe for garden tomatoes. She wraps up the episode with a discussion about taking a more sustainable approach to this season of back-to-school preparation, referencing some past episodes of The Good Dirt with more on the topic. Support this podcast and get your own downloadable planting by the moon calendar by becoming a member of The Good Dirt Supporters! Topics Discussed*: Significance of August 1st as a cross-quarter day and some of the traditions behind it.  How does August feel? The blue moon of August Gardening by the Signs of the Moon: an overview and an introduction with some basic “how-tos” for your fall garden. (Recap here!) A favorite Recipe for Garden Tomatoes - Tarte de la Tomate Back-to-School season For Members of the Lady Farmer ALMANAC* More about Lammas and Mary's go-to Sourdough Bread recipe More favorite Recipes for Garden Tomatoes *Some of the linked articles will only be available to current members of The ALMANAC. If you are not currently a member and are interested in subscribing, check out this page for more information.Resources Mentioned Gardening by the Signs Blog-August The Old Farmer's Almanac The Farmer's ALMANAC Raising with the Moon, The Complete Guide to Gardening–and Living–by the Signs of the Moon, by Jack R. Pyle and Taylor Reese You and the Man in the Moon: The Complete Guide to Using the Almanac, by Jack R Pyle and Taylor Reese You can find Kate’s Tomato Recipe in her story highlights @katedecamont, or check out Mary's personal spin on it here. More on Kate Hill's current residency program is here! The Good Dirt Podcast Episodes Mentioned 55. A Taste of France: Cooking and Slow Living in Gascony with Kate Hill Bonus: Mary & Emma Chat: How to Make Back-to-School More Sustainable 135. Seeking Solutions to Waste in the School Supply Industry with Wisdom Supply Co Support this podcast and get your own downloadable planting by the moon calendar by becoming a member of The Good Dirt Supporters! ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer: Our Website Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC Email Mary at production@lady-farmer.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share a story about slow living through the seasons!

What is our work as individuals in creating a more sustainable and regenerative future? Today's guest is Ian C Williams, author of  Soil & Spirit: Seeds of Purpose, Nature’s Insight & the Deep Work of Transformational Change.  In his book, Ian draws the link between the work of self-actualization and the solution to the present day crisis we face both for our planet and for the human race.Years of addiction and recovery forced Ian to relentlessly pursue self-awareness and inner work, guiding him to what he refers to as an “environmental awakening.” All of this, combined with a single mystical experience, led him to an essential discovery: the only way out is in. This conversation takes us on a deep dive into what our inner work as individuals might be, and how through self exploration and our reconnection with our place in the natural world, we can create cultural transformation from the inside out. In other words, the way to transform the world—is to transform ourselves.Topics Discussed• Self-Actualization• Substance Use Abuse, Addiction, and Recovery• The Impact of Losing a Beloved Pet• Focusing on the Process Over the Outcome• Climate Change & Soil• Diversity Creates Resilience• The Foundation of Spirituality• Internal, Social, External, and Spiritual Landscapes• Environmental Awakening• Reconnecting to Nature Through Experience• Falling in Love with the World• Saving Ourselves to Save the World• Teaching At-Risk Youth to Form Positive Experiences with Nature• Social Justice and Environmental Justice• Reconnecting Corporate America with the Earth• Hope for Humanity's Future• Mass Extinction Events & The Way The Earth Endures• How to Save Yourself on the Individual Basis• The Power of BreathEpisode Resources:•Soil & Spirit: Seeds of Purpose, Nature's Insight & the Deep Work of Transformational Change by Ian C. Williams Connect with Ian C. Williams:• Website: https://www.reviveuandi.com/• Instagram: @reviveuandi https://www.instagram.com/reviveuandi/• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/reviveuandi━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━🌻 About Lady Farmer:•Our Website•Follow @weareladyfarmer on Instagram•Join The Lady Farmer ALMANAC•Email us at thegooddirtpodcast@gmail.com or leave us a voicemail! Call 443-459-1950 and ask a question or share what the good dirt means to you!Original music by John Kingsley. Editing and podcast production by Fast Forward Production.