9:00, Friday, January 9, 2015
Among the several definitions for “urban homesteading” are the practice of urban agriculture or sustainable living techniques. These sorts of things have been around for centuries but interest in them has grown exponentially of late. People are raising chickens in their urban backyards and cultivating herb and other gardens on high rise roofs and balconies. So what’s going on? How do you start and how much work does it take to keep it up?
Guests
Matt Kokenes – Founder, MicroFarm Organic Gardens
Laura Denyes – co-owner, Wish We Had Acres Farm
Dr. Dave Hamilton - co-owner, Wish We Had Acres Farm; Naturopathic Doctor, Carolinas Natural Health in Matthews
Erik Knutzen – author, blogger and podcaster, The Urban Homestead, Making It: Radical Home Economics for a Post-Consumer World and Root Simple; co-founder, Los Angeles Bread Bakers