This is a pour-a-cuppa kinda convo - Matilda Brown is a rare kind-of open book where nothing is off limits and despite not actually being her friend you get the distinct feeling that you must be. Flipping a childhood acting career for a regnerative food business wasn’t part of her plan - actually nothing really is, this breath of fresh air claims to be “bumbling around with life, filling in time until she dies.” But her bumble is joyful &amp; hopeful in the best way possible.She &amp; her husband Scott Gooding are the brains &amp; brawn behind the Good Farm pre prepared meals range &amp; they’ve just released a cook book with the same name - its as delightful as she is - This is her story!Links You&apos;ll Love <a href='https://thegoodfarmshop.com/collections/ready-meals?srsltid=AfmBOormQQUTUr7bg1i1Pugi6D455A-Fx11mXDmgTQiMn3ct6hFrYq-M'>The Good Farm Shop</a> <a href='https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=DChcSEwia5ujSoNGJAxVOqGYCHeNTAlwYABAYGgJzbQ&amp;co=1&amp;ase=2&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiArby5BhCDARIsAIJvjIShwbcBy7H9QhFHcrtj6JvBvEgRT22LxcRdETj2INIx0_1U3-VXFrwaAvuUEALw_wcB&amp;ohost=www.google.com&amp;cid=CAESVuD2VsJ8kbnY_Ly2R0ak1tU7irVSfb2q6hZUn1AkBgx6jwnP1TCyVkw6rQ_y40Mmj5YlSqLUJ6szaCz_czYGhdO034w1zmcWECYxx3DCfpHnwCvnlSmW&amp;sig=AOD64_2JGa75lO1Zf-QXbhkITq-48Sdw7g&amp;ctype=5&amp;q=&amp;nis=4&amp;ved=2ahUKEwi83OPSoNGJAxW9TmwGHbZuET0Q9aACKAB6BAgKEA8&amp;adurl='>the Good Farm Cookbook</a> <a href='https://provenir.com.au/?srsltid=AfmBOooOj4LbntKB2WyMBWhIpPYyJ_lpB2WFXjN1v62-u_rvlGHZZKFq'>Provinir</a> Loved this? Try these eps:<a href='https://podcast.futuresteading.com.au/896866/episodes/11888289-e108-alex-elliot-cornersmith-cracker-a-celebration-of-imperfect-perfection'>Alex from Cornersmith</a> <a href='https://podcast.futuresteading.com.au/896866/episodes/8442149-laura-dalrymple-is-ms-feather-the-ethical-omnivore'>Laura from Feather &amp; bone</a> Support the Show Casual Support - <a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'>Buy Me A Coffee </a>Regular Support - <a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'>Patreon </a>Buy the Book - <a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'>Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters</a>We talked about:Being an oversharer &amp; wanting to know the details without any shame Going through the world giving more than taking Boobs peaking at 14 Fad diets of her teenage years without an understanding of nutrition From actor to foodie Life epiphanies via parenthood Believing that the universe has your back &amp; the lessons you are being served are necessary Stumbling into a regenerative path Creating Cow shares until they realised there was a hole in their bucket The challenge of building a business around the true cost of a whole animal outside of the industrial food system Creating a regenerative food business nuancing as they went. Combining a regen story with convenience Sharing more than just the business news in this nosey world…navigating sharing of personal stories Avoiding a thick skin so you keep ‘feeling’ I have so much to learn as a spiritual being in a humans body, on a ride in a world that can’t be controlled or predicted. Magic sits in the bumbling, rats &amp; mice &amp; problem children Appreciating the things that money can’t buy  The value of being relational - shunning the online solution The need to squeeze your closest folk How many ‘no’s’ do you need before you get to the YES Even when things are hard they can still be heart filling and they can make you FEEL so alive! This is living, side stepping numbness is when you feel your most alive. <a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;This is a pour-a-cuppa kinda convo - Matilda Brown is a rare kind-of open book where nothing is off limits and despite not actually being her friend you get the distinct feeling that you must be. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Flipping a childhood acting career for a regnerative food business wasn’t part of her plan - actually nothing really is, this breath of fresh air claims to be “bumbling around with life, filling in time until she dies.” But her bumble is joyful &amp;amp; hopeful in the best way possible.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;She &amp;amp; her husband Scott Gooding are the brains &amp;amp; brawn behind the Good Farm pre prepared meals range &amp;amp; they’ve just released a cook book with the same name - its as delightful as she is - This is her story!&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links You&amp;apos;ll Love&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://thegoodfarmshop.com/collections/ready-meals?srsltid=AfmBOormQQUTUr7bg1i1Pugi6D455A-Fx11mXDmgTQiMn3ct6hFrYq-M'&gt;The Good Farm Shop&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&amp;amp;ai=DChcSEwia5ujSoNGJAxVOqGYCHeNTAlwYABAYGgJzbQ&amp;amp;co=1&amp;amp;ase=2&amp;amp;gclid=Cj0KCQiArby5BhCDARIsAIJvjIShwbcBy7H9QhFHcrtj6JvBvEgRT22LxcRdETj2INIx0_1U3-VXFrwaAvuUEALw_wcB&amp;amp;ohost=www.google.com&amp;amp;cid=CAESVuD2VsJ8kbnY_Ly2R0ak1tU7irVSfb2q6hZUn1AkBgx6jwnP1TCyVkw6rQ_y40Mmj5YlSqLUJ6szaCz_czYGhdO034w1zmcWECYxx3DCfpHnwCvnlSmW&amp;amp;sig=AOD64_2JGa75lO1Zf-QXbhkITq-48Sdw7g&amp;amp;ctype=5&amp;amp;q=&amp;amp;nis=4&amp;amp;ved=2ahUKEwi83OPSoNGJAxW9TmwGHbZuET0Q9aACKAB6BAgKEA8&amp;amp;adurl='&gt;the Good Farm Cookbook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://provenir.com.au/?srsltid=AfmBOooOj4LbntKB2WyMBWhIpPYyJ_lpB2WFXjN1v62-u_rvlGHZZKFq'&gt;Provinir&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Loved this? Try these eps:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://podcast.futuresteading.com.au/896866/episodes/11888289-e108-alex-elliot-cornersmith-cracker-a-celebration-of-imperfect-perfection'&gt;Alex from Cornersmith&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://podcast.futuresteading.com.au/896866/episodes/8442149-laura-dalrymple-is-ms-feather-the-ethical-omnivore'&gt;Laura from Feather &amp;amp; bone&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Support the Show&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Casual Support - &lt;a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'&gt;Buy Me A Coffee&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Regular Support - &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'&gt;Patreon&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Buy the Book - &lt;a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'&gt;Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;We talked about:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Being an oversharer &amp;amp; wanting to know the details without any shame&lt;br/&gt;Going through the world giving more than taking&lt;br/&gt;Boobs peaking at 14&lt;br/&gt;Fad diets of her teenage years without an understanding of nutrition&lt;br/&gt;From actor to foodie&lt;br/&gt;Life epiphanies via parenthood&lt;br/&gt;Believing that the universe has your back &amp;amp; the lessons you are being served are necessary&lt;br/&gt;Stumbling into a regenerative path&lt;br/&gt;Creating Cow shares until they realised there was a hole in their bucket&lt;br/&gt;The challenge of building a business around the true cost of a whole animal outside of the industrial food system&lt;br/&gt;Creating a regenerative food business nuancing as they went.&lt;br/&gt;Combining a regen story with convenience&lt;br/&gt;Sharing more than just the business news in this nosey world…navigating sharing of personal stories&lt;br/&gt;Avoiding a thick skin so you keep ‘feeling’&lt;br/&gt;I have so much to learn as a spiritual being in a humans body, on a ride in a world that can’t be controlled or predicted.&lt;br/&gt;Magic sits in the bumbling, rats &amp;amp; mice &amp;amp; problem children&lt;br/&gt;Appreciating the things that money can’t buy &lt;br/&gt;The value of being relational - shunning the online solution&lt;br/&gt;The need to squeeze your closest folk&lt;br/&gt;How many ‘no’s’ do you need before you get to the YES&lt;br/&gt;Even when things are hard they can still be heart filling and they can make you FEEL so alive! This is living, side stepping numbness is when you feel your most alive.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

This is a pour-a-cuppa kinda convo - Matilda Brown is a rare kind-of open book where nothing is off limits and despite not actually being her friend you get the distinct feeling that you must be. Flipping a childhood acting career for a regnerative food business wasn’t part of her plan - actually nothing really is, this breath of fresh air claims to be “bumbling around with life, filling in time until she dies.” But her bumble is joyful &amp; hopeful in the best way possible.She &amp; he...

E157 Matilda Brown - When hard things still fill your heart & the many paths of NO before you reach the YES

Summary Life is impermanent. Precious but not entitled to length. The past is behind us, the future is unknown &amp; all we have is this moment. Our role is to meet the moment. Being overwhelmed with the assignment of bringing healing &amp; protection to the earth, todays guest looked to Gaia as the source of guidance towards effortless harmony. Easier said than done but she found that our cultural inclination to constant self referencing &amp; focussing on I, Me, Mine was the limitation.  Looking beyond the veil into another dimension &amp; awakening her relationship to the earth allowed her to thread humility into all her actions &amp; remembering that we are part of &amp; conspiring with gaia in every living moment gave her the space to take a breath before acting. She meditated She took the radical act of pausing to gain clarity She had  the courage to step out of the old patterns  She undertook pilgrimages She built global networks of healing &amp; peace She honoured those who are maintaining the ceremonies, prayers &amp; connections that keep us all in balance. She filled Earth Treasure vases and built a global mandala as her offering of  &apos;sacred activism&apos;. This is her story.Links You&apos;ll Love Joanna Macey - <a href='https://workthatreconnects.org/'>the work that reconnects</a> Charles Eisenstein - <a href='https://charleseisenstein.org/podcasts/new-ancient-story-podcast/'>new and ancient story podcast</a> Cynthia Jurs Book <a href='https://www.amazon.com.au/Summoned-Earth-Becoming-Vessel-Healing/dp/1632261324'>- Summoned by the Earth</a> <a href='https://gaiamandala.net/'>Gaiamandala.net global healing community</a>Loved this ep? Try these: E138 <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/896866/episodes/15256558-e138-osprey-oriel-lake-the-story-is-in-our-bones-we-can-rewrite-it-together'>Osprey Oriel Lake</a> E105 <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/896866/episodes/11638351-e105-rosemary-morrow-a-life-of-global-service-through-the-sharing-of-knowledge'>Rosemary Morrow</a> Support the Show Casual Support - <a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'>Buy Me A Coffee </a>Regular Support - <a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'>Patreon </a>Buy the Book - <a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'>Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters</a>We talked about: Buddhism tradition of earth treasure vases - holy vessels with purpose Being prepared within yourself before succumbing to a summoning Bringing the earth back into balance Filling small clay pots with prayers, offerings, traditions &amp; intentions as a symbolic measure for healing &amp; balance Clay pots are kind of like living beings - they come alive in your hands The clay includes many sacred substances linking them to ancestral lineages Allowing ancient practices to become relevant to the world today &amp; to the people that are participating in the offering process The capacity for different cultures, communities &amp; lands to accept without assumption Making offerings to the earth &amp; the unseen-beings-without-a-voice that we know we need to keep in balance Becoming a vessel but not imposing your own ideas &amp; self importance on what you think is best for the world. Getting down on her knees and opening her heart and asking for support from the unseen energy. Our own true nature is so much a part of the nature of Gaia“ When I learned how to get myself out of the way, form an intention, but allow that intention to unfold on its own without trying so hard to make it happen, things started to unfold in a very different way - in ways I never could have predicted&quot;<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Life is impermanent. Precious but not entitled to length. The past is behind us, the future is unknown &amp;amp; all we have is this moment. Our role is to meet the moment.&lt;br/&gt;Being overwhelmed with the assignment of bringing healing &amp;amp; protection to the earth, todays guest looked to Gaia as the source of guidance towards effortless harmony. Easier said than done but she found that our cultural inclination to constant self referencing &amp;amp; focussing on I, Me, Mine was the limitation. &lt;br/&gt;Looking beyond the veil into another dimension &amp;amp; awakening her relationship to the earth allowed her to thread humility into all her actions &amp;amp; remembering that we are part of &amp;amp; conspiring with gaia in every living moment gave her the space to take a breath before acting.&lt;br/&gt;She meditated&lt;br/&gt;She took the radical act of pausing to gain clarity&lt;br/&gt;She had  the courage to step out of the old patterns &lt;br/&gt;She undertook pilgrimages&lt;br/&gt;She built global networks of healing &amp;amp; peace&lt;br/&gt;She honoured those who are maintaining the ceremonies, prayers &amp;amp; connections that keep us all in balance.&lt;br/&gt;She filled Earth Treasure vases and built a global mandala as her offering of  &amp;apos;sacred activism&amp;apos;.&lt;br/&gt;This is her story.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links You&amp;apos;ll Love&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Joanna Macey - &lt;a href='https://workthatreconnects.org/'&gt;the work that reconnects&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Charles Eisenstein - &lt;a href='https://charleseisenstein.org/podcasts/new-ancient-story-podcast/'&gt;new and ancient story podcast&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Cynthia Jurs Book &lt;a href='https://www.amazon.com.au/Summoned-Earth-Becoming-Vessel-Healing/dp/1632261324'&gt;- Summoned by the Earth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://gaiamandala.net/'&gt;Gaiamandala.net global healing community&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Loved this ep? Try these:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;E138 &lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/896866/episodes/15256558-e138-osprey-oriel-lake-the-story-is-in-our-bones-we-can-rewrite-it-together'&gt;Osprey Oriel Lake&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;E105 &lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/896866/episodes/11638351-e105-rosemary-morrow-a-life-of-global-service-through-the-sharing-of-knowledge'&gt;Rosemary Morrow&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Support the Show&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Casual Support - &lt;a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'&gt;Buy Me A Coffee&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Regular Support - &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'&gt;Patreon&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Buy the Book - &lt;a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'&gt;Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;We talked about:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Buddhism tradition of earth treasure vases - holy vessels with purpose&lt;br/&gt;Being prepared within yourself before succumbing to a summoning&lt;br/&gt;Bringing the earth back into balance&lt;br/&gt;Filling small clay pots with prayers, offerings, traditions &amp;amp; intentions as a symbolic measure for healing &amp;amp; balance&lt;br/&gt;Clay pots are kind of like living beings - they come alive in your hands&lt;br/&gt;The clay includes many sacred substances linking them to ancestral lineages Allowing ancient practices to become relevant to the world today &amp;amp; to the people that are participating in the offering process&lt;br/&gt;The capacity for different cultures, communities &amp;amp; lands to accept without assumption&lt;br/&gt;Making offerings to the earth &amp;amp; the unseen-beings-without-a-voice that we know we need to keep in balance&lt;br/&gt;Becoming a vessel but not imposing your own ideas &amp;amp; self importance on what you think is best for the world.&lt;br/&gt;Getting down on her knees and opening her heart and asking for support from the unseen energy.&lt;br/&gt;Our own true nature is so much a part of the nature of Gaia&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;“ When I learned how to get myself out of the way, form an intention, but allow that intention to unfold on its own without trying so hard to make it happen, things started to unfold in a very different way - in ways I never could have predicted&amp;quot;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

SummaryLife is impermanent. Precious but not entitled to length. The past is behind us, the future is unknown &amp; all we have is this moment. Our role is to meet the moment.Being overwhelmed with the assignment of bringing healing &amp; protection to the earth, todays guest looked to Gaia as the source of guidance towards effortless harmony. Easier said than done but she found that our cultural inclination to constant self referencing &amp; focussing on I, Me, Mine was the limitation. ...

E156 Cynthia Jurs - Sacred Activism,  Earth Treasure Vases Combatting Atomic Bombs

Summary The age of short termism now dominates - Todays guest however takes long termism the way we all take breakfast (those not on a fasting regime anyway) Apparently he was born this way. In his recently released book <a href='https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com/p/taming-the-apocalypse-ebook-out-now'>Taming the Apocalypse</a> he states that the only remaining sustainable resources after industrialisation runs its course will be biology &amp; culture. To prepare for this time, Shane Simonsen has an exceptionally original approach to zero input, large scale farming &amp; has committed his life&apos;s plan of living long enough to connect varieties of crops that have been separated by 60 million years of evolution by creating plant hybridisation at scale - his seed collection rivals Svalbard the Global Seed Vault.His thesis so far: -The shortcoming of science is that it wants all organisms to behave like machines. -If we have 1000 farmers over 1000 years doing this, we would see a miracle  - not a machine. - Now is the moment for sacrificial offerings of research &amp; time for the sake of learning for future generations - Putting seeds in the dirt NOT a seed bank is the best path to build genetic diversity Links You&apos;ll Love Shane Simonsen <a href='https://substack.com/@zeroinputagriculture'>substack</a>Loved this? Try this: <a href='https://podcast.futuresteading.com.au/896866/episodes/11888321-e109-artists-as-family-how-brave-are-you-summer-days-throwback-2023'>Artists as family episode</a> Support the Show Casual Support - <a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'>Buy Me A Coffee </a>Regular Support - <a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'>Patreon </a>Buy the Book - <a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'>Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters</a>We talked about:<ul><li>Learning to think long term</li><li>Zero input large scale, experimental  farming</li><li>Changing career direction away from complex &amp; fragile systems</li><li>From hunter gatherer culture to industrial ag with nothing in between</li><li>Culture gaps and skills gaps</li><li>Biological systems are complicated, networked &amp; chaotic </li><li>Why Bunya nuts were his starting place</li><li>Humans have the capacity to recognise the uniqueness &amp; value of something in the eco system &amp; support it to become an ongoing part of our food future.</li><li>Why biology is the unexpected miracle. </li><li>Rebuilding culture so we can accept slow, magical outcomes </li><li>You don&apos;t need many people like Shane to create real change - seed sharing, experimentation, desire to create new things</li><li>The defense chemicals of our food </li><li>Why humans are really bad at imagining things that gradually change our base line</li><li>Opting out from resource intensive lives - creeping off into the margins to exist</li><li>Spending months of hand farming to grow $20 worth of grain</li><li>Rebuilding trust &amp; re-forming collectivism</li><li>Beginning your own hybridisation program with vegetables </li><li>Almost all the vegetable seed you buy originated in hot houses in Holland</li><li>Australia is on the end of supply lines so it’s likely we will experience a supply shock - this might be just the wake up call to realise the vulnerable state we are in.</li><li>Can we get our politicians to fly the permaculture flag?</li><li>Taming elephants to hybridise them</li></ul><a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;The age of short termism now dominates - Todays guest however takes long termism the way we all take breakfast (those not on a fasting regime anyway) Apparently he was born this way. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;In his recently released book &lt;a href='https://zeroinputagriculture.substack.com/p/taming-the-apocalypse-ebook-out-now'&gt;Taming the Apocalypse&lt;/a&gt; he states that the only remaining sustainable resources after industrialisation runs its course will be biology &amp;amp; culture. To prepare for this time, Shane Simonsen has an exceptionally original approach to zero input, large scale farming &amp;amp; has committed his life&amp;apos;s plan of living long enough to connect varieties of crops that have been separated by 60 million years of evolution by creating plant hybridisation at scale - his seed collection rivals Svalbard the Global Seed Vault.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;His thesis so far: &lt;br/&gt;-The shortcoming of science is that it wants all organisms to behave like machines. &lt;br/&gt;-If we have 1000 farmers over 1000 years doing this, we would see a miracle  - not a machine.&lt;br/&gt;- Now is the moment for sacrificial offerings of research &amp;amp; time for the sake of learning for future generations&lt;br/&gt;- Putting seeds in the dirt NOT a seed bank is the best path to build genetic diversity&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Links You&amp;apos;ll Love&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Shane Simonsen &lt;a href='https://substack.com/@zeroinputagriculture'&gt;substack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Loved this? Try this:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://podcast.futuresteading.com.au/896866/episodes/11888321-e109-artists-as-family-how-brave-are-you-summer-days-throwback-2023'&gt;Artists as family episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Support the Show&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Casual Support - &lt;a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'&gt;Buy Me A Coffee&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Regular Support - &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'&gt;Patreon&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Buy the Book - &lt;a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'&gt;Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;We talked about:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Learning to think long term&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Zero input large scale, experimental  farming&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Changing career direction away from complex &amp;amp; fragile systems&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;From hunter gatherer culture to industrial ag with nothing in between&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Culture gaps and skills gaps&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Biological systems are complicated, networked &amp;amp; chaotic &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why Bunya nuts were his starting place&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Humans have the capacity to recognise the uniqueness &amp;amp; value of something in the eco system &amp;amp; support it to become an ongoing part of our food future.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why biology is the unexpected miracle. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rebuilding culture so we can accept slow, magical outcomes &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;You don&amp;apos;t need many people like Shane to create real change - seed sharing, experimentation, desire to create new things&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The defense chemicals of our food &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Why humans are really bad at imagining things that gradually change our base line&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Opting out from resource intensive lives - creeping off into the margins to exist&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Spending months of hand farming to grow $20 worth of grain&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Rebuilding trust &amp;amp; re-forming collectivism&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Beginning your own hybridisation program with vegetables &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Almost all the vegetable seed you buy originated in hot houses in Holland&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Australia is on the end of supply lines so it’s likely we will experience a supply shock - this might be just the wake up call to realise the vulnerable state we are in.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Can we get our politicians to fly the permaculture flag?&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Taming elephants to hybridise them&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

SummaryThe age of short termism now dominates - Todays guest however takes long termism the way we all take breakfast (those not on a fasting regime anyway) Apparently he was born this way. In his recently released book Taming the Apocalypse he states that the only remaining sustainable resources after industrialisation runs its course will be biology &amp; culture. To prepare for this time, Shane Simonsen has an exceptionally original approach to zero input, large scale farming &amp; ha...

E155 Shane Simonsen - Taming the apocalypse, exploring a post industrial world & maize making people mad

Summary In a world dominated by a striving for endless growth, it can be hard to see that while a drive towards money and individualism is great for the economy, it is fundamentally destructive for humanity, community &amp; ecology. This conversation tackles us relearning our ability to grow our environment with each other &amp; to meet our own needs rather than outsourcing to those who will make the divisions based on profit. It asks us to opt for less transactions &amp; more relationships, it addresses the epidemic of loneliness and it settles on the idea that a little bit of debt is a good thing - relational debt that is. The time to navigate difficult &amp; complex divisions  to make us anti fragile is now but it requires us to heal our hurt hearts so we can do the work we need to do in our current system. Degrowth is the salve, held by love that is the container for our path forward as humanity. Links You&apos;ll Love <a href='https://www.amazon.com.au/Tools-Conviviality-Ivan-Illich/dp/1842300113'>Tools for Conviviality - Ivan Illich</a> <a href='https://degrowth.info/en/blog/degrowth-network-australia'>National Degrowth Network</a> <a href='https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-au/products/overstory-book-richard-powers-9781784708245?sku=GOR009757813&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw1NK4BhAwEiwAVUHPUNEN1MqzzAdQgJyOuXcKSA8wdeFwxSZmMNMHVqNdg73pt_A_ovowORoCvmoQAvD_BwE&amp;gclsrc=aw.ds'>The Overstory - Richard Powers</a>Loved this? Try these: <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/896866?client_source=large_player&amp;iframe=true&amp;referrer=https://www.buzzsprout.com/896866.js?container_id=buzzsprout-large-player-896866&amp;player=large#'>Ep 125 Jane Hilliard - Enoughness Ep 120 Just Collapse Ep 77 Tammi Jonas</a> Support the Show Casual Support - <a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'>Buy Me A Coffee</a> Regular Support - <a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'>Patreon</a> Buy the Book - <a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'>Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters</a>We talked about: Poverty is political  Building action into your everyday existence Seeking inspiration from socialist countries Building an obsession with nature  Composting as a gateway drug  Evolving from being individuals to being change making huddles Making academic theories approachable &amp; practical Finding collective inspiration for criticising growth Creating coalitions of the unlikely by side stepping black &amp; white  Creating containers for people who are looking to connect despite the inevitable conflicts that will arise We need more spaces to hold respected disagreements Despite relationships being thorny, we are going to have to work this out. The hardest skills of all are the soft skills of really working wth humans - meeting people with what they need to unpack the complexity  Being part of groups where the hard stuff can be held Building the ‘neighbourhood’ - learning the name of the person next door, even when they are different to you Being materially dependent on one another is a good thing Our mobility has meant we are avoiding our ability to learn to manage conflict. Why cleverness is disarming The role of grief &amp; gratitude in this journey Slow is smooth &amp; smooth is fast Instead of air conditioners - lets have an afternoon nap Returning us to our natural cycles &amp; building our life around it Side stepping linear, capitalist striving. Connection to the earth is not lost on us - it’s in our ancestral knowledge, but we need to sit still, reskill &amp; really want to relearn  Learning to be comfortable with a lack of control<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Summary&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;In a world dominated by a striving for endless growth, it can be hard to see that while a drive towards money and individualism is great for the economy, it is fundamentally destructive for humanity, community &amp;amp; ecology. This conversation tackles us relearning our ability to grow our environment with each other &amp;amp; to meet our own needs rather than outsourcing to those who will make the divisions based on profit. It asks us to opt for less transactions &amp;amp; more relationships, it addresses the epidemic of loneliness and it settles on the idea that a little bit of debt is a good thing - relational debt that is.&lt;br/&gt;The time to navigate difficult &amp;amp; complex divisions  to make us anti fragile is now but it requires us to heal our hurt hearts so we can do the work we need to do in our current system. &lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Degrowth&lt;/b&gt; is the salve, held by love that is the container for our path forward as humanity.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Links You&amp;apos;ll Love&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.amazon.com.au/Tools-Conviviality-Ivan-Illich/dp/1842300113'&gt;Tools for Conviviality - Ivan Illich&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://degrowth.info/en/blog/degrowth-network-australia'&gt;National Degrowth Network&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.worldofbooks.com/en-au/products/overstory-book-richard-powers-9781784708245?sku=GOR009757813&amp;amp;gad_source=1&amp;amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw1NK4BhAwEiwAVUHPUNEN1MqzzAdQgJyOuXcKSA8wdeFwxSZmMNMHVqNdg73pt_A_ovowORoCvmoQAvD_BwE&amp;amp;gclsrc=aw.ds'&gt;The Overstory - Richard Powers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Loved this? Try these:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/896866?client_source=large_player&amp;amp;iframe=true&amp;amp;referrer=https://www.buzzsprout.com/896866.js?container_id=buzzsprout-large-player-896866&amp;amp;player=large#'&gt;Ep 125 Jane Hilliard - Enoughness&lt;br/&gt;Ep 120 Just Collapse&lt;br/&gt;Ep 77 Tammi Jonas&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Support the Show&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Casual Support - &lt;a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'&gt;Buy Me A Coffee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Regular Support - &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Buy the Book - &lt;a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'&gt;Futuresteading - Live Like tomorrow matters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;We talked about:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Poverty is political &lt;br/&gt;Building action into your everyday existence&lt;br/&gt;Seeking inspiration from socialist countries&lt;br/&gt;Building an obsession with nature &lt;br/&gt;Composting as a gateway drug &lt;br/&gt;Evolving from being individuals to being change making huddles&lt;br/&gt;Making academic theories approachable &amp;amp; practical&lt;br/&gt;Finding collective inspiration for criticising growth&lt;br/&gt;Creating coalitions of the unlikely by side stepping black &amp;amp; white &lt;br/&gt;Creating containers for people who are looking to connect despite the inevitable conflicts that will arise&lt;br/&gt;We need more spaces to hold respected disagreements&lt;br/&gt;Despite relationships being thorny, we are going to have to work this out.&lt;br/&gt;The hardest skills of all are the soft skills of really working wth humans - meeting people with what they need to unpack the complexity &lt;br/&gt;Being part of groups where the hard stuff can be held&lt;br/&gt;Building the ‘neighbourhood’ - learning the name of the person next door, even when they are different to you&lt;br/&gt;Being materially dependent on one another is a good thing&lt;br/&gt;Our mobility has meant we are avoiding our ability to learn to manage conflict.&lt;br/&gt;Why cleverness is disarming&lt;br/&gt;The role of grief &amp;amp; gratitude in this journey&lt;br/&gt;Slow is smooth &amp;amp; smooth is fast&lt;br/&gt;Instead of air conditioners - lets have an afternoon nap&lt;br/&gt;Returning us to our natural cycles &amp;amp; building our life around it&lt;br/&gt;Side stepping linear, capitalist striving.&lt;br/&gt;Connection to the earth is not lost on us - it’s in our ancestral knowledge, but we need to sit still, reskill &amp;amp; really want to relearn &lt;br/&gt;Learning to be comfortable with a lack of control&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

SummaryIn a world dominated by a striving for endless growth, it can be hard to see that while a drive towards money and individualism is great for the economy, it is fundamentally destructive for humanity, community &amp; ecology. This conversation tackles us relearning our ability to grow our environment with each other &amp; to meet our own needs rather than outsourcing to those who will make the divisions based on profit. It asks us to opt for less transactions &amp; more relationships, i...

E154 Anisa Rogers & Michaela  - Downsizing for perpetuity in the new world!

As a food grower, lover of the natural world, cook and wizened plant expert, todays conversation meanders between the veggie patch &amp; the kitchen, the garden shed &amp; the pickling shelf.  A reverence for the food we eat was planted deep inside Paulette&apos;s young mind by a mother who shared her skills and passion which then carried her onto this trajectory of life where she experiences the world through her garden. As founder and owner of Provenance Growers and now author she tells the story of where our food comes from, how it was grown and what nutrients it might share with us in our interwoven way of existence with the natural world.Links you’ll love: <a href='https://www.instagram.com/provenancegrowers/'>Provenance growers</a> <a href='https://www.thenile.com.au/books/paulette-whitney/broccoli-other-love-stories/9781922616876?gad_source=1&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw3624BhBAEiwAkxgTOvGLBj-erIUqHksso2wK6OvavbiSfq1GwjcZqgQcVoX8EWD1JA_OKRoCh3sQAvD_BwE'>Broccoli and other love stories</a> Loved this? Try these: Similar themes but of course wonderfully different stories. <a href='https://podcast.futuresteading.com.au/896866/episodes/15217946-e137jane-stevens-by-the-grace-of-gaia-goes-she'>Ep 134 Jane Stevens</a> who is a herbalist &amp; astrologer in the US <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/896866/episodes/12515941-e121-nat-wilmott-living-the-dream-her-story'>Ep 121 Nat Wilmott </a>who shares her story of homesteading, homeschooling &amp; living simply in the West Gippsland Hills <a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/896866/episodes/8485146-e53-simeon-of-spoke-spade-on-micro-farming-dirty-solutions-to-climate-change'>Ep 53 Simeon Ash</a> from Spoke and Spade market garden. Support the Show Casual Support - <a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'>Buy Me A Coffee</a> Regular Support - <a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'>Patreon</a> Buy the Book - <a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'>Futuresteading - Live Like Tomorrow Matters</a>We talked about: Learning lessons outside with her Mum Seeing a process evolve from environmental impact to food  Tapping back into her childhood skills to step away from the pressure to sell things Changing careers in her mid 20’s &amp; landing in horticulture Making people feel happy &amp; safe with what we do with our hands The many uses of flowers for culinary, health &amp; horticulture Her addiction to seeds - especially spring loaded ones Tips for managing cross pollination for seed saving Her caffeine supported daily routine  The cycle of paddock/soil  management  Her love of perennial edibles for ease of management &amp; health of soil Creating plants that are hardy &amp; weather beaten that thrive when planted Kids pulling away from their parents Being a reluctant elder Market gardening as an ideal job for a human low in confidence &amp; introverted Her ADHD diagnosis Her husband is the doer &amp; she is the wanderer Storytelling as a tool for knowledge sharing Following the rhythm of her brain as a pattern to writing her book The freedom of knowing you can hold more than one idea at once The beautiful cyclical nature of observing &amp; interacting Lean model of market gardening Managing failure - easier to do when you are safe &amp; have your basics met Avoiding waste from the outset<a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading">Support the show</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;As a food grower, lover of the natural world, cook and wizened plant expert, todays conversation meanders between the veggie patch &amp;amp; the kitchen, the garden shed &amp;amp; the pickling shelf. &lt;br/&gt;A reverence for the food we eat was planted deep inside Paulette&amp;apos;s young mind by a mother who shared her skills and passion which then carried her onto this trajectory of life where she experiences the world through her garden.&lt;br/&gt;As founder and owner of Provenance Growers and now author she tells the story of where our food comes from, how it was grown and what nutrients it might share with us in our interwoven way of existence with the natural world.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Links you’ll love:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/provenancegrowers/'&gt;Provenance growers&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.thenile.com.au/books/paulette-whitney/broccoli-other-love-stories/9781922616876?gad_source=1&amp;amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw3624BhBAEiwAkxgTOvGLBj-erIUqHksso2wK6OvavbiSfq1GwjcZqgQcVoX8EWD1JA_OKRoCh3sQAvD_BwE'&gt;Broccoli and other love stories&lt;/a&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Loved this? Try these:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Similar themes but of course wonderfully different stories.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://podcast.futuresteading.com.au/896866/episodes/15217946-e137jane-stevens-by-the-grace-of-gaia-goes-she'&gt;Ep 134 Jane Stevens&lt;/a&gt; who is a herbalist &amp;amp; astrologer in the US&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/896866/episodes/12515941-e121-nat-wilmott-living-the-dream-her-story'&gt;Ep 121 Nat Wilmott &lt;/a&gt;who shares her story of homesteading, homeschooling &amp;amp; living simply in the West Gippsland Hills&lt;br/&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.buzzsprout.com/admin/896866/episodes/8485146-e53-simeon-of-spoke-spade-on-micro-farming-dirty-solutions-to-climate-change'&gt;Ep 53 Simeon Ash&lt;/a&gt; from Spoke and Spade market garden.&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;b&gt;Support the Show&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Casual Support - &lt;a href='https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading'&gt;Buy Me A Coffee&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Regular Support - &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/futuresteading'&gt;Patreon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Buy the Book - &lt;a href='https://au.permacultureprinciples.com/product/futuresteading/?ref=18'&gt;Futuresteading - Live Like Tomorrow Matters&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;We talked about:&lt;br/&gt;&lt;/b&gt;Learning lessons outside with her Mum&lt;br/&gt;Seeing a process evolve from environmental impact to food &lt;br/&gt;Tapping back into her childhood skills to step away from the pressure to sell things&lt;br/&gt;Changing careers in her mid 20’s &amp;amp; landing in horticulture&lt;br/&gt;Making people feel happy &amp;amp; safe with what we do with our hands&lt;br/&gt;The many uses of flowers for culinary, health &amp;amp; horticulture&lt;br/&gt;Her addiction to seeds - especially spring loaded ones&lt;br/&gt;Tips for managing cross pollination for seed saving&lt;br/&gt;Her caffeine supported daily routine &lt;br/&gt;The cycle of paddock/soil  management &lt;br/&gt;Her love of perennial edibles for ease of management &amp;amp; health of soil&lt;br/&gt;Creating plants that are hardy &amp;amp; weather beaten that thrive when planted&lt;br/&gt;Kids pulling away from their parents&lt;br/&gt;Being a reluctant elder&lt;br/&gt;Market gardening as an ideal job for a human low in confidence &amp;amp; introverted&lt;br/&gt;Her ADHD diagnosis&lt;br/&gt;Her husband is the doer &amp;amp; she is the wanderer&lt;br/&gt;Storytelling as a tool for knowledge sharing&lt;br/&gt;Following the rhythm of her brain as a pattern to writing her book&lt;br/&gt;The freedom of knowing you can hold more than one idea at once&lt;br/&gt;The beautiful cyclical nature of observing &amp;amp; interacting&lt;br/&gt;Lean model of market gardening&lt;br/&gt;Managing failure - easier to do when you are safe &amp;amp; have your basics met&lt;br/&gt;Avoiding waste from the outset&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a rel="payment" href="https://www.buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading"&gt;Support the show&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

As a food grower, lover of the natural world, cook and wizened plant expert, todays conversation meanders between the veggie patch &amp; the kitchen, the garden shed &amp; the pickling shelf. A reverence for the food we eat was planted deep inside Paulette's young mind by a mother who shared her skills and passion which then carried her onto this trajectory of life where she experiences the world through her garden.As founder and owner of Provenance Growers and now author she tells the s...

E153 Paulette Whitney - For the love of food, flowers & spring loaded seeds

This is a conversation about the future. About creating a culture that values tomorrow. We reckon a slower, simpler, steadier existence is the first step - one that’s healthier for humans and the planet. We call it Futuresteading. Each week we chat to community builders, ritual makers, food growers, health wizards and environmental wisdom keepers, gathering practical advice and epic solidarity - so we can all nut this thing out together. Join our nitty, gritty, honest and hopeful convo every Monday during our 16 episode seasons. Support the pod by shouting us a cuppa &gt;&gt;&gt; buymeacoffee.com/futuresteading

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