Episode 351

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16th Feb 2022

Grow Your Own Food Advocates Promote Farming in Urban & Rural Japan | #ChuckKayser #JonWalsh

Chuck Kayser and Jon Walsh team up to promote farming and growing your own food in Japan. Chuck is a farmer and community builder and farming advocate and educator in rural areas of Kyoto and Shiga and Jon is a community builder and farming advocate and educator in urban areas of Tokyo.

00:00 Welcome

00:30 Hamburgers to Homegrown

03:30 GrowYourOwnFood Motivation

07:15 Kids excited about veggies

11:00 Brussel Sprouts

13:00 Nao Fukuoka Workshops

14:10 Urban Food Security in Disasters

16:00 City Food Growing Innovation

17:10 Raised Beds & Containers

20:00 Family's plant seeds of interest

24:00 Learning from Mistakes

27:00 Seeds vs Sprouts

33:00 Learn from Experience

34:20 Soil Amendments

37:11 You Bet Your Garden Radio Show

38:00 Government Support in Japan

43:00 Composting Enthusiasm

46:50 Worm Bin Composting

48:00 Bokashi Composting to Liquid Gold

50:20 Chuck's Film Festival Event

52:00 Jon's Workshops & Food Havens

Chuck and Jon are now collaborating on workshops and training sessions and will introduce some of the projects they are planning for this year which will empower more people across Japan (& the world) to grow your own food.

They will give us details for how to sign up for their online training program to "Start Your Spring Garden" this month :)

LINKS mentioned in the talk

Chuck Kayser

Midori Farms: https://www.midorifarm.net/home-en

My visit to Midori Farms: https://youtu.be/9rCAzuPFizI

2021 Talk: https://youtu.be/cl_MR0uT5lc

Jon Walsh

http://www.businessgrow.net/

https://www.facebook.com/groups/FoodH...

Interview with Jon Walsh in 2020: https://youtu.be/bZ14OOg4MjU

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JJWalsh is a sustainability-focused content creator who founded InboundAmbassador to help entrepreneurs & SME's promote the value of sustainability in their brand. She hosts Seeking Sustainability in Japan LIVE to support "good people doing great things" in Japan.

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