Bob Cannard's guest appearances

Bob Cannard

Sustainable World Radio- Ecology and Permaculture Podcast

Farmer to Farmer with Chris Blanchard

Ben Hartman

Joel Salatin

Dave Chapman

Dan Brisebois

Curtis Stone

Karl Hammer

Paul Stamets

Chris Field

Carolyn Baker

MARK SHEPARD

STEPHEN HARROD BUHNER

Jim Crawford

Scott Chaskey

John Seed

Robin Wall Kimmerer

OwlTail

Episode 124: In this episode we dive into the world of Natural Process Farming with Bob Cannard. Bob grows highly diversified food crops by working with nature and natural systems. In Natural Process farming, crops are grown 50% for people and 50% for Nature. In this interview, Bob talks about the value of "nature support plants," why weeds need to be managed, not eradicated, the digestive systems of and in the soil, how to feed the soil, and why we should strive to give plants a "life of choice."  Bob also tells us how home gardeners can begin practicing Natural Process Farming on a small scale.  Bob has been farming for thirty years in Northern California and is the co-founder and operator of Green String Farm and the Green String Institute which offers internships in farming the Green String or Natural Process way.

Episode 124: In this episode we dive into the world of Natural Process Farming with Bob Cannard. Bob grows highly diversified food crops by working with nature and natural systems. In Natural Process farming, crops are grown 50% for people and 50% for Nature. In this interview, Bob talks about the value of "nature support plants," why weeds need to be managed, not eradicated, the digestive systems of and in the soil, how to feed the soil, and why we should strive to give plants a "life of choice."  Bob also tells us how home gardeners can begin practicing Natural Process Farming on a small scale.  Bob has been farming for thirty years in Northern California and is the co-founder and operator of <a href="http://www.greenstringfarm.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green String Farm</a> and the <a href="http://greenstringinstitute.org/about-us" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Green String Institute </a>which offers internships in farming the Green String or Natural Process way.

Natural Process Farming with Bob Cannard

Bob Cannard is one of the farmers that I think of as a first-generation visionary in the world of organic farming. For over three decades, he has been at the forefront of the local farming movement in California. Farming just north of San Francisco Bay at Green String Farm, Bob has a farming process that flies in the face of a lot of what I, at least, “know” to be true. His natural process farming system relies on sharing time, space, and resources with the weeds, insects, and other organisms that the rest of us consider problems, and using weeds, minerals, and native soil inoculants to encourage healthy plants that simply aren’t bothered by these “problem” plants and critters.

Bob Cannard is one of the farmers that I think of as a first-generation visionary in the world of organic farming. For over three decades, he has been at the forefront of the local farming movement in California. Farming just north of San Francisco Bay at Green String Farm, Bob has a farming process that flies in the face of a lot of what I, at least, “know” to be true. His natural process farming system relies on sharing time, space, and resources with the weeds, insects, and other organisms that the rest of us consider problems, and using weeds, minerals, and native soil inoculants to encourage healthy plants that simply aren’t bothered by these “problem” plants and critters.

013: Bob Cannard on Natural Process Farming