Robert and Juan Carlos practice permaculture and a polish of sharing at Sobremesa Farm , just outside Bloomington , Indiana . In this installment , Robert talks about take aim the time to follow the land before jump into land and await one more year before put any pressure on selling anything from the ground . Juan Carlos taper out that neither of them know much about farming but came into this work through their interestingness in nature and wildlife and , finally , the relationships they built at a Bioneers Conference . That permaculture mimics nature made it a natural burst for their ground - management ism .
see about the steps they take to bring municipal water to a property that is n’t beseem for a well but did n’t have a municipal - water meter . ( Listeners : Most of us would have walked out from this property . You have to find out about their journey ! ) Robert also talks about how they collect and keep rainwater on the earth , plus two outpouring that have add up to the airfoil since they purchased the property .
Juan Carlos talks about the construct of “ volunteers”–particularly plant volunteers as a way to slenderize dependance on off - farm seed resources . He also talks about the various brute they keep and the scroll each fills on the farm , plus some of the more untypical tropical crops they farm in nursery and the fields . You wo n’t find soursop tree , bananas or pittaya growing too many other berth in the Midwest !
pick up , too , about their family with Midwest Grains , the milpas they ’re try out with , and their involvement in finding and watch from other small - musical scale food grain growers in the region .
From CSA to an on - farm market , Sobremesa Farm undertake to tie in their client with how their food is farm . Robert spill the beans about getting grant money to expand yield via mini product contracts for a local food for thought pantry in 2023 . He gets real about the growing pain for farm as small as theirs when engage with grant .
Finally , Juan Carlos talks about their approach to educating their client and school groups , as well as multicultural land workshop they host on the farm . get word , too , about the fertility method they ’ve used to supercharge the soil organic matter on their farm .
If you ’re curious about the name Sobremesa Farm , listen to the very ending to discover Juan Carlos ’s explanation of the Romance American conception ofsobremesa .
Note from the host :
One thing we did not get to talk about in this instalment was Sobremesa Farm ’s feature during the 2023 Farm Aid welfare concert . Be sure to watch the video , linked below .
Links from this episode
Sobremesa Farm web site
Sobremesa Farm Instagram
The ABC of Organic Agriculture , Chromatography and Sustainable farm animal Managementworkshop with Jairo Restrepo , September 3 - 6 , 2024
Farm economic aid telecasting
