Welcome back to the Year of Plenty podcast the shop for all things real food where we discuss topics around sustainable eating, nutrition, traditional foodways, homesteading, wild food, and much more.This episode is a conversation with Steven Cornett who runs the ultra-popular homesteading Youtube Channel called Nature’s Always Right.Steven started his journey into growing food as an urban market gardener where he would grow tons of veggies on as little land as possible and sell it at farmer's markets.But he has moved beyond simply growing vegetables in recent years. Steven now manages his own homestead on 16 acres that includes animals and even a forest.I have a previous episode with Steven from several years ago called Lessons In Regenerative Urban Farming. In that episode, we talk all about his time as an urban farmer in California. But in this episode, we get more into homestead management.

Episode Overview:

• Choosing the right land for your homestead
• An in-depth discussion about raising sheep and pigs for meat
• High beds vs inground beds and which ones Steven has found to work better
• Korean Natural Farming and Jadam Low-ost Agriculture
• How to produce natural pesticides and how you can leverage IMOs (Indigenous Microorganisms) to supercharge your soil health
• How to set up mushroom logs and even grow mushrooms on the ground in your forest
• How Food Sovereignty provides freedom

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