Episode 46 - Fire, Food, Futuresteading

Fire, food, and the future come together in this conversation about relearning forgotten skills we need in the modern world. We explore permaculture, regenerative farming, seeds, and cycles, as well as six seasons of activities that people can do to nourish, create, feast, ritualize, and localize. 

Jade Miles is a regenerative heritage fruit farmer. Together with her husband and three kids, Jade runs Black Barn Farm, a biodiverse orchard, nursery and workshop space in Northeast Victoria, Australia. She is the author of Futuresteading: Live like tomorrow matters and Huddle: Wisdom, skills and recipes for building a tomorrow of togetherness. Jade’s podcast Futuresteading has 150 episodes spanning 10 seasons. She’s an active presence in the regenerative space, hosting school programs, permaculture and homesteading workshops – all in the name of reconnecting people to nature, food and a simpler existence.

This conversation is about challenging an anesthetized numbness, to instead living differently through embracing old and new skills, building community, and cultivating mutual aid. We are not designed to be cogs in an industrialized machine but rather we are a custodial species.