The Urban Farm
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Welcome to The Urban Farm. Growing gardeners into farmers the easy way. Urban farming, backyard farming, balcony farming, permaculture and more.
Phoenix, Arizona
Joined April 2009
Have you tried a virtual farm tour yet? Does seeing a working model make you more likely to start growing? Reply below. Like/Repost to share the future of ag education.
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Don't just read about soil health. Don't just imagine swales. Go look at them. Technology is bridging the gap between curiosity and capability. Start exploring.
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The future of farm education isn't just local workshops. It is global digital access. This tech empowers the 1% ready to change before the crisis hits. It makes the alternative system VISIBLE.
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This transforms education. Field trips are limited by geography. Virtual access is unlimited. We need more models of success. We need to see what is possible to believe we can do it ourselves.
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The barrier to entry used to be travel. You had to fly to Australia or Costa Rica to see top-tier design. Now the design comes to you. You can study the layers of a food forest up close. You can see water harvesting systems in context.
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This is the gap Edge Perma is closing. They utilize 360° drone footage and 3D models. You can now walk through complex permaculture sites from your couch. It is immersion without borders.
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Walk through world-class permaculture farms virtually. Most people never step foot on a real regenerative site. That means most learning stays theoretical. Books are great. But seeing a system in action changes everything.
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What "dead end" are you facing today? Look closer. It might be your biggest breakthrough in disguise. Like and comment if you're ready to turn your obstacles into assets.
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We often stare at the closed door. We forget to check the window. Andrew's vision turned a lockdown into a launchpad. LIMITS FORCE INNOVATION.
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Regenerative design teaches us to use what exists. Andrew applied this to the crisis itself. He composted the failure of the old model. He used it to fertilize a new one.
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They didn't just want a class. They wanted the innovation. They saw a way to scale field education without the field trip. The obstacle became the asset.
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The results were IMMEDIATE. Geography was no longer a barrier. A local class became a national platform. Universities across America started partnering with Edge Perma.
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Andrew engineered a new reality. He created virtual walkthroughs of regenerative landscapes. He captured the nuance of the ecosystem. He built a digital bridge to the soil.
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The problem: He couldn't bring students to the farms. The inversion: He had to bring the farms to the students. But a Zoom call wasn't enough. He needed immersion.
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Most educators paused. They waited for the world to go back to "normal." Andrew refused to wait. He realized the restriction wasn't a stop sign. It was a design constraint.
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Pandemic stopped his class. He transformed education. The old model of teaching permaculture relied on one thing: presence. Students needed to smell the soil. Then 2020 hit. Access was cut. The class was dead.
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In this podcast, we chat with Jennifer Jewell on her journey discovering the significance of seeds. She shared “that my tiny life will end and I will have spent a lot of hot air talking to gardeners, but the seeds are gonna survive." https://t.co/W6o2zyeZ1B
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MONTHLY SEED SAVING CLASS + Q&A with Bill McDorman and Greg Peterson FREE CLASSES TO GET YOUR SEED QUESTIONS ANSWERED. THIRD Tuesday of the month Sign up here to be notified via email when they are schedule to never miss a date! https://t.co/W1qCXQyRPB
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Today! Our Pop-up Nursery will be open ONE day Only this Spring! Join us Sat April 6th - 9am to 1pm to stock up on all your fruit tree supplies. Check out our General Store Items https://t.co/JMj9kSV2qw 4549 N 7th Street, Phx SE Corner of Meadowbrook & 7th Street
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Tomorrow! Our Pop-up Nursery will be open ONE day Only this Spring! Join us Sat April 6th - 9am to 1pm to stock up on all your fruit tree supplies. Check out our General Store Items https://t.co/JMj9kSV2qw 4549 N 7th Street, Phx SE Corner of Meadowbrook & 7th Street
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