S3, Ep3: Vegan Urban Farming with Jack's Patch

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>This season of The ChickPeeps is brought to you by our friends at Vivo Life! Use our code 'chickpeeps10' to get 10% off your order at</strong> <a href="https://www.vivolife.co.uk/?rfsn=3316041.f04d74&amp;utm_source=Refersion&amp;utm_medium=Affiliates&amp;utm_campaign=3316041"> Vivo Life</a><strong>.</strong></span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this episode Evy and Momo talk with veganic farmer Jack Hodgson, better known as</span> <strong>Jack's Patch</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Jack shares the three principles on which his market garden was founded; 'no dig', permaculture and biodynamic farming.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">While you're listening, please take a moment to check out the link to our sponsor <a href="https://www.vivolife.co.uk/?rfsn=3316041.f04d74&amp;utm_source=Refersion&amp;utm_medium=Affiliates&amp;utm_campaign=3316041"> Vivo Life</a>. Not only is Vivo Life a great, vegan company, but their support also allows us to continue to produce The ChickPeeps for you! We love them and their products and we think you will too.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also in this episode:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jack talks about the power of good food, straight from the plant to the plate and shares how he fell in love with farming while traveling in Australia.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jack shares the story of how he manifested his own farm.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How to farm in a veganic way and why it is beneficial for your garden and for your body. </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why Jack believes throwing away food should be criminalised!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;"> How you can grow food at home regardless of how much space you have!</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jack describes how bad farming practices and relentless animal exploitation have contributed to the soil erosion and degradation that is now threatening global food security, and how we can fix those issues.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">He breaks down what regenerative agriculture means and why some of its concepts are fundamentally flawed.</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jack weighs in on the 'plants have feelings' debate and shares how he harvests his vegetables in a mindful way.</span></li> </ul> <p><strong>Links: </strong></p> <p><a href="https://jackspatch.co.uk/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jack's Patch</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Follow Jack on</span> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/jacks_patch/?hl=en"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram</span></a> <span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2Pl_BSD8DpgmfpLGtYLJDg/featured"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Youtube</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Check out some documentaries recommended by Jack:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span><a href="https://www.earthconsciouslife.org/theneedtogrow"><span style="font-weight: 400;">The Need to Grow</span></a><strong>, </strong></p> <p><a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/fantasticfungi"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Fantastic Fungi</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHhhHpohglg"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Dirt! The movie</span></a></p> <p><a href="https://www.seedthemovie.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Seed: The Untold Story</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And a book that changed Jack's life: <a href="https://www.amazon.co.uk/Secret-Life-Plants-Fascinating-Emotional/dp/0060915870/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=the+secret+life+of+plants&amp;qid=1605091494&amp;quartzVehicle=45-608&amp;replacementKeywords=the+secret+of+plants&amp;sr=8-1"> The Secret Life of Plants</a></span></p> <p><strong>Social Media</strong></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter:</span><a href="https://twitter.com/ChickPeepsPod"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPod</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Instagram:</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/chickpeepspod/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPod</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Facebook:</span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/ChickPeepsPodcast/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@ChickPeepsPodcast</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Momoko Hill:</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/oh_momoko/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@oh_momoko</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Robbie Jarvis:</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/RobbJarvis/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@robbjarvis</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Tylor Starr:</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/tylorstarr/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@tylorstarr</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Evanna Lynch:</span><a href="https://www.instagram.com/msevylynch/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@msevylynch</span></a></p>