My guest on this episode of the Building Your Homestead Podcast is Robert Breedlove. He is an entrepreneur, writer, and host of “The What Is Money Show” where he seeks to shed light on how the corruption of money corrupts our hearts, minds, and societies, and on solutions that will help us to bring truth back into the equation. 

• Podcast: whatismoneypodcast.com)
• Twitter @breedlove22 

In this episode, Takota was interviewed by Lana Salant from The Ethical Omnivore Movement.

0:00 Intro with cheers to raw milk

0:22 Why veganism has failed despite billions of dollars of government and corporate funding?

3:47 Why the regenerative agriculture movement needs to avoid the government teat

7:30 How movements get co-opted

10:27 How Canada became a “legal” dictatorship during the trucker convoys

12:05 Why human rights should never trump property rights

13:33 Are we worse off than slaves right now?

14:24 How the Regenerative Agriculture movement is being co-opted

18:44 Why “Certified Regenerative” is a distraction

21:37 Government corruption is a feature not a bug of our current system and how to fix it

23:56 If you aren’t a “conspiracy theorist” you are ignorant to history and current events

27:06 Why ending government subsidies is the most important next step

32:07 Why we should bite the hand that is feeding

35:44 How to break 10,000 hours of government indoctrination

37:31 Self Esteem is our most powerful weapon against tyranny

45:54  “One reason is better than ten insults” Ayn Rand 

51:23 It’s going to take time for us to heal, but it's going to be worth it

53:54 How to pull out the root of evil

57:22 How I changed the meat inspection laws in Alberta

1:02:15 “Although the problems are complex, the solutions are embarrassingly simple.” Bill Mollison

Judith D. Schwartz is a journalist based in Vermont who looks to nature for approaches to solving global challenges. Her most recent book is The Reindeer Chronicles and Other Inspiring Stories of Working With Nature to Heal the Earth (Chelsea Green Publishing.)

Find out more about Judith's work at https://judithdschwartz.com/

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Ben and I talk about his plans to revise his book "The Resilient Farm and Homestead", what it's like living on a permaculture property for almost 2 decades, the increase of "COVID Refugees" to the permaculture space, why we should all be naked more, our favourite plants, and so much more.

Ben Falk developed Whole Systems Design, LLC as a land-based response to biological and cultural extinction and the increasing separation between people and elemental things. Life as a designer, builder, ecologist, tree-tender, and backcountry traveler continually informs Ben’s integrative approach to developing landscapes and buildings.

Find out more about Ben's work at: http://www.wholesystemsdesign.com

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▶️ Join Mark Shepard and I for a Free Online Summit https://www.mypermacultureproperty.com

Mark and I chat about why permaculture went from "permanent agriculture" to "gardening on steroids", P.A. Yeomans Scale of Permanence, design process, and much more.

Mark Shepard is a Permaculture farmer, homesteader, author of Restoration Agriculture: Real World Permaculture for Farmers, and Water for ANY Farm. Teacher, Restoration Agriculture system designer & installer.

Find out more about Mark's work at https://www.restorationag.com

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▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Dan and Takota talk about how a lack of a living, adaptive process is holding permaculture back from reaching its fullest potential, and what we can all do about it.

Dan Palmer is a design educator, author and podcaster living in NZ. As well as helping run a permaculture design firm called Very Edible Gardens, Dan is a co-developer of a holistic decision making and living design process.

Find out more about Dan's work at https://makingpermaculturestronger.net

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode Takota and Kevin talk about:

• The prevalence of toxins like VOC's, formaldehyde, and molds in our homes and other built environments
• Early warning health symptoms to watch out for
• Strategies to identify, eliminate, reduce or mitigate toxins that might be affecting your health

Kevin Mullen is the Founder and President of Empire Kitchen & Bath and Empire Custom Homes. After developing an acute chemical sensitivity following the 2013 Calgary flood, Kevin had to change many things in his life to foster a healthier lifestyle. He began questioning the health impacts of the products used in the construction of homes and the potential effects on homeowners. 

Find out more about Kevin and his work at https://www.empirecustomhomes.com

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode Curtis and Takota talk about, how he got into farming, why he left the "left" but the "left" didn't leave him, the prevalence of the martyr mindset in farmers, the danger this poses everyone, how to break out of this paradigm, what permaculture got wrong, what permaculture got right and so much more.

Curtis Stone is a farmer, author, speaker and consultant. His area of expertise is in quick growing, high value annual vegetables for direct consumer market streams. His book, The Urban Farmer demonstrates organic intensive techniques with a focus on business and systems to streamline labour and production. He offers a new way to think about farming. One where quality of life and profitability coexist.

Find out more about Curtis at https://theurbanfarmer.co

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode of Building Your Permaculture Property I speak with Tad Hargrave about right livelihood, ethical business, and why a small business is an essential part of every permaculture property.

Tad is a self described hippy who developed a knack for marketing (and then learned how to be a hippy again). For over a decade, he has been touring his marketing workshops around the world, bringing refreshing and unorthodox ideas to conscious entrepreneurs and green businesses that help them grow their organizations and businesses (without selling their souls).

You can find out more about Tad at https://marketingforhippies.com\

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode of Building Your Permaculture Property I speak with Nicole Masters about her new book "For the Love of Soil".

Nicole Masters is an independent agroecologist, systems thinker, author and educator. She is recognized as a knowledgeable and dynamic speaker on the topic of soil health.

Her team of soil coaches at Integrity Soils work alongside producers in the U.S., Canada and across Australasia. Supporting producers who work with over 1.2 million acres to take their operations to the next level in nutrient density, profitability and environmental outcomes.

She is one of a growing number of people who are facilitating a rapidly expanding world of quality food production and biological economies.

Her book titled “For the Love of Soil” showcases examples of the tools and principles producers are using to regenerate their soils. Describing a step-by-step triage of actions, so that you too can regenerate your land.

Link to her new soil course https://soilhealthfoundations-e542.thinkific.com/courses/soil-health-foundations

Buy the book on www.integritysoils.co.nz

Listen on Audible: https://adbl.co/35wrYw9

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this podcast Don Ruzicka and I chat about the past, present and future of regenerative agriculture, the missing connection to the land that plagues our culture, the red herring of carbon credits, and much more.

Don and his wife Marie were early adopters of Holistic Management and Organic agriculture. Over the course of 25 years they transformed their 640 acre farm from a debt ladened degenerative farm to a prosperous regenerative one. Don is now retired. He has been my mentor, friend and hero for almost 10 years.

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this podcast my colleague, co-author and friend Rob Avis shares his insights, on peak energy/food, intermittent fasting, bioregional diets and how a permaculture approach to your diet can help you to heal yourself, and heal the planet.

Rob and his wife Michelle are the founders of the globally-recognized and award-winning design, consulting, and education company, Verge Permaculture. For the past decade they have helped more than 1000 students and a growing number of clients to design and/or create integrated systems for shelter, energy, water, waste and food, all while supporting local economy and regenerating the land. I often refer to Rob as an Amateur Holistic Nutritionist, and if you watch the video you will see why!

In this podcast Rob shares his wisdom on:

• His health transformation from a "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory Diet"
• How insulin was the original root cellar and why it makes you eat until you hate yourself
• Bioregional Probiotics: The most important thing you can grow in your own back yard
• Why peak oil, peak energy, peak phosphorus could equal peak food
• Intermittent fasting
• How a pig is a cross between a coconut tree and olive tree
• The prime directive of permaculture
•  Selfishness intelligence: how do we meet our needs while enhancing the biosphere.
• How he ate his way into not wearing glasses anymore, and eliminating his hypoglycaemia
• His 5 step process for experimenting with his personal optimal diet
• And so much more!

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Alec Zeck received his B.S. in Systems Engineering from the United States Military Academy at West Point. He is a speaker, writer, podcaster, and former Army Captain. He is the former Executive Director and Founder of Health Freedom for Humanity and is the founder of The Way Forward.

Website:

https://thewayfwrd.com/

Instagram:

@the.way.fwrd

@daniel.alec.zeck 

Economist Mark Anielski sits down with Rob Avis and Takota Coen to talk about the economics of well-being.

Mark Anielski (B.A., BScF, MScFE) is an economic strategist specializing in measuring the well-being and happiness of nations, communities and businesses. Mark holds three degrees from the University of Alberta: Economics (1981), Forest Science (1984), and Masters of Science in Forest Economics (1991). For ten years (2003-2012) he was professor of corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship at the University of Alberta’s School of Business. He has lectured internationally on the economics of happiness and well-being in Canada, the US, China, Tahiti, The Netherlands and Austria.

Mark is the author of the best-selling, award-winning book The Economics of Happiness: Building Genuine Wealth (2007) and his new book An Economy of Well-being: Common Sense Tools for Building Genuine Wealth and Happiness (2018). The Economics of Happiness was published in China in 2011. In 2008, his book won the gold medal in the Conscious Business and Leadership category at the Los Angeles Nautilus Book Awards. The book also won a bronze medal at the Axiom Book Awards in New York in the category of economics.

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Takota Coen and Rob Avis discuss why permaculture is the best solution to any conspiracy, real or imagined.

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In this podcast I talk with Sally about her most recent book Nourishing Diets: How Paleo, Ancestral and Traditional Peoples Really Ate. Sally's past work on traditional diet brought me back from a year of vegetarianism, and has been incredibly influential on my newfound health. But her new book takes it to a whole new level. Going back into diary accounts from the pre-industrial Europeans and the first explorers to have contact with traditional peoples in the Americas, Africa, and Australia she paints a compelling picture of their diet, impeccable health and how they managed their land holistically. Never before have I read such an inspiring account of what is possible when the health of land and the health of its people are viewed as one. 

Sally shares her wisdom on:

• What the most universal human diseases is (I guarantee you have it)
• The insidious origins of our iconic food pyramid
• The importance of fat, salt, and carbs in our diet
• Why our government and educational institutions are so antagonistic to traditional diets and optimal human health
• The "natural selection of the wise"
• How wilderness is a "dirty" word in traditional cultures
• And so much more!​

Sally Fallon Morell is founding president of The Weston A. Price Foundation (westonaprice.org), a non-profit nutrition education foundation dedicated to returning nutrient-dense food to North American tables. She is also the founder of A Campaign for Real Milk (realmilk.com), which has as its goal universal access to clean raw milk from pasture-fed animals.  She is the author of the best-selling cookbook Nourishing Traditions (with Mary G. Enig, PhD); The Nourishing Traditions Book of Baby & Child Care (with Thomas S. Cowan, MD); Nourishing Broth (with Kaayla T. Daniel, PhD, CCN); and Nourishing Fats.

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Hi Folks, I’m Takota Coen, thank you for checking out the Building Your Homestead Podcast where I talk with expert guests about agriculture, health, economics, technology, philosophy, and other topics that I believe will help to peacefully exit the increasing tyranny of our world and start building a parallel system, one homestead at a time.

I started this podcast because I believe that the best way to fight the nefarious agents destroying our world is not with pandemonium, petitions, or pouting, but by ending our dependency on their systems that seek to keep us sick, broke, and enslaved. 

Whether you are still planning your exit strategy from the city, or you already have an established property, I hope these conversations will inspire you and give you the tools to live a life of freedom and abundance in partnership with nature.

My guest on the podcast today is Ben Perrin. Ben has been educating people in the realm of using and securing Bitcoin since 2016 via his YouTube channel. In between making tutorials, Ben regularly travels the globe speaking at conferences, running workshops, and educating political dissidents on how to use BTC as a tool for human rights. Ben has also spearheaded a Bitcoin only market in Calgary Alberta.

You can find all of Ben’s links below.

Website: https://www.btcsessions.ca/

YouTube:    / @btcsessions  

Twitter:   / btcsessions  

Instagram:   / btcsessions  

Many homesteaders are overwhelmed by the challenge of how to make secure, anonymous, permissionless, uncomplicated and affordable financial transactions in the ever growing parallel economy.

My goal in this podcast is to:

Highlight a real world example of how Bitcoin and the Lightning Network is beautifully solving the myriad problems of our current fiat money system.

Stefan Sobkowiak operates a 12 acre farm of which 6-acres are in a permaculture orchard at Miracle Farms in Quebec. Sobkowiak originally bought the farm as a conventional 12 acre 4,000 tree monoculture apple orchard and immediately transitioned it to organic, but he quickly realized that an organic monoculture merely substitutes inputs from the conventional model. The alternative he created is a diverse polyculture that produces a wide variety of different fruits, berries and perennial herbs for u-pick membership customers. Sobkowiak is also an avid teacher, having taught at the university level and now popularly, through his Permaculture Orchard video, his online virtual orchard tour and his online pruning course.

Find out more about Stefan at www.miracle.farm

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Tim and I talk about why he left his job in big tech to become a blacksmith and homesteader, why you should learn a pre-electricity skill, the essential human need to produce, morality, politics, and what is the one tool we would each grab on our way out of the house after a zombie apocalypse.

Find out more about Tim on his website: http://reforgedironworks.com

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

In this episode I coach one of my students about how to navigate the philosophical, ethical and political implications of keeping chickens in a California city when it suddenly became illegal.

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▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Neal Spackman is an internationally recognized pioneer of hyperarid agroforestries. He was cofounder and Director of the Al Baydha Project in Saudi Arabia, where he lived and worked with tribes of bedou to convert deserts into savannahs. He founded the webinar series Sustainable Design Masterclass, and has taught and consulted in the Middle East, Africa, and the Americas. He is passionate about the connection between ecologies and wealth. He his the CEO of Regenerative Resources CO.

Find out more about Neal at https://regenerativeresources.co

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

James Corbett is an award-winning investigative journalist, who has lectured on geopolitics at the University of Groningen’s Studium Generale, and delivered presentations on open source journalism at The French Institute for Research in Computer Science and Automation’s fOSSa conference, at TedXGroningen and at Ritsumeikan University in Kyoto. He is the founder of The Corbett Report, an independent, listener-supported alternative news source that operates on the principle of open source intelligence and provides podcasts, interviews, articles and videos about breaking news and important issues from 9/11 Truth and false flag terror to the Big Brother police state, eugenics, geopolitics, the central banking fraud and more.

Find out more about James at: https://www.corbettreport.com

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

Ludovic Bourdon works with organizations like Ecosia to help design and develop permaculture aid projects throughout Africa.

Find out more about Ludo's work here:

https://www.abundantbynature.org/

https://facebook.com/abundantbynature/

https://www.instagram.com/abundant_by_nature/

https://www.youtube.com/c/AbundantbyNature

▶️ My farm https://www.coenfarm.ca

▶️ My consulting and book https://www.buildingyourgulch.com

On this episode, Takota is interviewed by Rachel Jamison from Redemption Permaculture and the Modern Homesteading Podcast. They talk about creating systems for the homestead using permaculture principles.

The Modern Homesteading  Podcast, Episode 235 – originally aired February 21, 2024

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In this episode, Takota is interviewed by Josh Friedeman on the Business Bitcoinization Show.

Takota shares his journey of co-founding a company that was developing a cryptocurrency to incentivize the regeneration of earth but decided to leave that company when he discovered that the perfect money already exists; Bitcoin. He then co-founded "Building Your Homestead" with his 2 best friends and together, they are working to help homesteaders buy, design, develop and manage land.

Plus, he shares some insights and advice for people looking to get started with their own Homesteads.

Originally aired March 8th, 2024.

Business Bitcoinization

The Business Bitcoinization Show will introduce you to executives and entrepreneurs who are using Bitcoin - the hardest money on planet earth - to improve their lives and their businesses.

What's with the name? It's a play on the term, "Hyperbitcoinization," which is a word used to describe the eventual, rapid adoption of Bitcoin as other currencies continue to weaken in relation to it.

Hear how other business owners are using Bitcoin and begin using it yourself so that, when we get to the other side of hyperbitcoinization, you and your business will be prepared to take advantage of the massive productivity and wealth that will follow.

In this episode of Unhypnotized, Heather welcomes guest Takota Coen, who shares his experience growing up on an organic farm in Alberta and his work helping people reconnect with regenerative farming through mentorship. Takota explains the shift from sustainability, which focuses on "doing less bad," to regeneration, which actively restores ecosystems.

Heather and Takota explore the link between separation from nature and illness, discussing how reconnecting with nature can lead to healing. Heather draws on her experience with hypnotherapy and healing, emphasizing the power of addressing psychosomatic issues. Together, they challenge outdated paradigms that separate humans from nature and stress the importance of living in alignment with one’s purpose. The episode ends with a focus on inspiring others by embodying a fulfilling and joyful life.

Find more from Heather here:

https://x.com/UnHypnotizedBTC

  / hypnoheather  

Originally aired September 11, 2024

Mike Cardamone is the creative director for Don't Slap Snooze, a platform that makes educational comedy content. Mike is not a registered attorney, medical doctor, or raw meat inspector. Therefore, Don't Slap Snooze does not provide any legal, medical, or meat-related advice.

Instagram: @dontslapsnooze

Website: https://dontslapsnooze.net/

Join this wide-ranging discussion with Cal Washington (https://www.inpowermovement.org) and Alberta permaculture homesteader Takota Coen (https://www.buildingyourhomestead.com)

Takota discusses how being a producer (rather than just a consumer) is the key to all of us building a future free from tyranny. Some universal permaculture concepts are discussed like invasive species, complementary crops, and soil building. Also includes a detailed discussion of money, crypto, and Bitcoin, and what a fair money of the future might look like.

What about the immediate threat of Bill C-293 and other governmental threats? Takota is a fan of "tactical empathy" as outlined by Chris Voss in his book "Never Split the Difference". Maybe that's enough....

Originally aired on ThatChannel.TV with Hugh Reilly on Friday October 4th, 2024.

Join regenerative farmer, author, and farming consultant, Takota Coen, live on Monday, September 30th at 1 PM CDT, to talk about what food independence really takes.

In this interview we will discuss what rebellion really looks like, how to choose land and prepare for raising food animals, the practicality of growing food grains, what he thinks we’re facing in the years to come, and the spiritual side of living off of the land in harmony with the powers the naturally and abundantly support life.

Takota's bio:

Takota Coen was born and raised on a 250 acre regenerative farm in Alberta, Canada. In 2012 he quit his career as a carpenter when he realized that humanity was heading towards a dystopian nightmare and dedicated his life to help change that trajectory. In the years since he realized the best way to fight the nefarious agents destroying our world is not with pandemonium, petitions, or pouting, but by ending our own dependency on the systems that keep us sick, broke, and enslaved. He is a farmer, author, and co-founder of Building Your Homestead, a company whose mission is to help others to peacefully exit the increasing tyranny of our world and start building a parallel economy, one homestead at a time. You can find more about their homestead design services, mentorship, and free resources at www.BuildingYourHomestead.com. His book “Building Your Permaculture Property: A 5-Step Process To Design and Develop Land” is available on Amazon, Audible and Kindle.