Episodes

  • Can HesperoYucca Whipplei be dryfarmed like an agave?

    Can HesperoYucca Whipplei be dryfarmed like an agave?
    Jul 4 2025
    In this episode I am driving through the LA National Forrest and talking about Chapparal Yucca aka Quixote aka Spanish bayonet, latin name hesperoyucca whipplei. Great plant!
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    32 mins
  • California Native Cactus that have potential to be a crop

    California Native Cactus that have potential to be a crop
    Jun 28 2025
    Talking about 8 CA Native Cacti, and why I think they have significant potential to be dryfarmed in California. I discuss how you may profit off them, how ive profited from them, and how ive utilized them. I also mention 1 Naturalized and 1 usa Native Cactus. Use this podcast as a primer for farming California Native cactus and creating a framework to farm natives in your local. Here are the 10 plants i mentioned today: Cylindropuntia Imbricata, CA Native Cyllindropuntia Imbricata subs Spinosior, debatable CA native, AZ for sure. Cylindropuntia Echinocarpa , Silver Cholla, CA Native Cylindropuntia Ramosissima, CA Native Echinocactus Polycephalus subs Polycephalus, red barrel cactus, CA native Echinocactus Polycephalus subs Xeranthemoides, gold barrel cactus, CA native Opuntia Basilaris subs basilaris, beaverstail cactus, Opuntia Phaeacantha, Tulip prickly pears, CA Native Opuntia Littoralis , CA naturalized, Native to baja. Opuntia linguiformis, Texas prickly pears, TX Native Contact me if you need any of these for your farm. I farm them at scale mostly. Have a great day peeps.
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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Se deberia continuar la exportacion de agave de mexico? (Español)

    Se deberia continuar la exportacion de agave de mexico? (Español)
    Jun 25 2025
    Un poco de discusión sobre esta tema y mi opinión
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    1 hr and 1 min
  • Agaves y Nopales (Español)

    Agaves y Nopales (Español)
    Jun 18 2025
    Hablando de unas de las razones porque me encanta crecer agaves y Nopales juntos. Los dos se complementan mucho. Gracias por escuchar.
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    51 mins
  • Agaves y Chivas (Español)

    Agaves y Chivas (Español)
    Jun 17 2025

    Hablando un poco de como crecer agave y Chivas a la misma vez es algo beneficioso para el sembrador.

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    1 hr and 11 mins
  • 20 ways to make money with your agave farm; or also save money on your farm with agave, part 2

    20 ways to make money with your agave farm; or also save money on your farm with agave, part 2
    Jun 10 2025
    part 2, 11-20 11- if you have animals combine with animal manure in a biodigester to make your own natural biofuel and run your heating and cooking utilities off that. 12 - process leaves into fiber and dry it and sell it, make clothes or w/e 13- plant giant agave as a windbreaker and firebreak to help save you on water and potentially future emergencies. 14- make distillates from the quiotes 15- sell the agave leaf skin, used in mexixan cuisines 16- sell agave roots, sustainable harvesting 17- create your own hybrids, interspecies hybrids. TC them. patent and lease them 18- create new farms with the plants you sell, sell installation services 19- sell carbon credits 20- seek grants or money for Carbon sequestration or heavy metal sequestration , restoration 21, sell to ngos or gov looking to restore. grow natives and restore.
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    38 mins
  • 20 ways to make money with your agave farm; or also save money on your farm with agave, part 1

    20 ways to make money with your agave farm; or also save money on your farm with agave, part 1
    Jun 2 2025
    part 1, ways 1-10 1- sell your leaves to a BBQ spot 2- grind it up and ferment it and sell as an animal sillage 3 - sell your pinas to distillers, or create your own spirit from the pinas. 4- make and sell pulque, 5- aquamiel distillates, pulque distillates 6- sell to agave wine producers, niche market may need to do yourself 7- sell agave stalks whole or grinded to packaging producers to use in a packaging products, or sell it yourself 8- sell agave plants, preferably your pups, keep seeded, ca, usa and global market. 9- harvest the quiotes and collect seed, bubils, sell the fresh quiotes at farmers markets, to chefs, sell older quiotes and building products or stakes 10 - let your animals forage the agave fields to fertilize, aerating agave. boost pup production. increase stress for variegation. spend less on feed.
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    48 mins
  • Getting interviewed by Purdue Dryfarming/Sustainable Farming Researcher

    Getting interviewed by Purdue Dryfarming/Sustainable Farming Researcher
    May 23 2025
    This podcast is a conversation I had with Keirstyn Amponsah, who is researching Dryfarming/Sustainable Farming Practices with Purdue. She had some great questions & this convo has alot of cool knowledge i think will help you podcast listeners. New podcast coming soon on agave. Enjoy!
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    56 mins