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b'Visit Our Sponsor: Foraged.Market\\nDonate Directly:\\xa0via PayPal\\xa0-or-\\xa0Venmo @permaculturepodcast\\n\\xa0\\nWant to listen to more conversations about Permaculture?\\xa0Browse the extensive archives of the show.\\xa0\\n\\n \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n \\n \\n \\n \\n \\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n \\n \\n My guest is Emmet Van Driesche, author of Carving Out a Living on the Land: Lessons in Resourcefulness and Craft from an Unusual Christmas Tree Farm. He joins me to share his life transitioning to farming. How he became a Christmas tree farmer, who coppices softwood balsam firs rather than cutting and replanting. How he earns an additional on-farm income through spoon carving. And we end with his thoughts on planning for long-term succession, both of the land as he considers how to leave this patch of earth for future generations, and the process of transitioning a farm between non-family members, as he took over responsibility and ownership of the Christmas tree farm from his mentor Al.\\n\\n \\n\\n\\n\\nLearn More'