Robin Greenfield: Is It Possible to Grow and Forage 100% of My Food? I Decided to Find Out

[@Robin.Greenfield]

This is my presentation of the year, given at Orlando Permaculture in Orlando, Florida on 11/12/19. This presentation shares the story of my experience but more importantly was designed to lay the framework for anyone in Central Florida who wants to step away from industrial agriculture and live within a fully localized food system. For a detailed resource guide to accompany this presentation go to: robgreenfield.org/grow/

[@mr.bread3circus]

Thx a lot Rob. I too am in Central Florida and your energy is infectious! I've been growing about 40% of the food I eat (as of 2016) and am chipping away at increasing that percentage daily... I appreciate what you do.

[@Bebeembop]

I just started watching the video- is this a white Christian-based group? I see two paintings behind you.

[@mrpartyfreak101]

Do you have a guide on making your yard into a garden. I know that it differs from state to state but did you have to do any permits to make your yard that way

[@nicolesvrcinova1482]

Have you ever considered trying this in a food desert? I believe that is where this kind of project would be most needed since those people don't have any other accessible source of real food.

[@Dave-tx1um]

When you say "global" do you believe the globe model? Or are you a plane-Earther?

[@bevonviechweg7891]

I am Caribbean and you are on point with what you are saying hope the viewers take you seriously and follow you Our peas can make great soup dry or green Also cooked with rice Can also be stewed down it's like much less water than the soup add coconut milk hope you do know what it is Thank you and one love

[@rock-canyon-foodscaping]

youre an inspiration Robin. i love that you weaved a community and were able to find multiple places to garden without needing to own private property.

[@samuelfowler4794]

Rob green field is a true warrior in these times

[@laurab3876]

I had the pleasure of attending Rob's presentation tonight at San Juan Capistrano, Cali and of course it was awesome. He is beyond talented but most importantly, he is so down to earth and humble. He is so easy to love! Thanks Rob, the planet really needed you right now

[@StillStanding-sv6zy]

Glad I found you! Going to try my hand (on a smaller scale)! Thanks!

[@LoremIpsumPeach]

You are an inspiration ❤

[@nnmdioxyde]

words can't describe how wholesome it is

[@paulam1596]

This is the best talk .. I have been watching you all year.. thanks for all the info you provided!

[@Tinksmeadow]

Yuca has an enormous amount of benefits for the body and it taste delicious, I never knew it was so easy to grow.

[@shannoncook9915]

Finding your youtube channel has truly changed my life & woke me up to making so many changes in my "selfish" ways. Thank you & so excited to see what you challenge yourself with next!

[@thandoc3934]

Rob I follow you all the way from Botswana,..... I am inspired....I now own a small garden and enjoy my greens, herbs and living a very healthy life with few trips to the clinic

[@crispsaturday]

Congratulations, spread the word!

[@theamericanforester]

Thanks Rob for everything you do.while following you on your KZbin journey this year you've inspired me to clear 2 and 1/2 acres of my own land, create a walnut orchard of an acre, and create a quarter acre food Forest. I didn't realize all the work and effort that went into being part of a community and look forward to finding my own here in the Augusta area of Georgia. thank you once again for your vision in a healthy and active lifestyle of our own food, and I hope to meet you one day soon. Cheers, Sterling

[@Robin.Greenfield]

I hope to visit you and eat some walnuts with you one day. :)

[@himabindugogineni7957]

Please make me your student , teach me and we make a group here in India too. With lots of education, we lost lot of knowledge of growing plants

[@twissol2494]

Wonderful! I'm planning to more Georgia in 2 1/2 years. I'll be looking for a 5 or 7 acre lot.

[@StillStanding-sv6zy]

Neat!!

[@liamkosinski873]

Could you do a video guide on food that’s easy to maintain/grow for cheap or someone on a low budget? Btw, keep up the videos, they’re very interesting 😁👍🏻.

[@Robin.Greenfield]

I may do a video on that, but this video does go into that subject. For Florida, I cover a lot of information here: www.robgreenfield.tv/grow And for USA, I cover a lot here: robgreenfield.tv/freeseedprojectguide/ I will keep up the videos for you Liam!

[@raedasama]

@@Robin.Greenfield I stumbled across your channel today (through Buzzfeed), and I feel so inspired and impressed by your dedication and your goodwill. Keep doing what you're doing! Can't wait for more amazing videos.

[@paulahuguley6122]

❤ thank you, Robin.

[@younggary7849]

i will spread your message,more good people can change this society

[@mikethefenceguy]

He's so inspiring. I wish more people we're watching and learning from Rob. His message really can change the world.

[@anweshpeddineni5802]

This channel should be subscribed by 10 million and more.

[@tracyvernon2426]

Really interesting Rob,and congratulations on achieving such a difficult task! Since watching your channel I have made a few changes myself trying to live a greener life.keep up the good work mate.

[@dankslug]

Amazing Rob. Well done.

[@MyraHart1943]

I really enjoyed this talk! And am looking forward to all your future projects! Thank you for all your work.

[@newsteps28]

Congratulations and best wishes for a different Man & to his one man army.. my big SALUTE✌️✌️💯💐🇮🇳

[@off-gridsimplyhappyrodriguez]

I'm in White Plains Georgia I listen to you!

[@wadebradley9281]

I subscribed a year ago to follow your progress and was very inspired by your challenge. I'm in no way what you would call an environmental activist, but I believe we should all be good stewards of our plant and its resources. I just watched the buzzfeed video and came here to leave a comment. Great job! You've inspired me to get back in my garden!

[@truthsurfer6062]

I wish we could have seen the pictures

[@jojolamb6796]

Hello Sir Rob, saw your video from someone who shared it. this is what i really wanted to do in my life, this is the happiness that im looking for. You inspired me so much. Thank you.

[@Zero-The-Hunter]

Hey Rob, I'm curious but what are your thoughts on Hydroponics and Aquaponics? Also you are proof that the phrase "Give a man a fish and feed him for a day, teach him to fish and feed him for life" is a very true and still usable phrase!

[@pixiejoan]

I want more Wisconsin!

[@johnnysvoboda1623]

Awesome

[@kimuseni]

This is so beautiful. Great 2 years of progress

[@pixiejoan]

YES!!!!

[@allnaturalhomesteaders]

Question. My plants are taking forever to grow. Example I've had 5 cantaloupe plants growing for over 8 months now, my Tomatos have taken 7 months. Everything is growing super super slow. How do I speed up the growing process? Lettuce is taking me 5+ months to grow from seed! Like it's a 30-40 day crop. So what can I do to speed things up? I've got a back to Eden garden, wood chips, I just put the chips/leaves/pine needles/cardboard, top soil, and worm castings down 4 months ago. So there just starting to decompose. But I got older chips, year old. Anyway, I like all natural gardening. Any natural fertilizers for faster growing results would be great! My plants are healthy and beautiful, just slow growing. Any help will be much appreciated, as I hope to get some fruit before the frost coming in 3 weeks or so.

[@aquiodondesea857]

Sería bueno que introdujeras subtítulos. Muy buenos videos, gracias.

[@jorgearenillas4]

Love it! Many thanks for sharing. Very inspiring

[@anweshpeddineni5802]

This channel should be subscribed by 10 million and more

[@Livey01]

In time ;)

[@teeteesdoublewidedreamfarm4829]

Love the video and Rob, next time please include the visuals of the plants. Great face but I really want to See the plant species

[@iteerrex8166]

Big congrats on a successful productive educational experiment/endeavor. How would you modify what you did for a cold climate, or is this a question for future? After you have been back to Wisconsin for a while.

[@Robin.Greenfield]

I would modify it, by doing what is needed in that climate. You simply have to work with your environment. I may do it in the future.

[@no-dg2vl]

those poor kids. hahaha. great presentation! You are truely inspiring

[@anthonyburdine1061]

Awesome !! Thank you so very much !! GOD bless !!!😊

[@Green.Country.Agroforestry]

Very inspirational .. I first heard about this 9 months ago, and It really spurred me to up my game. Although some of the perennial system that I have installed since then will require a few more years to reach full production, what I have now is sufficient for one person, and will be sufficient for four by this time next year (plus up to 7 years for everything to mature). This isn't junk that no one would really want to eat, either .. I've got hazelnuts and blueberries in excess, so much so that in 9 years, I'll be able to retire .. at 57 :) Thank you for the motivation, Rob Greenfield!

[@candisetyus9632]

So happy I found your page.

[@mikethefenceguy]

Thank you for all that you have done to inspire us and being the change the world needs! I will spread your message and knowledge as I work on changing my habits and becoming self sustainable. I'm in Sarasota, so all this information is so useful. Most veggies everyone knows are more for northern climates and very challenging for us in Florida to grow.

[@autumnmeadows4079]

I like the things you do

[@rebeccahenkins1697]

OK Where on Meet Up can I find this group? I live in Sanford but this group is not showing on Meet Up for me?? Thanks Rob - you inspire!

[@odalissk]

good opportunity to create a meetup group ?

[@Robin.Greenfield]

Information about Orlando Permaculture and other groups here: robgreenfield.tv/grow/

[@selvianaumang677]

Love you Rob and love your example.thanks yo show the world that we can stand by our self without the industrial

[@michirhythm]

Such an amazing talk...I learned so much. I currently grow horesradish and love to use fire cider as a remedy. Good stuff! I can’t wait to read some of the books you recommended.

[@valeriavagapova]

I'm just watching this wondering why the hell there's a picture of jesus in the background lol P.S. Fascinating talk!! Would be interesting to hear something similar for cold climates

[@izikisuman1893]

oh! ok! :-)

[@pevitzachast6892]

So inspirational

[@youcanknowanything8489]

how do u process your acorns?

[@mamandroid]

🤗

[@noelia6803]

Awesome !👏🏻 👏🏻

[@littlegreen5845]

Wow. Great job!

[@macanglin2332]

I went to the dollar store yesterday and it was full of condiments and pickles from India and Pakistan !! How can that possibly make economic sense to ship heavy things like jars of pickles from India.... We can't grow cucumbers and produce pickles here?

[@kristopherjensen2513]

I love you Rob

[@kristopherjensen2513]

@@jamesc9327 source?

[@theclumsyprepper]

Great talk Rob, fantastic sense of humour too but those pictures of Jesus were very distracting.

[@karissadomin3601]

New challenge. Come to Fairbanks AK, and see if you can fully sustain off the land with hunting, fishing, and greenhousing. I love your videos!!!

[@gonefishing3644]

I would like to see more of the families who live in the suburbs convert their water-wasting lawns into organic vegetable gardens and replace some of those ornamental shrubs and trees with fruit trees or nut trees. Many families grew victory gardens during WWI and WWII while working full-time jobs and ate better because of this. However, I cannot see many people giving up their day jobs, relocating to Florida and going door to door asking to build a shed in someone's back yard, living in that shed and turning the front lawn into a vegetable garden. Nor can I see very many people giving up their day jobs, buying 40 rural acres and a mule, felling trees with an ax, building a log cabin with hand tools and trying to live like the Amish doing the hard labor of subsistence farming.

[@tresmarias7802]

Hello new subscribers here

[@vinnettepope8255]

Awesome 👌gardening tips 👌

[@kamalahammad3870]

Great lecture

[@ernestoginebra9651]

Start to drink sea water to get the rest of nutrients for the body. Just from 1/4 of the cup and the rest of the cup add juices or regular water.

[@luwuhl]

Hi Rob! I live in Buenos Aires, in the center of the city and i have the luck to live in kind of a weird place! It's kind of a house behind a building on a really busy avenue. I have a little balcony in which i have planted some tomatoes, aromatics, eggplants before, but there's only so much I can do in a pot. The building my house is attached to has a garden where there's a lemon tree a huge avocado tree that (so I'm set for guacamole!). I want to start planting on there and show my neighbors there's a lot we can do. What greens or roots would you suggest I plant? I'm also afraid a lot of it wont grow since it's SO HUMID HERE and some parts of the garden dont get a lot of sun. Thanks in advance!

[@lorivernon3364]

Tell me how?

[@leengau896]

Thank you Rob for sharing your knowledge. Some of us will face survival challenges when there is a food shortage. What are your plans in the coming years, since you have shown us how to forage and grow our own food? I looking forward to another one of your challenges?

[@healthfooddrinksexercise6270]

super info sir. sir you are knowledge fort

[@andrew5718]

Great talk. Very inspirational. I was just very upset about that figure of Jesus in the background.

[@tammyfriesen7272]

I’m glad He caught your eye. ❤️

[@kamalahammad3870]

sir, I need class from you, Would mind to arrange class in future

[@andrew5718]

Please, Rob. Herbs with an “H“. Thanks ;--)

[@michelepaccione8806]

In the U.S. we pronounce it as the French do. Silent H.

[@docjody8624]

Rob, that's not a Berkey filter you have. It's a water purifier, does a much better job than just a filter. Berkey's history dates back to the British Royal Navy hundreds of years ago, colonizing the world-- and needing purified water to accomplish that.

[@abigailgutierrez3744]

I live in south west florida and my soil sucks and I want to start plant my own crops but I don’t know what to do

[@pilgrimcarolee7294]

I was called into Loma Linda because they said I did something to my daughters part of her brain that their scientists have studied For many years & had Not been able to do. This was in the 1970's. So, yes I do believe in my food is my medicine!!!

[@2drealms196]

Headline: Florida man caught eating squirrels

[@ohske]

😯👍👍👍👌👍

[@kamalahammad3870]

You missed jujubi fruit

[@vitorpacela665]

how do you poop without peeing? I think I cant do that

[@AceHardy]

👨‍🍳

[@izikisuman1893]

pourquoi il y a des images du Seigneur Jésus Christ derrière vous ?

[@pascalxus]

you don't need to worry about protein. there's plenty of it in all the vegetables and fruits and beans

[@lifesimulator3964]

Rob: Diverse food in my garden Me, an asian: 100% rice front yard & backyard farm

[@samtheoutdoor]

Here's just a suggestion. I think your talks in each videos shouldn't exceed 1hr, if possible. That's okay with me even if it's 3hr. But others may not have that much time to listen to a talk for such a long extents. Love ya bro

[@MaryLightfine]

For those who live in a Florida HOA many of these sustainable ground covers and edible landscape plants will cause the neighbors to grumble. Perhaps you could help us figure out how to sell these ideas to Property Managers and Board Members!!

[@MageeMooney]

Hm

[@OutdoorLuke]

what do you do when there is a strong hurricane while living in a tiny home?

[@KA4UPW]

I dont like Gater and poached orange's

[@davidhartley6232]

"Grow and forage"???... Why keep your body in a state of survival instead of a state of thriving? 😢 RAISE your own food and thrive as our ancestors 🤗

[@TaiTai-yu4gq]

Wassup with the picture of Ceaser Borges in the background?? That “IS NOT” Jesus! (Fix it Jesus!!!!)

[@iristhompson5604]

of course its possible. you think food would rain from the sky 10 thousand years ago?

[@medienmitmarius278]

Maybe the frogs in Egypt 😂

[@journeywithnichole]

Turned into a wet wipe lol

[@mayploy6869]

Amazing accomplishment. Yet I couldn’t help but notice the Typical attitude of omnivores that they’re going to die without enough fat and protein without looking enough at other factors.

[@dustinabc]

What's BEHIND the unsustainability ? Using force to control others in violation of their natural rights. We see this in many corrupt companies, but mostly in GOVERNMENT. Building community and society are great. But when some people force others to participate in surviving ways that violate their consent, you end up with systems that spiral out of control, because the natural feedback loops that exist in natural systems are broken. #nonaggressionprinciple #VOLUNTARYISM