Alex Kronick's guest appearances

Alex Kronick

Agents of Innovation

Regenerative Skills

Caoba Farms

Dan Lesniak

Gabe Brown

Brad Lancaster

Permaculture Homesteading

John Moody

Joel Salatin

Isaac Morehouse

Curtis Stone

Steve Gabriel

Matt Brown

Ravi Zacharias

John Evans

Leah Penniman

Brian Von Herzen

OwlTail

Alex Kronick is the founder and owner of Caoba Farms, located in Antigua, Guatemala. Alex founded Caoba Farms in May 2004 and is the farm’s owner and operator. Alex is from Guatemala, and the land (approximately three acres) was formerly used to grow coffee and roses. When Alex took over the property, seeing a need for new varieties of produce in the area, in particular diverse salad greens, he decided to convert the space into an organic farm. Caoba Farms now consists of two fully operating farms with a total of 45 acres. Today, the farms supply top restaurants and hotels in Antigua and Guatemala City with fresh, organic produce, as well as stocking the Caoba store and providing ingredients for fresh farm-to-table meals in the Caoba Café.You can watch this full episode on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/Z8v4gJh0G90You can find more about Caoba Farms at: http://caobafarms.weebly.com and follow them on Instagram at: https://www.instagram.com/caobafarms/If you want to join us on the next Fearless Journeys group trip to Guatemala (April 2-9, 2022), we will be dining with Alex at Caoba Farms. You can find more details here: www.fearlessjourneys.org/post/guatemala-april-2022Thank you to Dan Lesniak for being a sponsor of the Fearless Journeys community! Check out the HyperFast Agent podcast and HyperFast coaching program at: hyperfast-agent.mykajabi.comFollow the Agents of Innovation podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. And, consider connecting with many of our previous (and future!) guests at: fearlessjourneys.org.You can also subscribe to the Fearless Journeys travel channel, which includes videos from Guatemala, at: www.youtube.com/channel/UCwAHpA_AXxBafhI2jH8_rtgYou can support this podcast and our Fearless Journeys community on our Patreon account: www.patreon.com/fearlessjourneysSpecial thanks to Luis David Lopez Cordon of Luisda Films for the video production on this interview. You can find his work at: www.instagram.com/luisdafilms/

Alex Kronick is the founder and owner of Caoba Farms, located in Antigua, Guatemala. Alex founded Caoba Farms in May 2004 and is the farm’s owner and operator. Alex is from Guatemala, and the land (approximately three acres) was formerly used to grow coffee and roses. When Alex took over the property, seeing a need for new varieties of produce in the area, in particular diverse salad greens, he decided to convert the space into an organic farm. Caoba Farms now consists of two fully operating farms with a total of 45 acres. Today, the farms supply top restaurants and hotels in Antigua and Guatemala City with fresh, organic produce, as well as stocking the Caoba store and providing ingredients for fresh farm-to-table meals in the Caoba Café. You can watch this full episode on YouTube at: <a href="https://youtu.be/Z8v4gJh0G90" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/Z8v4gJh0G90</a> You can find more about Caoba Farms at: <a href="http://caobafarms.weebly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://caobafarms.weebly.com</a> and follow them on Instagram at: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/caobafarms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/caobafarms/</a> If you want to join us on the next Fearless Journeys group trip to Guatemala (April 2-9, 2022), we will be dining with Alex at Caoba Farms. You can find more details here: <a href="http://www.fearlessjourneys.org/post/guatemala-april-2022" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.fearlessjourneys.org/post/guatemala-april-2022</a> Thank you to Dan Lesniak for being a sponsor of the Fearless Journeys community! Check out the HyperFast Agent podcast and HyperFast coaching program at: <a href="http://hyperfast-agent.mykajabi.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">hyperfast-agent.mykajabi.com</a> Follow the Agents of Innovation podcast on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. And, consider connecting with many of our previous (and future!) guests at: <a href="http://fearlessjourneys.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fearlessjourneys.org</a>. You can also subscribe to the Fearless Journeys travel channel, which includes videos from Guatemala, at: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwAHpA_AXxBafhI2jH8_rtg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.youtube.com/channel/UCwAHpA_AXxBafhI2jH8_rtg</a> You can support this podcast and our Fearless Journeys community on our Patreon account: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/fearlessjourneys" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.patreon.com/fearlessjourneys</a> Special thanks to Luis David Lopez Cordon of Luisda Films for the video production on this interview. You can find his work at: <a href="http://www.instagram.com/luisdafilms/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/luisdafilms/</a>

Episode 105 Guatemala Series: Alex Kronick, Founder & Owner, Caoba Farms, Antigua, Guatemala

I’ve been so fortunate to get to speak directly with so many people who have created incredible examples of permaculture abundance and ecological health and resilience through this podcast, and though I’ve also gotten to visit many permaculture projects and practitioners, many of the ones I’ve seen in person are either just in the early stages of getting off the ground, or haven’t quite found their balance between financial and ecological prosperity. The best examples that I’ve seen in person are the projects that Alex Kronick and his team have managed in the area around Antigua Guatemala, namely Caoba Farms and his new project in Paramos. Now back in season 2, Neal Hegarty who I used to work with on the Granja Tzikin project interviewed Alex in an interview we called “The Most Impressive Permaculturalist You’ve Never Heard of.” Since then I’ve been back many times to visit Alex both at his farm/event space/restaurant at Caoba farms, and even more notably, the larger project that’s been underway for just a couple years in the town of Paramos, northwest of Antigua. There Alex has been combining pieces of land that he’s been able to acquire as he builds towards his dream of restoring the native forest of that region and strategically incorporate agroforestry, market gardening, eco-tourism and event space to ensure the value and protection of the native ecosystem is preserved indefinitely. Though I didn’t have the time to bring recording equipment along on the few trips I made up there in person, I got to catch Alex on a call later to ask him to go over a few of the many intricacies of his plan and steps for development that are still in the early stages, but gaining incredible traction on his site. In this interview we cover many of the details of the unique climate and context where the land is located and how it informs goals and designs that Alex is developing. He talks at length about how he and his team are choosing which of the native species to propagate and use for reforestation and how they are creating nurseries to grow thousands of trees at a time. We also talk about how the government incentives for reforestation in Guatemala are not as beneficial as they might appear and how navigating the regulations can both help and hinder ecological goals. We even cover how different trees can affect the water table on your land, passive irrigation methods, even education programs for school age kids and much more. I’ve learned so much from Alex and his methodical approach to land based projects. He’s definitely one of the voices in permaculture and ecological business that I hope more people look to and reference as examples of no-nonsense, results based progress. I’ve also included a bunch of pictures from his farm and nursery that Alex sent me and you can check them out on the website at abundantedge.comResources:Caobafarms.comHear more from Alex in his previous interview with Abundant Edge

I’ve been so fortunate to get to speak directly with so many people who have created incredible examples of permaculture abundance and ecological health and resilience through this podcast, and though I’ve also gotten to visit many permaculture projects and practitioners, many of the ones I’ve seen in person are either just in the early stages of getting off the ground, or haven’t quite found their balance between financial and ecological prosperity. The best examples that I’ve seen in person are the projects that Alex Kronick and his team have managed in the area around Antigua Guatemala, namely Caoba Farms and his new project in Paramos. Now back in season 2, Neal Hegarty who I used to work with on the Granja Tzikin project interviewed Alex in an interview we called “The Most Impressive Permaculturalist You’ve Never Heard of.” Since then I’ve been back many times to visit Alex both at his farm/event space/restaurant at Caoba farms, and even more notably, the larger project that’s been underway for just a couple years in the town of Paramos, northwest of Antigua. There Alex has been combining pieces of land that he’s been able to acquire as he builds towards his dream of restoring the native forest of that region and strategically incorporate agroforestry, market gardening, eco-tourism and event space to ensure the value and protection of the native ecosystem is preserved indefinitely. Though I didn’t have the time to bring recording equipment along on the few trips I made up there in person, I got to catch Alex on a call later to ask him to go over a few of the many intricacies of his plan and steps for development that are still in the early stages, but gaining incredible traction on his site.  In this interview we cover many of the details of the unique climate and context where the land is located and how it informs goals and designs that Alex is developing. He talks at length about how he and his team are choosing which of the native species to propagate and use for reforestation and how they are creating nurseries to grow thousands of trees at a time. We also talk about how the government incentives for reforestation in Guatemala are not as beneficial as they might appear and how navigating the regulations can both help and hinder ecological goals. We even cover how different trees can affect the water table on your land, passive irrigation methods, even education programs for school age kids and much more. I’ve learned so much from Alex and his methodical approach to land based projects. He’s definitely one of the voices in permaculture and ecological business that I hope more people look to and reference as examples of no-nonsense, results based progress. I’ve also included a bunch of pictures from his farm and nursery that Alex sent me and you can check them out on the website at <a href="http://abundantedge.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">abundantedge.com</a> Resources: <a href="http://Caobafarms.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Caobafarms.com</a> Hear more from Alex in his previous interview with Abundant Edge

Regenerating native forests on a large scale with Alex Kronick of Caoba Farms: 136

I have an unusual interview for ya'll today since I actually wont be the one conducting the interview. Instead, Neal Hegarty, one of the lead designers and team members here at Abundant Edge will be taking the reigns since he's actually known Alex Kronick of Caoba farms in Antigua Guatemala for years and is good friends with him. Now I call Alex, the most impressive permaculturalist you've never heard of because he likes to keep a low profile, but to his credit, his farm and enterprises are truly impressive. He co-manages an incredibly diverse biointensive market garden within the town that also has a farm to table restaurant, farmers market and organic local goods store. Around the periferies of the farm he raises many varieties of animals, fruit trees, perrenial crops and bokashi composting. He's raises snails and has an exoitic plant nursery and seed saving operation. It's the most complete and functional permaculture operation that I've seen anywhere in the world.For "The Abundant Edge" listeners only, you can now get 50% off your digital subscriptions to Permaculture Magazine North America by entering the code PMNA50abedge at checkout. Get your subscription today and dive deep into the local and global solutions that go beyond sustainability.Resources:https://youtu.be/IRFc-OajjAkCaoba FarmsLink to the book Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of EarthNeal Hegarty's Interview

I have an unusual interview for ya'll today since I actually wont be the one conducting the interview. Instead, Neal Hegarty, one of the lead designers and team members here at Abundant Edge will be taking the reigns since he's actually known Alex Kronick of Caoba farms in Antigua Guatemala for years and is good friends with him. Now I call Alex, the most impressive permaculturalist you've never heard of because he likes to keep a low profile, but to his credit, his farm and enterprises are truly impressive. He co-manages an incredibly diverse biointensive market garden within the town that also has a farm to table restaurant, farmers market and organic local goods store. Around the periferies of the farm he raises many varieties of animals, fruit trees, perrenial crops and bokashi composting. He's raises snails and has an exoitic plant nursery and seed saving operation. It's the most complete and functional permaculture operation that I've seen anywhere in the world. For "The Abundant Edge" listeners only, you can now get 50% off your digital subscriptions to Permaculture Magazine North America by entering the code PMNA50abedge at checkout. Get your subscription today and dive deep into the local and global solutions that go beyond sustainability. Resources: <a href="https://youtu.be/IRFc-OajjAk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/IRFc-OajjAk</a> Caoba Farms Link to the book Plant Intelligence and the Imaginal Realm: Beyond the Doors of Perception into the Dreaming of Earth Neal Hegarty's Interview