Past Office Hours

Office Hours โ€“ Dr. Drake โ€“ September 11, 2022

TimeTopic
0:00:00Intro and Welcome
0:01:41I Ching Reading – the family/ the clan
0:04:309-11
0:11:30solution is to plant a garden, grow food; nring the message; what you do matters into the future
0:13:12has anyone ever used NF techniques to maintain a forest farm?
0:16:37videos- persimmon farm in Korea
0:19:50prevent evaporation with mulching; chop and drop with wild grass
0:26:17LAB for foot/ shoe odor? yes and use it for laundry
0:27:48which dilution for laundry? 2TBSP per load and can spray shoes
0:29:08detergents aren’t good, use soap
0:30:30teach people how to make their own LAB
0:32:00no mold- IMOs and LAB keeping the balance
0:32:18video footage on YouTube channel and some on Drake’s hard drivennel
0:33:10more videos
0:43:50vineyard used KNF for mold
0:44:48can you use fruits with mold to make KNF Food?
0:45:25seed solution to germinate coconuts? Have to remove husk?
0:47:03thick juice for KNF Food?
0:48:08more on sprouting coconuts
0:49:16video of micro-brewer
0:51:40Let’s Grow Hilo; more videos
0:56:50drone footage of Drake’s farm
1:00:10fish and IMOs on the farm
1:03:08how far is pigpen and chicken coop from your house?
1:06:52thank yous
1:07:03long live the Natural Farmer

Office Hours โ€“ Dr. Drake โ€“ September 4, 2022

TimeTopic
0:00:00Intro and Welcome
0:01:41I Ching Reading – Shi- The Army
0:06:44inflation; book- “The Art of War”- best to be prepared but be a Natural Farmer; rising energy costs
0:13:57rain catchment is illegal in some places
0:14:27forest management
0:15:27Reset to Korean Natural Farming
0:16:18making disgustingly cheap leaf fertilizer with IMO4; leaf mold
0:19:25electricity doubled in Maine
0:19:47fossil fuel farming; sequester CO2; use fossil fuels and microbes to regenerate
0:24:30KNF Fuel (FAA)
0:25:08root feeding nematodes in the disgustingly cheap food
0:26:32making KNF Food (FPJ) from sprouts; sprouted seed tea; maltose as a KNF solution
0:27:35cucumber vinegar
0:28:03carbon sequestration; climate restoration
0:33:07ground covers
0:33:40spread the message to more people- we have solutions
0:34:40best food is natural farm raised pork
0:35:50always keep your soil covered; tilling
0:38:30500-1000 people weekly tune into Office Hours; feel linked together in the KNF movement
0:40:45sell KNF- do it and be an example- it sells itself
0:42:00video of Goofman’s garden; use fish to grow more corn
0:45:03gardening is healing
0:45:55turn a field into grass without tillage
0:46:19sweeten your crops with specific KNF Food
0:47:30be a caretaker of the Earth
0:48:20Drake’s potato garden; moisture sensors- more moisture at night; robots can’t farm as well as humans
0:52:08living bed for dairy cows
0:53:20livestock presentation
0:56:03foliar feeding is 4x’s as effective as drenching
0:57:05microbe solution for sten rot- use KNF Protectors (LAB)
0:58:30robot to mow grass
0:59:17does Drake slaughter his own animals?
1:00:50speed up grass growing by using disgustingly cheap microbes and food- cover crops plus solutions
1:02:00KNF hui on island? Office Hours and visit the farm
1:02:55continue to make trillions of tiny differences and make a big difference
1:03:22thank yous- you, God, Master Cho, PureKNF Foundation
1:04:05long live the Natural Farmer

Office Hours โ€“ Dr. Drake โ€“ August 28, 2022

0:00:00Intro and Welcome
0:01:22I Ching Reading – Biting Through
0:08:16pigs on the farm story
0:13:37people checking in, sending videos
0:15:23what does Drake feed his pigs? commercial feed is in short supply
0:19:13in what ratio of LAB starter do you add? does it have sugar? 600 ml in a 30 gal trashcan
0:20:52food taco hooked up to moisture sensor
0:31:00video from Rainbow Possum Farm, showing great KNF results- this is the inspiration
0:36:27video of making WCA (water soluble calcium)
0:42:28video collecting IMOs
0:45:40making KNF Food (FPJ) from mugwort
0:46:15back to IMO collection
0:48:30KNF Protectors (LAB) mixed with brown sugar with clear stuff on top- OK? storage; your nose knows
0:49:25photos of 10 gallons to spray- automatic dilutor; different sprayers
0:50:32flower garden photos
0:52:03why use all the solutions- don’t IMOs create the conditions for plants to thrive? help them to speed up the process
0:54:23Drake’s channel with demo farms in Korea- farmers practice KNF so well, they don’t have to do much
0:56:30can good IMO be made without anything else? you can but Master Cho talks about right food, right time, right amount
1:01:09Robert’s Rules of Order- Certification Committee; directory coming
1:02:15thanks to Puire KNF Foundation; www.pureknf.org
1:02:58thanks for the videos- long live the Natural Farmer