The Courage to Fall
The Courage to Fall is a podcast about what happens when life doesn’t go as planned and how we find the strength to move forward. Hosted by Tony Feghali, each episode shares honest conversations with people who faced setbacks and chose to rise, rethink, and rebuild. It is a show about falling but more than that it is about the clarity and courage that come after.
The Courage to Fall
Planting Change with Salim Zwein
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In this episode of The Courage to Fall, Tony and co-host Sally Shamieh sit down with Salim Zwein, an agricultural engineer, founder of Izra’a, and passionate advocate for sustainable farming in Lebanon.
From his childhood obsession with trees to building rooftop ecosystems and founding a 200,000-member farming community, Salim shares how grief, curiosity, and grit shaped his journey.
They explore the art of reading the land, why experimentation is a privilege, and how creating a pesticide-free jungle on a rooftop became the seed for something much bigger.
Salim opens up about the real challenges of scaling a grassroots agritech platform in Lebanon and the vision driving him. A world where farmers thrive, communities connect, and nature is seen as a partner, not a problem.
His story is one of quiet resilience, systems thinking, and finding purpose in the dirt. Literally.