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From despair to care: a high mountain view of our ailing earth

From despair to care: a high mountain view of our ailing earth

by radiocafe | Oct 5, 2021 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Spirituality & religion

Author Bill deBuys reflects on what people are doing to land, water, and climate from high in the Himalayas, in his new book, The Trail to Kanjiroba, and how we can begin letting go of despair and do our part for the earth’s restoration.

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Stepping back from the abyss: James Rebanks’ return from industrial to traditional farming

Stepping back from the abyss: James Rebanks’ return from industrial to traditional farming

by radiocafe | Sep 21, 2021 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Farmer James Rebanks tells the story of a thousand-year old farming tradition—which was almost destroyed by “improvement”—and how he’s rebuilding long-term sustainability.

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Restoring the global water cycle

Restoring the global water cycle

by radiocafe | Sep 7, 2021 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

With the best of intentions and technological innovation, we have broken the world’s water cycle. Now, says water expert Sandra Postel, we need to work with nature in order to restore it—if we want to survive, thrive, and, well, eat.

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How—and why—to be good to your microbes

How—and why—to be good to your microbes

by radiocafe | Aug 23, 2021 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture

Dr. Emeran Mayer connects the human and soil microbiomes—both stretched to their limits and beyond by today’s diet, lifestyle, and industrial practices. And he tells us how we can eat and grow food in a way that heals the body, the economy, and the planet.

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Acclaimed chef Deborah Madison on her new food memoir

Acclaimed chef Deborah Madison on her new food memoir

by radiocafe | Feb 2, 2021 | Books, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, New Mexico

Author of fourteen books on food and pioneer in vegetarian cooking, she talks about her new memoir, An Onion in my Pocket, and her adventures during fifty years as a chef.

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From journalist to butcher: Camas Davis and the good meat movement

From journalist to butcher: Camas Davis and the good meat movement

by radiocafe | Jan 5, 2021 | Books, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture

Camas Davis had what she calls an “early onset midlife crisis” when she was around 30–and it led her to study butchering in France. But when she came home she found that the market for local meat needed to be cultivated.

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Reclaiming the Commons: a conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva

Reclaiming the Commons: a conversation with Dr. Vandana Shiva

by radiocafe | Nov 3, 2020 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous

For millennia local and indigenous farmers have been producing healthy food worldwide. In less than a century that food system has been decimated, We talk to Dr. Vandana Shiva about restoring health, democracy, species, and local knowledge.

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The Reindeer Chronicles: Stories of restoration from around the planet

The Reindeer Chronicles: Stories of restoration from around the planet

by radiocafe | Sep 8, 2020 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, New Mexico

In her new book, Judith Schwartz takes us to five continents and tell us stories of people restoring devastated landscapes–and overcoming deep conflicts that stem from degraded ecosystems. The results are phenomenal.

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Surviving and thriving in N.M.—during crisis times and beyond

Surviving and thriving in N.M.—during crisis times and beyond

by radiocafe | Jun 11, 2020 | Activism, Books, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Santa Fe New Mexican, Science & health

How do you improve county infrastructures and systems so that they serve 100% of the people–especially during times of crisis? We talk to authors-activists Dr. Katherine Ortega Courtney and Dominic Cappello about places in New Mexico that are working out exactly this question.

American Zion: Religion and rebellion on Western public lands

American Zion: Religion and rebellion on Western public lands

by radiocafe | Jun 9, 2020 | Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Politics

Cliven Bundy is a rancher who’s refused for decades to pay his grazing fees for using public lands. But where did his ideas about public lands come from? We talk to author Betsy Gaines Quammen about her new book.

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