by radiocafe | Dec 2, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Scientist and farmer Jonathan Lundgren is helping to change the paradigm of agricultural science to one that expands the measures success to include the regeneration of land and health of people.
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by radiocafe | Nov 11, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
The Nature Conservancy partners with ranchers on virtual fencing, a new technology that keeps animals in delimited areas through GPS collars—resulting in labor saving, wildlife conservation, and land health.
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by radiocafe | Oct 28, 2024 | Down to Earth
On New Mexico’s Bosque del Apache National Wildlife Refuge, Don Boyd and David & Hui-Chun Johnson are restoring agricultural soils—to grow food for migrating waterfowl.
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by radiocafe | Oct 14, 2024 | Arts & films, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Artist and science educator Robert Dash creates art from micro- and macroscopic photographs of food crops. His new book explores both the science of our food system and the role of art in finding a more healthy and loving way forward.
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by radiocafe | Sep 30, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Hayley and Stephanie Painter saved their farm by creating a national yogurt brand—and they’re committed to fostering not only nutrient dense, regenerative food, but also health at every level of the supply chain.
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by radiocafe | Sep 17, 2024 | Activism, Books, Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Science & health
André Leu knows what it takes to pull massive amounts of carbon out of the atmosphere and put it into the soil–permanently. We talk about his new book, The Regenerative Agriculture Solution.
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by radiocafe | Sep 3, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Politics
Environmental historian Sara Dant’s book Losing Eden looks at the American West from the time of wooly mammoths to the near destruction of entire ecosystems—and the movement to bring nature and industry into balance.
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by radiocafe | Aug 20, 2024 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Gwen Cameron took over her father’s peach farm, and has been balancing regenerative methods, fair work practices, and diversification of markets to run a successful business.
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by radiocafe | Aug 6, 2024 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, Race/class/gender
P. Wade Ross‘s great grandfather was a runaway slave who bought land in Texas. On this land his descendants founded a non-profit that helps Black farmers and ranchers to succeed in regenerative agriculture.
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by radiocafe | Jul 23, 2024 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture, New Mexico, Politics
Women farmers and ranchers have historically been at a disadvantage in many ways––equipment designed for male bodies, lack of access to credit and capital, and just not being taken seriously. We talk to Jules Salinas of Women, Food & Agriculture Network
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