by radiocafe | Jul 12, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
New England is lush and green—and all kinds of creatures want to eat a farmer’s crops. Apple grower and cider maker Steve Wood talks about Integrated Pest Management and its challenges.
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by radiocafe | Jun 30, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Seaweed has always been used for food, fertilizer, and medicine. But now, off the coast of Maine, over-harvesting threatens rockweed and the many species that depend on it.
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by radiocafe | Jun 16, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Jesse Smith‘s work aims for the opposite of planned obsolescence—the goals at Jalama Canyon Ranch are resilience and perennial productivity, through restoration of ecosystems and a truly regenerative vision of agriculture.
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by radiocafe | Jun 1, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Getting certified for grassfed meat can be challenging–but the American Grassfed Association supports producers in regenerative practices that are good for the earth, the farmer, and the eater.
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by radiocafe | May 17, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture
Nicolette Hahn Niman was an environmental lawyer and vegetarian when she married a rancher—so she has a unique and broad-based perspective on agriculture. We discuss the new edition of her book, Defending Beef: The Ecological and Nutritional Case for Meat.
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by radiocafe | May 4, 2021 | Down to Earth, Environment, Food & agriculture, Native & indigenous, Science & health
Native Americans used fire and other methods to cultivate food on the prairie. In the 20th century it was plowed under for endless rows of monocrops. Omar de Kok-Mercado is part of a team that is working to make prairie land ecologically–and economically–sustainable.
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by radiocafe | Apr 19, 2021 | Down to Earth, Food & agriculture
Beth Robinette grew up on a ranch but didn’t expect to stay there. But then she got so interested in food system and regenerative practices that now she’s ranching, developing new business models, and teaching the ropes to the next generation of ranchers.
by radiocafe | Apr 13, 2021 | New Mexico, Politics, Teresa
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by radiocafe | Apr 12, 2021 | New Mexico, Politics, Teresa
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by radiocafe | Apr 8, 2021 | New Mexico, Politics, Teresa
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